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[SecretAgentFan]

Shooting cancelled? Boy, I hope that was only due to minor problems.

[Shrublands]

Shooting cancelled? Boy, I hope that was only due to minor problems.

It sounds like the sort of thing that happens due to bad weather, filming on the streets of London was cancelled on a few days because the weather was not idea.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Thanks again Luigi , you really are doing an excellent job here.

Thanks for your appreciation, Shrublands.


This CNN Turk's video shows the motorcycle incident that caused the damage to the jewelry's showcase. The shop's surveillance camera recorded the moment of the incident.

http://video.cnnturk...lik-kamerasinda

[Luigi Ferrari]

http://www.reuters.c... Entertainment)

James Bond stuntman crashes in Istanbul bazaar
(Reuters) - A stuntman in the new James Bond film "Skyfall" now shooting in Istanbul lost control of his motorcycle and smashed into the window of a 330-year-old shop in the city's 15th-century Grand Bazaar, Turkish media said on Monday.

The stuntman swerved to avoid hitting extras while careering through the Grand Bazaar at high speed, the NTV news channel said, but then crashed into the jewellery shop and smashed its crystal glass window.
"It is very nice for the Grand Bazaar to be chosen as a location for shooting this kind of movie. But the bazaar's administration ... didn't notify us the shooting would be like this," said Mete Boybeyi, the owner of the shop which once served members of the Ottoman court from the nearby palace.
"This place is regulated by the Council of Monuments. We can't even change our window without their permission," he said.
The bureaucracy involved in replacing the window would take quite some time, Boybeyi said, and that would mean the shop would remain shut and a loss of revenue.
"No one from the movie crew came to ask 'what are your losses?'," Boybeyi said. "We filed a complaint at the police station."
Skyfall, due for release in October this year, is the 23rd film in the popular and lucrative Bond series. Full details of the plot are a fiercely guarded secret, but in the film, producers say, "Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her".
The 1963 Bond film "From Russia with Love" and the 1999 Bond film "The World is Not Enough" were also filmed on location in Istanbul, one of the world's most historic cities which sits on the banks of the Bosphorus dividing Europe and Asia.

[Matt_13]

Heh. Woops.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Picture of the structure required for part of the chase here:
http://www.trtturk.c...t=1&newsID=1783

Picture of the stunt doubles preparing to perform the stunt on Istanbul's roofs:
http://www.todayszam...bul-bazaar.html

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 16 April 2012 - 05:57 PM.

[Vauxhall]

Unfortunate accident, but a motorbike chase through the bazaar sounds excellent! Having been to the Grand Bazaar, I can certainly confirm how crowded it is. Should look great.

[Royal Dalton]

"He brings violence and destruction."

[Marketto007]

Picture of the structure required for part of the chase here:
http://www.trtturk.c...t=1&newsID=1783

Picture of the stunt doubles preparing to perform the stunt on Istanbul's roofs:
http://www.todayszam...bul-bazaar.html

Thank you Luigi. Here's the photo. Is Ben Cooke there?



xxx

[The Dove]

"You can't make a Bond film without breaking some glass"....as Jack Nicholson's Joker might have said.. LOL! Seriously, I'm glad nobody was injured and I'm sure the production team will do the right thing and compensate the shop owner..

[Vauxhall]

Nice pic. Presumably Bond in the foreground; Patrice's suit is darker.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Picture of the structure required for part of the chase here:
http://www.trtturk.c...t=1&newsID=1783

Picture of the stunt doubles preparing to perform the stunt on Istanbul's roofs:
http://www.todayszam...bul-bazaar.html

Thank you Luigi. Here's the photo. Is Ben Cooke there?



xxx

No, he isn't. Based on what I know, Craig's stunt double should be a famous champion of freestyle motocross. That's all I can say.

[MattofSteel]

But that is, at the very least, Craig's double? Confirming Bond wears a very Goldfinger-esque light grey suit for that sequence?

[Germanlady]

This seems the most we have seen Craig Bond in a suit.

[Vauxhall]

This seems the most we have seen Craig Bond in a suit.

It does indeed. At least five different suits, off the top of my head.

[Luigi Ferrari]

But that is, at the very least, Craig's double? Confirming Bond wears a very Goldfinger-esque light grey suit for that sequence?

The guy on the foreground is Craig's stunt double. He appears to be wearing the same suit which another Craig's double was seen wearing during the train stunt sequence. This is a further confirmation that both the scenes shot in Adana and Istanbul belong to the same sequence.
The motorbike on the background is the police motorbike we've seen being ridden by Patrice during the chase in Adana.

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 16 April 2012 - 11:30 PM.

[Vauxhall]

Great. Thanks for the confirmation Luigi.

Now, we just need another clapperboard to settle once and for all that this is the pre-title sequence!

[JimmyBond]

It's interesting to think that just two films ago Bond was dressing down for his first major action sequence in the film. Now we got him in a suit while engaging in a motorbike chase(!)

[MattofSteel]

Yep. If that's indeed him. And I hope it is, because wow, what a retro reference and hilarious, classically Bond-looking sequence if he wears that.

[Matt_13]

Craig did say that when we catch with Bond at the start of the film that he's doing Bond like things. I'd say this falls under that category.......................Skyfalls.............

[JimmyBond]

So we're going to get an opening that is incredibly Bond. Then once the film proper starts we're back in familiar Craig Bond territory where they turn the image of Bond on it's head (Bond battered and with stubble).

You know, I actually like that, then they can have their "Bond reborn" sequence partway through the film. I think it can work if they pull it off correctly.

[Luigi Ferrari]

http://www.habermoni...the-set/152840/

James Bond, the first pictures from the set

Completed the series of James Bond's latest film footage of Adana 'shifts Skyfall'un Istanbul, Eminonu, Beyazit and began Bazaar. During the filming for the maximum of this incredible security precautions are taken out of the image to infiltrate

Roads closed to traffic, Bazaar Built on the platform and historic places historic market hovers over the guys yesterday turned into a full set of a movie.
Subject James Bond When the media were rather greater than the interest.
Set those who want to see at close range, the image they tried to get the hills of surrounding buildings.
Even the owner of a restaurant overlooking kit that explains a lot of press members.
But that works very well because of the shoot, he says.
However, the set crew and guards, so to speak uçurtmuyorlar bird.
Even an officer 'We're chasing rooftops man' is not mentioned as thrown into the wild.
Because we were caught on a roof.
Applied to all measures, including Makinemizdeki delete photos.
Beyazit Mosque and a new challenge in two separate police barikatıyla Eminönü was circled.
In the meantime, accidental shootings began in Istanbul is said to continue for two weeks.
Title='en Bazaar , The scene being shot, cornering 400-year history of the jeweler's shop window and you can not get hit the motorcycle market.
Because of the gold in the showcase window was broken in the accident.
Mete Boybeyi shopkeeper, News, film Bazaar 's withdrawal from the market and is a good development for Turkey ups to be taken without taking the necessary precautions, but found it correct, he said.


Side note: the man you see in the foreground, wearing a white t-shirt, is the stunt-coordinator Gary Powell.

[Luigi Ferrari]

http://translate.goo...te%3D22.09.2011

Coming up next week

The film ,directed by Sam Mendes and starring Daniel Craig ,will come to Turkey next Tuesday for shooting - was learned. So far were made just stuntmen remote shots, film's close ups will begin to withdraw from next week. Craig, will do the first shots in Fethiye. The famous actor’s shots are planned to be completed in a week, then he will move to Istanbul. Last shots will be made in Adana and will take about three weeks.

In Eminonu cars will be blown up

Istanbul will host the most important action sequences of Skyfall. Motorcycle chase scenes will be drawn on the roof of the Grand Bazaar. In Eminönü [will be taken] shots of blown-up cars. Until now many cars smashed in the shooting. More than 40 luxury brands' vehicles have turned out to be used during the shooting , both in rehearsal shots and action sequences.
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I think most of her scenes might be being shot at sea. So, it might still fit in with that.

Now Daniel Craig's shooting schedule in Fethiye seems to roughly coincide with Tonia Sotiropoulou's one. Great intuition, Royal Dalton.

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 17 April 2012 - 10:44 AM.

[Shrublands]

I think most of her scenes might be being shot at sea. So, it might still fit in with that.

Now Daniel Craig's shooting schedule in Fethiye seems to roughly coincide with Tonia Sotiropoulou's one. Great intuition, Royal Dalton.

Yes, good call.

With what we know from the scene numbers, it’s possible that the film will cut to Bond in Turkey up to scene 38.
39 is where we first see Bond in London, scenes before that just involve M and Tanner.

Bond, believed to be dead, is on that yacht with the Greek beauty. We cut to this amongst what’s going on in London.
After the attack and the funeral, an unshaven Bond (and without socks) is found and brought back to London and the MI6 bunker.

[Vauxhall]

Excellent points from you all. I think we may be onto something here.

[Shrublands]

It would also give a bit of visual variation, some sea and sun amongst the grey Winter London – Extends the amount of exotic location time into the body of the film.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Exciting video showing the motorbike stunt on Istanbul's rooftops.

http://www.beyazgaze...zle-268534.html

Edited by Luigi Ferrari, 17 April 2012 - 12:10 PM.

[Luigi Ferrari]

Skyfall's crew and stuntmen ready to film the motorbike stunt scene. Photos now online:

http://zaman.com.tr/...zaman-yayinladi

Photos showing the preparations, the film's set and the platform that was built for filming on the Bazaar's rooftop:

http://kelebekgaleri...96&rid=2368&p=1

[Luigi Ferrari]

Another new extended video showing the motorbike chase scene on the Grand Bazaar's rooftop, both Craig's and Rapace's doubles performing the stunt. Top notch!

http://www.dailymoti...t=14#from=embed

[Royal Dalton]

Thanks, Luigi.

It looks really good, doesn't it.

Notice that the stuntmen have got those motion capture dots on their faces. So, they're obviously going to paste Craig and Rapace's faces onto them later on.