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[DamnCoffee]

Oh yes! Silly me. FORGET I SAID THAT!

[Vauxhall]

Possibly what we've been calling the MI6 bunker?

Or possibly even Skyfall Lodge. A safe house would probably be quite a decent, non-spoilerish description of it.

[Vauxhall]

Shanghai - unit filming (17-19 January)

This is my summary of the key points of the location information from the Shanghai article. It appears that some of the chronology is slightly confused, as we believe the Macau casino scenes to follow Shanghai, so perhaps the sequence is slightly reversed.

As previously reported, we'll see the neon highways of Shanghai, particularly the Yan'an Elevated Road section of the city's freeways. It appears that most of the action will be centred in the Lujiazui finance district of the Pudong district of Shanghai.

The article seems to describe Bond chasing one of his enemies from a casino to the river, and thence onto a yacht and into Shanghai's Lujiazui financial district along the Yin Cheng East Road.

The pursuit appears to then continue through the Shanghai Diamond Exchange, based in the Jin Mao Building, and ends with an elevator chase on the side of the World Financial Center.

The reporter also remarks on the similarity of the chosen Shanghai locations compared to those used in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II - plus the fact that plans to shoot in other locations, such as the water-based town of Xitang, were dropped.

[Royal Dalton]

It appears that some of the chronology is slightly confused, as we believe the Macau casino scenes to follow Shanghai, so perhaps the sequence is slightly reversed.

I think the casino scene must come afterwards, because Bond is still bearded in Shanghai, which doesn't really seem to fit in with the "Eve shaves Bond in the Macau hotel room" scene.

[Marketto007]

New photos and video from the bike chase filmed in Adana, Turkey.

http://jamesbondbras...-adana-turquia/

xxx

[thecasinoroyale]

Bloody loving what they've done for this bike chase....god, and people say you've seen one Bond you've seen them all! Well 50 years later, I ain't seen anything as exciting looking as this!

[Ace Roberts]

In these videos, Bond's stunt driver appears to be wearing the same suit and condition of the suit from the underground scenes in London. I guess it's conceivable that he wears the same suit in the PTS, but I find that odd. Anyone else notice this?

[DamnCoffee]

It is a bit odd. We can't be sure it is the same suit though untill we get some proper pictures. I'm sure it just looks a bit similar due to the quality of the video and the fact it's so far away. The only similiarity I can see is that they're both grey, but still, that doesn't make it the same suit.

[Vauxhall]

This one looks slightly lighter to me. The underground one admittedly start to look lighter once it gets covered in a layer of dust.

[Shrublands]

I’d expect this one not to have a pinstripe.

[S K Y F A L L]

New photos and video from the bike chase filmed in Adana, Turkey.

http://jamesbondbras...-adana-turquia/

xxx

Wicked stuff. Is this just before the train scene?

[Vauxhall]

New photos and video from the bike chase filmed in Adana, Turkey.

http://jamesbondbras...-adana-turquia/

xxx

Wicked stuff. Is this just before the train scene?

They appear to end up on the train after jumping off their motorbikes from a bridge, so I'd imagine so.

[Vauxhall]

Actor Ben Loyd Holmes talks (a little bit) about his role in SKYFALL: http://insidemediatr...r-and-producer/

Seems he might just be one of the police officers on Vauxhall Bridge.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Bond week: On-set interview with Dame Judi Dench aka M

http://www.comingsoo...ws.php?id=89247

[Vauxhall]

Twitter posting from yesterday: "So today, daniel craig saw me giving a topless lapdance. With the pleasure of Sam mendes directing."

I'll assume that's for the film, rather than post-curricular.

Also from yesterday: "They're filming James Bond at Pinewood today. There's Chinese people in cocktails dresses everywhere!"

[MattofSteel]

The lady says in another post that it's for filming. I thought for a second some random London stripper had tweeted the boys' night out.

[Luigi Ferrari]

http://www.quotenet....st-bond-yet.php

Translation provided by Google translator:

'Biggest Bond Skyfall is yet'

The biter was the only Dutch media visit to Pinewood Studios in London to look at the developments surrounding the shooting of Skyfall, the latest James Bond film that will appear this autumn. Today, Part III of the report, which Dame Judi Dench talks about the bed partner of Bonds boss and costume designer Jany Temime talks about her idolatie for Tom Ford.

After Quote previously could speak with lead actor Daniel Craig and producer Barbara Broccoli could your reporter then chat with costume designer Jany Temime, she spoke about the collaboration with Tom Ford, who once again takes the measure Federal and puts him in a suit. "I have only once met Tom, but more was not necessary. His choice is my choice. We had a great collaboration. I would also like to work with anyone else in future Bond films. "For Skyfall had only sixty Craig's tuxedo at his disposal, with the emphasis on 'movement'. "There's a lot of physical action in the film and so we had a slim fit suit that can move along well with the actor, who is in constant motion." Incidentally, not all the Bond film wearing a suit, Temime says: "Faith me, we'll still have enough "body" see Daniel! "

Then pushed the French actress Berenice Marlohe for a short conversation. Marlohe was until recently unknown in her homeland, but by a wildly enthusiastic Sam Mendes cast as one of the new Bond Girls, next Naomie Harris. The tall exotic beauty, whose ancestry is part Asian, is especially notable for its extremely long red fingernails with a gold color on the bottom. 'Maybe I'll do my nails in Bond set, we'll see! "She joked. Then it carries out the tension for a moment on the upcoming film: "You will see many surprising situations in the film, you have not seen before. I am very happy that I can assist them. It was so bad that I used with nepgeweren the mirror was practicing. "Whether Marlohe really weapons to use in Skyfall remains a surprise, but it is clear that there is a rich pallet of firepower, the revue will pass in the film including of course the traditional Walter PPK 007.

It was then time for Dame Judi Dench, who for the seventh time embodies Bond's boss, M. Whether it be the last time she holds provisional jealously secret. Dench, whose eyesight slowly diminishes, a prominent role in Skyfall, as the synopsis talks about 'M's past that haunts her. Whether they end of the film will achieve is therefore even more questionable. If Quote informs whether there would be more background on M is released in the film, answering again shadowy. What is clear is that the man next to M who woke up in a short scene in Casino Royale now out of the picture: "Oh, man! That is gone though. Did you know that this is actually Roger Moore or Sean Connery should have been? "Also on the question whether the lieftalligste secretary of Great Britain, Miss Moneypenny, for this anniversary film in a new form will return, no clear answer. Dench looked at the reporter with your tight lipped long, after which she briefly shakes head with a fireplace, stands up and says, "And she was gone!"

What then might be expected for Skyfall this fall? Well, believe it or not, but this is the biggest Bond ever. Or so says production designer Dennis Gassner. He insists that every effort is made to 'the story' in the first place. Of course, Gassner also include some 'contracts' with Heineken as the drinks of Bond and Omega watch factory on the ingenious clocks that the super spy may save many a difficult situation. Nevertheless, the Gassner was not about. He speaks for itself, without the blink rather little on what he thinks is coming, "This is the" biggest Bond film yet, I think really. It's a great story that will unfold as a magnificent chess match. "Details? No, that could also not be delivered by Gassner. Anyway, the Netherlands will not wait until the November 1 and the print in the cinemas will start running.

[# 11]

What is clear is that the man next to M who woke up in a short scene in Casino Royale now out of the picture: "Oh, man! That is gone though. Did you know that this is actually Roger Moore or Sean Connery should have been? "

Shocking. Positively shocking.

[The Dove]

Hah!! Sounds like Yoda translated that headline.."Biggest Bond, Skyfall is yet..." LOL..

[Single-O-Seven]

Hah!! Sounds like Yoda translated that headline.."Biggest Bond, Skyfall is yet..." LOL..

The Jedi Council have regular Bond & pizza nights.

[Luigi Ferrari]

http://www.huffingto..._n_1462896.html

'Skyfall': James Bond Movie To Explore Spy's Troubled Psyche, Says Director Sam Mendes

ISTANBUL -- The next James Bond movie, "Skyfall," promises the usual action, exotic locations, scheming villains and beautiful women. For fans of the original novels by Ian Fleming, there's more: a journey into the troubled psyche of the iconic spy.
After all, the director of the 23rd film in the franchise, which spans half a century, is Sam Mendes, whose cinematic studies of personalities in emotional turmoil and even meltdown include "American Beauty" and "Revolutionary Road."
"You always go back to the Fleming because the character Fleming created over a number of novels was incredibly complex," Mendes said Sunday at a news conference in Istanbul, where the crew of "Skyfall" has filmed.
"Some people sometimes forget in the cliche of Bond, which is the international playboy, and someone who's always untroubled, and almost never breaks a sweat, that actually what (Fleming) created was a very conflicted character," said Mendes, who was joined by cast members, including Bond actor Daniel Craig.
Fleming created a secret agent who was sometimes frustrated and ambivalent about his job. Many Bond movies sidestepped the inner demons, showcasing instead a debonair 007 whose exploits were enhanced with gaudy gadgets and special effects.
In Fleming's last novels, Mendes said, Bond suffered from a "combination of lassitude, boredom, depression, difficulty with what he's chosen to do for a living, which is to kill. That makes him a much more interesting character, and some of those things are explored in this movie, because Daniel as an actor is capable of exploring them."
It is Craig's third portrayal of the spy, and he introduced a darker side to Bond in his earlier roles in 2008's "Quantum of Solace" in 2008 and "Casino Royale" in 2006.
Craig reread Bond novels as part of his preparation for "Skyfall," and a delay in film production, caused when studio MGM filed for bankruptcy in 2010, allowed him more time to discuss the character with Mendes.
He said he had spoken to intelligence agents about their work, and has some inkling of the hardships they face.
"I've got the better job," said Craig, whose last movie was "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," the thriller adapted from the novel by Stieg Larsson.
"Skyfall" is due for release on Oct. 26 in Britain and in other locations shortly after that. Judi Dench returns as spy chief M and the film introduces English actress Naomie Harris as a field agent named Eve and Berenice Marlohe of France as a character named Severine.
Producers are enigmatic about the plot, though they have said the relationship between Bond and M is tested and MI6, the spy agency, comes under attack.
"Skyfall" includes scenes in London, Scotland, Turkey and China. In Istanbul, the crew filmed scenes with motorcycles at the Grand Bazaar, a covered market that dates to the early Ottoman period. The 1963 Bond movie, "From Russia With Love," included scenes in Istanbul. It starred Sean Connery.
Fleming, whose experiences as a British intelligence officer in World War II helped him conceive the Bond novels, died in 1964.
Some things about the spy's image on screen (as well as in the books) won't change. Asked to describe Bond's love life in "Skyfall," Craig smiled.
"It's very rich," he said. "We're making a Bond movie, so that kind of speaks for itself."

[Luigi Ferrari]

http://www.france24....0th_anniversary

'James Bond' returns to Istanbul on 50th anniversary

AFP - James Bond has once again returned to Istanbul for "Skyfall", the latest film in the longest running series that this year celebrates half a century of the legendary spy in action, its director said Sunday.
"We wanted to be here because it is the most magnificent place, it is an incredible city... I can't get enough of it," said director Sam Mendes, who spoke to the press in Istanbul after more than 100 days of shooting "Skyfall" in Turkey.
The 23rd film in the Bond series was shot on several locations in Turkey, between the southern province of Adana and the southwestern coastal town of Fethiye, as well as in the historical Grand Bazaar of Istanbul.
"Bond has had a close relationship with Istanbul... It has been 49 years to the day since they were last here.. Bond was last here," said Daniel Craig, who took over the Bond character in 2006 with "Casino Royal".
Barbara Broccoli, one of the producers, noted that Istanbul was chosen as the venue for "Skyfall" to mark the 50th anniversary of the legend in "the favorite city of Ian Flemming", the British author who invented "James Bond" in 1953.
Bond may even have a car chase scene on the very epitome of Istanbul, the Bosphorus bridge, Mendes said in response to a question, hinting that the city may continue to appear in forthcoming Bond movies.
The Bond series briefly featured Istanbul in 1999 for "The World is Not Enough", after Bond's first appearance in the city in 1963 for the second film of the series, "From Russia With Love".
"Skyfall" is expected to be released in late 2012.

[007jamesbond]

interesting.......I guess we are going to see Bond frustrated with his work that would have a Fleming element?

[DamnCoffee]

"Bond has had a close relationship with Istanbul... It has been 49 years to the day since they were last here.. Bond was last here," said Daniel Craig, who took over the Bond character in 2006 with "Casino Royal".

The World Is Not Enough has aged well...

[Matt_13]

"You always go back to the Fleming because the character Fleming created over a number of novels was incredibly complex. Some people sometimes forget in the cliche of Bond, which is the international playboy, and someone who's always untroubled, and almost never breaks a sweat, that actually what (Fleming) created was a very conflicted character. Bond suffered from a combination of lassitude, boredom, depression, and difficulty with what he's chosen to do for a living, which is to kill. That makes him a much more interesting character, and some of those things are explored in this movie."

Yes.

[British Chap]

Filming a Bond film must be stressful. Mendes looks 100% white haired now.

[MattofSteel]

They all look like hell. It's been a long shoot. Finish line's in sight, though.

[JimmyBond]

"Bond has had a close relationship with Istanbul... It has been 49 years to the day since they were last here.. Bond was last here," said Daniel Craig, who took over the Bond character in 2006 with "Casino Royal".

The World Is Not Enough has aged well...

I thought only the second unit went to Istanbul for TWINE? Maybe that's how they're able to get away with saying that.

[jaguar007]

"Bond has had a close relationship with Istanbul... It has been 49 years to the day since they were last here.. Bond was last here," said Daniel Craig, who took over the Bond character in 2006 with "Casino Royal".

The World Is Not Enough has aged well...

Not as well as FRWL has aged

[univex]

Evidently