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Sorting Out Those James Bond Rumors...

Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...

Evidently, the new ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY features Pierce Brosnan saying that he’s done with the Bond franchise. Since their site is for subscribers only, I can’t confirm that, but I’m sure it’ll be in this week’s issue if they did run it. Makes sense. People in and around MGM have known that Pierce wanted out for a while now. He hasn’t been happy with the direction the films have taken, and he has been trying to steer the franchise in a riskier direction, back towards the original Fleming source material. As a longtime fan of the books who is ambivalent at best towards the movies (outright hostile, in some cases), I always liked the notion of Quentin Tarantino doing a straight adaptation of CASINO ROYALE. It’ll never happen, though, and I’ve accepted that. We’re not that lucky.

The rumor that is being printed and reprinted this week, though, is that Orlando Bloom will be playing a young James Bond at school. For some reason, people are saying this is a Miramax project. There’s a whole lot of stupid in that rumor. MGM/Eon owns Bond and isn’t about to give someone else a license to kill their franchise by doing some ridiculous “Young Bond” series. And Miramax can’t just decide to make the films without that permission. Forget this rumor right away. It’s just pointless noise and mumbles.

You want some a real Bond tidbit to chew on? How about the name of the guy who MGM has already tapped to replace Brosnan? I first heard this name floated a month or so ago, but now I’ve heard it from three fairly solid sources. No paperwork is signed yet, but it looks like they’ve made their choice, and it’s not the long-rumored Clive Owen, and it’s not Hugh Jackman, and it’s not Hugh Grant, and it’s not any of the names I’ve heard a dozen times before.

Nope. Looks like the next guy to suit up and slip on the 007 moniker will be an actor who can really sink his CHOPPERs into the role. A guy who brings a certain HULKing charm to the role. A comedian-turned-action lead who... ummm... oh, how the fuck do I make a lame TROY joke here? Forget it.

Bana. Eric Bana. You heard it here first.

"Moriarty" out.





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Too bad
by Cheeseman
Jul 28th, 2004
04:41:35 AM
I already heard this Brosnon thing elsewhere today, and....
by maniACK
Jul 28th, 2004
04:42:20 AM
damn, hit enter instead of tab
by maniACK
Jul 28th, 2004
04:45:38 AM
So you're telling me Eric Bana is going to play James Bond??
by IndustryKiller
Jul 28th, 2004
04:45:49 AM
Oh, yeah....
by maniACK
Jul 28th, 2004
04:46:58 AM
forget bond
by Mr.Cunt
Jul 28th, 2004
04:52:38 AM
007 in...My Pet Goat
by CuervoJones
Jul 28th, 2004
04:55:46 AM
Wrong choice
by dastickboy
Jul 28th, 2004
04:57:36 AM
The directing was far too amatuerish for the Bourne Supremacy to
by IndustryKiller
Jul 28th, 2004
05:01:32 AM
mark strong
by marwood
Jul 28th, 2004
05:02:57 AM
Bana's a good choice. Now all they need...
by obi12kenobi
Jul 28th, 2004
05:10:45 AM
Bana looks like a twerp and is crap idea for Bond!
by jaydeluxe
Jul 28th, 2004
05:21:14 AM
The best bond movie to come out in many years
by vekt0r
Jul 28th, 2004
05:28:18 AM
Bana? Give me a break.............
by High Grade 4 Eva
Jul 28th, 2004
05:41:07 AM
Bana's too good for Bond
by BIG-BOY-BOB
Jul 28th, 2004
05:43:00 AM
mark strong (again)
by marwood
Jul 28th, 2004
05:50:15 AM
forget suave and sophisticated...
by Mr.Cunt
Jul 28th, 2004
05:59:32 AM
Bana!?!?!?!?!
by Antiriad
Jul 28th, 2004
06:07:13 AM
MGM have only themselves to blame for this....but we all knew th
by Gabba-UK
Jul 28th, 2004
06:08:41 AM
are you serious??
by passing time
Jul 28th, 2004
06:12:26 AM
Unknown Actor
by magnius
Jul 28th, 2004
06:25:35 AM
Eric Bana is a good choice
by Spacesheik
Jul 28th, 2004
06:39:40 AM
Bana in Chopper
by Thes
Jul 28th, 2004
06:59:18 AM
Eric Bana...
by Mr.Cunt
Jul 28th, 2004
07:01:21 AM
I agree with above poster...
by Mr.Cunt
Jul 28th, 2004
07:04:25 AM
Bond future
by Spacesheik
Jul 28th, 2004
07:09:02 AM
Bana is teh suck!
by phanboi
Jul 28th, 2004
07:14:07 AM
YOU NEED BRITISH ACTORS TO PLAY BOND!!!
by Fugazi32
Jul 28th, 2004
07:36:39 AM
you guys posted a story a while back...
by scrumdiddly
Jul 28th, 2004
07:50:42 AM
nuh-huh
by passing time
Jul 28th, 2004
08:01:58 AM
corerction: the best recent bond movie..
by Big_Kahuna
Jul 28th, 2004
08:23:12 AM
Bana was mentioned MONTHS AGO Mori...
by genro
Jul 28th, 2004
08:44:32 AM
Get the fuck out of here!!!
by TheGinger Twit
Jul 28th, 2004
09:04:14 AM
Watch Bana as the solo Army operator in BLACK HAWK DOWN
by Spacesheik
Jul 28th, 2004
09:08:40 AM
Just as we read here first that the tilte for Ep III will be "Th
by drompter
Jul 28th, 2004
09:22:36 AM
Eric Bana?
by ellid
Jul 28th, 2004
09:34:37 AM
Bana as Bond? That could be damn cool!
by Darksider
Jul 28th, 2004
09:54:43 AM
Eric Bana raped my childhood....blah blah blah...this is not new
by cinematt
Jul 28th, 2004
09:58:03 AM
Ali G would make an excellent Bond
by eraser_x
Jul 28th, 2004
09:59:21 AM
Bana as Bond?! Say it ain't so!!!
by cmdrbond007
Jul 28th, 2004
10:11:58 AM
Sick of this crap
by pythagoras
Jul 28th, 2004
10:14:22 AM
New Bond...
by The_Greenporker
Jul 28th, 2004
10:24:44 AM
nooooooo! wrong casting!
by DarthBakpao
Jul 28th, 2004
10:29:17 AM
YES!!! and NO!!!
by NoLaw4000
Jul 28th, 2004
10:30:57 AM
Clive Owen or bust!
by Drath
Jul 28th, 2004
10:33:52 AM
and don't forget, Connery is scottish.
by Floyd Gondolli
Jul 28th, 2004
10:41:29 AM
and don't forget, Connery is scottish.
by Floyd Gondolli
Jul 28th, 2004
10:41:30 AM
Sorry for repeating myself
by Floyd Gondolli
Jul 28th, 2004
10:43:09 AM
good call...
by marwood
Jul 28th, 2004
10:49:25 AM
Finally someone said that!
by SalvatoreGravano
Jul 28th, 2004
10:58:33 AM
Why can't we put the talkback button at the bottom?
by Danger
Jul 28th, 2004
11:04:59 AM
With the exception of Chopper, his work has been bland as oatmea
by Batutta
Jul 28th, 2004
11:11:32 AM
BTW, while I don't care about these movies...
by SalvatoreGravano
Jul 28th, 2004
11:13:26 AM
pythagoras...
by Mr.Cunt
Jul 28th, 2004
11:18:55 AM
I think they should remake Goldfinger with Hulk Hogan as the bad
by Lord Shatner
Jul 28th, 2004
11:24:15 AM

by Danger
Jul 28th, 2004
11:38:52 AM
danger -
by marwood
Jul 28th, 2004
11:59:06 AM
Bana? Fuck no! He shitted in the Hulk. Jackman! JACKMAN!!!
by Triumph poops!
Jul 28th, 2004
12:01:05 PM
To Mr C
by pythagoras
Jul 28th, 2004
12:08:36 PM
Thanks Marwood!
by Danger
Jul 28th, 2004
12:14:19 PM
in response Pythagor(arse)...
by Mr.Cunt
Jul 28th, 2004
12:30:05 PM
JULIAN MCMAHON!!!
by somethingreal81
Jul 28th, 2004
12:32:58 PM
BOND IS DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Forestal
Jul 28th, 2004
12:39:20 PM
How Bond works...
by Uncapie
Jul 28th, 2004
12:42:02 PM
speaking of sic ...
by eraser_x
Jul 28th, 2004
12:46:35 PM
James Purefoy is cast!!!
by ddboo
Jul 28th, 2004
12:47:57 PM
Mr C again ...
by pythagoras
Jul 28th, 2004
12:49:20 PM
Matt LeBlanc would also be great for Bond.
by eraser_x
Jul 28th, 2004
12:51:09 PM
To eraser_x
by pythagoras
Jul 28th, 2004
12:54:23 PM
Didn't hear this here first....
by SNAFU06
Jul 28th, 2004
12:57:53 PM
They already made a prequel, The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
by DomisInnerChild
Jul 28th, 2004
01:06:59 PM
I like Bana ... but he just doesn't seem right for the role of J
by JDanielP
Jul 28th, 2004
01:10:46 PM
Young James Bond books are coming
by Jack Burton
Jul 28th, 2004
01:28:44 PM
nooooo
by JackDonkey
Jul 28th, 2004
01:28:55 PM
Good actor but I don't see him as Bond
by Dragonfire
Jul 28th, 2004
02:04:02 PM
Bana?
by Zephyr1988
Jul 28th, 2004
02:22:09 PM
Bond should go back to the start..........
by Doc Cock
Jul 28th, 2004
02:25:47 PM
Clive Owen
by ushaped
Jul 28th, 2004
02:36:08 PM
Make 21 and call it a day
by Solrider77
Jul 28th, 2004
02:36:42 PM
Bana in Spielberg's Next...
by TenderBranson
Jul 28th, 2004
02:43:50 PM
When they say "get back to the Fleming novels", I think they're
by FrankDrebin
Jul 28th, 2004
03:27:18 PM
Bond being a brit..
by Bouncy X
Jul 28th, 2004
03:40:17 PM
James Bond JR
by andyrew
Jul 28th, 2004
04:08:14 PM
blah
by andyrew
Jul 28th, 2004
04:12:45 PM
FloydGondolli and Bouncy X, Geography Lesson 1.
by SamFisher
Jul 28th, 2004
04:17:08 PM
Clive Owen made a believer out of me.
by riskebiz
Jul 28th, 2004
04:23:29 PM
Ben Miles for Bond
by Roj Blake
Jul 28th, 2004
04:27:17 PM
James Bond
by bennyx99
Jul 28th, 2004
04:56:31 PM
Robbie Williams.
by modlight
Jul 28th, 2004
05:38:04 PM
i love eric bana but i just can't see him as bond. i'd still act
by BEARison Ford
Jul 28th, 2004
05:39:53 PM
imbletards
by lynxpro
Jul 28th, 2004
06:09:52 PM
Julian McMahon
by lynxpro
Jul 28th, 2004
06:11:26 PM
BallAche
by Bouncy X
Jul 28th, 2004
06:43:57 PM
Does this look like a poster for a Bond film or what? Jon Rhys-
by FrankDrebin
Jul 28th, 2004
07:24:37 PM
If LYNXPRO is right, then the people behind CATWOMAN (the WB) wi
by FrankDrebin
Jul 28th, 2004
07:29:20 PM
Moviehole mentioned this in April!
by dashingwoman
Jul 28th, 2004
07:51:13 PM
Nonsense
by dregmobile
Jul 28th, 2004
08:20:55 PM
James Bond Jr.
by spectrebeeyatch
Jul 28th, 2004
08:43:03 PM
Bond Surfing the Ice Wave in "Die Another Day" was the fucking L
by The_Lion
Jul 28th, 2004
08:49:04 PM
Lynxpro is correct, another studio other than MGM will own the B
by JohnnyTremaine
Jul 28th, 2004
10:08:28 PM
in the next 007 movie...
by ric hard with a
Jul 28th, 2004
10:16:21 PM
High Grant??? What you want Bond to be homosexual now?
by Bong
Jul 28th, 2004
10:22:32 PM
Who Brosnan thinks would be a great Bond
by SnootBadger
Jul 28th, 2004
10:29:51 PM
Orlando Bloom? Ha Ha. Teen Bond.
by kabong
Jul 28th, 2004
10:34:25 PM
Tobey Maguire as Bond?
by warp11
Jul 29th, 2004
12:49:26 AM
Gervais,...
by Vicconius
Jul 29th, 2004
02:07:56 AM
OH HELL YES!!!!
by PaulAtriedes
Jul 29th, 2004
02:36:09 AM
Bond producers need their brains read
by hallmitchell
Jul 29th, 2004
03:19:05 AM
Eric Bana's ears are too big.
by Darth_Bald
Jul 29th, 2004
03:20:42 AM
makes sense
by ainm
Jul 29th, 2004
03:49:51 AM
Pythagoras...yet again
by Mr.Cunt
Jul 29th, 2004
04:35:37 AM
Erm, FloydGondolli:
by Otto Parts
Jul 29th, 2004
07:13:47 AM
Robbie Williams as Bond.......NO, NO, NO......
by Doc Cock
Jul 29th, 2004
10:39:05 AM
Isaacs or Bean.
by C.D. Inspector
Jul 29th, 2004
02:41:36 PM
I've said it before and i'll say it again........... Jason Isaac
by togmeister
Jul 29th, 2004
03:11:13 PM
Not the best idea but it could be worse...
by Doc_McCoy
Jul 29th, 2004
06:59:08 PM
QT and Casino Royale must be made
by spectrebeeyatch
Jul 29th, 2004
07:20:04 PM
Paul Bettany??
by Big_Bubbaloola
Jul 30th, 2004
05:13:39 AM
What about the Highlander?
by agent00xp
Jul 30th, 2004
03:01:21 PM
Jump start the franchise
by ADigitalMan
Jul 30th, 2004
03:42:01 PM
Needs to take a break
by somethingreal81
Jul 30th, 2004
04:11:29 PM
Bond needs to be brought up to speed with the times
by KingKrypton
Jul 31st, 2004
08:09:27 PM
AICN, you FUCKING BASTARDS
by AlwaysThere
Jul 31st, 2004
08:14:17 PM
Bana as Bond
by epiphany
Jul 31st, 2004
11:09:07 PM
just a few points....
by lynxpro
Aug 1st, 2004
02:08:04 PM
Clive Owen...
by februari
Aug 1st, 2004
05:07:45 PM

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