Spectre Ending Will Be A Cliffhanger For Part 2?

Next James Bond film's story arc to run two movies?

There were stories and rumours that the new James Bond movie Spectre was going to be the first of a two-film story at least since the time of Skyfall's release. Lately, this had been denied, or at least downplayed, but I'd always heard conflicting things on the grapevine. Now, though, the well-connected Film Divider have said that it's so, and convinced me, for once and for all. They say Spectre is going to lead directly into another Bond film. Adding this to what I've heard over the last couple of years, that means this first film is going to establish Ernst Stavro Blofeld, put Bond in a great position of weakness, shake things up at MI6 and then leave us all hanging for a couple of years until they can get the gang back together and make the next movie. I assume that Sam Mendes will want to return and round out a trilogy of Bond films. If not, he's leaving a hell of a legacy for the next guy: new characters, loose plot threads, a big villain that needs to be taken down. While Bond films have rarely been interconnected, Casino Royale definitely led into Quantum of Solace. And Blofeld appeared in three consecutive films with some vague throughlines - You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Diamonds are Forever - though he was played by a different actor in each. What Mendes appears to be doing with Bond is unprecedented. More Christoph Waltz can only be a good thing, and I think he's going to be a great sparring partner for Daniel Craig. Don't let us down, Mendes. Here's a video from behind the scenes of Spectre. It doesn't give too much away, but it's good to see 007 in action. We can look forward to seeing Bond back on the big screen from November 6th. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYKB75aIHWE

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Brendon Connelly has been a film writer since the early 90s, with time on the staff of Orbit Magazine, Slashfilm, Bleeding Cool, Den of Geek and many more. He's a long time teacher of film studies and practical filmmaking classes, and has directed music videos, commercials, short films and more. His favourite film is Terry Gilliam's Brazil, his favourite food is pancakes or crepes, and he tries to live his life by the teachings of Kermit the Frog.