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Martin Campbell to direct CASINO ROYALE - but will Woody Allen reprise his role'

Hey folks, Harry here with the continuing drama of James Bond. No clue who is playing him, but Martin Campbell will be the M behind the scenes directing 007's footsteps. Personally- I prefered the first person shooter of GOLDENEYE to the film - mainly because Campbell rarely gives his movies a sense of grandeur or the dramatics kicked up where I'd like to see them. With CASINO ROYALE - I feel he's a bit out of his league... Had this story and adaptation been given to Quentin Tarantino... Martin Scorsese... or another badass... Oh well, this isn't bad news... getting Bond back into the world of Ian Fleming is a good thing - though.. notice nowhere in this press release do they even mention the original creator's name. Kinda ass if you ask me. Here ya go...

MARTIN CAMPBELL TO DIRECT CASINO ROYALE, THE 21ST JAMES BOND ADVENTURE  

Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, producers of the James Bond films, and MGM announced today that Martin Campbell will direct CASINO ROYALE, the 21st film in the 007 franchise.  

This is Campbell’s second time as helmer of a James Bond film.  In  1995 he directed the hit GOLDENEYE which introduced Pierce Brosnan to the role of 007 with great success.  

Wilson and Broccoli said:

“We are thrilled that Martin has accepted our offer to direct CASINO ROYALE.  He is an extremely talented director and we believe he will help take our films in a new and exciting direction.  He is currently finishing filming ‘Legend Of Zorro’, the sequel to ‘The Mask Of Zorro’, and will be joining EON Productions shortly to work on the development of the script with our writers, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.”  

MGM Vice Chairman and COO Chris McGurk said: “Martin is an incredibly exciting filmmaker.  GOLDENEYE was a wonderful movie and helped reinvigorate the Bond franchise.  We’re thrilled to have him back to direct the newest Bond.”  

Born in New Zealand, Campbell moved to England in 1966 and made his directorial debut on the popular TV series’ ‘The Professionals’ and ‘Minder’.  He moved to America in 1986 to direct ‘Criminal Law’ and ‘Defenceless’.  Following GOLDENEYE, he went on to direct ‘The Mask Of Zorro’, ‘Vertical Limit’ and ‘Beyond Borders’ and is currently directing ‘Legend Of Zorro’.  

CASINO ROYALE will be released in 2006 and distributed world-wide by MGM. No decision has yet been made regarding casting for the role of ‘James Bond’.

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So this is the new Bond film? OK....
by solowcx
Feb 3rd, 2005
05:48:35 PM
I don't see this hapening
by genro
Feb 3rd, 2005
05:50:45 PM
James Bon is a Time Lord
by tensticks
Feb 3rd, 2005
06:01:02 PM
stupid without Brosnan
by lynxpro
Feb 3rd, 2005
06:06:00 PM
I liked Goldeneye, best of the Brosnan Bonds....
by Dr_Zoidberg
Feb 3rd, 2005
06:06:07 PM
I think it's time to give Bond a rest
by Blue Devil
Feb 3rd, 2005
06:09:10 PM
Pay Attention 007!
by The New No.2
Feb 3rd, 2005
06:14:50 PM
They had a great opportunity called TARANTINO shoved in their fa
by PoliMan4
Feb 3rd, 2005
06:16:20 PM
I dunno, didn't Tarantino say he would have made 'Casino Royale'
by Ribbons
Feb 3rd, 2005
06:22:12 PM
This Makes Sense
by Playhouse
Feb 3rd, 2005
06:25:13 PM
Tarantino
by DanielKurland
Feb 3rd, 2005
06:27:48 PM
BOOOOOOOO!!!
by Batutta
Feb 3rd, 2005
06:28:04 PM
Agreed. Goldeneye was the best. Then it was all downhill from th
by IAmJacksUserID
Feb 3rd, 2005
06:40:56 PM
perfect for Brosnan
by ScreamingPenis
Feb 3rd, 2005
06:45:04 PM
Tarantino? Fincher? Scorsese? Wet dreams...
by performingmonkey
Feb 3rd, 2005
06:50:03 PM
"GOLDENEYE was a wonderful movie and helped reinvigorate the Bon
by maxwell's hammer
Feb 3rd, 2005
07:11:55 PM
Loved Brosnan but he was way too old for the character...
by RenoReno
Feb 3rd, 2005
07:25:59 PM
This is gonna be such a let down
by Gheorghe Zamfir
Feb 3rd, 2005
07:33:19 PM
If I cared the least bit for the Bond franchise...
by SalvatoreGravano
Feb 3rd, 2005
07:33:30 PM
Bond belongs in a rest home!
by Giant Fish
Feb 3rd, 2005
07:36:58 PM
Anyone not sold on Clive Owen should see Croupier...
by Batutta
Feb 3rd, 2005
07:37:17 PM
this film will be as good as the writers and the director..
by Captain Katanga
Feb 3rd, 2005
07:42:02 PM
It will be like FOR YOUR EYES ONLY and THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
by MaxCalifornia.
Feb 3rd, 2005
07:52:45 PM
Actually, making Casino Royale was not Tarantino's idea
by MaxCalifornia.
Feb 3rd, 2005
07:57:11 PM
At the beginning of TWINE
by kabong
Feb 3rd, 2005
08:00:05 PM
I thought GoldenEye was teh lame.
by MyNameDoesn'tFit
Feb 3rd, 2005
08:00:49 PM
anything would be better than DIE ANOTHER DAY
by jackburtonlives
Feb 3rd, 2005
08:11:01 PM
They should wait till 2007 to release it, that's a marketing plo
by 007-11
Feb 3rd, 2005
08:16:49 PM
I'm pretty sure Tarantino is the one to bring the idea
by Gheorghe Zamfir
Feb 3rd, 2005
08:25:27 PM
The problem is, there's a difference between Bond BOOK PURISTS a
by Commando Cody
Feb 3rd, 2005
08:59:08 PM
"because Casino Royale the book isn't very cinematic, and not a
by Bart of Darkness
Feb 3rd, 2005
09:17:15 PM
QT's contribution to "Casino Royale"
by Ribbons
Feb 3rd, 2005
09:18:38 PM
Good points, Commando Cody
by MaxCalifornia.
Feb 3rd, 2005
09:26:42 PM
Goldeneye 64=Motion Sickness
by proper
Feb 3rd, 2005
09:32:45 PM
do James Bond
by proper
Feb 3rd, 2005
09:34:34 PM
knuckleheads
by Mr Brownstone
Feb 3rd, 2005
09:45:58 PM
MGM do NOT release this movie in 2006.
by RenoNevada2000
Feb 3rd, 2005
09:53:16 PM
Tarantino was talking about Casino Royale as far back as press r
by Mr Brownstone
Feb 3rd, 2005
09:55:41 PM
No Brosnan...then Bond is dead to me.
by I Dunno
Feb 3rd, 2005
10:05:29 PM
DEAN WORMER FOREVER!
by Darth Sticky
Feb 3rd, 2005
10:12:59 PM
Speaking of Scorsese, his verion of "Infernal Affairs" is starti
by Barry Egan
Feb 3rd, 2005
10:18:18 PM

by duchuvney_post_x
Feb 3rd, 2005
10:26:18 PM
Campbell makes *terrific*-looking movies, Harry.
by Osmosis Jones
Feb 3rd, 2005
10:35:40 PM
Darth Sticky
by proper
Feb 3rd, 2005
10:54:18 PM
The book was a Cold War thriller, and didn't have all that much
by FrankDrebin
Feb 3rd, 2005
11:08:44 PM
I don't see why this franchise wasn't given to . . .
by underscore_only
Feb 3rd, 2005
11:15:55 PM
I guess I'm in the minority here. I think a Bond film SHOULD be
by FrankDrebin
Feb 3rd, 2005
11:51:00 PM
No, FrankDrebin, you're not alone...
by Commando Cody
Feb 4th, 2005
12:11:07 AM
Oh, and P.S., I almost forgot GET JACKMAN!
by Commando Cody
Feb 4th, 2005
12:16:26 AM
Commando Cody: There's something else we agree on--bring back Bl
by FrankDrebin
Feb 4th, 2005
12:34:36 AM
Commando Cody...
by one9deuce
Feb 4th, 2005
12:54:56 AM
This should be the year everything tired ENDS! Star Wars, Star T
by Grabthars_Hammer
Feb 4th, 2005
02:12:42 AM
Ignorance !
by Dude_gimme_tabs
Feb 4th, 2005
03:53:18 AM
The writers...
by Riviera
Feb 4th, 2005
04:06:00 AM
Bring CLIVE OWEN- NOW!!!
by ch2praxis
Feb 4th, 2005
04:40:47 AM
Should have been given to...
by Trevor Goodchild
Feb 4th, 2005
06:25:53 AM
Forget Clive Owen, get Gerard Butler
by Vicconius
Feb 4th, 2005
06:28:18 AM
Regarding Blofeld
by Doughboy
Feb 4th, 2005
08:19:48 AM
Why not just remake ALL the books again right from the beginning
by workshed
Feb 4th, 2005
09:06:40 AM
Oh, yes, almost forgot, Matt Healy (Emmerdale's Matthew King) wo
by workshed
Feb 4th, 2005
09:09:41 AM
Pardon
by DannyOcean01
Feb 4th, 2005
09:49:32 AM
At last !
by Dude_gimme_tabs
Feb 4th, 2005
11:05:01 AM
I'm sorry, but filming Casino Royale as the next Bond film WAS T
by riskebiz
Feb 4th, 2005
11:05:12 AM
QT ? WTF ?
by Dude_gimme_tabs
Feb 4th, 2005
11:48:16 AM
Martin Campbell is just a return to 90s Bond nostalgia, no more
by Spacesheik
Feb 4th, 2005
12:31:32 PM
Brosnan's Swan Song
by Spacesheik
Feb 4th, 2005
12:36:56 PM
RE: QT and Bond
by the G-man
Feb 4th, 2005
12:57:49 PM
I say it's Brocolli and I say the hell with it!!
by cookylamoo
Feb 4th, 2005
02:01:22 PM
Tarantino direct a Bond film? I'd rather see Tarantino WRITE a B
by Aston Lad
Feb 4th, 2005
02:06:10 PM
Jackman for Bond, or Gerard Butler or Christian Bale...
by Monkey_King
Feb 4th, 2005
02:14:41 PM
Forget what's his name, get somebody as Bond!
by Darksider
Feb 4th, 2005
02:27:38 PM
They're going ot bring back Brosnan.
by numberface
Feb 4th, 2005
02:29:12 PM
They have to call one "Shaken Not Stirred"
by Wee Willie
Feb 4th, 2005
02:32:37 PM
If they cast Clive Owen
by Avon
Feb 4th, 2005
02:46:21 PM
However ...
by riskebiz
Feb 4th, 2005
03:11:33 PM
Adapting Ian Fleming stories.....
by The Gipper
Feb 4th, 2005
03:45:34 PM
CGI
by Spacesheik
Feb 4th, 2005
03:57:59 PM
Call it "Royale with Cheese..."
by hipcheck13
Feb 4th, 2005
04:39:44 PM
HEY HARRY! Witch Goldeneye are you talking about....
by RickSlamu2
Feb 4th, 2005
09:57:39 PM
Wes Anderson and 007: Two great tastes that taste gross together
by Ribbons
Feb 4th, 2005
10:06:41 PM
Casino Royale with the modern Bond producers/scripters? Are the
by Tall_Boy
Feb 4th, 2005
11:01:41 PM
BOND ROYALE
by abesapien
Feb 5th, 2005
07:37:54 AM
If they want to make a good Bond film, they should have Hulk Hog
by thecat
Feb 5th, 2005
11:00:09 AM
Prediction: Hiring Clive Owen will be like the hiring George Laz
by Triumph poops!
Feb 5th, 2005
02:38:46 PM
QT - no thanks
by WayOutWest
Feb 5th, 2005
03:23:19 PM
Hmm...
by JDPRITCHETT
Feb 5th, 2005
04:11:00 PM
Am I the only one???
by JDPRITCHETT
Feb 5th, 2005
04:14:58 PM
Dalton *was* welcomed and embraced after Roger Moore
by Spacesheik
Feb 6th, 2005
06:32:37 AM
Now that I think about it, the plot of "The Living Daylights" is
by FrankDrebin
Feb 6th, 2005
01:43:04 PM
To sum up what Cody and MaxCal posted, people will SAY one thing
by FrankDrebin
Feb 6th, 2005
01:54:50 PM
OHMSS and Blofeld
by Bramton1
Feb 6th, 2005
02:26:49 PM
I guess this is great news for Joe Don Baker.
by riskebiz
Feb 7th, 2005
02:06:25 PM

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