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No Title, No Money, James Bond In Trouble
News about the next James Bond film has been spilling out on to the internet in the last few days, some of it hysterically proclaiming the end of the 22 film sequence of our favourite spy. The real issue is nothing to do with falling ratings or lack of profit, but instead the issue lay firmly at studio MGM’s feet who are struggling with debt.
MGM (Metro Goldwyn Mayer) have put out the majority of the 22 bond films and were set to see work on the 23film begin soon, but thats been put on ice as MGM try to figure out their $3bn+ debts With the eagles circling, MGM has only managed one release in 2010 so far. The former Hollywood grandee has put out just one film this year as the eagles circle to take over the stricken movie maker. Lionsgate and Time Warner are both said to have put bids in to resolve the problem, but one thing is clear, James Bond 23 (why cant that give it a title) won’t be made until that happens.
Quantum of Solace probably wont be the last Bond film made, but fans are still upset at not being able to see their hero leave a trail of gorgeous women around airport hotels and swigging martinis at the bars by 2011, the 50th It seems highly unlikely a timely solution will be found considering the debt problems and the fact that lead actor Daniel Craig is away filming other projects right now, but Bond is renowned for extracting himself from impossible positions, so who knows. That would appear unlikely now, especially as Daniel Craig is filming elsewhere and the studio hasnt the cash to support production, but Bond is used to being put in a tough position.
A home movie is about all we can muster right now, we just need a volunteer, preferably one who doesnt own a pipe and slippers. What we need is a tall, unshaven, middle aged man with his own teeth. A cheap HD camera, some plastic guns, tomato ketchup and a list of Gatwick airport hotels and bars to drop in, one bottle of Martini and a cocktail glass resplendant with umbrella. Add in a roulette table somewhere, a pretty lady and a fast car and we pretty much have the ingredients for Bond 23 or James Bond: Debtraker.
Forgetting the home made video idiocy for a second, the industry’s 3rd most popular film series in history, can’t be ignored for long. It is easily MGM’s most profitable movie too with the last two hitting more than $500million in box office receipts and with a little luck, the institution that is James Bond will be back on our screens before we know it.
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