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[Zographos]

Now on the CBn main page...

'There is a connection there, yes...'

Daniel Craig reveals 'Bond 22' plot details

Back in 2006 before Casino Royale even premiered, Craig mentioned that the organization behind Le Chiffre wanted to "destabilise the world with money." Now, in an interview with Rotten Tomatoes, Craig revealed that the villains of Bond 22 are planning to "destabilise the world's economy because they want to take it over." He also mentions there is no title yet and that there is a connection between Vesper and Mathieu Amalric's character.

My educated guess is an attack on the Panama Canal, which would cripple the Atlantic/Pacific trade route and probably relaunch ownership tensions over the Neutral Zone. We already know they're filming in Colon province and capital, both of which lay on the canal route. Any other ideas?

[Royal Dalton]

World domination. The same old dream.

[MattofSteel]

Interesting stuff. It's funny, I'd always assumed that having read CR prior to the film would ruin my enjoyment of it, but knowing a good amount of details about plot and character beforehand (essentially, the whole thing) didn't even seem to affect my experience. It's nice to be back to a fresh, original story again. As much as I loved seeing Fleming on screen, that is:).

[Matt_13]

Haha just don`t read the script beforehand, huge mistake.

[Tim007]

Now on the CBn main page...

'There is a connection there, yes...'

Daniel Craig reveals 'Bond 22' plot details

[MkB]

LOL, "Half monk, half hitman"...

We've heavily seen Craig dressed in his hitman outfit, if you wan to see him in his monk outfit, just look at the first pic in this Rotten tomatoes interview
http://www.rottentom...e/news/1702751/

[Qwerty]

Pretty nice interview. Sounds like it is Amalric and not Taubman who may indeed be the boyfriend... but who knows?

[HH007]

Ah, the plot thickens...

[Agent Ostlund]

I smell Spectre!

[mcdonbb]

I smell Spectre!

No that smell is "lawyers" I wouldnt expect any old school SPECTRE. The economic angle seems more obvious now and none of us jumped on it so far. We've all been worried about the boyfriend and revenge. Craig seems very positive about the script and progress so happy about that...

and oh yeah to all that assumed that just because it takes place in Central America that it has to involve drugs (namely the drug plot from Risico) step back and, for me, breath relief because it doesnt sound like that is the focus. whew

Remember Haggis said something to the effect of "Fleming like" but NOT based on any Fleming material.

Edited by mcdonbb, 13 January 2008 - 10:47 PM.

[HH007]

I smell Spectre!

No that smell is "lawyers" I wouldnt expect any old school SPECTRE. The economic angle seems more obvious now and none of us jumped on it so far. We've all been worried about the boyfriend and revenge. Craig seems very positive about the script and progress so happy about that...

and oh yeah to all that assumed that just because it takes place in Central America that it has to involve drugs (namely the drug plot from Risico) step back and, for me, breath relief because it doesnt sound like that is the focus. whew

Remember Haggis said something to the effect of "Fleming like" but NOT based on any Fleming material.

I'm hoping the plot doesn't involve drugs, because that's been done before.

[HildebrandRarity]

My educated guess is an attack on the Panama Canal, which would cripple the Atlantic/Pacific trade route and probably relaunch ownership tensions over the Neutral Zone. . . Any other ideas?

Interesting extrapolation on the Bosphorus irridation plot twist of TWINE, Zographos...but it needs a "British angle" if James Bond of Her Majesty's Secret Service is to get involved.

In TWINE, we have a British heiress in danger after her father is killed at MI6...so it makes some sense...I don't see Panama Canal being the focal point unless Bond comes upon the attack plot as a result of leads requiring his presence on a more plausable mission.

My own opinion is that he travels to Latin America/Panama/Bolivia in the body of the movie and the primary plot point is resolved somewhere in Europe (floating stage in Austria?)

[Qwerty]

I smell Spectre!

Not sure if this interview really adds any depth to that rumour.

[Vauxhall]

Great to come home after a tough day and get some BOND 22 plot details!

Pretty nice interview. Sounds like it is Amalric and not Taubman who may indeed be the boyfriend... but who knows?

Yes, it certainly seems as though that may be the case now.

[bleary_25]

I smell Spectre!

Not sure if this interview really adds any depth to that rumour.

It's called wishful thinking.

And while Spectre is synonymous with Blofeld, it doesn't need to be. I'd be happy if they used the Spectre name (if they can) for a similar yet different organisation. I mean, Special Executive for Counter-Intelligence Terrorism Revenge and Extortion - isn't all that far from being Hamas or Al Quaeda.

As much as "destabilising the world with money" sounds more realistic (less old school, campy take over the world with rockets villains), you can't discount terrorism as a side busines.

[Loomis]

Well, at least we can stop holding our breath for a title announcement.

Which Bond flick had the latest title announcement of all? Was it DIE ANOTHER DAY? I seem to recall that it was still known as BOND 20 in the summer of 2002. Maybe BOND 22 will break the record.

I guess this indicates pretty strongly that the film will not, after all, have a Fleming title, for if they were going to call it THE PROPERTY OF A LADY, QUANTUM OF SOLACE, RISICO or whatever, why not---- well, why not just announce it now? What on earth would they have to lose? Especially as the public would need a few months to get used to a slightly "difficult" (hey, there's a reason those ones haven't been used yet) Fleming title.

The dull truth, I suppose, is that they've decided to give the film an original title but can't agree on one at this point.

And does anyone think we won't get the full picture on this mysterious organisation until BOND 23, if then?

Clever move, though: why blow a story on a single film when you can spin it out over three?

[Vauxhall]

Which Bond flick had the latest title announcement of all? Was it DIE ANOTHER DAY? I seem to recall that it was still known as BOND 20 in the summer of 2002. Maybe BOND 22 will break the record.

I think DIE ANOTHER DAY was announced as the title in March 2002. I think the record may go to LICENCE TO KILL which was known as LICENCE REVOKED throughout filming.

[LadySylvia]

World domination. The same old dream.

Yeah, I know. How disappointing. Suddenly, my interest in BOND 22 has dimmed. A lot.

[tdalton]

Taking over the world's economy. How original.

This "world domination" plot is so overused that I almost wish that they'd go with the slightly more "original" drug smuggling plot.

[bleary_25]

The "world domination" thing is probably Daniel Craig speaking broadly. I don't think we'll suddenly have moustache-twirling villains stroking fluffy white cats in Bond 22 - just more of the same: a company trying to manipulate money markets across the world.

[Simon]

So, he's 'revealed' what exactly?

[MarcAngeDraco]

"We set up in the last one that there

[Jim]

[quote name='MarcAngeDraco' post='822269' date='14 January 2008 - 11:14']"We set up in the last one that there

[marktmurphy]

So, he's 'revealed' what exactly?

Well as far as I can work out, he said that he's making a film with some other people and that some stuff happens in it. A veritable goldmine!

[Simon]

Thank God it's in the Spoiler section.

It really is the final twist.

[Jim]

So, he's 'revealed' what exactly?

Well as far as I can work out, he said that he's making a film with some other people and that some stuff happens in it. A veritable goldmine!

Ooh, you big sarky cheeky.

Thank God it's in the Spoiler section.

It really is the final twist.

And you.

[sorking]

I smell Spectre!

No that smell is "lawyers" I wouldnt expect any old school SPECTRE.

I hope for a return but don't expect it - though (correct me if I'm wrong) my understanding was that the legal mess of SPECTRE is pretty much sorted now, what with Sony/MGM having bought Never Say Never Again, the final legal battle having been won by Eon, and McClory no longer being alive enough to stir up trouble...

Clever move, though: why blow a story on a single film when you can spin it out over three?

Well it worked for the first five Connery flicks, right?

Since the 60s the flicks haven't made much of being a 'saga'. A few recurring characters - Gogol, Robinson - but that's it. Which made sense at the time, when audiences weren't going for multi-film stories.

But with the advent of DVD and the internet the shape of cinema has changed, and audiences will now support a Lord of the Rings or a Harry Potter (an 8-film story, apparently; with the last book likely to be split in two!). Even the Spider-Man flicks had stronger connected threads (pun unintended) than those kinds of movies used to have.

Using the reboot to create a genuine beat-by-beat saga is a timely move, and a rewarding one. I'm really glad it's being done this way. It's unlikely to go on forever, but for Craig's era, it should work just fine.

[Harmsway]

It sounds rather unclear. The word "it" could refer to the economy or to the world:

We set up in the last one that there’s this organisation that is destabilising the world’s economy because they want to take it over.

It seems more likely that they just want a corner on the global economy, at least to me.

Furthermore, I'm sure if he does mean "world domination," I'd wager that it's not actually "world domination" in the Stromberg manner of going about it. More like manipulating events so that through corrupt means they have a stranglehold on the world from behind the scenes.

[00Twelve]

[quote name='Harmsway' post='822294' date='14 January 2008 - 09:44']It sounds rather unclear. The word "it" could refer to the economy or to the world:

[box]We set up in the last one that there

[Judo chop]

I'm thinking global economics.

As am I. But, in the end, what