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Brosnan: Negotiations Have Now Ceased
Brosnan says negotiations with MGM and EON Productions for involvement in Bond 21 have ceased.
News Category: Casino Royale (2006) NewsPosted on April 25, 2004 7:45 PM
Pierce Brosnan has had enough. It seems that the Bond actor has "ceased" all negotiations with MGM and EON Productions regarding a possible return to portray 007 in a fifth and final movie. It is still unknown what the final word is on Brosnan's future.
Here is the full text of the Boston Herald article, where Brosnan talks about his role in his new film Laws Of Attraction:
If Laws of Attraction does its work, Brosnan won't have to worry about his status as 007. He had expected to be preparing for nine months of filming for his fifth turn as the world's most famous secret agent. Instead, he's heading to Mexico City to work with Greg Kinnear and Hope Davis (American Splendor) on an edgy, low-budget comedy for DreamTime.
"All I know is before I went on the last promotion for the 'Bond: Die Another Day,' I'd done my contract, my four movies,'' he said. "They said they wanted to do a fifth, and we started negotiations, and those negotiations have now ceased. Where does that leave me? How do I answer this question?"
If this looks like some kind of a publicity ploy, Brosnan makes it clear that's hardly the case. He is clearly upset."
"All I know is we're in negotiations but were at an impasse because Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson don't know how to proceed. They don't know what kind of movie. It's as bleak as that."
According to Brosnan, there is no script, no director, no sense even of what kind of Bond movie should be made next. Then there is always the nagging feeling that because he's completed the contractual quartet he signed up for, Brosnan could be replaced by a new model.
"It would be nice to have the respect for the people you have worked hard for to give an honest answer," he said. "It would be nice to have it on level ground. But nobody knows. I wish I could be more specific and say, `No, they're going to look for somebody else. My time is up; they've found somebody else.' I can't say that, and at the same time I can't say, `Well, we're going ahead,' because they said, `We don't have the script. We don't know what to do.' "
Rumors always have been part and parcel of the 007 franchise. As Brosnan notes, a spinoff film with Halle Berry's Jinx was going to be made.
"That went pfft! To look for the truth, you have to go to MGM. Good luck! You have to go to the Broccolis. Even greater luck," he said.
As to the present impasse, Brosnan said, "You try to answer as specifically and as honestly as possible because I don't have anything to hide. But I don't know what's going on, except they don't know how to deal with it."
"All I know is before I went on the last promotion for the 'Bond: Die Another Day,' I'd done my contract, my four movies,'' he said. "They said they wanted to do a fifth, and we started negotiations, and those negotiations have now ceased. Where does that leave me? How do I answer this question?"
If this looks like some kind of a publicity ploy, Brosnan makes it clear that's hardly the case. He is clearly upset."
"All I know is we're in negotiations but were at an impasse because Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson don't know how to proceed. They don't know what kind of movie. It's as bleak as that."
According to Brosnan, there is no script, no director, no sense even of what kind of Bond movie should be made next. Then there is always the nagging feeling that because he's completed the contractual quartet he signed up for, Brosnan could be replaced by a new model.
"It would be nice to have the respect for the people you have worked hard for to give an honest answer," he said. "It would be nice to have it on level ground. But nobody knows. I wish I could be more specific and say, `No, they're going to look for somebody else. My time is up; they've found somebody else.' I can't say that, and at the same time I can't say, `Well, we're going ahead,' because they said, `We don't have the script. We don't know what to do.' "
Rumors always have been part and parcel of the 007 franchise. As Brosnan notes, a spinoff film with Halle Berry's Jinx was going to be made.
"That went pfft! To look for the truth, you have to go to MGM. Good luck! You have to go to the Broccolis. Even greater luck," he said.
As to the present impasse, Brosnan said, "You try to answer as specifically and as honestly as possible because I don't have anything to hide. But I don't know what's going on, except they don't know how to deal with it."
