It is still a little unclear exactly who is going to be playing James Bond in the next edition of the classic spy franchise, butJames Bond 25has just taken a very reassuring step forward. The writing duo ofNeal PurvisandRobert Wadehave signed on to write the next movie, who also wroteSpectreand several otherBondmovies. When it comes toDaniel Craigand whether or not he’ll be back with a Walther PPK in his hand and a mission on his mind, that’s another story.
The news comes courtesy of journalistBaz Bamigboye, who writes for The Daily Mail. He took to hisTwitteraccount recently to declare thatNeal PurvisandRobert Wadehave officially signed on to write the follow-up toSpectre. That should be somewhat assuring to long-time 007 fans, as they have been a staple of the franchise sinceThe World is Not Enoughin 1999. Here is whatBaz Bamigboyehad to say about it.
“Writers #nealpurvis & #robertwade hired to write story for #Bond25. #DanielCraig still deciding whether he will do it.”
Having writers in place is definitely a good thing because that means we are finally getting some movement onJames Bond 25, which has been more or less stagnant sinceSpectrewas released in November 2015. The issue with this information, which has really been the big issue for more than a year, is thatDaniel Craigappears to still be undecided. However, the man playing007next time around will surely have a tremendous affect on the story, so it would stand to reason that the producers have a pretty good idea of who will be suiting up for MI6 this time around. If it isDaniel Craig, they will probably be continuing the storyline that was left somewhat open at the end ofSpectre. If it’s someone else, they will probably be doing a soft (or very hard) reboot of some kind, which the franchise has done plenty of times in the past.
As forPurvisandWade, they have written a total of sixJames Bondmovies prior to this, only once without at least some help.John Loganhas also been credited on several of their more recent entries. Their movies includeThe World is Not Enough,Die Another Day,Casino Royale,Quantum of Solace,SkyfallandSpectre. There is no doubt that is a mixed resume in regards to the quality of each movie, but it is hard to know exactly how much of that had to do with the script, at least their part of it.Die Another Dayis generally considered to be one of the worstJames Bond moviesever made whereasCasino RoyaleandSkyfallrank up there with the best the series has ever produced. So we can only hope the better version ofNeil PurvisandRobert Wadeshow up this time around.
We also reported not too long ago thatJames Bond 25was in final negotiations toshoot in Croatia, possibly later this year. So it seems like things are moving in the right direction. IfDaniel Craigdoesn’t come back, names likeMichael Fassbender,Tom Hiddleston,Aidan TurnerandIdris Elbahave all been brought up.Tom Hardyrecently expressed interest in possibly taking on the role ifChristopher Nolanwere in the director’s chair. We’ll have to see, but either way,James Bond 25seems to be picking up momentum, so we should know soon enough.
