This story here talks about a 1977 Bond film that was never made, in which Sean Connery would have made a comeback (first Bond appearance for him since 1971) as star, producer, and – get this – screenwriter. Bond would have gone up against a robotic shark. Pretty cool, huh? And there’s be a secret lair, and the Statue of Liberty, and it would have been cool! Only the current Bond producer, Cubby Broccoli, said no way – they were in the middle of making The Spy Who Loved Me. Man, imagine! Frickin’ shark!
And then we have this, which purports that the next two installments of Kill Bill are being bandied about and presents the possible plotlines of each. I’m very skeptical that there’d be two more of them, but I could see one more, since much was made of the fact that a) Beatrix was a mommy and b) Vernita’s daughter saw her get killed by Beatrix. So there’s the revenge factor.
Frothy Ruminations 
June 26, 2007 at 7:28 am |
The Kill Bill series should be left alone.
Yes, Hollywood will most likely try to pawn off sequels 3-99 on the public, but after the ending of Vol 2, it will definitely be a stretch to say they are sequels. Its not like they are going to worry about plot, I know, as they were thin on plot in the original 2, but stretching it much further would be rather interesting. The $$$ could be much better spent on getting Uma whatshername acting lessons, as I can see a compelling demand for that.
As for a missed Bond film, oh, well. Yes, Connery could have worked a few more in, as I recall, but he was not apparently as greedy and as narcissistic as current actors are, so he picked and chose the roles that he wanted. But then, he was (is) a most capable actor and, save a mangled script (actually a total rewrite of the book) of “The Rising Sun”, his movies have been very high quality.
June 26, 2007 at 7:33 am |
Well, it stands to reason that if you didn’t care much for the first two, then the next two aren’t going to pique your interest either. Assuming the same production and writing team would be involved, I don’t see how the quality would definitely go down. There were certain plot lines specifically left unresolved for the purpose of possibly addressing them in future films.