007 franchise sold to Amazon including creative control

[HanFiredFirst]

just make Sydney Sweeney 007. and make her be the womanizer, have her be the one seducing the "Bond girls"
why not? why the heck NOT. anyone give me a good reason why that wouldn't work......

I think you may need to take a cold shower. In case the post was serious, you can commission what you like for a series with Sydney Sweeney, but please don't try to tie it into the James Bond world.

 

[ZE_501]

Well, the man is a spy and a government sanctioned assassin, so the unhappy end goes well with the more realistic/serious approach of Craig's films, IMHO.
And I really didn't need him to be the "womaniser" of the 60's-90's... the eye candy was there without the need for that.

Fair enough. If we have many Bonds there's room for that. Speaking of the womanizing 60s, thinking back to Mad Men I wonder how Jon Hamm would have done with the role. He's too old for it now, though.

 

[abake]

I think Hamm would've been great. The man is really versatile, he's good with comedy as well.

 

[crows]

I think you may need to take a cold shower. In case the post was serious, you can commission what you like for a series with Sydney Sweeney, but please don't try to tie it into the James Bond world.

if Amazon is thinking of changing James Bond, then Sydney is a great choice.

 

[HanFiredFirst]

if Amazon is thinking of changing James Bond, then Sydney is a great choice.

...which would mean it was no longer James Bond. I'm going to assume you're having fun with some kind of weird fantasy rather than actually discussing James Bond and leave it there.

 

[crows]

...which would mean it was no longer James Bond. I'm going to assume you're having fun with some kind of weird fantasy rather than actually discussing James Bond and leave it there.

who is your top choice for bond?

 

[HanFiredFirst]

who is your top choice for bond?

Jack Lowden. He's got the acting skills and, at 34 years old, he's got sufficient youth on his side to play Bond for some years ahead without being too young to play Commander Bond. He's been excellent in Slow Horses and in The Gold. Set in the 1950s and 60s, during the Cold War, and you've got a great set-up.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Lowden is bloody great in Slow Horses. I'd like either him or Oliver Jackson Cohen to get the role. I'm sick of seeing Cavill on every bloody post.

 

[ZE_501]

Lowden is bloody great in Slow Horses. I'd like either him or Oliver Jackson Cohen to get the role. I'm sick of seeing Cavill on every bloody post.

I just don't see Cavill as Bond. Something about him in that role would feel off to me, I don't know what it is.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I just don't see Cavill as Bond. Something about him in that role would feel off to me, I don't know what it is.

That he's Superman.

 

[Johnny Utah]

I've always found Cavill good, but there's a real blandness to his performances. He hasn't been given anything to really stretch his skill yet.

 

[ZE_501]

That he's Superman.

Well you're not wrong ...

 

[Wor-Gar]

I've always found Cavill good, but there's a real blandness to his performances. He hasn't been given anything to really stretch his skill yet.

Yes! He's a boring actor.

 

[Mandible]

I just don't see Cavill as Bond. Something about him in that role would feel off to me, I don't know what it is.

I think there's a couple of reasons - there's never been a "bulky" Bond. Craig was ripped, but still looked like a normal sized guy in a suit. Cavill is somewhere between him and Schwarzenegger - Bond has always been more "boxer", than "bodybuilder."

The other thing, Bond's have never been huge household names before being Bond. They had careers, but nothing like what Cavill or any of the other frontrunners have had.

 

[Mandible]

If I was an actor and had a successful career, I wouldn't go anywhere near this with a 100 foot pole.

 

[ZE_501]

I think there's a couple of reasons - there's never been a "bulky" Bond. Craig was ripped, but still looked like a normal sized guy in a suit. Cavill is somewhere between him and Schwarzenegger - Bond has always been more "boxer", than "bodybuilder."

The other thing, Bond's have never been huge household names before being Bond. They had careers, but nothing like what Cavill or any of the other frontrunners have had.

Good summation.

 

[ebor]

Eddie Redmayne- would be good BOND - he was great in the Jackal

 

[Wor-Gar]

 

[Lejuan]

Hard to see how cold war Bond would resonate with a contemporary audience. The villain needs to be the villain-of-the-moment imo. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was a lot of retro fun, but I couldn't see a franchise pulling it off.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I hope they throw a ton of money at Anthony Hopkins to play a Bond villain.

This is a time of megalomaniacs... perfect for Bond.