IGN just published this report-

 

February 13, 2004 - Commander Bond has confirmed rumors that first began swirling a few days ago in the Chicago Sun-Times and elsewhere: Pierce Brosnan will not return as James Bond in the next 007 film.

 

The fansite claims that negotiations for "Brosnan's Bond 21 contract are said to have ceased, and the search for the next James Bond is well underway. Though no replacement has been found at this time, filming of Bond 21 is still reported to begin in early 2005. Eon Productions is said to be waiting to make an announcement until Brosnan's successor is named."

 

The Sun-Times recently reported that "the producers of the 007 films will not pick up (Brosnan's) option to cast him in what would have been his final outing as the enduring British spy." An Eon spokesperson apparently confirmed the casting news, advising the paper that "we are always looking to target younger audiences. ... We want fans who will still be watching in 40 years."

 

The fifty-year old Brosnan had previously said he was interested in returning as Bond for a fifth and possibly even sixth time.

 

Rumored future Bonds have included Clive Owen, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Gerard Butler, Ioan Gruffudd, and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.

I have heard that the producers are intent on getting Jackman to play Bond.

If they call with the right offer, I'll consider it. Thats all I'm saying for now.

The Bond series is dying a slow and painful death. None of the movies in the last twenty years even resemble what James Bond is originally about. Remember when James Bond movies were about spying and not just about car chases and action sequences?

 

The new Bond movies are made for a target audience of video game players with short attention spans. Too much is spent on things like blowing stuff up and making these elaborate sets and not enough on plot.

 

My favorite Bond movies would have to be the first three (Dr. No, From Russia With Love, and Goldfinger) as well as "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", all plot driven, all containing actual spying.

 

I remember the scene in Dr. No where Bond is going around his room, he's getting ready to go out. So he plucks a hair from his head and places it on his closet door, then he takes out some powder and lightly spreads it on his briefcase. He then steps out.

 

He comes back later and the hair is gone from the closet; someone's been searching his room! He then pulls out his briefcase and see's the fingerprints in the dust. That was badass. And it required some thought and setup. In a newer picture Bond would have just sat in the closet and killed the guys who busted into his room.

 

Plus I think the fact that the last classic Bond villain was Jaws, says something. I can't name any of the villains from any of the movies back until Jaws (and Jaws was in two stinkers as far as I'm concerned). Jaws, Goldfinger, Dr. No, Ernst Blowfeld, Number 2, Scaramenga (also known as the Man with the Golden Gun). These are all classic villains.

 

I was kind of hoping the Bond series would die a slow death... It's not even faithful to the books anymore...

*remembers where he saw that post before :mischief2

I posed something similar to this a month ago. My stance hasn't changed much since. Bond series since the 70's= :thumbdown

I was thinking the bengals board

License to kill, the living daylights, and goldeneye are the best bond films.

Goldeneye was my favorite.

Just as I read this, I am watching Die Another Day for my 5th time...hmmm weird

http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=3434

 

MGM has reupped its first-look deal with Irish DreamTime, the production company run by Pierce Brosnan and Beau St. Clair, reports Variety. The company is developing several Brosnan vehicles at the studio, including The Thomas Crown Affair 2 and the actioner Mexicali.

 

Brosnan will also return for a fifth outing as British secret agent James Bond. The 21st film in MGM's spy series is being readied for a November 2005 release.

 

Outside of MGM, Irish DreamTime is producing thriller The Matador with Stratus Films. The film, in which Brosnan will star, is gearing up to start lensing in Mexico.

 

Bond, James Bond can next be seen in the New Line romantic comedy Laws of Attraction with Julianne Moore.