Casino Royale Nominated At 2007 World Stunt Awards

According to a report from TV3 Casino Royale has been nominated in three categories in the upcoming World Stunt Awards, including one nomination for Ben Cooke, who was Daniel Craig’s stunt double in the film.

Cooke’s first nomination is for the ‘best fight’ award–the prime example in the case of Casino Royale being the hard-hitting bathroom fight between James Bond and Fisher, one of the men he kills to earn his 00-status. The second, ‘best high work,’ is for the crane sequence between Bond and Mollaka.

The third nomination for the film is for ‘best work with a vehicle.’ Adam Kirley, who crashed the Aston Martin DBS later on in Casino Royale spoke about this nomination back in mid-March: ‘To get the Guinness World Record, and then to be nominated for the World Stunt Awards too… we’re going to LA in May, representing the UK! We’re up for Best High Work, for the crane jump at the start, and Best Work With A Vehicle. To be a stuntman for a Bond movie was just beyond my dreams. When Pierce (Brosnan) was Bond I was always too short as I’m 5ft 10, but I’ve been doubling for Daniel (Craig) for a few years now, so when there were rumours about him getting the part I knew maybe there was the potential, and then to get the call… I could just retire now as a happy man! I’ve been so fortunate even getting into the industry, but to double for James Bond is just the ultimate accolade really.’

The 2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards will take place in mid May in Los Angeles, California.

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Mads Mikkelsen Reflects On Casino Royale And Late-Career Success

The Toronto Sun features a new interview with Casino Royale‘s Mads Mikkelsen where he discusses his career before and after appearing in the 21st official James Bond film.

‘First of all, that’s the story we have. We don’t have all those crime stories like they have in the States. And we don’t play a big part in the international circus. So what we are dealing with are domestic problems, human nature problems. And it’s also recognizable by the rest of the world,’ said Mikkelsen while discussing how many Danish filmmakers focus on the human condition in films.

In Susanne Bier’s After the Wedding, which played at the 2006 Toronto film festival and is now on its commercial run in Canada, Mikkelsen plays a troubled Dane who finds himself caught up in secrets of his past when he returns to Copenhagen from Bombay, where he runs an orphanage.

‘It’s about people thinking they are doing the right thing in their lives–and not necessarily achieving it,’ Mikkelsen says. ‘It’s about the way people behave. People are very strong in their opinion of how life should be but maybe they should let go and go the other way by doing something else.’

When asked about action films, such as Casino Royale, Mikkelsen says: ‘If it’s an action film, I can definitely live with that.’

With 007 putting Mikkelsen on the world map more than ever before, he denies having a career plan. ‘No, there is no career. If I’m focusing on a career, then I’m on the wrong, wrong track. I’ve got to focus on my work, or art, if you like. Career is something else. You will always be disappointed if you have career as a goal. It’s just ridiculous. Why should you go through that? You can’t control it anyway.’

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Casino Royale Continues Blu-ray Success For Sony

The Casino Royale Blu-ray disc continues its massive success for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment after opening to record breaking sales back in mid-March.

DailyTech reports that Sony has released a special report on the next-generation format’s current lead over HD DVD with several statistics from Nielsen VideoScan.

Daniel Craig’s first James Bond film debuted at the top of the next-gen format sales charts with 28,233 units, making it the fastest selling high-def disc to date. Additionally, Casino Royale also boosted Blu-ray sales 74.4 percent for the week ending March 18 as compared to the previous week. In comparison, HD DVD sales fell 14.1 percent compared to the week before that.

Strong Blu-ray sales in 2007 have given it a 7 to 3 sales ratio versus HD DVD. Year to date sales of Blu-ray are 549,730 units and for HD DVD 249,451 units. However, the gap is smaller when examining cumulative sales since each format’s inception. Blu-ray boasts 844,000 compared to HD-DVD’s 708,600. For further information, including several comparison charts, click here.

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Casino Royale Offer For Australian Playstation 3 Buyers Confirmed

AURUM3 NewTech has confirmed that free Blu-ray disc copies of Casino Royale are on their way to Australian Playstation 3 buyers.

As CBn previously reported, the first 20,000 purchasers of Playstation 3 system in Australia who register on the Playstation Network were qualified to receive a free Blu-ray disc of Daniel Craig’s debut James Bond 007 film.

According to the email, the Casino Royale Blu-ray discs will likely be delivered within 45 days.

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Casino Royale Region 4 DVD Released Today

The region 4 DVD of Casino Royale has been released today.

Region 4:

• Release Date: 4 April 2007
• Retail Price: $39.95 (DVD)
• Two-Disc Collector’s Edition
• Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
• Italian Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
• Subtitles: English, Italian
• Order (DVD) – Atlantic DVD

The DVD of Daniel Craig’s debut James Bond film has already broken sales records and earned many positive reviews from both critics and fans. Click here for CBn’s Casino Royale DVD overview: release dates, special features, cover artwork, menu caps, instore exclusives, reviews, product tie-ins, and much more…

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Casino Royale DVD Giveaway (Region 4)

The Herald Sun has details on a brand new Casino Royale DVD giveaway for James Bond fans in Australia.

Open only to residents in Australia, 10 lucky winners will receive a Casino Royale DVD (region 4 edition) of Daniel Craig’s debut 007 film, plus the mini-edition of the book Bond On Set: Filming Casino Royale.

The competition ends on 5 April 2007. For full details and to enter, click here.

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Casino Royale DVD Sets UK Sales Record

With Casino Royale recently winning three Empire Awards and the enormous success of the DVD and Blu-ray releases, the good news for Daniel Craig’s debut James Bond film just doesn’t seem to end.

Empire reports that he Casino Royale DVD has now broken the record for the fastest week one UK DVD sales, selling an impressive 1,622,852 copies since its release on 19 March (region 2).

It was only yesterday that CBn reported that the Blu-ray edition had sold more than 100,000 copies which broke the record for the greatest number of high-definition copies sold in one day.

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James Bond And Casino Royale Conquer The Empire Awards

The BBC News reports that James Bond and Casino Royale conquered this year’s Empire Awards, taking home three of the top prizes, including best film.

In addition to the top prize for Casino Royale, Daniel Craig won the best actor award for his role as 007 and Eva Green took home the best female newcomer award for her portrayal of Vesper Lynd.

Empire magazine assistant editor Ian Freer said: ‘I’m delighted that Empire readers have decided that Casino Royale is the best film of the year.’

‘We’re proud that real cinema-goers have the good taste to do something neither the critics’ awards or industry prizes managed to do–really get behind the reinvention of James Bond as a great British triumph.’

More than 50,000 people voted for the awards this year. To see the full list of winners as well as an exclusive picture of Craig, director Martin Campbell, and producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, click here to visit the official Empire website. The publication will hold its 2007 awards ceremony in November this year.

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Casino Royale Blu-Ray Smashing Sales Records

CBn earlier reported that the region 1 DVD release of Casino Royale had continued the success started in theaters, with the film going to the top of the sales and rental charts. According to a report from SuperHeroHype, the Blu-ray release is setting records of its own.

The Blu-ray edition of Daniel Craig’s debut James Bond film has already sold more than 100,000 units and is breaking records for the greatest number of high-definition copies sold in one day, said SPHE Worldwide President, David Bishop.

‘As a point of comparison, the first DVD title to ship 100,000 units took approximately 11 months (Air Force One in early 1998),’ said Bishop. ‘Casino Royale on Blu-ray has done it in far less time and is clearly demonstrating the format’s robust growth in the marketplace.’

Director Martin Campbell was equally impressed, and commented ‘It’s just unbelievable. Clearly, it’s fantastic. The comparison between standard def DVD and Blu-ray is quite stunning and quite transparent to the master. It’s precisely what would make me want to buy a copy.’

Casino Royale was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 13 March (region 1).

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Casino Royale's Blu-ray Sales Possibly Over 100,000 Units In First Week

CBn had earlier reported that the nonstop success of Casino Royale, Daniel Craig’s debut James Bond film, had continued on into its DVD and Blu-ray release–topping both the sales and rental charts in the US.

According to a new article from High-Def Digest, the rumoured first week Blu-ray sales of Casino Royale are in excess of 100,000 units. After previously becoming the first Blu-ray release to be on the amazon.com top ten DVD best-sellers list, it looks like the 007 film is also on its way to become the most-owned title for the format.

The widescreen edition of Casino Royale is currently the #2 top DVD seller at amazon.

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