Previously, author Mark Edlitz’s The Lost Adventures of James Bond highlighted some interesting “what if” scenarios that were dreamed up when Timothy Dalton’s unmade 007 sequels failed to come to pass. (Image credit: Danjaq, LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.) The Stories That Previously Proposed A Young James Bond Adventure In other words, they'd have to actually want to make them in the first place.

Though that sort of pitch would need to jump the hurdle of EON Productions' current policy on spin-offs. Theoretically, this could be an entry loosely tied to Skyfall, the Daniel Craig era touching on the canon of family tragedy that helped shape his agent’s outlook on life. Simultaneously, the idea of digging back into James’ past is something that’s absolutely connected to the current run of films. The long term applications might be a bit dicey, especially since producer Barbara Broccoli's remarks on going 'too young' for Bond definitely seem to back the current sentiment that the character will be in his 30s for the next run of films. At the moment, I want to talk about how I actually like this idea. There has to be something there.įor all of you die hard 007 fans, yes that is a concept that sounds more than vaguely familiar, and we’ll get to that soon. Whatever trauma of youth that makes you be able to be James Bond. It’d be cool to see, like, 20-year-old James Bond.