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Writing in Variety, Peter Bart asks if anyone cares about a new James Bond film:
IS THE WORLD REALLY READY FOR the 21st James Bond?
Word filtered out recently that the affluent and rather haughty proprietors of the Bond franchise had hired a director, Martin Campbell, and are scratching around for a new star. According to the Bond rumor mill, Pierce Brosnan, who’d weathered four Bonds, had priced himself out of the market (his proposed compensation package would total out north of $40 million). Sony, which inherited the franchise with the acquisition of MGM, understandably favors Clive Owen as his successor.
But does anyone care? London’s Guardian delivered its vote recently, recounting Judi Dench’s quote as M in “Goldeneye” that Bond is “a sexist, misogynist dinosaur”and observing that the public’s “tolerance for snobbery had withered.”
(Here’s the link for the article, but be careful about reading it because at the end of it for some reason he gives away the ending of Million Dollar Baby.)
One objection to this point of view about the Bond films is that the last one grossed over $280 million worldwide at the box office.
As for who’ll play the part, I think Hugh Jackman is an even more interesting choice. He’s also considered a frontrunner.
I thought the most recent Bond film had one of the best scripts in years for the series. I’m personally looking forward to seeing the next one.
