The Belgian premiere of Casino Royale is set to take place on Wednesday, 15 November 2006 at Kinepolis Brussels.
Director Martin Campbell and Bond girl Caterina Murino (who plays Solange in the film) are set to attend the event which begins at 19.00.
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A special event, in anticipitation of Casino Royale, is to take place on 9 November during the Changing of the Guard Ceremony at Buckingham Palace…
Casino Royale / Buckingham Palace Special Event Package In anticipation of the release of
Casino Royale, the new James Bond film, and to celebrate the 60th Anniversary year of the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF), The
Band of the Scots Guards will play a selection of Bond themes during the Changing of the Guard Ceremony at Buckingham Palace, on Thursday, November 9.Columbia Pictures’ and MGM’s Casino Royale will be released in theaters on November 17.
Daniel Craig stars as “007” James Bond, the smoothest, sexiest, most lethal agent on Her Majesty’s Secret Service in Casino Royale. Based on
the first Bond book written by Ian Fleming, the story recounts the making of the world’s greatest secret agent. Martin Campbell is directing the 21st adventure in the 44-year-old franchise, from a screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Paul Haggis.Press Release
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Official ‘Casino Royale’ Teaser Poster
The official Casino Royale website blog has been updated by ‘Yarborough.’ Coverage this time centers on the upcoming world premiere of Casino Royale as well as what producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli think of the film.
‘It seemed like this was the great opportunity. The opportunity had been missed all the way along and we could finally make Casino Royale the way it should be,’ said Wilson.
Broccoli is equally as excited. ‘It’s quite a different film. It goes back in tone to the Dr. No, From Russia With Love films. It’s quite different from the last few films we’ve made. And so, there’s a possibility of alienating some people – the people who went maybe just for the action and the glamour, the girls and the gadgets. But we think that the audience is ready for a more gritty Bond and a more realistic Bond.’
‘I think the hardcore fans will love it,’ she says. ‘I think they’re going to welcome the idea of going back to the real essence of Bond and the classic type of Bond story which isn’t about saving the world on a huge scale. It’s a lot more personal and I think people will respond to it…’
Read the entire report here on the official James Bond website.
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In day two of The Sun‘s ‘007 week,’ Bond girl Ivana Milicevic, who plays the villainous Valenka in Casino Royale has spoken about her role.
‘Being a Bond girl is very physically challenging. I love it. I am really excited about this film. I was really shocked for a week or two after getting the part,’ she says.
Valenka is the female bodyguard to Mads Mikkelsen’s Le Chiffre in the film, so there isn’t any bonding between her and Daniel Craig’s 007. ‘Unfortunately there is no romance between us. Daniel is awesome–not only is he gorgeous, he’s so tough.’
‘In America people don’t really know him–but when I saw a picture of Daniel I knew I wanted to work with him.’
Click here to read the entire article on The Sun.
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WARNING: Possible plot spoilers
It is nothing new to see discussion on the next James Bond film, in this case Bond 22, with the newest one yet to be released. In an interview with CHUD, producer Barbara Broccoli has spoken about the directions both Casino Royale and Bond 22 are travelling in.
‘At the end of this film there’s unfinished business,’ she said. ‘It’s clear in this story that there’s someone out there. In fact there’s a line at the end of the book Casino Royale where Bond makes a decision that he’s going to take on this task, he’s going to become a warrior and try to find the hand that holds the whip. The big menace out there, the man who manipulates people and gets them to do evil things. That’s very much the spirit of the book and that’s the direction we’re going to continue on.’
Many Bond fans have wondered whether we’ll be seeing remakes of such films as From Russia With Love or Goldfinger, but Broccoli said that isn’t the plan.
‘There’s unfinished business in terms of an evil force but there’s also unfinished business internally that he has to resolve. We’re planning to go forward and resolve some of this. Quite how we do it, I don’t know at the moment. It’s a great starting point for the future journey.’
‘Although these are not political films, we like to get the atmosphere of the world situation, and terrorism is a big subject on everybody’s mind,’ she continues. ‘It’s not just the terrorism but the financing of terrorism, and that’s a big challenge for all the secret services of the world, to find the financing and track the financing. When we did Casino Royale it was easy to adapt the Le Chiffre character and make him the banker to the world’s terrorists. I think we’ll continue down that path of trying to find a relevant and more realistic story–not a political story.’
Daniel Craig can’t wait as well. ‘In June of this year, when I finished this movie, the last thing in the world I wanted to do was make another Bond movie,’ he says. ‘I now feel much more pumped up about the idea of taking this on, and it’s going to be interesting.’
Click here to read the entire interview with Barbara Broccoli on CHUD.
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Fans Decide Young Bond Book 3 Title
The Young Bond Dossier reports that the secret event location where author Charlie Higson will announce the title for Young Bond Book 3 on 3 January has been announced: Waterstone’s, Piccadilly, Europe’s largest bookstore.
As of today, the title of the third Young Bond novel–which was chosen from Double Or Die, N.E.M.E.S.I.S or The Deadlock Cipher–has been chosen. All those who voted online were entered into a competition to win tickets to the announcement event.
What it also interesting to note is that early copies of Young Bond Book 3 will come in sealed foil packaging in order to keep the title secret. Those who pre-order have a chance at obtaining one of these rare editions.
Bond is back! This is the third brilliant “Young Bond” adventure by Charlie Higson.
With kidnap, violence, explosions, and murder, it was no ordinary weekend. But then, James Bond is no ordinary boy…In a North London cemetery, a professor is kidnapped at gunpoint. A suspicious letter crammed with cryptic clues arrives at Eton. To decipher the deadly mystery, James Bond must take a series of dangerous gambles. Once the code is cracked, he has just 48 hours to save the professor from the dark forces that threaten to destroy them both. And if the professor can’t escape, it’s not only his future under threat. It’s the rest of the world’s…
Charlie Higson’s Young Bond Book 3
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A new interview with Daniel Craig the Daily Record. With Casino Royale being the obvious topic, he mentions ther public reaction, working with Eva Green, the hair issue, his own daughter’s reaction, and much more.
While websites and newspapers may have criticized him early on, Craig’s daughter, Ella, can’t wait for the film. ‘Ella’s proud of me being James Bond. I think she’s comfortable with it. I try to communicate all the time about it. I’m very happy with the film, but I want to protect her.’
‘I don’t bring her up in conversations much because the more I talk about her the more the Press have a right to take those photographs. I think she is eager to see the film.’
The hair color was also an issue blown out of proportion. ‘Never for one second did I think about dyeing my hair. My hair was not an issue. The only thing I thought was that we’re going to cut it short and I didn’t want to think about it. I didn’t want to be thinking about what’s on top of my head. Hopefully now it’s not an issue. Hopefully people don’t see it now. Hopefully I’ve got other things to offer than hair colour.’
On his love scene with Bond girl Eva Green in Casino Royale, Craig said: ‘Love scenes, oh, they’re just momentous. They are usually cold studios with 15 people watching. I don’t get off on that. What else can you do, you sort of cover up and sit and drink tea. Talk about the weather.’
‘Eva just has amystery about her, and that was what was needed. She has something going on, and those are key elements in a movie.’
While Roger Moore’s Live And Let Die was the first James Bond film Craig saw, he reveals that Sean Connery’s From Russia With Love is one of his favourites, ‘particularly because it’s with Robert Shaw. He plays the bad guy, and he’s blond.’
With early reviews already comparing Craig to Connery, Casino Royale is looking to be a success. ‘If this does well, then I’ll be making money. I’d love to have the money to buy art. I don’t have an Aston Martin either, but I’d like one.’
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Casino Royale is the 21st James Bond 007 film produced by franchise holders Eon Productions. The MGM/Columbia Pictures production began shooting in January and is due for release worldwide on 17 November 2006. Casino Royale will premiere on 14 November in London. Starring Daniel Craig as James Bond; locations include the Czech Republic, the Bahamas, Italy and the UK.
The film co-stars Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Tobias Menzies, Ivana Milicevic, Clemens Schick, Ludger Pistor, Claudio Santamaria, and Isaach De Bankole.
Casino Royale International Release Dates
Casino Royale Cast & Production Updates
As reported on The Scotsman, Daniel Craig has said that Casino Royale, while still a James Bond film, but with a love story that makes it a little bit different…
‘First and foremost this is a Bond movie,’ he said. ‘Every box is ticked, everything is there. We have Aston Martins, we have beautiful girls, we have great locations, we have fantastic action sequences.’
However, the thing that sets Casino Royale apart from other James Bond films is ‘a love story of depth and reality.’
I didn’t want to be in a movie where the world needs saving in the first scene and it’s saved in the last scene, and all you are doing is filling in the gaps,’ Craig said. ‘I don’t think it’s interesting unless you see character development. The real heartbeat of this movie is the love story.’
‘We have taken risks and we have changed. If you don’t change you die,’ said producer Barbara Broccoli on the changes from 2002’s Die Another Day to Craig’s debut 007 film.
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While Casino Royale has yet to make its world premiere, it has already broken a Guinness World Record .
Yahoo News reports that the Aston Martin DBS has done more cannon rolls than ever before. In Casino Royale, the car is driven off the road by Daniel Craig’s 007 in the film because of finding Eva Green’s Vesper Lynd lying in the middle of the road.
As previously reported on CBn, stunt driver Adam Kirley said of the sequence: ‘Gary Powell decided to raise the ramp to just under two feet in the end. I came in at the 75, 80 miles an hour speed, hit it with the two left hand side wheels, anticipating it to roll very easily. But the car just literally took off in the air, levelled pretty much, and landed on all four wheels. Completely. No chance of rolling whatsoever because of the stability of the car.’
Eventually they decided upon a cannon. ‘The special effects guys had put a cannon in which sits just behind the driver’s seat. It has a cylinder that, as you press a button, releases a load of air which punches the cylinder into the road which then, in turn, turns the car over. And that’s how we ended up doing it in the end,’ says Kirley.
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In day two of The Sun‘s ‘007 week,’ Bond girl Caterina Murino has spoken about her steamy scenes with Daniel Craig in Casino Royale.
‘Solange isn’t the classical Bond girl,’ she says. ‘She is not out to kill James, she is just very upset in her life. Then one night she meets Bond… and has sex with him. We are like two animals. We are not going to be friends, me and James, we are only sexual things.’
She explains that it was easy to relax during the scene in Casino Royale. ‘Daniel was very nice to me,’ she says. ‘And the director, Martin Campbell, was wonderful. He made us very comfortable. Unfortunately it was very short, but very nice.’
‘For me the most important thing as an actress was to work with Daniel, he is a huge actor,’ says Murino on Craig. ‘And it was a big surprise to become a Bond girl. When I went for the casting I thought an American girl would get the part, not me–a small girl from Sardinia…’
Murino also explains how she almost missed out on the role. ‘I was preparing for an Italian movie and I fell down. I broke a rib on my right side. I was in hospital, completely under drugs, but I still went to the casting even though I couldn’t walk. That was unusual, because the Bond girl is always so full of energy!’
‘But Martin Campbell called me back to go to London and I got the role.’
Click here to read the entire article on The Sun.
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