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[jones18]

https://twitter.com/.../RupertSimonian
On my way to audition for the new Bond film- Skyfall- scene in film will be shared with Javier Bardem

[Major Tallon]

They appear not to recall that Bond's flat is in Wellington Square.

Fleming never actually said it was Wellington Sq. John Pearson came up with that one for the ‘Biography’ based on the general description and directions in the Fleming novels.

It’s as good a choice as any, but Fleming described a bay window and none of the buildings in Wellington Sq have bay windows.
Others have said it must be Markham Sq or even Royal Avenue.
So, I think it’s just as legitimate for the filmmakers to use Cadogan Sq.

Quite right, Shrublands. I'd originally hoped to stir up a little lighthearted discussion about the location of Bond's flat, but I guess what I said was taken as a complaint about the film. Anyway, as you point out, Fleming never specified a specific location for the flat, and the scattered clues he did provide fail to correspond to any of the squares off the King's Road in Chelsea. The two most likely candidates are Wellington Square and Markham Square, and Wellington Square has been chosen by Pearson, Gary Giblin (James Bond's London), and John Griswold (Ian Fleming's James Bond, Annotations and Cronologies) as being as likely a location as any. Both Griswold and Giblin acknowledge that none of the candidates fit the description exactly, though Giblin comments that "the Wellington Square address has caught on with the editors of both general and specıalıst London guidebooks . . ."

So far as I know, nobody has nominated Cadogan Square for Bond's flat, though, as Captain Tightpants has pointed out, it's in the right general area. One thing's for sure -- if it appears as the location of Bond's flat in "Skyfall," it's going to take that role hereafter!

[Skudor]

Seems to me that Bond lives in a fictional part of Chelsea. Shock horror :-)

[Shrublands]

They appear not to recall that Bond's flat is in Wellington Square.

Fleming never actually said it was Wellington Sq. John Pearson came up with that one for the ‘Biography’ based on the general description and directions in the Fleming novels.

It’s as good a choice as any, but Fleming described a bay window and none of the buildings in Wellington Sq have bay windows.
Others have said it must be Markham Sq or even Royal Avenue.
So, I think it’s just as legitimate for the filmmakers to use Cadogan Sq.

Quite right, Shrublands. I'd originally hoped to stir up a little lighthearted discussion about the location of Bond's flat, but I guess what I said was taken as a complaint about the film. Anyway, as you point out, Fleming never specified a specific location for the flat, and the scattered clues he did provide fail to correspond to any of the squares off the King's Road in Chelsea. The two most likely candidates are Wellington Square and Markham Square, and Wellington Square has been chosen by Pearson, Gary Giblin (James Bond's London), and John Griswold (Ian Fleming's James Bond, Annotations and Cronologies) as being as likely a location as any. Both Griswold and Giblin acknowledge that none of the candidates fit the description exactly, though Giblin comments that "the Wellington Square address has caught on with the editors of both general and specıalıst London guidebooks . . ."

So far as I know, nobody has nominated Cadogan Square for Bond's flat, though, as Captain Tightpants has pointed out, it's in the right general area. One thing's for sure -- if it appears as the location of Bond's flat in "Skyfall," it's going to take that role hereafter!

Very glad you didn’t take my post as a criticism. Yes, a bit of debate with people throwing in what they know/think was what I was aiming at too :-)

[Captain Tightpants]

That slate is from Whitehall or Parliament Square, I'd say. It's probably all part of the same sequence anyway.

Sounds about right - shooting on the Vauxhall Bridge and around Parliament Sqaure shows M is travelling to Vauxhall Cross from the general area around Whitehall.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Richard Dormer @rich_dormer
Just saw some filming of the new Bond film on Waterloo Bridge. Maybe I'll be in the film, credited as 'Nosy Walking Man'?

Alex O'Brien @celibatewives
Just walked into the filming of the new James Bond...

Ersin Ali @ersin_ali
Watching the filming of the next James Bond film on Waterloo Bridge!

Jessica @jessica_ann5
Well good morning new bond film. I see you filming on waterloo bridge.

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 22 February 2012 - 11:18 AM.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Kate Bussmann @KateBussmann
Husb just saw Daniel Craig dressed up as Bond being filmed driving a black Range Rover back and forth across Waterloo Bridge

Roo Reynolds @rooreynolds
Excuse me. What's going on? "It's for the new Bond movie." @ Waterloo Bridge http://instagr.am/p/HTaqt5vLPk/

Can anyone find out a website with a live camera pointed on the Waterloo Bridge?

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 22 February 2012 - 11:39 AM.

[thecasinoroyale]

Only found this Luigi...

http://www.world-cam...waterloo-bridge

It's refreshing every few minutes...not very good...and no sign of filming...but oh well. Loving the people out there reporting in!

[Shrublands]

More fake rain.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Exact, Shrubland. Here is another picture:
Roo Reynolds @rooreynolds
High volume pumping unit. "Pinewood Studios"? They seem to be spraying Waterloo Bridge t @ Waterloo Bridge http://instagr.am/p/HTZr_gvLPe/

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 22 February 2012 - 12:58 PM.

[Vauxhall]

"High volume pumping unit" - sounds like Bond when he gets particularly frisky with the ladies...

[Germanlady]

Whatever that means..

5USA InsideHollywood @5USAHollywood
If you love Bond then be sure to watch Inside Hollywood on 5USA at 6.55pm tonight. #skyfall #007 #jamesbond

[Germanlady]

Like we think, this is obviously intended as the first of several "updates", and an introductory chapter at that. So there should be plenty more to come as Skyfall plummets towards its October 26 release date. Watch, as they say, this space.

http://www.empireonl...y.asp?NID=33205

Nice voting on here. Well, in my book anyway - DC ahead of Connery.
http://www.telegraph...James-Bond.html

[Vauxhall]

New tweet: "James Bond filming outside my office. Dame Judy Dench in a Range Rover."

No indication of where in London this is though.

[Pussfeller]

This is becoming tedious. How much footage of M and Tanner riding around in cars can they possibly need?

[oatesy]

New tweet: "James Bond filming outside my office. Dame Judy Dench in a Range Rover."

No indication of where in London this is though.

They are back in Parliament Square this afternoon. Friend of mine just texted to say he cycled past Judi Dench in a range rover with camera attached

[Luigi Ferrari]

Tony Broderick @our_tone
There's a big massive grey brick wall in the new Bond film. You heard it here first people. #livefromPinewoodStudios

Perhaps it's the same we saw in the picture I posted the early days of December.


They're filming in Westminster now:

phil robertson @PhilbergLUFC
Asif I've jus walked past the set of the new bond film cnt believe it #skyfall

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 22 February 2012 - 03:40 PM.

[Shrublands]

This is becoming tedious. How much footage of M and Tanner riding around in cars can they possibly need?

Yes, much has been made of all the London location work they are doing, but by my reckoning three quarters of it at least is Dench riding around in a car.

[thecasinoroyale]

Maybe 'Skyfall' is the name of the new Jaguar or something they're riding around London in...oh god, it's just one big product placement of how durable and fast the Jaguar is! Nooooooo!

"Got to get somewhere fast?
Office under attack?
Bad guys on the run?
Let the new Jaguar Skyfall drift you away through wet and weary London, light as air and twice as fast!"

[Luigi Ferrari]

Felicity Baker @Felicity_Baker
@blogmywiki Yes we are breating the same air as Dame Judi!! (or were - apparently it's finished now)

[Germanlady]

I would think, the important stuff in being done in PW, but since they cannot avoid being seen when filming outside in London, they decided to give us these bits to satisfy the most urgent needs of the fans.

[Pussfeller]

Food, water, shelter, Judi Dench in a car

[Vauxhall]

I think Mendes is just being particularly meticulous with every scene. I'm pretty sure the weekend of filming at Millbank and Vauxhall Bridge will be little more than a minute in the final movie. All these driving sequences will probably end up being little more than bridges between meatier, more involved scenes.

[Shrublands]

It’s just that everything they do outside the studio seems to involve Dench in a car.
And this has been constant for the best part of four months.

[Jim]

It’s just that everything they do outside the studio seems to involve Dench in a car.
And this has been constant for the best part of four months.

Driving Miss Denchy.

[The Dove]

Surely the second unit MUST be in Turkey by now, preparing for Daniel Craig's arrival to film all the (pre-titles??) action out there, if he isn't already out there ?? I would presume so since it was made known that filming would commence late February and last approx 3 months.. I hope we have some eagle-eyed reporters out in the Istanbul region who might be able to snap a few hidden shots for us..LOL

[Luigi Ferrari]

It’s just that everything they do outside the studio seems to involve Dench in a car.
And this has been constant for the best part of four months.

Is Dame Judi Dench the woman who is seduced by 007 by the swimming pool then?
Is she the person whom Bond is chasing through the streets of London?
Is Judi Dench driving the hearses in the funeral scene in Greenwich maybe ?
Is Dame Judi in the box which Eve passes to Bond on the DECC rooftop?
Is she the girl who is drinking with Bond at the cocktail party?

I'm just joking, obviously. But let's be objective: they let us to see only what they want us to see.

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 22 February 2012 - 06:05 PM.

[Shrublands]

It’s just that everything they do outside the studio seems to involve Dench in a car.
And this has been constant for the best part of four months.

Is Dame Judi Dench the woman who is seduced by 007 by the swimming pool then?
Is she the person whom Bond is chasing through the streets of London?
Is Judi Dench driving the hearses in the funeral scene in Greenwich maybe ?
Is Dame Judi in the box which Eve passes to Bond on the DECC rooftop?
Is she the girl who is drinking with Bond at the cocktail party?

I'm just joking, obviously. But let's be objective: they let us to see only what they want us to see.

I know, I’m exaggerating to be a bit provocative.

However, thinking about your list.
Bond chases someone through the streets of London – Sequence climaxes with Dench being driven off at speed in a Jag.
I bet Dench goes to the funeral in a black limo.
We know Dench has been filmed driving past the DECC building.

That just leaves seductions at cocktail parties and swimming pools - No room for cars there anyway.

[Germanlady]

Surely the second unit MUST be in Turkey by now, preparing for Daniel Craig's arrival to film all the (pre-titles??) action out there, if he isn't already out there ?? I would presume so since it was made known that filming would commence late February and last approx 3 months.. I hope we have some eagle-eyed reporters out in the Istanbul region who might be able to snap a few hidden shots for us..LOL

Not if this is correct and I somewhat believe, he is still here. He was for sure over the weekend.
Kate Bussmann @KateBussmann
Husb just saw Daniel Craig dressed up as Bond being filmed driving a black Range Rover back and forth across Waterloo Bridge

[Matt_13]

This is becoming tedious. How much footage of M and Tanner riding around in cars can they possibly need?

My guess, judging by the amount of footage they've shot of those two in the vehicle, is that this is the first major set piece following the PTS. It must be an action sequence of some sort.