Barbara Broccoli
Eon Productions boss Barbara Broccoli remains busy on non-James Bond projects and friends say “she’s not sure when the next 007 film will shoot,” the New York Post’s Page Six gossip column said.
The gossip column quoted unidentified sources as saying the producer “is not waiting around” for actor for actor Daniel Craig to “get off his arse.”
Page Six didn’t specify Broccoli’s movie projects. The movie Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool is scheduled to be released later this year. Variety reported in February Broccoli is involved with another drama titled Nancy. The MI6 James Bond website said in March that Eon also is working on a historical war movie.
The gossip column also referenced how Broccoli is producing a play based on the life of movie producer and executive Robert Evans.
Appropriate caveat: Page Six and the Post are known for their gossipy, tabloid tone. The Post is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., which owns the U.K. tabloid The Sun.
If Page Six is to be believed, Bond 25 still is in its earliest stages and Craig’s return as Bond hasn’t been nailed down. Page Six said in April that Craig was likely to return as Bond.
The Daily Mail reported in March that scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade were hired to work on Bond 25’s story.
Filed under: James Bond Films | Tagged: Barbara Broccoli, Daniel Craig, Eon Productions, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, Page Six, Robert Evans |
The Spy Command 
Wow — it really seems like the production of Spectre (plus the abysmal critical response) really took the wind out of the sails of everyone: the producers, its star, its director. I really wonder if it’s time for Broccoli and Wilson to get out of the Bond business and let some fresh blood take over. Even Cubby was starting to get visibly bored with the series around the 25-year mark, which Babs and Wilson are coming upon.