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[fatima]

[quote name='SecretAgentFan' date='14 September 2005 - 06:08'][quote name='tdalton' date='14 September 2005 - 02:33'][quote name='Quartermaster007' date='13 September 2005 - 22:24'][quote name='Righty007' date='13 September 2005 - 13:47'] Casino Royale should be set in France!

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Finally somebody points out that a French Casino might just be set right in France!

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I agree. If they're not going to set it in South Africa (which I was in favor of), let's go with the location that Fleming has in his novel. France should be the location for Casino Royale, especially since that's where the novel takes place.

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[Loeffelholz]

Excellent point. There's so much we just don't know yet.

[dinovelvet]

Hey, how's this for a mad 'Bondian' moment. What about an underwater casino?. 

See, this is the way I think. I like that idea.

Underwater casino? I LOVE it! Go fish, indeed...

[dinovelvet]

There are casinos in the Bahamas, so the Bahamas could very well be the Bahamas.

Although if Brosnan comes back a lot of CASINO ROYALE could risk looking an awful lot like AFTER THE SUNSET.

No kidding...as if TB/NSNA wasn't enough, a Pierce Brosnan film has beaten them to the punch! Sunset used the locale perfectly, a great sense of travelogue and overall "I wanna go there!" feel. The Bahamas is been there, done that territory as far as Bond is concerned. Keep looking, please!

[Simon]

And commenting on the story on the other site that seemed to be quoting CBn as CBn was quoting it (how did that happen?)...

LOL. Are you talking about the link to IGN in the story? I added that link after I posted our story (and, obviously, after he read it). I thought it had a good summery and perspective of the latest Pierce rumor.

I like this "Stax" fellow. His reporting on CR has been clear and insightful and I like that he's careful to note sources.

Ah, got it. I was going crazy trying to work out chicken and egg scenarios.

[Simon]

Casino Royale should be set in France!

Finally somebody points out that a French Casino might just be set right in France!

Oh, I guarantee this has already been mooted.

[marktmurphy]

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[SecretAgentFan]

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[Shrublands]

Nobody seems to complain that the sequences in OHMSS were shot in Portugal (as Portugal) and not somewhere in Northern France (as Royale).

There is so much that will obviously need to be changed, expanded on, added to and dropped. Who cares, so long as it

[Skudor]

[quote name='zencat' date='13 September 2005 - 20:41'][quote name='Bondian' date='13 September 2005 - 12:28']Hey, how's this for a mad 'Bondian' moment. What about an underwater casino?.

[pieffra]

I don't care about the location, I hope it'll be a good movie, with good plot and carachters

[Simon]

Indeed; and Korea was.. a forest in Surrey/cliff in Cornwall. Iceland was the backlot and Hong Kong was a back projection. But they really went to London! 'Magic of the movies' my . Would it be so bad to actually take the actors to just one of the locations you're setting the film in?

I agree. People know too much about locations and film making now to be fooled by all that. And especially considering the monumental coverage Bond movies get in the media that will release just this sort of information.

For me, they are shooting themselves in the foot to allow this to happen.

The Bond movies, historically, TOOK you to exotic locations and put the money UP ON the screen.

This ethos appears to have been lost a little, and in the last film, a lot.

[Gabe Vieira]

And we were so close to getting South Africa as the one location!

I don't like the idea of giving up South Africa for the Bahamas. We have been there before and we know what they look like. South Africa is new turf that is just calling for Bond. I'll go with it for a while but if South Africa is not in Bond 22, heads will be dismembered over at EON courtesy of Gabe Vieira.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

And we were so close to getting South Africa as the one location!   

I don't like the idea of giving up South Africa for the Bahamas. We have been there before and we know what they look like. South Africa is new turf that is just calling for Bond. I'll go with it for a while but if South Africa is not in Bond 23, heads will be dismembered over at EON courtesy of Gabe Vieira.

CBN should rally and have a coup....we could all run EON together. Well...a few of us would probably kill each other, but you'll have that.

[trumanlodge89]

im holding judgement on anything and everything for this movie untill i see it. however, if this is a reboot, i dont mind the idea of bond restarting the same place he started in dr. no.

[Gabe Vieira]

And we were so close to getting South Africa as the one location!   

I don't like the idea of giving up South Africa for the Bahamas. We have been there before and we know what they look like. South Africa is new turf that is just calling for Bond. I'll go with it for a while but if South Africa is not in Bond 23, heads will be dismembered over at EON courtesy of Gabe Vieira.

CBN should rally and have a coup....we could all run EON together. Well...a few of us would probably kill each other, but you'll have that.

If we do coup EON, I volunteer to go in first with an Uzi in one hand and a Samurai Sword in the other. I'll lighten the work load for the rest of you guys.

Seriously though, I'm done being sad. Now I'm just pissed. So many Bond fans including myself wanted South Africa and we got it... then lost it... to the Bahamas... man! You go there, you get a tan, you get smashed, you get naked, you get lucky, you get a hangover, and you go home. Okay, now I just want to beat something within an inch of its life. I'm just gonna cool off now. Bye.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

Seriously though, I'm done being sad. Now I'm just pissed. So many Bond fans including myself wanted South Africa and we got it... then lost it... to the ing Bahamas... F*** man! You go there, you get a tan, you get smashed, you get naked, you get lucky, you get a hangover, and you go home. Okay, now I just want to beat something within an inch of its life. I'm just gonna cool off now. Bye.

South Africa would've been really cool but I'd like to have something solid. If that something is the Bahamas, then so be it I guess.

If we do coup EON, I volunteer to go in first with an Uzi in one hand and a Samurai Sword in the other. I'll lighten the work load for the rest of you guys. 

You think I'm going to let you have all the fun??

I'm going in Pierce style with an MP5K and silenced P99. Two harpoon guns on my back for good measure.

[Whalltt]

South Africa, France, Bahamas, I don't care...

Just want to see some beaches, sand, palmtrees and lots of sunshine.

All Brosnan films lack that. The Cuban scenes of GE and DAD weren't enough. TWINE had a look as dirty as oil rigs. Snow scenes are very bondian but we had a lot of that in the Brosnans before.

Give me back the Dr.No, TB, LTK, kind of feel.

Bahamas are very good for me.
Production is going forward.
I'm happy.

[Agent 76]

Bermuda is a fine choice by the producers!













Altough I would like to see them, filming in another european location, besides London.

[Tim007]

Great, agent76. Now I need to have a holiday.

[zencat]

Very cool and ties into something a friend of mine told me just yesterday (he just got back from a week at the Atlantis resort) he was told by the manager.

"The Bond people are here scouting for the next film."

I took it with a grain of salt (and a pint of Guinness) but I guess it's the real deal.

What island is Atlantis on, Bryce? (And how about we get to know that manager? )

[Qwerty]

Bermuda is a fine choice by the producers!

If it's actually going to be Bermuda as Bermuda and not Bermuda as Spain, Bermuda as Florida, Bermuda as Canada...

[TaoMike]

Bermuda is a fine choice by the producers!

Well, actually it's the Bahamas... Bermuda is further east, and farther north in the Atlantic.

[Pussfeller]

Bermuda is a fine choice by the producers!

If it's actually going to be Bermuda as Bermuda and not Bermuda as Spain, Bermuda as Florida, Bermuda as Canada...

That's a good point. We still don't know where this thing will be set. We probably won't know that for sure until November or December.

[TaoMike]

Very cool and ties into something a friend of mine told me just yesterday (he just got back from a week at the Atlantis resort) he was told by the manager.

"The Bond people are here scouting for the next film."

I took it with a grain of salt (and a pint of Guinness) but I guess it's the real deal.

What island is Atlantis on, Bryce? (And how about we get to know that manager? )

The Atlantis Resort is on Paradise Island (adjacent to Nassau on New Providence Island). They have a flashy website with pics and info...

[Goldengun007]

The use of one location for another has been around for most of the Bond films. I seem to recall that Bond never went to Kentucky in Goldfinger; some of the scenes were shot in Miami, others back at Pinewood Studios, but no one ever had the sense you were not in Kentucky!

[tdalton]

CBN should rally and have a coup....we could all run EON together. 

I'm sure that if we were running EON, that there'd already be a new Bond cast. I'm glad that EON decided to take their time, but I think that this film was unecesarilly delayed by hiring Martin Campbell to direct, when he was unavailable to begin preproduction for almost a year since he was hired.

[Qwerty]

The use of one location for another has been around for most of the Bond films.  I seem to recall that Bond never went to Kentucky in Goldfinger; some of the scenes were shot in Miami, others back at Pinewood Studios, but no one ever had the sense you were not in Kentucky!

Location switching seems to be much more noticeable these days. Welcome to CBn btw.

[zencat]

Martin Campbell confirms the new CR shooting location is The Bahamas.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

Martin Campbell confirms the new CR shooting location is The Bahamas. 

Now comes the debate over whether or not the Bahamas will be the Bahamas or doubling for something else...