Bond 23
I was stoked to find out that Peter Morgan is writing the Bond 23 script. He’s written some great screenplays including that of Frost/Nixon (2008), The Queen (2006) and possibly my favourite, The Last King of Scotland (2006). For the director we’re looking at Sam Mendes – Revolutionary Road (2008), Jarhead (2005), Road to Perdition (2002) and American Beauty (1999). So two pretty big guns!
Dracula sequel – “The Un-Dead”
It is the year of Dracula whether you like it or not. That’s right, 2009 sees a sequel to the classic 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker hitting the shelves with a film version also on its way. But will it be any good? First of all, Un-Dead will be written by Dacre Stoker, Bram Stoker’s great-grandnephew.
Quantum of Solace (a half-arsed but fairly positive review)
First of all, I have been slacking a bit on my blog duties. I’ve been doing some other cool creative stuff though (which will hopefully become more evident in the coming weeks) so time has not been wasted. England is getting really wintery at the moment, lots of rain and cold (and cold rain, ugh). [...]
Swatch yourself – it’s 007!
This made me laugh. Swatch have made 22 watches based on bad guys from each of the Bond films. I really like this idea, and seeing as how I don’t have a functioning watch anymore I reckon a Goldfinger or Moonraker would do me a world of good.
Another Way To Die – the Quantum of Solace Theme Tune
First question – what’s wrong with it?! I think it’s really cool! There’s a whole lot of hate over it at the BBC website at the moment. I mean Jesus, we’re talking 90% pure, unadulterated hate. I think the problem is that it is for a Bond film, and everyone’s so quick off the mark to call it crap unless it’s exactly what they thought it would be. Before White and Keys were revealed as the singers I thought it was gonna be Duffy, who I’m sure would have done an ace little number. Muse would have been perfect for the job but I don’t think they were ever asked. I reckon Winehouse was hit and miss – she could either have done something fantastic, or frankly, pap. The fact that Ronson scrapped whatever it is that they produced is immaterial, he’s not exactly the next John Lennon, is he? Anyway, this tune is no way as bad as people are saying, it’s pretty catchy and I’m sure it’ll grow on me even more. It seems like people just want to hark on about how much they know about Bond and music, and why change is bad. Sod em!
