Where will SPECTRE’s gunbarrel be? Who knows?

Gunbarrel used in first three 007 films.

We hesitate to bring this up but many fans are interested. SPECTRE director Sam Mendes told Empire magazine he was going to try to put the James Bond gun barrel logo at the start of the 24th James Bond film.

Mendes and star Daniel Craig were interviewed as SPECTRE was wrapping up production earlier this year. The quotes about the gunbarrel logo in the Empire interview went thusly:

MENDES: I definitely think I’ll try to put it in this time.

CRAIG: For Christ’s sake, Sam, don’t commit.

Some fans fretted this was a spoiler. It wasn’t. “I definitely think I’ll try” isn’t really a commitment.

Michael G. Wilson, co-boss of Eon Productions, spoke in stronger language in 2008 concerning Quantum of Solace. He said at that time, “‘We’ll probably go back to the traditional style” for that movie’s gunbarrel logo. That’s stronger language than Mendes used.

Still, it didn’t happen. The gunbarrel was tacked on to the end of Quanum. The same thing happened with Skyfall.

The thing is, the decision about SPECTRE’s gunbarrel has probably been made by now. The recording of Thomas Newman’s score for SPECTRE has been underway. You generally can’t make major editing changes once the music is being added. Nobody should put much importance on Mendes’ comments regarding the gunbarrel at this point.