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Christoph Waltz Is Not Returning For Bond 25

Published Mon, 30 Oct 2017 13:10:24 -0500

Talky Movie recently caught up with Christoph Waltz on a red carpet and asked if he was returning for the as-yet-untitled 25th James Bond movie. Waltz said:

"No, no. I'm really sad, but that's the tradition, that there is a new…name. Sorry, but I would've liked to."

The Daniel Craig era James Bond movies have been trying to find their own identity since they began. It's why elements of each movie feels so similar and a little dated by the time the movie actually comes out; they are chasing trends. The trend that the most recent Bond movie was chasing was the concept of the cinematic universe. They brought in Waltz and made him the orchestrated for all of the previous villains. They made Spectre into Hydra and Ernst Stavro Blofeld was the mastermind behind it all. Spectre ended with Blofeld still alive but in custody, with the implication that this was not the last time we'd see him.

So, it looks like Spectre spent an entire movie setting up a cinematic universe that they are going to ignore now.

Granted, Spectre wasn't exactly beloved by critics and fans, but to basically render the entire movie pointless? Well, they did it once with Quantum of Solace. I suppose it's not that big of a surprise that they're doing it again.

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