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MI6 rounds up the latest "Quantum
of Solace" news, including release date changes,
Chile locations, and a teaser from the new Bond
girl...
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Production Diary (17)
19th March 2008
Bond Bows In Britain
The next James Bond film "Quantum
of Solace" will
open in the UK a week ahead of its USA release and originally planned
schedule. Sony Pictures Releasing will open Daniel
Craig's second
outing
as
007 to UK audiences on 31st October 2008. It
arrives Stateside on November 7th as planned. No changes have
been made to any release
dates aside from the UK. Click
here for a complete list of all worldwide release dates.
Above: Mathieu Amalric, Olga
Kurylenko, Daniel Craig and Gemma Arterton
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Chile Location Filming
Accompanied by an entourage of bodyguards, actor
Daniel Craig will arrive in a private jet to the Chilean city
of Antofagasta on March 24th to film scenes for "Quantum
of Solace", according to reports.
Craig, who requested a hotel with a sea view, will be giving
a press conference
on
March 26th
together with the German director
Marc Foster. The filming will start the following day in Observatorio
Paranal, the first of four locations. After the first scenes
the film crew will shoot in the nearby towns of Cobija, Baquedano,
and Michilla.
Above: The Observatorio
Paranal - an astronomical observatory,
located 120 km south of
Antofagasta, Chile
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One of the locations used in Chile will be the
desert of Atacama in the north of the country, more than 1,300
miles from Santiago. Sources would
not specify the precise locations where the shooting will take
place, but the scenes are expected
to involve "a
lot of action", which includes a landing of a plane in the
middle of the desert. Principal cast members confirmed for the
shoot include Bond girl Olga
Kurylenko (Camille) and villain
Mathieu Amalric (Dominic
Greene). The shoot and will involve 210 foreign professionals and
other 105 Chileans. The production is expected to spend 12 days
in Chile.
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A Welcome Distraction
New Bond girl Olga
Kurylenko has given
a cryptic hint at how her character's relationship will
develop with 007 in "Quantum of Solace". Speaking
in a brief sound bite, Olga said:
"I think
James Bond still carries Vesper in his heart. Camille might
be there to distract him... But maybe not!"
Previously,
Olga has said of her character, "James
Bond is after revenge, and Camille is after revenge. They
have slightly different goals, but in the end, they are going
to have to collaborate."
"She will be very different. She's
a fighter. She's on her own mission. In the movie, he is
obviously still attached to his past. The appearance of
this new girl might divert him. Or, it might not." |
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Above: Olga Kurylenko plays 'Camille'
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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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