Bond Back to Beginning
By Chris McQuillan on Dec 27, 2005 in News and Analysis
From Sci-Fi Wire
Daniel Craig, the British actor who will become the next James Bond, told MTV.com that the upcoming 007 film Casino Royale goes back to the beginning, but with an update for current times.
“It’s going to be very different from anything else,” Craig (Munich) told the site. “It will have certain elements that will make it a Bond movie,” including Ian Fleming source material. But director Martin Campbell will make certain updates: for example, changing Bond’s card game from baccarat to Texas Hold ‘Em. “The cars are newer, too,” Craig said with a laugh. “There’s a lot of similarities with the book, but, yes, of course it’s been updated. It has to be. It’s a suspension of disbelief that we’re renewing Bond and that this is the first time you see him.”
Craig added: “Paul Haggis [Crash] has done a rewrite of the script and has written great dialogue. The lead girl part is fantastic. The characters are all fantastic. It’s a Bond film. We’re making a Bond movie first and foremost.”
Casino Royale, the 21st Bond movie, opens in November 2006.
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This is… I’m torn between intersting news and awful news. Artistic liscense with classics tends to lead to horriable results, such as episodes 1-3 of StarWars and Enterprise which fell apart as they ignored too much established cannon and offended many fans. Myself included. BSG has shown that sometimes it can be good to reimagine so I’ll wait till the movies comes out to make up my mind.
Justicar333 | Dec 30, 2005 | Reply