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The Broccoli family is still in charge.
Its really a family business, Mark A. Altman tells Vultureof the Bond franchise.
[Its] producer-driven rather than auteur-driven.
Barbara Broccoli is the contemporary boss of 007.
For nearly six decades, every decision about big-screen 007 has been managed by the Broccoli family.
Its not just the movies, Edlitz says.
If theCasino Royaledirector had it his way, wed probably have a different Witcher.
Auditioning James Bond actors are required to read this one scene.
Assuming they had to audition at all (Roger Moore didnt!
Every major James Bond cliche comes from the co-writer ofGoldfinger.
Even if youve never seen the third Sean Connery James Bond filmGoldfinger, youve likely heard of it.
And if youve somehow never heard of it, youll probably recognize the tropes it introduced.
Goldfingeris a really unique turning point for the series.
The Bond series would not have endured as a straight espionage series, Altman explains.
Dehn really minted the formula that would be the template for Bond for decades to come.
Imagine: Its the year 1983.
How did it happen?
This meant that several aspects of the James Bond mythos were tied in legal complications for years.
Never Say Never Againwas directed by Irvin Kershner the genius who directedThe Empire Strikes Back.
Octopussyisnt bad, Gross explains.
But sometimes you have Bond movies that havegreatopening scenes even if the movie wasnt great.Octopussyhas a great opening scene.
Gross is not wrong.
Take that Sean Connery!
The cycle of each Bond era is nearly identical start gritty … get silly … repeat.
For many contemporary moviegoers, Daniel Craig is the most hard-edged, realistic James Bond of them all.
Gross tells Vulture that the self-censorship of the Bond films is the key to their success.
Just contrast the seriousness of Pierce Brosnan inGoldeneyein 1995, with Pierce Brosnan inDie Another Dayin 2002.
Its hard to believe its the same Bond!
The Bond franchise totally rebooted after its highest-grossing film ever.
Critics were pretty lukewarm on 2002sDie Another Die the final of four Pierce Brosnan movies.
Nonetheless, the film was a huge box-office smash.
It earned a whopping $432 million worldwide, and was the sixth highest-grossing movie of 2002.
You have to admire the chutzpah of Broccoli and Wilson to basically fire Pierce, Altman says.
They start over right afterDie AnotherDayis one of the highest-grossing Bond films ever.
It was likely the right decision.
And then the James Bond films will reboot again.
He (she?)
will look different, sound different, and maybe end up in space by 2030.
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