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With filming well underway on the 22nd James Bond
film, early spy shots have captured the action
around London with Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench...
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Production Diary (2)
7th January 2008
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Filming Kicks Off In
London
Principal photograph on the 22nd James Bond film 'lensed'
on Wednesday 2nd January 2008 in and around the The
Barbican in London. Although Daniel Craig was not present for the filming
of a scene with a man on a cell phone, some fans turned up to witness the event
nonetheless.
A day later, Craig
was spotted in London,
this time at The Water Gardens in Burwood Place, London
(W2 2DA) near Edgware Road tube station.
Right: Daniel Craig greets director Marc
Forster at the London filming on Thursday 3rd January. |
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Daniel Craig was the centre of attention during the shoot, and
several crew members can also be seen in the photos including
director Marc Forster who was wearing a pale blue
wooly hat.
Some reports indicate that the Fire Brigade were on hand to
help create the illusion of rain at the location, but this could
have just been the local weather...
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Out Of Office
Day three of principal photography
on Bond 22 saw more spy shots emerge - this time of Dame
Judi Dench reprising
her role as M.
The photographs were taken in London in
what appears to be a scene where M is out of her office,
talking
with an
MI6 aide. Up until the filming this week, Dench was
kept
in the dark on the script. She said, "It's
all so secretive. I've only been told that this will be an
original
storyline
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and that's it. "I wasn't remotely surprised about the
success of Casino Royale and I'm sure we can surpass that
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Above: Dench shares a joke with director Marc Forster (right)
on location.
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120 Minutes
In brief news, director Marc
Forster has talked to press in Austria about the run-time for the film. With Casino Royale
running to a series-record 144 minutes, Forster was asked in
the 22nd
James Bond film would be around the same
length. Forster said, "I can only speak to myself, but I focus
on a running time of exactly two hours." When asked how his
movie will stack up against the previous outing helmed by Martin
Campbell, Forster said "with Casino
Royale, the producers created a new kind of James Bond film.
Here I would like to tie."
Briefing
Produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (Eon
Productions), QUANTUM OF SOLACE was released in the
UK on October 31st 2008 and is directed by
Marc Forster. Principal photography started on January
3rd
2008 at
Pinewood Studios and around the UK, and foreign locations
including Italy, Panama, Chile, Peru and Austria.
Paul Haggis completed the script based on a first draft
screenplay developed by regular scribes Neal Purvis & Robert
Wade, with later polish by Joshua Zetumer. The story
is a direct continuation of the events of Casino
Royale. 007 faces off against
villains Mathieu Amalric (Dominic Greene), Anatole
Taubman (Elvis) and Joaquin Cosío (General Medrano).
Olga Kurylenko (Camille) and Gemma Arterton (MI6 Agent
Fields) play the Bond Girls. Dame Judi Dench (M), Jeffrey
Wright (Felix Leiter) and Giancarlo Giannini (Mathis)
reprise their roles as Bond's allies. It is British
actor Daniel Craig’s second outing as James Bond,
following his debut film Casino Royale released November
16th 2006.
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