Why GoldenEye was relesead six years before Licence to Kill? Normally, James Bon!
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There is a lot of material here, but there are big reasons why there is such a gap between Timothy Dalton in "Licence to Kill" and Pierce Brosnan in "GoldenEye". Brosnan was in the hit series "Remington Steele". When it looked as if the series was going to wrap up, talk increased about Brosnan being Bond. When that happened, the network did a doublecross by picking up "RS" again, meaning that Brosnan could not become bond. Dalton was selected.
I hope the following helps explain the problems encountered:
"The Living Daylights" opened in London in June 1987. Pierce Brosnan and his family were in London at the time but were hounded out of their home by the British press who wanted to know what his reaction to the film would be. Brosnan did not attend the premiere and did not even view the film in a theater but instead was forced to watch it captively on a Transatlantic flight several months later, as he recalled to CNN's Larry King.
Dalton went on to make 1989's "Licence to Kill". Faced with such summer competition as the first Batman and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" starring Sean Connery (and "AVTAK"'s Alison Doody), the film did relatively poorly at the U.S. box office. The supermarket tabloid The Globe reported in August 1989 that "In a move to save James Bond from box-office disaster, producers are planning to give Timothy Dalton the boot," replacing him with Pierce Brosnan. Dalton sued the paper for libel, a case he won seven months later. The issue was moot, however, as production of future Bond films was put on hold during various lawsuits after "Licence To Kill"'s release, much like that between the Beatles and Apple Records. This litigation would leave a gap of six years between Bond films, the longest in the series' history.
In December 1989, Kevin McClory was trying to package a new Bond film with the "Thunderball" rights that he owned, and had previously repackaged as 1983's "Never Say Never Again". This one was to be called "Warhead 8", starring Pierce Brosnan as Bond. When asked about the role, Brosnan told People Magazine that month, "My mind would be open if the possibility came up again. It's like running for President~once you decide you can do the job, it's very hard to dissuade yourself."
McClory later licensed his Bond rights to producer Al Ruddy, who began developing a James Bond television series in early 1992. Ruddy's choice for Bond was also Pierce Brosnan, but Ruddy doubted Pierce would take the job, as his wife Cassandra had recently died after a long battle with cancer, and Pierce had children to look after. A lawsuit naturally ensued between the Bond producers and Ruddy, and the James Bond TV show was dead in the water. [McClory continuted to try for many years to make a Warhead film.]
In August 1990, there was some controversy with regard to John Gardner's latest Bond novel, "Brokenclaw". According to USA Today, the profiled figure on the dustjacket looked very much like Pierce Brosnan, and people were asking him if he had posed for it. This image had been used on other hardcover editions of Gardner's books and was actually discontinued for a time.
Media speculation continued that MGM wanted Dalton out as Bond, if and when another James Bond film would be made. In the spring of 1992, "Die Hard" producer Joel Silver said he would like to acquire rights to the Bond films and cast Mel Gibson as Bond. This was the start of Gibson-as-Bond rumors, which continued for the next two years.
The litigation that had been holding up production was finally settled in late 1992, and everything was clear for a new Bond film to begin, amidst contradictory signals. In June 1993, the British magazine Film Review reported that Brosnan was "back in favourite's frame" for the role, but two months later reported that Dalton was in negotiations for his third outing as Bond. In October 1993, it was reported that MGM offered Mel Gibson $15 million to play Bond, which Gibson had turned down. Meanwhile, Dalton was still telling the press that he was still James Bond.
Despite suggestions that he jumped before he was pushed, on April 11, 1994, Timothy Dalton formally announced his resignation from the role of James Bond. He technically had not played the part for five years now, and his contract with the producers had expired though he was still the "Bond of record." British betting books immediately set odds on various actors. Pierce Brosnan, fresh off the hugely successful comedy "Mrs. Doubtfire", was the 2-1 favorite, with the newly-hot Hugh Grant (after "Four Weddings and a Funeral") and Ralph Fiennes (after "Schindler's List") both at 4-1.
In April and May 1994, the search for a new James Bond was put to a public vote. A poll was taken on the tabloid TV show "Hard Copy", with viewers calling in to a 900 number, at 95 cents a call. Pierce Brosnan won handily with 85% of the vote; Mel Gibson, a very distant second with 7%. "Entertainment Tonight" polled under the same conditions and concluded with Brosnan the favorite as Bond, with 73% (over 10,000 votes), and Gibson again second at 16%.
In early May 1994, at a cancer fund-raiser in Los Angeles, Brosnan told "Hard Copy" that he knew nothing about becoming James Bond (and) no one had told him anything official. Finally, on June 1, 1994, as he was setting off to New Guinea to film a new version of "Robinson Crusoe", Pierce got a formal phone call offering him the part of James Bond. After all the contracts were this time signed, a press conference was held in London on June 7, 1994, formally, and finally, announcing Pierce Brosnan as the fifth Agent 007, to star in "GoldenEye".
Postscript: Until it was surpassed by 1997's "Tomorrow Never Dies", "GoldenEye" was the highest-grossing James Bond film of all time, with more than $350 million in ticket sales.
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That helped ME understand all of the delays. I hope it will understand your confusion about the years between Bonds.
I'm sorry, but I don't understand the question. Is English your first language? "helays" is not an English word.
your question makes no sense at all.
License to kill came first.
and the reason they waited 6 years was because originaly they werent going to continue after License to Kill.
in 1994 they decided to ask Peirce Brosnan who had been too busy at the time of Living Daylights with a show he was doing to take the role, to come do it.