Bond 22 : Quantum of Solace

[Rappy Veteran]

Daniel Craig on Set

[Grex]

For me Sean Connery is the quintessential Bond. Although I am a huge Bond fan and thing Craig does a great job.

Can't wait for the next one.

[Hurmoth]

Olga Kurylenko Lands Lead Bond Girl Role

Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions Ltd, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios announced today the start of principal photography on the eagerly anticipated 22nd James Bond adventure. Daniel Craig reprises his role as 007 in the film which is directed by Marc Forster and follows the success of Casino Royale, the latest and highest grossing film in the series.

Starring alongside Craig is an impressive international cast led by the critically acclaimed French actor Mathieu Amalric as the sinister villain, and the Ukranian actress Olga Kurylenko who plays 007's leading lady.

Returning to Bond 22 (working title) from Casino Royale are Judi Dench in her role as M, Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter and Giancarlo Giannini as Mathis. Newcomer to the Bond franchise, Gemma Arterton, will play the role of MI6 Agent Fields.

Commenting on the announcement, Wilson and Broccoli said, "We are fortunate to continue in the Bond tradition of attracting the finest international actors for our starring roles. Mathieu in the role of Dominic Greene, a leading member of the villainous organization introduced in 'Casino Royale,' will be a powerful counterpart to Daniel's portrayal of Bond. Olga Kurylenko will play the dangerously alluring Camille, who challenges Bond and helps him come to terms with the emotional consequences of Vesper's betrayal."

MGM and Sony Pictures will share distribution rights worldwide with Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Releasing International distributing the film to theaters worldwide on November 7th, 2008. Marc Forster directs the screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Paul Haggis. The unit includes Production Designer Dennis Gassner, Director of Photography Roberto Schaefer, Editors Matt Chesse and Rick Pearson, and 2nd Unit Director Dan Bradley.

Mathieu Amalric, one of France's leading screen stars, is best known for his roles as Jean-Dominique Bauby in Julian Schnabel's award-winning film, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and as the French information broker, Louis, in Steven Spielberg's Munich. Last year, he was awarded Best Actor at France's Cesar Awards for his role in the internationally acclaimed comedy Kings and Queen, directed by Arnaud Desplechin. Previously, Amalric won the Cesar for Most Promising Actor for his role in Desplechin's My Sex Life.

Amalric began his career as an actor in 1984, appearing in Otar Losseliani's Les favoris de la lune, and went on to serve as an assistant director to Louis Malle on Au Revoir Les Enfants. As an actor, he has since worked with many leading directors including Andre Techine, Olivier Assayas, Jean-Claude Biette and the Larrieu Brothers. His latest films include Desplechin's Un conte de Noel, Claude Miller's Un Secret, Nicolas Klotz's Heart Beat Detector, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's Actrices and Vincent Dieutre's Fragments sur le grace. He also appeared in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette. Amalric has written and directed a number of films including Wimbledon Stage and, most recently, the documentary short Let Them Grow Up Here. This year, he directs Tournee, about American burlesque girls on tour in France.

Olga Kurylenko recently co-starred opposite Timothy Olyphant in Hitman and opposite Elijah Wood in Paris, je t'aime. She also appeared in starring roles in Eric Barbier's thriller The Serpent and Diane Bertrand's The Ring Finger, for which she received the Best Actress award at The Brooklyn International Film Festival in 2006. She recently had a role in Tyranny, directed by John Beck Hofman.

On French television, multi-lingual Kurylenko appeared in the mini-series "Suspectes" and the drama "The Good Luck Charm."

In her career as a top European model, Kurylenko has appeared in numerous advertising campaigns, including Kenzo, Helena Rubenstein and Just Cavalli. Her magazine covers include US Glamour, French Elle, Madame Figaro and Marie Claire.

Gemma Arterton graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) and made her film debut with Dame Maggie Smith and David Walliams in Stephen Poliakoff's "Capturing Mary" for BBC Films. She currently stars in the hit British comedy St. Trinian's. Arterton recently made her professional stage debut as Rosalind in "Love's Labour's Lost" at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

it says that pre-production is in the beginning stages... which means pre-pre-production. how are they going to be able to release the film by Nov of this year?

[digitalsoft]

Can't wait for this... daniel craig in casino royale (which i only just watched on boxing day) is awesome.

[Hurmoth]

it says that pre-production is in the beginning stages... which means pre-pre-production. how are they going to be able to release the film by Nov of this year?

They're already starting principle photography on the film at Pinewood Studios in the UK on Jan 3.

[Rappy Veteran]

Olga Kurylenko Lands Lead Bond Girl Role

Lucky Bond :p

[Orange]

Does anyone know what locations are for filming as some one said to me one is in my home town at the airport, Farnborough airport in hampshire, not sure if bs tho :p

[Hurmoth]

Does anyone know what locations are for filming as some one said to me one is in my home town at the airport, Farnborough airport in hampshire, not sure if bs tho :p

The town council of Siena gave permission for the crew to shoot at the Palio di Siena horse race on 16 August 2007. Fourteen cameras were placed around the arena, though helicopters were banned, and the crew were forbidden from showing any violence "involving either people or animals". The shots of the race will be edited into the action sequence, which will be filmed during the main shoot in 2008.[31] Afterward, scouting took place in Craco, the Montecotugno di Senise dam and the road around San Biagio and Maratea.[32] From 23rd-29th August, the second-unit shot at Madrid,[33] and were scheduled to be in Panama during early November.[34]

Principal photography was going to begin on 10 December 2007 but was pushed back to 3 January 2008.[1][12] Filming will be based at Bond's spiritual home of Pinewood Studios in the UK, including the newly rebuilt 007 Stage.[35] The shoot will last six months.[36] Locations include Panama,[12] Bolivia,[12] and Italy.[37] Bregenz in Austria was also scouted in June 2007 to test shoot a production of Tosca on the lake's floating opera stage.[38] Forster has expressed interest in the Swiss Alps as a location,[39] but the location was written out of the final draft. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_22#Filming

[Orange]

Thought so, knew it wasnt. Some one saw alot if spot lights and and some helicopters and straight thought of bond lol

[Hurmoth]

Thought so, knew it wasnt. Some one saw alot if spot lights and and some helicopters and straight thought of bond lol

That's not to say that Wikipedia isn't missing some information. But most of the locations are scouted and announced ahead of time, so most if not all of the places should be known by now. But anything is possible :)

[Rappy Veteran]

I wish they would film a film near me but they never do we only had a BBC series that was it last year.

[Orange]

They filmed parts of the korean bit Die Another Day in my home town. Hawley Woods. Was great as me and a mate saw it all :D

[Pyranha]

That's not to say that Wikipedia isn't missing some information. But most of the locations are scouted and announced ahead of time, so most if not all of the places should be known by now. But anything is possible :)

You would be correct, they are currently filming a big airport scene at Farnbrouogh Airport. They have taken down alot of teh sign posts on the airport as they want the location to appear as if it is in a diff country.

The fiming is being done at night\eve and you can look over the air field and see the stunts being rehurshed and filme.....lots of action as if you would expect anything else from a james bond film.

Pinewood studios is also currently hosting a varity of sound stages to be filmed on.

[+Warwagon MVC]

am I the only one that thought the last bond movie wasn't all that great. I mean sure the car flipping was pretty cool, but that was about it.

[Sheppard]

I thought it was a refreshing change, Bond films past Goldeneye to me were a bit tacky and rubbish. I really enjoyed Casino Royale.

[+Warwagon MVC]

I thought it was a refreshing change, Bond films past Goldeneye to me were a bit tacky and rubbish. I really enjoyed Casino Royale.

I'll admit it wasn't as pukey as the bond film before that. So in that respect it was refreshingly different. Just wasn't great.

[Scirwode]

I'll admit it wasn't as pukey as the bond film before that. So in that respect it was refreshingly different. Just wasn't great.

I though it was great, as most Bond movies have almost the same ending - enemy gets vanquished and he gets his girl. Don't get me wrong, I quite like the previous movies with their action pack sequences, high tech gadgets and so on but story wise, it's always pretty generic. That's why I quite like Casino Royale as it had a story, a believable one at that and shows that James Bond doesn't always has his way.

Scirwode

[Orange]

Yeah my brothers friend was right :D, filming right next to me, 5min walk :p love my town :D 2nd bond film to be filmed here :D

[Hurmoth]

I'll admit it wasn't as pukey as the bond film before that. So in that respect it was refreshingly different. Just wasn't great.

I loved it, I thought it was the best Bond :yes:

[Rappy Veteran]

Craig talks Bond 22

It's undoubtedly rare to get a day off when you're the title character in a Bond movie that's currently going before cameras. But bless Daniel Craig, who not only managed a day off but then saw fit to waste it by sitting down with Rotten Tomatoes to talk about his new movie, Flashbacks of a Fool. Of course, with his mind no doubt swirling with thoughts on the tuxedoed spy, we couldn't resist trying to pluck a few juicy morsels from him about the upcoming Bond 22.

When it came to the specifics - the title for example - Craig was being cagey, telling us, with a wry grin, that no, there was no title yet, and laughing as we put to him the suggestion that it was The Lady Expects Too Much. "Really, is that the rumour? That's quite good," he laughed, "I should write that one down..."

But he was willing to let slip some details about the plot. "It carries on from where the last one stopped," Craig told RT, "We set up in the last one that there's this organisation that is destabilising the world's economy because they want to take it over, and that's his job now, to go out and stop them."

Casting news has recently revealed a potential villain in Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly star, Mathieu Almaric. "I'm over the moon with his casting," Craig told us, "I met him very briefly on Munich but I didn't do any scenes with him. Now I've got to know him on Bond and I saw the Schnabel movie and thought it was amazing."

And that line is interesting enough on its own - Bond 22 has only recently started principal photography, perhaps suggesting that if he's already gotten to know Almaric, his character may be featured heavily in the film. On the suggestion that he was the Algerian boyfriend of Vesper Lynd, Eva Green's character in Casino Royale, we again saw the wry smile as Craig hinted, "there is a connection there, yes..."

Suggesting that Craig would have to be doubling his gym routine to prepare for the film's physicality, he confirmed that it's been easy going thus far. "We haven't started the physical stuff yet," he said, "We start that next week so I'm sure I'm going to be walking wounded for the next six months from next week."

Craig made his debut as Bond in 2006's Casino Royale and despite early opposition - not least a website called CraigNotBond - when the film finally unspooled into cinemas the general consensus was that he'd succeeded, with EON productions, in reinvigorating the ailing franchise. So is the challenge lessened this time around? "I don't think you can say there's ever less pressure when you make a $200 million movie," Craig told RT, "I think the pressure is plain to see. We've got to make it as good if not better than the last one, and that's the thing that matters.

"I'm no less nervous than I was but I'm very happy with what we've put together for this one. The fact that Marc Forster's come in to direct it just makes my job a lot easier. He's taken care of a lot of stuff that I just don't have to think about and I'm just getting on with acting."

And, he says, the pressure of taking on the mantle of James Bond gets no easier the second time out of the gate. "I don't know if I'll ever feel comfortable with it," he said, "I mean, it's James Bond. I don't know if I'll ever get to that place and get Zen about it; it's not that kind of role. But I'm enjoying what we've shot so far and I'm planning to enjoy as much as I can of this filming process. Because, otherwise, why do it?"

It's still currently untitled - sorry folks, we tried - but Bond 22 will hit cinemas in November. And you'll be able to catch our full interview with Daniel Craig ahead of the UK release of Flashbacks of a Fool in March.

[RadishTM Veteran]

The next James Bond film is to be called Quantum of Solace, producers have confirmed.

Rumours about the name had grown after fans noticed that film studio Sony had bought the domain name quantumofsolace.com.

But co-producer Michael Wilson said the name had only been decided "a few days ago", adding the story's start point would be "literally an hour after the last film left off".

Can't wait for this :yes:

Source - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7206997.stm

Radish?

[NienorGT]

I must say that I didn't liked the last movie, to me they completely screwed James Bond, but it can be just me... Let wait and see that one...

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

That is a crap name. Sorry, but "Quantum Of Solace" sounds like some independant, low-budget sci-fi fan-fic that has been uploaded to youtube and got a cult following.

[Ayepecks]

Odd name, but the last one was good.