The challenge of modernising 007 for a post-MeToo, post-Covid world

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With the release of the new Bond film ‘No Time to Die’ later this month – 60 years after the announcement of Sean Connery as the first ever 007 – Geoffrey Macnab looks at how all the Bonds were chosen, and what challenges the producers now face in finding a successor to Daniel Craig

Some are anticipating that the Bond producers will take a very radical leap with the character who has been nurtured through 25 features already. After all, Amazon Studios recently bought MGM, the studio behind the Bond franchise.

 

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Is this really much of a challenge? A new generation of writers, directors and an evolving cast will enable this. Daniel Craig films are not as chauvinistic as the Roger Moore ones, or the Connery ones (although he’s a legend!). Change sometimes just happens

The flu has been around a long time

He’s survived everything else

It already sounds like it's going to be shit.

The obvious thing is to kill him off. Twenty-odd movies is a pretty good run.

What, he's going to drink Martinis out of a jam jar with a handle?

It’s art. As long as we recognize the difference between art and life we should be ok.

Here we go...

It's not a challenge at all. Just make him a female agent next time. As for 'post covid', I don't think there will such a thing.

The franchise doesn't need the lefts PC woke bollox. JamesBond

If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

sigh

You don't need to.

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