John Logan was a playwright in Chicago for ten years before writing, on
spec, his first screenplay, "Any Given Sunday." He won the 2010
Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle awards
for his play RED, which premiered at the Donmar Warehouse in London and
the Golden Theatre on Broadway.
Skyfall writer John Logan has let slip some details on the direction of
the next James Bond film.
Logan added that the events in Sam Mendes’ Skyfall will form part of
an ‘ongoing story’ which could continue into Bond 25, which he is also
writing.
‘All I can say about Bond is that I’m happily writing it’ he
revealed before joking ‘Sam would rappel through the window and kill me.’
He went on: ‘My goal is to write a great movie that’s appropriate,
to build on what we did on Skyfall, but make it its own unique animal. The
themes, ideas and the characters from Skyfall can obviously continue on,
because it is a franchise, and it is an ongoing story. So I think
there’s resonance from Skyfall in the new movie.’
When asked by IGN whether he would be bringing Bond arch-enemy Blofield
to the big screen again, Logan said coyly: ‘You know, I think our
villain’s appropriate to the story we’re telling.’
John Logan: There’s resonance from Skyfall in Bond 24 (Picture: Getty)
Speaking to Total Film she said: ‘I feel like Skyfall is one part of
a continuing story. It needs completing and it needs the same storyteller.
And I’m so relieved [about Mendes returning]. He chose me and had a
vision for my character.
‘I’d feel really weird working for someone who hadn’t chosen me
and didn’t have that vision. I just want him to see it through.’
Also probably returning for Bond 24 is Ralph Fiennes’ Mallory, who
will officially be made Bond’s boss in the sequel.
Mallory was brought in as a replacement for Judi Dench’s M who was
killed off in Skyfall.
Trivia
Met Brent Spiner (Lt. Com. Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation) during
one of Mr. Spiner's performances of "1776" on Broadway and they
subsequently became friends.
Brent Spiner approached Star Trek's head honcho, Rick Berman, about
having John Logan pen the tenth Star Trek movie. He agreed.
Says his favorite original series episode is "Balance of
Terror", which introduced the Romulans to the audience, and has thus
made the tenth Star Trek movie, Star
Trek: Nemesis (2002), about the Romulans.
Attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Graduated in
1983.
His play, "Never the Sinner," at the Stormfield Theatre in
Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 1986 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for
New Work.
He was awarded the 1987 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for New Work
for "Hauptmann" at the Stormfield Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
His play, "Hauptmann," awarded the 1987 Joseph Jefferson
Award Citation for Play Production at the Stormfield Theatre in Chicago,
Illinois.
He was nominated for a 1989 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a
Principal Role in a Play for "Music from a Locked Room" at the
Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
His play, "Music from a Locked Room" at the Victory Gardens
Theater in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 1989 Joseph Jefferson
Award for New Work.
Denis O'Hare, a close friend of Logan's from Northwestern University,
originated the role of Nathan Leopold in Logan's play, "Never the
Sinner" and the role of Bruno Hauptmann in Logan's play, "Hauptmann.".
A huge fan of Citizen Kane and Orson Welles, Logan lobbied hard for the
job of writing "RKO 281," doing six months' worth of research
before meeting with Ridley Scott to ask for the job.
