What was the second draft of Timothy Dalton's unmade third film like?
Timothy Dalton's third James Bond film is one of the great 'what ifs' of the series, and over the years various incarnations have come to light. In episode 0151, we covered the first attempt to pen Dalton's third in 1990. In this episode, we pick up the writing several months later when William Davies and William Osborne delivered the next version of the story in 1991. Several key elements were added including Bond facing up to his age, elements from Diamonds Are Forever, a second act in Las Vegas that featured cowboys and a monster truck chase, as well as a different climax. We also stumble into the reasons why EON Productions probably backed away from this script after 'True Lies' came out in 1994 when 'GoldenEye' was in pre-production. Join us as we run through the story and discuss the characters, plot, killer robots, and ponder what this film could have been in the early 1990s.
The recording took place on April 19th, 2023 in the USA and Spain.
James Page is a co-founder of MI6-HQ.com and the magazine MI6 Confidential
David Leigh runs thejamesbonddossier.com
Bill Koenig runs the Spy Command at hmssweblog.wordpress.com
This podcast is copyright Pretitles LLC © 2023
0039: I Suspect His Days Are Numbered
0038: Three Point Five Aston Martins
0037: Beer, Pizza and GoDaddy
0036: Those We Lost
Mission Debrief (002 Food)
0035: Live And Let Die Redux
0034: Trailer Reaction
0033: Previously On James Bond 2/2
0032: Previously On James Bond 1/2
0031: Judi Dench Earth II
0030: A Security Risk
Mission Debrief (001 Posters)
0029: Survey Says
0028: Quite A Sacrifice
0027: This Call Is Being Recorded
0026: The Rule of '80s Bond
0025: A Special Relationship
0024: Freddy's Got A Cold
0023: Stop Apologizing
0022: Mr White's Banana
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