Should James Bond Adopt the Marvel Cinematic Universe Model?
Here s what it might look like.
By Mike Rampton Eon/Marvel
Assuming all goes to plan in the rest of 2021, 30 September should see the release of the long-delayed 25th James Bond film,
No Time To Die. It was originally scheduled to come out in November 2019, but was postponed first by the departure of original director Danny Boyle and then by the global coronavirus pandemic.
Also out by the end of 2021? Four new entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe –
Black Widow,
Eternals and
Spider-Man: No Way Home, bringing the total number of theatrically-released MCU films to 27.
Should James Bond create its own cinematic universe? There's a lot of money to be made with the MCU approach, but would it work out for 007? We investigate.
Not only is Benson’s Bond politically incorrect but he has also found himself back in some of the staple situations of Fleming’s books, notably long, tense gambling scenes and leisurely, exotic meals. “That’s what I think was missing from Gardner,” says Benson. “He never did any of the meals or gambling.” In returning to what he calls the “original Bond,” Benson returns to the character he knows best the one he became infatuated with as a young boy growing up in West Texas.
Benson was born in Midland, the son of a geologist for Gulf Oil. When he was five, the family moved to Odessa, or “Odessolation,” as he calls it. From the beginning, Benson’s parents gave him free rein to discover himself, and early on he knew that he wanted to be involved with show business. He recalls trips to the public library just to thumb through the
A new era of intrigue and danger begins for James Bond, and this time his formidable adversaries include a corrupt Chinese general and a power-crazed tycoon. It s June 1997 and M despatches 007 to Hong Kong to investigate a series of unexplained bombings. synopsis may belong to another edition of this title.
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en route. Set 10 days before Hong Kong is handed back to the Chinese, Bond is faced with a number of disturbing events: A nuclear bomb exploding in Australia; the gunning down of customs officers in England and an explosion killing the entire Board of Directors for Eurasia Enterprises in Hong Kong. What is the connection between these events? 007 s mission is to investigate before the friction between China and Britain escalates.