With the absence of actual Bond 26 news, the ScreenRant website has come out with speculation. A lot of it is silly. But, hey, it's worth a look.
Promo via X (formerly Twitter): "Bond 26 will take the 007 series in a new direction, and if the franchise's last reboot attempt 18 years ago is anything to go by, it'll be a hit."
Reality check: There's still no script, still no director, and still no actor. That's a little early to declare *anything* a hit.
Silly remark, re: Bond 26: "It's likely that the series will once again start from scratch."
You think? The Daniel Craig version of Bond got killed off at the end of No Time to Die. It'd be kind of hard to carry on the story of story of Craig/Bond when he's a pile of ash.
Silly remark II: "What's more is that 2006's Casino Royale is the only example of a remake within the franchise (if 1983's Never Say Never Again, an unofficial remake of Thunderball isn't included). Casino Royale was previously adapted into a 1967 movie starring David Niven and Peter Sellers, though the film only loosely follows the story of the book and instead adopts a broadly comedic tone.
Reality check: Casino Royale (2006) was not a remake of Casino Royale (1967). The 2006 movie was made by Eon Productions. The 1967 film was made by producer Charles K. Feldman. Never Say Never Again was another non-Eon production. What was Screen Rant thinking?
Silly remark III: "Since Fleming's death, several writers, such as John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, and Anthony Horowitz, have all turned their hand to writing James Bond continuation novels. Despite the wealth of material available, none of these books have ever been adapted or even partially adapted for film."
Reality check: A key sequence from Colonel Sun, written by Kingsley Amis under the pen name Robert Markham, was used in 2015's SPECTRE. Eon did its best to disguise that fact. In the long end titles, there was a "special thanks" credit to the estate of Amis.
British tabloids, of course, often do an awful job with stories about Bond films. Remember how Aaron Taylor-Johnson was going to be the next Bond actor? But it's not just the British tabloids.
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