 Columbia: 'Bond 22' To Be Unaffected By Strike, News emerges as Writers Guild strike takes first film casualty |
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17 November 2007 - 03:41
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Commander RNR Group: Veterans Reserve Enlisted: 2 March 2003 From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
17 November 2007 - 03:49
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Better Langdon than Bond.
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17 November 2007 - 04:08
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
17 November 2007 - 04:09
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QUOTE(zencat @ 16 November 2007 - 23:08)  Very good news. I was really looking forward to Angels & Demons next year.  ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ D of the CBn Four ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Commander RNR Group: Veterans Reserve Enlisted: 2 March 2003 From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
17 November 2007 - 04:11
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QUOTE(zencat @ 16 November 2007 - 23:08) If they settle then maybe Haggis can get back to work on the script for a polish. 
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Lt. Commander Group: Crew Enlisted: 17 October 2005 From: Narragansett, Rhode Island |
17 November 2007 - 04:17
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"These concerns now appear to be unfounded."
The question is, who is adding the spin? Columbia or Haggis? Of course, there is also clearly a difference of opinion between the studio and the filmmakers on the Angels and Demons script. Perhaps Columbia, Haggis, and the Eon producers simply disagree. We'll likely never know the true extent of the complexities happening behind the scenes here. At the very least, we do know that production on Bond 22 is full speed ahead--and that's good news. This post has been edited by MicroGlobeOne: 17 November 2007 - 04:17 |
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Midshipman Group: Crew Enlisted: 3 August 2005 From: Los Angeles |
17 November 2007 - 10:44
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QUOTE(MicroGlobeOne @ 16 November 2007 - 21:17) "These concerns now appear to be unfounded." The question is, who is adding the spin? Columbia or Haggis? Of course, there is also clearly a difference of opinion between the studio and the filmmakers on the Angels and Demons script. Perhaps Columbia, Haggis, and the Eon producers simply disagree. We'll likely never know the true extent of the complexities happening behind the scenes here. At the very least, we do know that production on Bond 22 is full speed ahead--and that's good news. I don't know... It's not good news if the script isn't ready! But, as you point out, that IS all a matter of spin, and Haggis and the studio have opposite objectives. Still, it seems unlikely to me that a draft churned out under such pressure and turned in under the gun could really be fully satisfying to the writer OR the producers. The best hope is definitely for the strike to be resolved quickly so that Haggis can do a final polish just before shooting gets underway or even during... Brisco Go beyond Bond! For the latest news and reviews on all things espionage, check out my Spy Blog, the Double O Section.
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17 November 2007 - 11:24
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i really dont know why so many people thinks that if Haggis wont polish a script Bond22 will be disaster
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 20 July 2002 From: Washington D.C.. USA |
17 November 2007 - 17:27
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QUOTE(Qwerty @ 16 November 2007 - 23:09) Very good news. I was really looking forward to Angels & Demons next year. So was I. This development from Columbia is a blow.  Robert Brown was Admiral Hargreaves in TSWLM, OP, AVTAK, TLD and LTK damnit Enforcer, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Roger Moore http://www.jamesbondandbeyond.com/detectiv...dex.php?act=idx |
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Midshipman Group: Crew Enlisted: 3 August 2005 From: Los Angeles |
17 November 2007 - 19:48
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QUOTE(Colonel Moon @ 17 November 2007 - 04:24) i really dont know why so many people thinks that if Haggis wont polish a script Bond22 will be disaster I'm not saying it will be a disaster at all. It's just that after the unmitigated accomplishment of CR, I'd hate to see anything shy of perfection if that could have been avoided. And sometimes final polishes make a HUGE difference in scripts. Brisco Go beyond Bond! For the latest news and reviews on all things espionage, check out my Spy Blog, the Double O Section.
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 13 December 2004 From: Buckinghamshire |
17 November 2007 - 21:16
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Good news! Sounds like they like their script!
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17 November 2007 - 21:23
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QUOTE(Colonel Moon @ 17 November 2007 - 11:24) i really dont know why so many people thinks that if Haggis wont polish a script Bond22 will be disaster Agreed. I mean, the last time a writers strike affected a Bond film was in 1988, and Michael Wilson went on to finish the script for License Revoked without Richard Maibaum and we see how that film turned out. Oh, wait. On second thought 
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Midshipman Group: Crew Enlisted: 10 October 2007 From: Texas |
18 November 2007 - 15:04
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well here is my spin.
first the good...Columbia seems not to settle for a script not ready enough to film. So that's good... second...yeah I agree the follow up has to be good and that the script although filmable needs some polish. but I feel better that it "passed" i just want it on the honor roll third...thank goodness talks will be resuming after Thanksgiving |
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18 November 2007 - 22:18
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Poor Paul Haggis is in a though spot with the strike. He initially said he was racing to make the deadline, and WGA members were...not entirely kind. The suggestion was that it undermined the point of the strike, to help films be completed and stockpiled aided the studios in holding out. So it wasn't surprising to later hear him say that the film was not completed. It took the curse off his previous comment, made it easier to walk the picket line. Don't blame him for that at all. (And I do consider the action itself entirely justified.) As to the real status of the script, there's no denying the latest news from Columbia is encouraging for Bond 22. I don't think any large production considers a script 'complete' until...well, until the film's edited, frankly. While the inability to alter AT ALL will presumably make for some occasionally clunky dialogue (exposition and character introductions often get fixed late, because they're easy to 'underwork' in a draft, knowing that a) the actors and director will have a lot of input there, and  they're the few moments that you know can't really be cut completely because they're too necessary), what we might gain is a stronger sense of the authors at work.It's bizarre to think how tightly the production will have to adhere to what's on the page. Lines can be dropped in the edit (replaced, often, with looks that convey the point - because that doesn't count as additional writing), emphasis can be altered, orders can be switched...but, relatively speaking, this is |