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[# 11]

The James Bond Club Switzerland (www.jamesbondclub.ch) reported in its newsletter yesterday, that filming in Shanghai began this week. The scene being filmed was a pursuit over the Shanghai highway!


(picture from google…)


After two days of practice, the shooting began on the 17th of January in the evening. The "extra cars" assembled by the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum and drove close together on a nearby highway, so they could shoot without another car entering the scene. The shooting continued for another two nights.

Pictures: (from http://www.jamesbond...ndex.php?id=243)


driver's walkie-talkie


preparing at the gathering place


camera car by the highway


extra cars waiting under the highway

[Jim]

In a little sidebar interview in Total Film, Chris Corbould states that there's "a great car chase" (and, for the record, "a spectacular action sequence at the end of the film") - assuming this is it then,

[thecasinoroyale]

Oh that sounds promising Jim.

I wonder how Skyfall will end..with an open end like 'Casino Royale' did, or a nice end with no room for expanding and ready for another original film for 'Bond 24'.


And love the fact that our UK red-top trash papers said that Bond was only filming 'Skyfall' in Turkey due to cutting budgets....Shanghai it is then!!

[Germanlady]

great stuff... any news about whether it is the second unit/ how the shooting will proceed/ Daniel Craig's involvement?

Obviously he will not be involved, as he is in Manila now and only with a handbag as baggage, which means in and out in a heartbeat.

[Luigi Ferrari]

This is the kind of stuff I was waiting for! Well done #11!

[univex]

Anyone knows what cars are involved? Probably not but I thought I´d ask anyway. Pics reminded me instantly of Michael Man´s Heat Pacino/Deniro pursuit.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Anyone knows what cars are involved? Probably not but I thought I´d ask anyway. Pics reminded me instantly of Michael Man´s Heat Pacino/Deniro pursuit.

The car in the second picture looks like a Mercedes E or S series. But we need more photos in order to be able to say with certainty.

[univex]

Anyone knows what cars are involved? Probably not but I thought I´d ask anyway. Pics reminded me instantly of Michael Man´s Heat Pacino/Deniro pursuit.

The car in the second picture looks like a Mercedes E or S series. But we need more photos in order to be able to say with certainty.

You´re right Luigi. Say, did that white mercedes twitter pic got confirmed as part of SF filming? If so, lots of mercs this time around.

[Major Tallon]

Those rascals were filming in China while they had all our attention focused on Bognor Regis. Very sneaky, I'd say.

[Jim]

Anyone knows what cars are involved? Probably not but I thought I´d ask anyway. Pics reminded me instantly of Michael Man´s Heat Pacino/Deniro pursuit.

The car in the second picture looks like a Mercedes E or S series. But we need more photos in order to be able to say with certainty.

I wonder if it's one of those strange Chinese fakes, the ones that sorta look like the echt product but... aren't.

[univex]

Anyone knows what cars are involved? Probably not but I thought I´d ask anyway. Pics reminded me instantly of Michael Man´s Heat Pacino/Deniro pursuit.

The car in the second picture looks like a Mercedes E or S series. But we need more photos in order to be able to say with certainty.

I wonder if it's one of those strange Chinese fakes, the ones that sorta look like the echt product but... aren't.

Know just what you mean. Plastic Mercs they bulid! They do, those lunatics. 5 year olds inserting the headlights and 8 year olds calibrating the brakes with cod liver oil. Then they go off to run over little girls in the street without any spectator stopping to help because they´re to oblivioius to, say, other human beings. Rant over.Thank you.

Edited by univex, 21 January 2012 - 04:33 PM.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Anyone knows what cars are involved? Probably not but I thought I´d ask anyway. Pics reminded me instantly of Michael Man´s Heat Pacino/Deniro pursuit.

The car in the second picture looks like a Mercedes E or S series. But we need more photos in order to be able to say with certainty.

You´re right Luigi. Say, did that white mercedes twitter pic got confirmed as part of SF filming? If so, lots of mercs this time around.

Unfortunately I did not find further information about it.

Those rascals were filming in China while they had all our attention focused on Bognor Regis. Very sneaky, I'd say.

They're smart as foxes, but on January 16th I had reported in another thread that the second unit was in Shanghai for the filming of a driving scene starring Mark Higgins.

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 21 January 2012 - 04:36 PM.

[Dustin]

Anyone knows what cars are involved? Probably not but I thought I´d ask anyway. Pics reminded me instantly of Michael Man´s Heat Pacino/Deniro pursuit.

The car in the second picture looks like a Mercedes E or S series. But we need more photos in order to be able to say with certainty.

I wonder if it's one of those strange Chinese fakes, the ones that sorta look like the echt product but... aren't.

Reminds me of those American fake remakes of European films that don't look like real thing and consequently aren't...

[Major Tallon]

Those rascals were filming in China while they had all our attention focused on Bognor Regis. Very sneaky, I'd say.

They're smart as foxes, but on January 16th I had reported in another thread that the second unit was in Shanghai for the filming of a driving scene starring Mark Higgins.

Indeed you did. You've been doing a great job, Luigi, keeping us updated on the film. To you and to all our other intrepid reporters, thank you!

[univex]

They're smart as foxes, but on January 16th I had reported in another thread that the second unit was in Shanghai for the filming of a driving scene starring Mark Higgins.

Must be en helluva action scene/pursuit if they have Higgins. Rally driver right? In an highway? Nice.

Anyone knows what cars are involved? Probably not but I thought I´d ask anyway. Pics reminded me instantly of Michael Man´s Heat Pacino/Deniro pursuit.

The car in the second picture looks like a Mercedes E or S series. But we need more photos in order to be able to say with certainty.

I wonder if it's one of those strange Chinese fakes, the ones that sorta look like the echt product but... aren't.

Reminds me of those American fake remakes of European films that don't look like real thing and consequently aren't...

True. Very true. Although, in some very rare ocasions, and I mean RARE, the remakes are better. But I can only name two or three

[lechero]

Wow, that does look and sound very promising indeed..

[Dustin]

They're smart as foxes, but on January 16th I had reported in another thread that the second unit was in Shanghai for the filming of a driving scene starring Mark Higgins.

Must be en helluva action scene/pursuit if they have Higgins. Rally driver right? In an highway? Nice.

Anyone knows what cars are involved? Probably not but I thought I´d ask anyway. Pics reminded me instantly of Michael Man´s Heat Pacino/Deniro pursuit.

The car in the second picture looks like a Mercedes E or S series. But we need more photos in order to be able to say with certainty.

I wonder if it's one of those strange Chinese fakes, the ones that sorta look like the echt product but... aren't.

Reminds me of those American fake remakes of European films that don't look like real thing and consequently aren't...

True. Very true. Although, in some very rare ocasions, and I mean RARE, the remakes are better. But I can only name two or three

The Chinese would be happy if they had two or three hits with their Merc production.

[univex]

They're smart as foxes, but on January 16th I had reported in another thread that the second unit was in Shanghai for the filming of a driving scene starring Mark Higgins.

Must be en helluva action scene/pursuit if they have Higgins. Rally driver right? In an highway? Nice.

Anyone knows what cars are involved? Probably not but I thought I´d ask anyway. Pics reminded me instantly of Michael Man´s Heat Pacino/Deniro pursuit.

The car in the second picture looks like a Mercedes E or S series. But we need more photos in order to be able to say with certainty.

I wonder if it's one of those strange Chinese fakes, the ones that sorta look like the echt product but... aren't.

Reminds me of those American fake remakes of European films that don't look like real thing and consequently aren't...

True. Very true. Although, in some very rare ocasions, and I mean RARE, the remakes are better. But I can only name two or three

The Chinese would be happy if they had two or three hits with their Merc production.

So very true Dustin. But what can one do. It´s all very out of control. China has awaken, and not in a good respectful, human, cultural way. But that´s for another thread.

[Captain Tightpants]

A purple highway. I like it.

The "extra cars" assembled by the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum and drove close together on a nearby highway, so they could shoot without another car entering the scene.

That's a strange way of doing things. I suppose they couldn't shut the highway down entirely.

I wonder if the Science and Technology Museum will be featured/seen in the film. It's got a certain Ken Adam quality to its design:

[Tuxedo]

Great news. Shooting in exotic places are a trademark of Bond movies and it is good to see that they keep it up.

[Captain Tightpants]

And the best part is that this absoleutely proves the Bognor Regis reports to be untrue.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Confirmed ( although I never doubted it): it was the second unit filming in Shanghai .

http://forums.superh....php?p=22351443

"A second unit crew just spent 3 days filming on the neon highways of Shanghai."

[DominicGreene]

I'm a little bit reminded on the highway car/motorcycle scene from Kill Bill? The picture with the cars under the bridge looks like that scene from it,

http://youtu.be/WSkuSyXANyc?t=10s

[007jamesbond]

I wonder how the highway scene will play in the story.....I mean there is no craig? so what could it be.....?

[Captain Tightpants]

I wonder how the highway scene will play in the story.....I mean there is no craig? so what could it be.....?

A car chase, like it says in the bulletin.

Do you actually think Daniel Craig does his own stunt driving?

[007jamesbond]

This car chase is going to be very interesting through the highway and all. I think the cameraman is going have a lot of fun shooting this

[TCK]

I wonder how the highway scene will play in the story.....I mean there is no craig? so what could it be.....?

A car chase, like it says in the bulletin.

Do you actually think Daniel Craig does his own stunt driving?

It could be a car chase without James Bond.

[sharpshooter]

Great location. Skyfall is shaping up very nicely indeed.

[Captain Tightpants]

It could be a car chase without James Bond.

It could be, but I'm not really sure how that would work. Who would be chasing, and who would be being chased?

It may not be a chase scene at all. From the sounds of things, production created a rolling roadblock, with a group of cars driving in tight formation behind the actual filming to slow down civilian traffic and prevent unwanted cars from entering the shot. So I'm wondering if they want to have multiple shots of the car(s) in the scene and are using the rolling roadblock to guarantee continuity between the shots, or if the scene calls for a lone vehicle speeding out of the city at three in the morning.

[Cody]

From what we've heard, I'm not sure that they've shot enough for this to be much of a chase, though those roads would certainly be a beautiful location for an action sequence.

The great car chase might be the one in London.