f13.net

Brosnan 'wanted' $42 million' to play Bond again (http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=133826536&p=y338z7z4z)

16/02/2005 - 09:57:25 Pierce Brosnan was dropped from playing James Bond because he demanded $42m (€31.9m) to reprise his role as the superspy for a fifth time.

Pierce Brosnan was dropped from playing James Bond because he demanded $42m (€31.9m) to reprise his role as the superspy for a fifth time.

Producers balked at the demand and axed the 51-year-old Irishman - in favour of finding a new 007 for the upcoming 21st Bond blockbuster Casino Royale.

Brosnan has spoken of being "surprised, disappointed and saddened" that 'Die another day', which grossed $456m (€348m) will be his last outing as 007 - but claims his wage "was an honest fee in terms of how much blood, sweat and tears I put into the role".

But industry magazine Variety's editor-in-chief Peter Bart says Brosnan "priced himself out of the market" with a reported "compensation package" that "would total north of $40 million"

claims his wage "was an honest fee in terms of how much blood, sweat and tears I put into the role".

Even though I hate modern Bond movies, I have to concede that not just any actor can play him.  The real problem is that the studio doesn't see it that way.

Sean Connery would be worth 42 million...or more.  It would be the BIGGEST BOND MOVIE EVER.

Except his Bond vehicle would be a Lincoln Towncar, and he'd chase villans with the left turn blinker on the whole way.

Can I say Clive Owen again?

Clive Owen.

Thanks.

Hell yeah.  Clive Owen would rock.  That might make me shell out money to see a Bond movie in the theatre instead of watching 1-minute intervals on cable during commercials.

Anything would be better than the sucktastic Timothy Dalton.  Dalton's a good actor.  He just ain't Bond.

$42 million is EXCESSIVE ...

Yea I saw Gattaca, and he's done nothing like it since. And he wasn't suave and gave no smooth one-liners in it.

$42 million is EXCESSIVE, even in Hollywood where excess is the name of the game.

Yes, Clive Owen please. However, it will more than likely be someone they can pay less, such as the Aussie guy who plays on that Swiffer Wet Jet commercial and who played Kano in Mortal Kombat.

Jude Law does a bad serious/suave. He's much more comedic than the past bonds (case in point: Down with Love). I'm sorry, but he's no good for the role.

Jude Law's 'Down with Love' performance as 'a person not in that film' was excellent. I have never seen anyone play 'a person who isn't here' better.

Giles wasn't arrogant enough to be the magician. I liked the guy they replaced him with.

Alan probably can't pull off James Bond, but I wanted an excuse to post his picture.

I just posted a picture of a transvestite (albeit an "executive" transvetite). How I managed to avoid being called a "shade of pink", I'll never know (not that I would want to be called such though).

Fuck you Orlando Bloom, for pussifying one of the greatest and oldest epics in human history.

My pink only goes so far. I refuse to watch "Gilmore Girls".

Rhys Ifans should be the next James Bond.

(http://i.imdb.com/mptv1.gif)

Nip/Tuck star may squeeze into Bond role (http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Guardian/0,4029,1425285,00.html)

Staff and agencies
Friday February 25, 2005
 
Julian McMahon, the Australian-born star of US cable hit Nip/Tuck who will play Doctor Doom in the big screen version of Fantastic Four this summer, is the latest actor to stake his claim to the James Bond role.

McMahon says 007 producers told him the race to succeed Pierce Brosnan was between him and one other person. Franchise producers are expected to announce later this year who will become the next incarnation of the British superspy.

Clive Owen is regarded the frontrunner and has seen his stock rise in recent months with a Golden Globe win and an Academy Award nomination for Closer.

Other performers who have been associated with the role include Ewan McGregor, Stuart Townsend, Colin Farrell and Robbie Williams.

Martin Campbell will direct the 21st Bond instalment and told reporters this week the story will focus on the character's early days as a secret agent and will be grittier than previous outings, featuring a scene where Bond is threatened with castration by an enemy.

I will now log my 57th vote for Clive Owen as James Bond.

The guy from Nip/Tuck is too goddamn sleazy.

Isn't Jason Bourne a fictional character?

I'm sorry, the Bourne Identity is cool and all, but a character named "Jason" is not going to be the new Bond.

James and Jason.

Bourne and Bond.

Hey, guess what, I think they've already done it.

Val would be interesting, but I think he'd be too old.  He's 45; only 6 years younger than Brosnan.

Or maybe you know a friend of a friend of a friend that knows him, Bruce? Care to send the question to him?

I'm almost positive I could find a quote of Jude saying "Huh? No fucking way!"

That's how bad the idea is.

Or maybe you know a friend of a friend of a friend that knows him, Bruce? Care to send the question to him?

Hmm...I thought that baiting members wasn't allowed?

No sense of cool. On one hand, you have Bourne, who doesn't even know his identity, let alone how to be cool. He just knows how to kill. On the other hand, you have Bond, who not only knows his own identity -- he's even impressed by the sound of his own name. And not only can he kill -- he does it wearing a goddamn tuxedo. Flak jackets just aren't that cool.

  He doesn't stay ahead of his opponents through superhuman feats or gadgets, but through methodically working his way around problems and sheer ingenuity.  He isn't a superman, just an extremely capable person who exhibits a level of ruthless efficiency to achieve his goals.  That's sort of the zeitgeist that the Bourne series taps into (although not quite as well, IMO).

Red headed, boxer type who looks like a palooka (He's decribed as thick fingered and even with a cauliflower ear, I seem to recall) but continuously destroys these fiendish plots through ruthlessness and ingenuity.

Interestingly thats almost exactly the James Bond from the books.  Red headed, boxer type who looks like a palooka (He's decribed as thick fingered and even with a cauliflower ear, I seem to recall)  but continuously destroys these fiendish plots through ruthlessness and ingenuity.

Sean Connery was probably the closest Bond to the books and so it's not really a surprise that the stories 'fit' him better.

I miss George.

soft-core porn with Natalie Portman.

Whobadawha!?

Any got a link? My Google-Fu is weak today it seems.

You think he's a bit old?  Hehe, I'm still chuckling about that.  I still think he could do it.

Vince Vaughn is unhappy with the level of professionalism in Hollywood. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7047010/)

The 35-year-old actor, who has starred in such classics as “Starsky and Hutch” and “Thumbsucker” and who is rumored to be the top choice as the new James Bond — bemoaned how today’s stars just don’t take the time to study their craft.

“When I got to LA, I took more classes. I always wanted new information,” the “Be Cool” star tells the April/May issue of Complex magazine. “That was what we all tried to do back then. It’s different now. There’s a real focus on trying to be really famous or coming off really cool and, in Hollywood, it’s not cool to try at something.  It’s much cooler to have never taken acting classes, to act like you don’t care, to not try.”

Closer. Terrible fucking movie. Try to find an .avi of the scene or something. They don't deserve your money.

Actor Daniel Craig is to be the next James Bond, it has been reported.

He has been offered a three-film deal by producer Barbara Broccoli, according to The Sun.

Craig, 37, starred in the gangster film Layer Cake.

The newspaper said he had been competing with fellow British actor Clive Owen to take over from Pierce Brosnan.

However, Owen had told casting agents he did not want the job as he feared it might limit his career.

Other names mentioned at different times in connection with the 007 role have included Eric Bana, Jude Law, Heath Ledger, Ewan McGregor, Dougray Scott and Australian Hugh Jackman

Never heard of him. I'm entirely uninterested in Bond now.

Has your mancrush on Clive Owen evaporated now?

Liking a guys work isn't a mancrush. Clive Owen does good work when he isn't handed absolute shit. The number of actors in the world vs. the number of good actor's is terrible. Clive's one of the good ones.

So.....no

I'd really like to see some decent scripts for the next few 007 movies.

Hahahahahahahaha...

Don't forget, she'll be played by Nikki Cox or someone equally busty. And be a rocket scientist on the side. Normally a brain surgeon with a love of advanced botany.

Oh, and I also have a mancrush on Clive Owen.  And Gregory Peck.

I really need to stop posting while intoxicated.

Any got a link? My Google-Fu is weak today it seems.

NSFW

http://deansplanet.com/natalie_portman-stripper_pole.html

Apparently my mother had picked up the DVD at some point. Horrible scene, not even "softcore pr0n". I'd stab myself before watching this the whole way through, just like AI.

Brosnan Told His Bond Days Are Over (http://www.local10.com/entertainment/4863326/detail.html)

POSTED: 12:51 pm EDT August 17, 2005
UPDATED: 1:07 pm EDT August 17, 2005

NEW YORK -- Pierce Brosnan was apparently shaken, but not stirred when he was told his days of playing James Bond were over.

Brosnan told Entertainment Weekly he got a surprising phone call telling him his services as James Bond were no longer needed.

He said at first it was a "titanic jolt to the system" but it was followed by "a great sense of calm."

Brosnan said he has a "sense of liberation" now that the days of playing Bond are officially behind him.

"I can do anything I want to do now," Brosnan told the magazine. "I'm not beholden to them or anyone. I'm not shackled by some contracted image."

The actor said he never felt complete ownership of the Bond character because he would have to say "stupid one-liners," which he said he loathed.

Brosnan, 52, starred in four James Bond movies. The first came in 1995 with "GoldenEye," which was followed by "Tomorrow Never Dies," "The World Is Not Enough" and "Die Another Day."

The actor starred in television's "Remington Steele" when he was first was offered to replace Roger Moore as Bond role in the 1980s, but had to decline it due to contractual obligations to the show. Welsh actor Timothy Dalton (who was actually offered the role after the original Bond, Sean Connery, quit for the first time) took the role instead.

Dalton did two Bond movies before the franchise got caught up in legal entanglements. When things were settled, Dalton declined to continue and Brosnan was offered -- and took -- the role of the famed character.

In addition to the Bond movies, Brosnan's screen credits include "Mrs. Doubtfire," "The Thomas Crown Affair" and "Laws of Attraction."

How could they ignore The Tailor of Panama? His character in that movie is how the real James Bond would act (i.e.self-interested scamster) if such a person could actually exist.

Visnjic Up For 007? (http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=0&id=32176)

TV Guide columnist Michael Ausiello reported a rumor that Goran Visnjic (Elektra) is under consideration for the role of James Bond. Ausiello offers no source for his report that the Croatian-born actor, best known as Dr. Luka Kovac on NBC's ER, is under consideration for the role, last filled by Pierce Brosnan.

"Yes, it's true," Ausiello writes. "But should he get the role, it wouldn't mean the end of Kovac." Ausiello quotes ER executive producer David Zabel as saying that the production could film a bunch of stuff with Kovac at one time for later episodes or that Visnjic could work on both at the same time.

Hugh Jackman has reportedly turned down the 007 role. The next Bond movie is a remake of Casino Royale.

Daniel Craig odds-on favorite for 007 (http://www.detnews.com/2005/screens/0510/12/ent-346618.htm)

By Tatiana Siegel / The Hollywood Reporter

(http://www.detnews.com/pix/2005/10/12/entwire/craig.jpg)

British actor Daniel Craig might be holding the winning hand in the James Bond/"Casino Royale" sweepstakes. Most handicappers have had Craig, star of this summer's "Layer Cake," on the shortlist for some time, and on Tuesday, London's Daily Mail upped the ante by reporting that Craig will indeed fill the shoes of the mythic Agent 007.

Separately, sources close to the project say the actor is close to being officially tapped as the new Bond. In keeping with its tight-lipped policy regarding "Casino Royale," a spokesman for Sony Pictures, which will release the gambling-themed Bond film -- scheduled to go before the cameras in early 2006 under Martin Campbell's direction -- said: "We are not commenting on rumors. When we have an announcement to make, we will let you know."

In May, Craig addressed the Bond scuttlebutt during an interview with online movie news Web site IGN FilmForce. "There's a lot of rumors floating around," he said. "It's not a bad position to be in. If even half of them or a third of them are true, it's not a bad position to be in."

Armbands. You're crazy for armbands.

It's Official: Craig's 007 (http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=0&id=32825)

As expected, English actor Daniel Craig (Layer Cake) was announced as the new James Bond on Oct. 14 in a news conference in London, ending months of speculation over who would take over from Pierce Brosnan as 007, the Reuters news service reported.

The 37-year-old actor swept up the River Thames on a power launch to a news conference, escorted by Royal Marines boats, the news service reported. Craig will become the first blond Bond and told reporters: "I'm kind of speechless at the moment."

The casting of one of cinema's most iconic characters closes the successful four-film run of Irishman Brosnan. Craig will make his debut as the martini-swilling superspy in Casino Royale, the 21st Bond film, which starts shooting in January.

Craig's hiring ends months of speculation about who would replace Brosnan. Candidates included Britons Clive Owen and Jude Law, Australia's Hugh Jackman and TV's Goran Visnjic.

Only five actors have played Bond since the first film, Dr. No, more than 40 years ago. Brosnan, Sean Connery and Roger Moore were well-loved mainstays as the secret agent, while George Lazenby and Timothy Dalton were less successful.