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[MattofSteel]

Excellent! Jean Pierre-Goy is the guy who doubled Brosnan for motorcycle stuff in Tomorrow Never Dies..

Was he not also responsible for all the Batpod stuff in 'The Dark Knight?'

[The Dove]

You're right Matt..I believe he was..

[Simon]

_{Believe he is also married to Vic Armstrong's daughter...?}

[thecasinoroyale]

Nice...I think this will be, what's the term, 'in safe hands.'

They could cheat, which I doubt they would, like in 'A View To A Kill' when Bond jumps from the bridge onto the moving wedding barge, just get the bike to jump to appear as if it was going to land on the moving train, but filmed at the right angle for it landing in crash padding or something, then cut to a closer shot of the bike landing on the roof.

But knowing stunt progression, they'll probably go for the real thing! Sounds pretty exciting stuff...

[Luigi Ferrari]

http://www.beyazgaze...eri-249474.html

[The Dove]

Great find Luigi...Now, does anyone here speak Turkish??

[Whalltt]

http://www.beyazgaze...eri-249474.html

This is great! Loved to see the bridge and the train. This will look amazing on film I'm sure!

Thanks for posting Luigi. You're one hell of a info and media collector. Congrats!

[DamnCoffee]

That bridge looks amazing! Very Bondian.

[Whalltt]

One of the things that attracted me to Bond movies many years ago was the contrasting locations and elements in one movie. At one minute Bond is in a high tech room somewhere, and then, following a lead, he moves to some exotic, old, dirty location.
Also the Ken Adam's sets had that mixture of modern and classic/old. Loved it.

That bridge, the railway line and the train reminded me of Octopussy and that train sequence.

[Captain Tightpants]

Sounds to me like the reporters confused some of the details here ... still a great piece.

Either that, or it's a bad translator.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Using Google translate:
http://www.iha.com.t...ok-217094.haber
James Bond in Adana, shocked!
"James Bond" series, the last film, "Skyfall" some of the scenes will be shot in the infrastructure in place to work in Adana, a historic treasure hunter, believing that the gendarmerie team have advised the villagers.
James Bond 007 series, 25 and 90-minute film, which runs the "Skyfall" in approximately the first 18 minutes of footage shot in Turkey. In Adana, this 18-minute show will be shot about 13 minutes of work continues. Yakapınar central district of the town of Adana, Adana and road construction is the place for shooting interesting developments occurred in infrastructure work.

History of the Roman era, a place known as Luqman Hakim of the bridge where the bridge to reduce the elixir of immortality, many site 1 district has been declared a protected area Yakapınar degree of difficulty was a lot of studies. At the end of the borough for the construction of railway lines on the side of the road just to shoot action sequences road construction crew began his study of James Bond.

Business machines and define what they thought at nightfall the gendarme citizens who call the team "We are looking for someone define bucket," he advised us. Then came the gendarmerie teams to the scene asked what they were doing by stopping the operation of the team. Bond team of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Adana Governor and District Governor Yüreğir received permission "James Bond" said the shootings for the road work done. This work has helped the team out on the false alarm gendarmerie.

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 29 February 2012 - 09:54 AM.

[Jim]

"We are looking for someone define bucket," he advised us.

Yeah, that happens to me too, daily. It's a right bugger and no mistake. Is there no-one who define bucket? I mean, can't be too difficult now, can it?

Isn't Johnny Foreigner a hoot?

[Luigi Ferrari]

It's official: the Turkish shooting of 007 started yesterday in Adana!

http://www.iha.com.t...di-217374.haber

Using Google Translate:

Skyfall got its start in Adana
"James Bond" series, the last film, "Skyfall" was launched in 13-minute shoot in Adana.

James Bond 007 film in the series, the 25th and will last for 90 minutes, the "Skyfall" the center of Adana in Adana and the district began shooting. For approximately the first 18 minutes of film shot in Turkey, was launched yesterday. During 13 minutes of footage was taken, the railway town of Adana, the central analytics. 4-5 on a train wagons loaded with construction equipment and vehicles used in the film's action scenes were prepared.

Passageway at grade rail cars crashing due to the shooting scenario. Therefore, given approximately 3 hours Yüreğir'de at grade level crossings controlled passages passageway passageway and gave the alarm indicator lights up continuously.

Citizens showed great interest surrounding the shooting. Children in particular made ​​great efforts to see the captured scenes. Children climbed on the wires at the side of the railway in order to follow-ups. Citizens waited a long time to watch the shooting side of the road. The filmmakers will be intense interest in the citizen's private security guards protecting guessing shots made ​​up of about 20.

Children and the citizens are very excited to see when James Bond movie, said, for they were curious. James Bond said that while some citizens do not recognize.
November drew to a close-ups of about 2.5 months in Adana Yüreğir'deki Gulek, Varda Bridge, angular, Yakapınar shots done in places such as the set during the filming of the film's lead actor will participate in the Bridge Varda learned.

Click here to see the video:
http://www.iha.com.t...i-10234-9.vid#t

Click here to see the gallery:
http://www.stargazet...r-39-dedi-4138/

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 02 March 2012 - 09:36 AM.

[Jim]

Google would do well to spend less time spying on us and more time investing in a credible translating service. What I gleaned from that is that they're filming in Turkey but I suspect I could have done that without reading it.

[Shrublands]

And that the Turkish press is very concerned with time. “… will last for 90 minutes” - “ the first 18 minutes“ - “During 13 minutes of footage was taken” - “given approximately 3 hours“.

[Major Tallon]

I certainly don't believe that the film will last only 90 minutes.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Skyfall got its start in Adana.

The last film of the "James Bond" series, "Skyfall", was launched in a 13-minute shoot in Adana.

The 25th film in the James Bond 007 series, "Skyfall"- which will last for 90 minutes- began shooting in the center and in the district of Adana. The film - shot in Turkey for approximately the first 18 minutes - was launched yesterday.
To capture the 13 minutes of Adana, filming started along the railway in the central Yüreğir district.
Were prepared 4-5 wagons on a train loaded with construction equipment and cars used in the film's action scenes.
Due to the shooting scenario, train hits cars at level crossing's passageway.
Therefore for approximately 3 hours the transit at the level crossing's passageway of Yuregir occurred in a controlled manner and the indicator gave the alarm light up continuously.
Citizens showed great interest surrounding the shooting. Children in particular made great efforts to see the captured scenes. Children climbed on the wires at the side of the railway in order to watch the filming.
Citizens waited a long time to see the shooting aside of the road.
The filmmakers also estimated the citizens interest [ would have been] heavy, so about 20 special security officers carried out protection during the shooting.
Children and the citizens are very excited to see James Bond, they said they were curious to see when the movie come.
Citizens [ came to see] if they could recognize James Bond - they said.
Shooting ends approximately after 2.5 months in Adana, shots will be done in places such as Yüreğir, Kasim Gulek, Varda Bridge, Belemedik, Yakapınar ; we learned that the film's lead actor will participate on set during the filming in the Varda Bridge .


I've tried my best to give you a better translation. Hope that helps. A more positive attitude would be pleased, too.

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 02 March 2012 - 03:13 PM.

[Jim]

Skyfall got its start in Adana.

The last film of the "James Bond" series, "Skyfall", was launched in a 13-minute shoot in Adana.

The 25th film in the James Bond 007 series, "Skyfall"- which will last for 90 minutes- began shooting in the center and in the district of Adana. The film - shot in Turkey for approximately the first 18 minutes - was launched yesterday.
To capture the 13 minutes of Adana, filming started along the railway in the central Yüreğir district.
Were prepared 4-5 wagons on a train loaded with construction equipment and cars used in the film's action scenes.
Due to the shooting scenario, train hits cars at level crossing's passageway.
Therefore for approximately 3 hours the transit at the level crossing's passageway of Yuregir occurred in a controlled manner and the indicator gave the alarm light up continuously.
Citizens showed great interest surrounding the shooting. Children in particular made great efforts to see the captured scenes. Children climbed on the wires at the side of the railway in order to watch the filming.
Citizens waited a long time to see the shooting aside of the road.
The filmmakers also estimated the citizens interest [ would have been] heavy, so about 20 special security officers carried out protection during the shooting.
Children and the citizens are very excited to see James Bond, they said they were curious to see when the movie come.
Citizens [ came to see] if they could recognize James Bond - they said.
Shooting ends approximately after 2.5 months in Adana, shots will be done in places such as Yüreğir, Kasim Gulek, Varda Bridge, Belemedik, Yakapınar ; we learned that the film's lead actor will participate on set during the filming in the Varda Bridge .


I've tried my best to give you a better translation. Hope that helps. A more positive attitude would be pleased, too.

Hello - wasn't having a chivvy at you - you'll know when that happens, though. More about the uselessness of Google translating but I suspect my intention was itself lost in translation.

The 90 minute thing is most odd - are these things decided at such an early stage? Maybe they are so there can be more showings at the cinema and they get more lovely money out of us.

[The Dove]

Nice to see that at least a couple of those Volkswagen Beetles made the voyage safely from the UK! LOL.. So yes I think we can safely say that production has indeed begun in Turkey.. Now as for the news source claiming the enitre movie is only 90 minutes, UTTER CRAP in my opinion! Think something must have gotten lost in translation. For as such a grand film as 'Skyfall' is shaping up to be, I really doubt they'll be able to cram it all into an hour and a half..Plus, why shortchange all the Bond faithful on the 50th anniversary?

[SecretAgentFan]

90 minutes? Lost in translation indeed.

I´m sure they will not want it to be three hours. But the movie will be as long or short as it has to be.

However, length is not important, guys. Density is.

[Matt_13]

Looks like Caterpillar is involved again. I know they were a sponsor for Casino Royale. A digger is on one of those rail cars.

[Luigi Ferrari]

........

I've tried my best to give you a better translation. Hope that helps. A more positive attitude would be pleased, too.

Hello - wasn't having a chivvy at you - you'll know when that happens, though. More about the uselessness of Google translating but I suspect my intention was itself lost in translation.

The 90 minute thing is most odd - are these things decided at such an early stage? Maybe they are so there can be more showings at the cinema and they get more lovely money out of us.

I understand your intention and I agree about the little usefulness of Google Translate.
I was simply hoping the the CBN's reaction to the news that they've finally started filming in Turkey to be more positive: hey, we are the first 007 forum to announce that news, a video and some photos are available, the pre-title sequence is finally beginning to be clear and what !? we're discussing about Google?
You can see the glass either as half full or as half empty. I prefer to see it as half full. ;-)

About the movie duration: Turkish media all agree that the duration of the film is 90 minutes, castingcallpro.uk reports that the expected duration is 100 minutes instead .Therefore the film's duration isn't currently a certain fact.

[Vauxhall]

Very pleased to see there's some filming under way in Turkey - admittedly probably second unit at this stage. I guess we'll struggle to get too much information from Turkey, due to language problems etc, so it's good to get a first tranche of photos to look at. Appears that the VW Beetles might just be dressing to be used on the trucks of the train, based on early pictures, and not actually driven.

[Germanlady]

Re. 90 minutes - we have all seen over and over, how the papers just pick up, what one might print, without knowing anything. Suppose, this is the case here. This time, they have a script - they don't NEED to make a short, even shorter film. 50th anniversary and they celebrate it with a short film? Doubtful...

[Zographos]

Re. 90 minutes - we have all seen over and over, how the papers just pick up, what one might print, without knowing anything. Suppose, this is the case here. This time, they have a script - they don't NEED to make a short, even shorter film. 50th anniversary and they celebrate it with a short film? Doubtful...

Being short isn't a concession, mind you. The first three Connery films were around 110 minutes and zipped along nicely.

Whatever the final runtime ends up being, let's hope it's all flavour and no gristle.

[The Shark]

However, length is not important, guys. Density is.

It thought it was how you use it?

[Chief of SIS]

However, length is not important, guys. Density is.

Tell Quantum that.

[Luigi Ferrari]

http://www.yarenturk...azir-97606.html

ADANA READY FOR BOND!

Known as the longest in the world film series and prepared to celebrate its 50th anniversary this year, the last 007 James Bond film - Skyfall - started scenes for a screen test in Adana.

While preparations for the movie come to an end in the village of Karaisalı Hacıkırı in the district of Adana, on the historic Varda Railway Bridge were done the first test shots.

A 15-minute portion of the 24th film of the series will be shot in Adana, Seyhan, TCDD 6th Regional Directorate for Wagon Repair and Maintenance Workshop has accelerated continue efforts for the film crew . The film team, according to the scenario used in the film by James Bond almost completed the construction of a special train and wagons. Cars used in the film were prepared with the welding machine in accordance with the scenario. Cameras, prepared specifically for the materials used in making the film were moved on the train vagons . In accordance with the scenario, Varda Bridge started a screen test for the scenes in which James Bond jumps off the train.

WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK

Following the activities on the historic Kasim Gulek Bridge, citizens said that they were exciting. Retired and 56-year-old father of five children Turamlıer Hedo, said he wanted to play as an extra in the film. The venues are prepared and the production team began shooting a screen test, the actual filming will begin in the next week - he said. It was revealed that also the film's lead actor Daniel Craig will join the filming on the Varda ​​Bridge . Journalists are not allowed to shoot on film preparations.



I hope it is clear enough, sorry for eventual mistakes.

Here is another translation I've just found ( too late, unfortunately):
http://www.habermoni...ot-in-a/121231/

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 03 March 2012 - 01:24 AM.

[Germanlady]

Re. 90 minutes - we have all seen over and over, how the papers just pick up, what one might print, without knowing anything. Suppose, this is the case here. This time, they have a script - they don't NEED to make a short, even shorter film. 50th anniversary and they celebrate it with a short film? Doubtful...

Being short isn't a concession, mind you. The first three Connery films were around 110 minutes and zipped along nicely.

Whatever the final runtime ends up being, let's hope it's all flavour and no gristle.

You are right - somehow - but take into accountm that these days, the big action scenes are way longer, then they used to be. I doubt very much, that you would get away with Connery like action from his early films.

Thanks @Luigi for all your efforts.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Thanks for your appreciation @Germanlady, it's not easy to translate from Turkish into English , in addition my English language is just basic.
Any volunteers here?

The film's crew is staying at Hilton Hotel apparently:


http://www.imdb.com/...hread/195650965

I'm at a military base near Adana, Turkey and the crew is staying at a nearby Hilton Hotel.

I don't know what they're shooting here, I just know that the crew is here from contractors that are living at the hotel currently.

We're specualating if any of the cast is here, unless they're doing supporting character shoots or something.

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 03 March 2012 - 01:26 PM.