7 Ways to a Perfect 007: We Need to See These Things to Make the Next James Bond Film Work
All the PR hype misses the fundamentals: The best James Bond films have seven ingredients in common
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5 min readOct 21, 2021
How do you bring back James Bond? Revenues are down after scoring a 2012 record, but seven 007 secrets provide a road map to future success.
Most of the “next James Bond” speculation stories — and Hollywood in general — tend to forget these seven 007 secrets:
1. Start with a bold, brave and believable Bond
Bond films start with Bond. You either find him credible, or you don’t.
So far, many Hollywood types seem to forget who the great spy is: a bold, brave, and believable hero.
Sean Connery set the standard. The successors who didn’t quite seem to fit that level didn’t last long (George Lazenby, David Niven, and Timothy Dalton come immediately to mind).
