Scientist Goes Missing...??!

Like, yeah, so what?

Rami Malek is announced as coming onto the cast of the new Bond scam. And a comedy writer(!) is also announced as THE MAIN SCREENPLAY WRITER(?)

Okay so what has been going on with the Bond franchise for years now is that they hold off on production until they get what they reckon are adequate placement and support contracts before they make the next movie or even commission a script and screenplay. Variety Magazine reported the producers have secured a hundred million dollars from a list of brands like Belvedere vodka, Heineken, Gillette, Omega watches...

So now you know (ought to be able to guess) how the French actress from the Schlumberger family got her part.

Yep. Sony was kicked off the distribution account and substituted with Universal Pictures, who clearly take a far lesser cut now.

The next Bond, whilst it will sink like a stone at the Box Office, will still be a 'success' for the producers, who don't give a f* about talent or being a faithful custodian of the true Bond 'brand,' or thrilling or entertaining the audience or paying real screenwriters or meaningful writers generally.

It seems that the mode for all the big movie franchises now - because people don't spend money going to movie theaters anymore and are getting everything they want from the internet - is product-placement and other angles to make money other than real ticket sales. Marvel creates one disaster after another and still goes on. 

Apparently the main plot line of 'Bond 25' is that a scientist goes missing where Bond is vacationing or maybe more or less in retirement.

Yawn...

And with Malek turning up the continuing undercurrent will be that everything about Bond will be gay-themed and there is not a damned thing real fans of the real books and original films will be able to do about it. 

Scientist missing - no doubt a 'climate change expert' or even better still, could be a vaccination biochemist...

...And Rami Malek. Doing bad impressions of Montserrat Caballé. Why not.

Wonder how much Malek had to tip in to 'get' a spot. He's just come off a 'great success' from er, er, er, global marketing contracts.