Fox Gunning for Bond
Wed, January 19, 2011 
At the end of every adventure, the Broccolis reassure us, "James Bond will return."
While it's no longer in question when that will occur (November 9, 2012), who will direct (Sam Mendes) and who will fuck anything female with a pulse and kill any baddie in eyes-view (Daniel Craig going for his third outing), a distributor hasn't been wrangled up.
To their credit, "TOLDJA" has been saying from the start the studio with the home-court advantage is Paramount. Thanks to their association with new MGM heads Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, the big-cheeses at Spyglass responsible for J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot and its sequel next June. Then there's Sony who handled distribution for Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, and said to the studio of choice for the Broccolis.
Not surprisingly a third studio is in contention (courtesy of THR): 20th Century Fox. Not the first time they've been pegged to take over the marketing and distribution for 007. Just ask We Are Movie Geeks two years back. Fox already distributes the Bond catalog on home-video so it's not like this would be a sudden change of pace.
My money's on Sony given their recent success and association with the property. But a decision is expected to be made in a few weeks whereupon I'll be proven wrong and it'll be Paramount. Probably.
Reader Comments (1)
Ya I rather it stay with sony myself. If it changes paramount is a fine one. Def don't want fox distributing it.