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Daniel Craig has confirmed in interviews that India
is planned to be a shooting location for the 23rd
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India Plans Confirmed
29th July 2011
After 28 years since "Octopussy",
007 will be heading back to India if pre-production plans for
the 23rd
James Bond
film go
through. Although it was rumoured
a few of months ago that
the next film would shoot in India, Daniel
Craig himself has
confirmed plans in several interviews this week.
To promote his latest film, "Cowboys & Aliens",
Craig spoke to The
Telegraph (of India) and also answered some
Bond 23 questions about whether the production would shoot in
the country. "We are working on the schedule for India and
yes, it’s always exciting to play James Bond and this time
is no different," Craig confirmed. In another interview
covered by NDTV and Mid-Day, Craig was also asked if some scenes
from Bond 23 were to be shot in India: "Yes, that's true
and I am absolutely thrilled about it."
In a longer interview with The
Times of India newspaper, Craig
was asked whether he was already gearing up for his third outing
as 007 even though shooting was a few months away. "The
next Bond will start in October or November. I've kind of already
started preparing for Bond. The script is in really, really good
shape and I'm sure there will still be changes because that's
just the way it is. But if we shot the script we have at the
moment, we'd be in a good way." But when pressed about specifics
on Indian locations, Craig was cagey: "Too early to talk
about it..."
MI6 understands that core members of the production
team are planning to be in India from January 2012 for three
months. Shooting
with principal cast members in the country is expected to last
around three weeks. Locations under consideration are the Konkan
Railway, the Red Fort, and Mumbai city streets doubled at the
sprawling Big ND Studio located in Karjay, near Mumbai.
Briefing
The 23rd James Bond
film, "Skyfall", commenced principal studio photography on 7th November
2011 for a UK
release on October 26th, 2012 and the USA on November
9, 2012. MGM will produce, finance and distribute 007's
23rd adventure in
partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Daniel Craig will
be returning as the legendary British secret agent, alongside Judi
Dench as "M", with Sam Mendes directing a screenplay written by Neal
Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan. The cast will also include Bérénice Marlohe,
Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney and Ben Wishaw.
The film will shoot at Pinewood Studios and on location in London, England;
Scotland; Shanghai, China and Istanbul, Turkey.
It will be the longest gap between Bond movies without
a change in the lead role. In addition, 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of
the EON Productions series of James
Bond films.
