So, we’ll see if the Blofeld report was truly hot air or if Waltz was keeping a secret when the movie opens on November 6th. They don’t depend on a set formula that forces actors simply to go through the motions." The film marks Spectre and Blofelds first appearance in an Eon Productions film since 1971s Diamonds Are Forever. These films with Daniel Craig have shifted the tone. The scenes in Austria are traditional Bond action in the snow. "The action sequences in Mexico are extravagant to say the least. Spectre is widely regarded by fans as a lower-tier instalment in both the Daniel Craig era Bond movies, and James Bond movies in general. "I always hesitate… You ask yourself, hang on: what James Bond are we talking about? The thing about ‘Spectre’ is that it is not the work of hack writers. Spectre 's original twist for M as a Blofeld-Esque villain would have been a disservice to established characters within the James Bond universe, and worse than what actually ended up in the film. ![]() the famous cat-loving villain Blofeld, who appeared in several previous Bond films. READ MORE: Watch: James Bond Is Back In First Trailer For ‘Spectre’ Starring Daniel Craig, Lea Seydoux, Dave Bautista, & MoreĪs for taking on the role, Waltz did have a moment of pause before signing up. Daniel Craig and Christoph Waltz both star in new Bond film Spectre. So, family relation? Or maybe this is just all a John Harrison/Khan scenario from " Star Trek Into Darkness" situation all over again. ![]() So, does the name Oberhauser appear in the Bond canon? There’s a Hans Oberhauser in the " Octupussy" short story by Ian Fleming, and he’s Bond’s ski instructor who winds up getting killed. The return of Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Christoph Waltz) and his mythic organization in Spectre is more than just reclaiming a seemingly important piece of the 007 legacy, it also makes the classic. The name of my character is Franz Oberhauser," he told British GQ. FILM DESCRIPTION: Skyfall director Sam Mendes returns to the James Bond franchise with this adventure that finds Daniel Craig once again reprising the role of the sophisticated MI6 spy. That rumour started on the Internet, and the Internet is a pest. Blofeld, born Franz Oberhauser, is the main antagonist of the Classic rebooted James Bond series, appearing in the shadows in the first three films. For months and months, many have assumed he’d be reprising the classic Bond baddie Blofeld, but the actor has now denied those reports once and for all. It was written by John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Jez Butterworth. The Blofeld we see in the film is clearly in his 50s, but if he was a youth (as shown in the press clipping of Frans Oberhauser) then two decades on top of his. It is the fourth film to feature Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond and the second film in the series directed by Sam Mendes following Skyfall. And literally shrouded in darkness in the promo was Christoph Waltz‘s mysterious villain. Spectre is a 2015 spy film and the twenty-fourth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures. He worked with Eon Productions for a film version of Thunderball, and he allowed them to use SPECTRE and Blofeld, but after his licensing deal with Eon ran out, he wanted to make another film version of Thunderball (he eventually did, as Never Say Never Again, in 1983) and while they were fighting back and forth in court as to whether he was allowed to do so, he threatened Eon over the use of Blofeld and SPECTRE.The first trailer for " Spectre" did what it was supposed to - tease a lot, and give away very little. ![]() Well, that meant that he had the rights to Blofeld and technically SPECTRE itself. The problem is that that novel started as a screenplay and through various legal shenanigans (BY Fleming, which is why he ultimately lost big when it went to court and he was forced to settle), Kevin McClory, one of the screenwriters of the initial screenplay, received the film rights to that novel. Each time around, I’ll give you the context behind one such “meta-message.”Īs you may or may not know, Ernst Blofeld and SPECTRE, the terrorist network that he was in charge of, did not actually debut until the ninth book in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series of novels, Thunderball. In Meta-Messages, I explore the context behind (using reader danjack’s term) “meta-messages.” A meta-message is where a creator comments on/references the work of another creator (or sometimes even themselves) in their work. Today, we look at the time that the Bond films killed off Ernst Blofeld just to show that they didn’t need him.
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