DAD To Feature At San Diego Comic Convention

Details of the San Diego Comic Convention have been released and it has been announced that on Friday at 3pm a special Die Another Day presentation will be held.

The even has been described as an exclusive look at the new James Bond adventure Die Another Day. As 'Morton Slumber' points out, it's quite likely that this exclusive look will be new footage from Die Another Day. 'Morton Slumber' puts forward the theory that the footage may be the footage that was recently previewed at the Odeon.

CommanderBond.Net will have further details on the 'exclusive look' as news comes to hand. Until then you can discuss this news in this thread of the Die Another Day Forums.

Finally, a big thanks to 'Morton Slumber' for tipping us off about the news!

Source: Dark Horizons.

New Footage from Q's laboratory

German TV station RTL has again published a report about the shooting of Die Another Day.

It's mainly about the new Quartermaster who is played by former Monty Python star John Cleese, who replaces Desmond Llewelyn, who played 'Q' in 17 of 19 James Bond films, and died in December 1999.

It's finally confirmed, Cleese's role name will be 'Q', not 'R' any longer.

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The report starts with Q and Bond in Q’s laboratory inside the MI6 headquartes. You can shortly see a clapper board, where’s written; “Bond 20, Scene 160A”. That means that we’ll see Bond and Q in the middle of the film, as it is said in the official press release (-> “Bond will head to North Korea, Hong Kong, Cuba, London and Iceland”).

The report goes on with some footage from The World is not enough. The speaker explains to the audience that Desmond Llewelyn died in a car crash two years ago and that Cleese will replace Llewelyn. Pierce Brosnan appears, explaining that ‘R’ is difficult to pronounce for Irishmen.

After that we see Bond and Q entering the secret subway station of London’s MI6. You can see a short overview about that lab, then you see Bond and Q with the Aston Martin. Bond clicks on a button and machine guns appear.

The report continues with Bond giving a gun to Q. Q fires onto an aim, which is invisble for the audience.

Cleese Interview. The new Q says, “I despise technology!” and well, that’s what he has in common with Desmon Llewelyn..

The rest of the report is footage taken from the official "Making of" video, which was released earlier this year.

You can watch the footage online on the website of German television station RTL. For anyone who doesn't speak German, you see the big headline "TECHNIK-MUFFEL". Click on the image on the left, and you'll be able to see the footage.

Thanks to forum user 'John007' and 'MBE' for the tip-off, please head to this thread in the Die Another Day Forums to discuss the new footage!

New Cover For Bond On Set Revealed

A new cover for 'Bond On Set', the companion to the filming of Die Another Day, has been revealed by Amazon.

The cover that originally featured on Amazon did include a 'tenative' sticker and is sure to be a collectors item for Bond fans to get their hands on;

You can find out more about Bond On Set or any Die Another Day related products, visit CommanderBond.Net's Die Another Day Merchandise section.

Michael Madsen talks about Damian Falco – again!

Michael Madsen, who plays Damian Falco in Die Another Day, has again talked about his character. Coming Attractions report;

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Michael Madsen was on the BBC this morning, talking about his proposednew UK film Red Light Runners, currently searching for funding ($2 million is in the bag; another $6 M being sought). Madsen briefly spoke about his role in the upcoming Bond flick, Die Another Day. Originally Madsen's character, Falco, was Spoiler Warning (Highlight To Read)written as an out-and-out bad guy, but when he came on-board the project, the part was rewritten with him in mind to become a more ambiguous role, similar to Robbie Coltrane’s character in GoldenEye and The World is Not Enough. . Madsen also revealed his character will reoccur, possibly in Bond 21 and Bond 22 (that is, presumably if those future writers chose to include him in their stories).

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Please head to the CBn Discussion Forums and discuss the topic in this thread! See you there!

Clarification On Mondays Screening of Die Another Day

'Uther Pendragon' has written in to clarify details about Monday's screening of Die Another Day at the Oden in London.

Contrary to previous reports, the whole of Die Another Day was not screened on Monday. Rather, only key scenes from the were. These keys scenes included the pre-title sequence and sequences from the Ice Palace.

The footage did include music by David Arnold, however, it was music from his scores for Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough.

Two versions of the footage were screened. The first was a standard 35mm print of the footage, however, the second was a digital print. The latter print will of course lead to speculation that Die Another Day may be seen in some theatres digitally.

While Monday's screening was only about 15 minutes worth of footage, the full film will be screened for the first time in August at the Odeon.

If you'd like to discuss the news please do so in this thread of the Die Another Day Forums.

Thanks to 'Uther Pendragon' for sending in that news.

Theme Song To Premiere At MTV Video Music Awards?

In early July we reported on the possibility of the Die Another Day theme tune premiering at MTV Video Music Awards. US-based entertainment news program Entertainment Tonight have reportedly now reported similair news.

'robster006' tells us; According to Entertainment Tonight the theme song to "Die Another Day" will be premiered on this year's MTV Video Music Awards, to held on August 29th 2002 in New York City. Madonna will be performing the song with the help of a surprise musical guest!

CommanderBond.Net are still treating this news as rumour as we're yet to receive confirmation of the article appearing on Entertainment Tonight.

If you'd like to discuss this news please do so in this thread of the Die Another Day Forums.

And thanks to robster006 for sending in the news!

Goldmember May Not See New Trailer

'Costa' has written back in to clarify about the Die Another Day trailer attached to Austin Powers Goldmember, and it seems it may not be good news for Bond fans.

'Costa' has told us that the trailer begins with the girls and the ice gun. Of course, that all indicates that the trailer attached to Austin Powers Goldmember will be the original teaser trailer that's already premiered across the Internet.

While the initial trailer was a success to begin with a lot of people now treat it as lack-lustre. When it's compared to trailers such as 'The Hulk' it clearly doesn't hold up on its own. This is reflected by the Top Trailers listing at Yahoo Movies, Die Another Day is no longer in the top twenty.

Exclusive: New Trailer To Screen With Goldmember

When Austin Powers Goldmember hits theatres this Friday in the United States and United Kingdom, Bond fans will be in for a treat. Screening with the third Austin Powers film, Goldmember, will be the Die Another Day trailer.

Goldmember is distributed by New Line Cinema who made an agreement with MGM earlier in the year that saw them able to use Goldmember as the films title, but also required them to screen the Die Another Day trailer with the film. To ensure that theatres show the trailer it is attached to the first reel of Goldmember, other trailers are likely to come on a separate reel.

There is no word yet on the content of the trailer but CommanderBond.Net has been told that it's a different trailer than that released earlier this year. Whether that means this trailer is a full trailer or another teaser trailer, one can only speculate.

'Costa' wrote in to tell us about the new trailer after they viewed Goldmember recently. They admit to not being a huge Bond fan and not having seen the first trailer. But they assured us, the trailer they had just viewed as "awesome".

Only time will tell, until then keep your eyes peeled to the official Bond site, Yahoo Movies and your local movie theaters.

As soon as we find out more, you can be sure you'll read it here at CommanderBond.Net!

If you'd like to discuss this news please do so in this thread of the Die Another Day Forums! And you can look up Austin Powers Goldmember in this listing in the CBn 007 Calendar.

Rough Cut of DAD Screened At Odeon

Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang have reported that a rough cut version of Die Another Day was screened this morning in London.

The screening was held at the Odeon, Leicester Square, and was attended by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson and other key Eon Productions staff. The same print is likely to be viewed by key MGM and 20th Century Fox personnell in Los Angeles.

Due to the nature of the screening it is unlikely that any information will leak out to the public, the best we can hope for is a comment which will undoubtedly be positive.

Other test screenings will be likely to occur later in the year as the film nears completion, they'll be held with public audiences to attempt to gauge the publics opinion of the film. Todays version would most likely include scenes in the film that the public will never get to see as they'll end up on the cutting room floor.

If you'd like to discuss the screening please visit this thread of the Die Another Day Forums. And a big thanks to 'john007' for alerting us to the news.

Storyboard From Cuba Sequence Revealed

'Jimbo' has been nice enough to send in this storyboard from Die Another Day. It depicts some of the action which was filmed as a part of the Cuba sequence.

The action depicted shows Spoiler Warning (Highligh To Read) Jinx and Bond firing at Zao. Zao is in the helicopter and this sequence takes place after he has escaped from the special Cuban clinic. From picture we've already seen of the filmed sequence we know that Bond won't be appearing in a white tuxedo in the sequence.

Thanks to 'Jimbo' for sending that image in!