Although there are several reports that “Spectre” had already started shooting with a few days in Morocco, today, December 8th, marks the official start of principal photography.
And here is, what we hope will be updated with more photos regularly, the first clapper (and a little hint?):
Bond´s office?
The official press release:
James Bond returns next year in SPECTRE. Announced today at Pinewood Studios by Director Sam Mendes, returning cast members Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris and Rory Kinnear will be joined by Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, David Bautista and Andrew Scott. Locations for SPECTRE will include Pinewood London, Mexico City, Rome, Tangier and Erfoud, Morocco. Bond is also back in the snow, this time in Sölden, Austria as well as other locations Obertilliach and Lake Altausee. The 24th Bond outing will also see a brand new Aston Martin designed specially for this film, called the DB10. SPECTRE is out on 6th November 2015.
The official teaser poster:
Schedule (all times GMT):
10.50: Introduction
11.00: Beginning of live announcement
11:07: Presumed end of live announcement
11:15: Photocall with leading actors and director
Attention! To watch the live stream in Germany, please use this link:
http://edge1.streamingtank.tv/mission/547ff9dd186d6bd60d678aab/
Finally, the wait will be over.
On Thursday, December 4th, the title and the cast of BOND 24 will be revealed, live from Pinewood studios, at this time of day:
3am – Los Angeles
6am – New York
9am – Rio de Janeiro
11am – London
12pm – Paris, Berlin, Rome
2pm – Moscow
3pm – Dubai
4.30pm – Delhi
7pm – Beijing
10pm – Sydney
See the whole story here:
The “Daily Mail”´s Baz Bamigboye has apparently revealed another important cast member of BOND 24: Two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz (“Inglorious Basterds”, “Django Unchained”). He is supposed to play a “nemesis” for Bond (hey, didn´t write John Logan a movie with that title?), and the cunning nature of that character seems to be a wonderful fit for Waltz since he has demonstrated time and again how well he can play that kind of role.
Bamigboye´s track record is pretty good – so this rumor seems to be solid. Which would result in another German-speaking actor becoming the opponent in a Bond film – and after Javier Bardem another Oscar winner. Coincidence? Nah…
See the whole story here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2833780/BAZ-BAMIGBOYE-Tarantino-villain-Bond-s-cunning-nemesis.html
Bond connaisseur Baz Bamigboye broke the news in the Daily Mail that French star actrice Léa Sedoux will play opposite Daniel Craig in BOND 24.
Sedoux has become an international star after her Cannes winner “Blue is the warmest color” and starring in Quentin Tarantino´s “Inglourious Basterds”, Brad Bird´s “Mission: Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol” and Woody Allen´s “Midnight in Paris”. Details about her role are still under wraps – but rumor has it she is playing a femme fatale. Hey, aren´t femmes always fatale for Bond?
With Roger Deakins unavailable Sam Mendes seems to have offered one of the most celebrated new talents to take over as director of photography for BOND 24. Hoyte van Hoytema recently filmed Christopher Nolan´s upcoming sci-fi film “Interstellar” and received international acclaim last year for his breathtakingly beautiful work on Spike Jonze´s “Her”. He also shot Tomas Alfredson´s “Let the right one in” and his LeCarré adaptation “Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy”.
While these news are not yet officially confirmed, you can read all about the industry mumblings here: http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/her-cinematographer-hoyte-van-hoytema-to-fill-roger-deakins-shoes-on-sam-mendes-bond-24
Also, thanks to our valued Shrublands for the heads up.
During the opening of the exciting new exhibition of 007 automobiles, “BOND IN MOTION”, at the London Film Museum in Covent Garden, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, of course, were asked questions about the upcoming successor to “Skyfall”, the as yet untitled “BOND 24”, directed by Sam Mendes and written by John Logan.
Apart from repeating the official line of “we´re still working on the script with Sam, John and Daniel”, Wilson at least offered something definitive: There will be a new Aston Martin for Bond in the next film. Well, the original Aston was blown up, of course, and the one Bond won during “Casino Royale” is probably still not out of the shop, due to the damage that was caused by flip-flopping away from Vesper.
Thanks to our valued “Shrublands” for the heads up to this!
See: http://www.itn.co.uk/UK/98125/largest-collection-of-james-bond-vehicles-goes-on-display
Hey, what did you expect? He would endanger the whole enterprise and his job security if he were to give away anything at this stage.
Still, John Logan was interviewed by Empire Magazine and reportedly said that the first draft of the script is almost finished. He probably meant to say: the first draft that goes out to actors and gets used to plan the production – since the film is about to start shooting in October.
But any news about Bond are good news, right?
See the interview here: http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=40356
During a recent interview Ralph Fiennes stated that the new Bond film will start principal photography this October. He allegedly has not read the script yet (and, of course, would not have been allowed to say anything if he had) – but his statement seems to be the first genuine news about the film really moving forward in the fall of 2014.
So, let the speculations begin: The director (Sam Mendes) is in place and the script seems to be in good enough shape to hire the actors now for a particular time frame. The recent news of cinematographer Roger Deakins not returning mean that EON is looking for a replacement right now (if they haven´t found him/her already).
Will there be a kick-off press conference like they did for SKYFALL on the eve of its first shooting day? Or will they announce something much earlier – during the Cannes film festival maybe? In any event, news will be forthcoming during the next couple of months – even if they are only rumors. Which, in the case of SKYFALL, mostly turned out to be true (the title, the demise of M, the casting of Moneypenny).
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1723135/bond-24-filming-start.jhtml