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[J J]

Casino Royale to wrap in Czech Republic in late May

Theodore Schwinke in Prague 10 April 2006 11:01



Director Martin Campbell is scheduled to conclude principal photography on Casino Royale in the Czech Republic at the end of May. The final shots will take place in Czech spa town Karlovy Vary, which will double as Montenegro.

Bond franchise holders EON Productions are working with MGM and Columbia Pictures on the film, which started shooting January 30.

MGM executives toured the set of Casino Royale in Prague on April 6. In town to promote the planned launch of the MGM Channel in central Europe, MGM chairman and CEO Harry Sloan, COO Rick Sands, MGM Networks executive VP Bruce Tuchman and others toured Barrandov Studios sound stages where Campbell was filming a critical gambling scene between James Bond, played by Daniel Craig, and villain Le Chiffre, played by Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen.

Although Bond and Le Chiffre play baccarat in Ian Fleming

[Ace Roberts]

Is this one of those "translation" problem articles? The article contradicts itself - it says principal photography will wrap in Prague in the first paragraph - then it says filming will move from Prague to Venice and then on to the UK at Pinewood. Ah..make up your mind.

I think it would make more sense (and be more in line with what we have read so far) if it said - filming in Prague will end at the end of May and then move to Venice and then the UK where principal photography will end in (June).

Am I the only one here that reads this with some suspicion? That's not directed at you JJ.

Edited by Ace Roberts, 11 April 2006 - 07:34 PM.

[J J]

Screen Int'l is a quite respectable tradepaper aimed at the international film community. When they say CR is wrapping in Czech Republic it means exactly that: filming there ends and the caravan moves on...

(these articles are quite common: recently they announced that Young Hannibal wrapped in Czech Rep... and yes, shooting was continued elsewhere).

Nothing to be suspiscious of, just a status report...

[Ace Roberts]

They need to learn how to write for the industry then - you do not indicate a film is wrapping principal photography unless it is actually doing that. The article is misleading and confusing as written - but then again - what do I know?

[DLibrasnow]

Is this one of those "translation" problem articles? The article contradicts itself - it says principal photography will wrap in Prague in the first paragraph - then it says filming will move from Prague to Venice and then on to the UK at Pinewood.

I don't think it contradicts itself at all....they will finish the Prague shooting at the end of May and then move onto Italy and Pinewood.

[Double-0-Seven]

Cool news, thanks for posting!

[Dmitri Mishkin]

Yes, as JJ said, the author means filming in Prague ends in late May, not the production as a whole. However, the syntax of that sentence can be confusing.

Nice to have an update. Quite a few bits of new info in there. They're shooting five days of exterior work in Venice and then using the 007 stage watertank? This would appear to fit with past spoiler reports of a

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(boat?) chase through the Venice canals

to round out the film. On another note, I can't believe the water tank has a depth of only 8 feet (!). If memory serves, they used the tank to film the shot in TWINE pre-credits where the Q-Boat dives underwater (followed by an expected tie-straightening).

Also, it's interesting that the MGM bigwigs have had a look at Craig and Mikkelsen in the film's major setpiece. Perhaps what they've seen will kill any internal dissent.

[zencat]

Wow! A gold mine of information and confirmations in this article! Thanks for posting.

But where are they filming all the Miami action? Could it be these scenes have been cut?

[Harmsway]

Wow! A gold mine of information and confirmations in this article! Thanks for posting.

But where are they filming all the Miami action? Could it be these scenes have been cut?

I would be intrigued if the the Miami stuff was cut. Perhaps it's just being filmed at Pinewood (or, I suppose, it could be filmed somewhere in Prague).

[Simon]

On another note, I can't believe the water tank has a depth of only 8 feet (!). If memory serves, they used the tank to film the shot in TWINE pre-credits where the Q-Boat dives underwater (followed by an expected tie-straightening).

I think that was done in the external tank, not the 007 stage tank.

Also, filming in Pinewood will commence on this stage in July for the climactic sequence. They are building this set at present and have near completed essential steel structural work.

The tank is only around 8ft in depth and it is being, if not deepened, then heightened with further steel walling.

[Tim007]

Wow! A gold mine of information and confirmations in this article! Thanks for posting.

But where are they filming all the Miami action? Could it be these scenes have been cut?

I have good reason to believe that they were shot at Nassau airport in late March.

[Agent Spriggan Ominae]

Wow! A gold mine of information and confirmations in this article! Thanks for posting.

But where are they filming all the Miami action? Could it be these scenes have been cut?

I hope not. It's possible that they will be filming it in Prague. I remember they found someplace over there to double for Kenya in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Perhaps they filmed bits of it in the Bahamas that we don't know about and will do the rest back in Prague. They still have 2 months to film in Prague.

EDIT: just saw Tims post. So could it be that the setting has changed from MIA to Nassau? I wonder if we will be getting any pics or footage?

Edited by Agent Spriggan Ominae, 11 April 2006 - 09:38 PM.

[DLibrasnow]

EDIT: just saw Tims post. So could it be that the setting has changed from MIA to Nassau? I wonder if we will be getting any pics or footage?

I think Tim meant that they used Nassau to double as Miami.

[Gobi-1]

Just speculation on my part but I think the Venice climax will involve a building sinking into the canal. This could be a reason the 007 tank is being deepened.

Can you imagine Bond and Le Chiffre(?) battling it out in a building as it sinks into the canal. Water everywhere. Maybe they even bring jet skis or a small boat into the building as well as it sinks. Taking a jet ski down a flight of stair which has become a waterfall is an image I can see happening in a Bond film.

[Tim007]

EDIT: just saw Tims post. So could it be that the setting has changed from MIA to Nassau? I wonder if we will be getting any pics or footage?

I think Tim meant that they used Nassau to double as Miami.

Exactly. According to someone who was there at the time, the pink EON signs showed the direction towards the airport and parts of the airport were closed due to "a movie unit shooting action scenes for a film".

[zencat]

Wow! A gold mine of information and confirmations in this article! Thanks for posting.

But where are they filming all the Miami action? Could it be these scenes have been cut?

I have good reason to believe that they were shot at Nassau airport in late March.

Oh, cool.

(However, perhaps more happens in Miami than just the MIA action. )

[Agent Spriggan Ominae]

I got some links to pics of NIA if anyone is interested.


http://www.postcardpost.com/ap718.jpg

http://www.colinbeve...u-departure.jpg

http://www.besureoff...s/exterior2.JPG

http://www.kyoto.zaq...sau-airport.jpg

[Simon]

Just speculation on my part but I think the Venice climax will involve a building sinking into the canal. This could be a reason the 007 tank is being deepened.

Correct.

[Fro]

Basically it's a lot easier to shoot that scene in the Bahamas at the Airport than trying to shut down the Miami Airport for filming.

[Vauxhall]

Excellent and interesting article there - nice to have some new news

Also interesting to note that Karlovy Vary is said to be doubling for Montenegro, therefore suggesting that the exterior of the casino may well be the Kaiserbad in K.V. as had been previously speculated.

Just speculation on my part but I think the Venice climax will involve a building sinking into the canal. This could be a reason the 007 tank is being deepened.

Correct.

Do you mean that the finale DOES involve a building sinking?

Edited by Vauxhall, 11 April 2006 - 11:14 PM.

[zencat]

I think this story/thread might need to be in the spoiler section.

[stromberg]

I think this story/thread might need to be in the spoiler section.

Was just about to move it

[Dmitri Mishkin]

Hmm... very interesting. Thank you for the confirmation.

[Harmsway]

Just speculation on my part but I think the Venice climax will involve a building sinking into the canal. This could be a reason the 007 tank is being deepened.

Correct.

Do you mean that the finale DOES involve a building sinking?

Hmm... if that is the case, that's *quite* intriguing. Wonder how that plays out.

[Qwerty]

Very cool news. Sounds great so far.

[Trident]

Casino Royale to wrap in Czech Republic in late May



Director Martin Campbell is scheduled to conclude principal photography on Casino Royale in the Czech Republic at the end of May. The final shots will take place in Czech spa town Karlovy Vary, which will double as Montenegro.

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Great find! Just booked my hotel in Karlovy Vary for the end of May. Hope, I can catch a glimpse of the action there. And if not, its still fun to take a look at something that we may see in CR on the screen. Splendid!

[Skudor]

I love getting news that reminds me that the movie is still very much in production(it's been a bit quiet since the Bahamas). Not that I ever doubt it... just nice to get these reminders.

[Ourobouros]

I've not read the script, but I would have thought LeChiffre would have been dead by the time they got to Venice for the climax?

[Tinfinger]

Maybe in the script, Le Chiffre dresses up as a woman and tries to kill Bond with poison tipped shoes

[Ourobouros]

Yeah maybe,

Not sure about a building falling into the water either, oh well have to wait and see.