![]() Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organization known as SPECTRE. I'm a little miffed at reports that Sony chose to save a mere $1 million by hiring (actor redacted because it might be a spoiler) instead of (actor redacted because it might be a spoiler), but that's for another day.Spectre (2015) Primary Poster Spectre PlotĪ cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Even absent the free publicity of the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise, SPECTRE is one of the surefire champions of the holiday movie season alongside The Peanuts Movie (20th Century Fox), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay part II (Lions Gate Entertainment), Pixar's The Good Dinosaur (Walt Disney), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney). Point being, the notion of a new James Bond film, in this worldwide box office marketplace, somehow plummeting back to the over/under $400m totals (not adjusted for inflation obviously) of the Pierce Brosnan films is not a realistic presumption. A "split the difference" total of $750m worldwide isn't an insane guestimate. Now even if SPECTRE doesn't equal the $303 million domestic and $1b worldwide gross of Skyfall, and that's an awfully tall order to replicate, there is little reason not to presume that the new James Bond film isn't going to flirt with the $586m of Quantum of Solace and the $599m of Casino Royale. ![]() The last three Daniel Craig films have all been the three biggest-grossing 007 films worldwide by a healthy margin. In fact, even since Pierce Brosnan joined the franchise back in 1995, the domestic and worldwide grosses have, give or take a slight bump ( GoldenEye made a little more than Tomorrow Never Dies worldwide), shot steadily upwards. Now a $250m 007 film may sound pricey, especially as Skyfall and Quantum of Solace both cost around $200m to produce, but it's not like the James Bond franchise has been in a slump of late. We already knew that the film's budget was a bit bigger than expected, with an initial estimate of around $300 million with the hopes of knocking that down to around $250m. I've already discussed that in detail, but basically the 007 franchise is the king of product placement and corporate plugs, so the details of the Mexico arrangement aren't that far removed from business as usual for Bond. I'm guessing the timing of this poster reveal is partially motivated by the press surrounding the details of a tax incentive deal that was offered by Mexico to the tune of $20 million in order to make the country look tourist-friendly in the film's pre-credit sequence. It's no secret that SPECTRE will allegedly try to balance the line between "modern and serious" Bond and the Roger Moore-era flights of fancy, but that's a conversation I'm saving for when the teaser drops. Daniel Craig is suited up not unlike Roger Moore at the end of Live and Let Die. Don't worry, I won't be discussing what "clues" we can deduce from this poster or what questions said poster leaves unanswered. Considering the filmmakers had an insane-o-clock in the morning press conference back in December just to announce the title, this shouldn't be too surprising. At the very least, it gives me advance notice to write these essays so I can offer the would-be content with an essay beyond just "Hey, here's a poster! The end!" So yes, as promised yesterday, here is the Daniel Craig-centric teaser poster for the newest Sony/MGM/EON Productions James Bond film, Spectre. Yes, this really is the era of teaseploitation, and I suppose I should stop being a grump about it. Bond himself in between secret missions) tweeted out what amounted to an announcement for a poster. But yesterday the official James Bond Twitter account (presumably run by Mr. It's bad enough that we now have red carpet premieres for trailers for major films. It's bad enough that we live in an era where we get teasers for trailers.
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