British tabloid publishes new photos from set!

British tabloid The Sun has again brought us information on the shooting of Die Another Day.

The paper also indicated two interesting photos in their article, both taken on the set in Gloucestershire, which doubled for Iceland.

Cool … 007 star Pierce takes aim in new
Bond movie Die Another Day

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Bond's got licence to chill

ICE spy with my little eye — movie hunk Pierce Brosnan in his latest outing as James Bond.

But as any good spy knows, appearances can be deceptive.

For pistol-wielding Pierce’s chilling scene at an ice station actually took place in summery GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

The Sun caught up with the 49-year-old star on the set of Die Another Day in a car park at Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds.

A stunned local said: “I couldn’t believe it. Pierce Brosnan was in the middle of the car park with a gun in his hand.

“They had created these amazing looking ice caps.

“It was pretty weird seeing them there as it was a warm day.”

The film, the 20th in the Bond series, will also star Halle Berry and features Madonna in a cameo role which will feature a lesbian snog.

Rick Yune plays North Korean baddie Zao, who can alter his face at will.

My gun's bigger … baddie Zao chases Bond by
car past the 'ice station' in Gloucestershire

At one point he chased Bond’s Aston Martin across the car park in a Jaguar with a huge machinegun on the back.

Pierce makes a fourth appearance as 007, the “licensed to kill” hero.

But as The Sun watched he forgot his lines and often referred to his script. Pierce, you just say: “The name is Bond … James Bond.”

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Bond Collectors Weekend 5 Announced – And Its Looking Good!

Details of the Fifth Annual Bond Collectors' Weekend have been announced and this year the host city is San Francisco. The event will be held over August 30 – Monday, September 2, 2002 (Labor Day Weekend) and some great organisation has evidently gone into it.

This year in attendance will be Lois Chiles and Richard Keil, and also a third mystery guest! There's no word on who it is yet, but the event is sloganed with "Have We Finally Met Our Match?" so let your imagination run wild with that one!

All the details are up at http://www.007forever.com/ and you can discuss the event in this thread of the United States 007 Forum.

You can be sure that CommanderBond.net will be bringing you plenty more details about the event!

Sideshow Reveal Packaging Pictures And Die Another Day Figure

Sideshow Toy have revealed pictures of the packaging artwork and base for their Dr No James Bond figure.

The packaging looks really good as does the new base! Personally I can't wait to get my hands on a few of these.

In other news Sideshow have also announced that their figurine for Die Another Day will be a model of Pierce Brosnan. There's no word yet on whether this will be the only Die Another Day figure, but they have announced the figure as their next release.

There are no pictures yet, but we'll keep you informed.

Carlton TV Shows Behind The Scenes Iceland Chase

Carlton TV has shown a behind the scenes documentry showing what was being filmed at a disused airfied in Wiltshire.

Dark Horizons reported on the filming The facility was converted into a massive ice set for an action sequence involving the Bond Aston Martin which was being chased by sports cars with rear mounted chain guns. Vic Armstrong indicated they'd be there for six days of shooting which would amount to only about 30 seconds of film. The set itelf was a flat ice sheet with dressed up 'mountains' and 'ice boulders' all over the place, whilst there were shots of the Aston Martin being put though it's paces with gunfire sparks coming off.

Seemingly, they're filming pick-up shots that were missed in Iceland.

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

00Heaven is back!

UK residents will remember UK tv station ITV1 ran the Sean Connery 00Heaven season during the last few months of 2001. As reported yesterday LALD will be showing next wednesday at 8pm but as I have just found out will kick off the Roger Moore 00Heaven season.

So be sure to inform everyone you know the greatest 007 is back!

Rachel Grant reveals information on her role!

This is London has published a very interestin article on Rachel Grant, who will play a minor role in Die Another Day; remember – CBn was the first to report some months ago!

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Royal approval for new Bond girl

Steady on, 007, this is taking On Her Majesty's Secret Service a little too far. MI6's seductive superspy is set to unleash his famous charms on a relative of the Queen.

Rachel Louise Grant de Longeuil, a 25-year-old cousin of Princes William and Harry, has landed a part as a deadly secret agent who is – typically – undone by James Bond in the new 007 film, Die Another Day.

"My role is relatively small but this is more than I could have ever hoped for," she said.

Known as plain Rachel Grant, her full name betrays her blue-blooded background. Her great-grandmother, Ernestine Maude Bowes-Lyon, was first cousin of the Queen Mother.

Grant spent three years as an usherette at the Coronet cinema in Notting Hill, dreaming that one day she would leave the foyer and become a movie star. Since then she has become a presenter on the Science Fiction Channel, starred in a shampoo advert and danced on Top Of The Pops. Now her career has taken a leap forward.

Grant, whose first foray into feature films was as a body double for Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider, was auditioned for a background part in Die Another Day. She ended up bagging a far meatier role.

"After auditioning I was at Pinewood shooting the scene," she said. "It was terrifying, especially when Lee Tamahori, the director, and the writers came to look me up and down."

Working as an usherette, Grant once met Honor Blackman – aka Bond legend Pussy Galore. Now she too knows what it is like to be a Bond girl – especially the secrecy involved.

Spoiler Warning (Highlight To Read)

She is not even allowed to reveal the name of her character, although she did say that Bond first meets her at a party.

“He sees me and does that classic Bond eyebrow thing. During the scene he walked up behind me and kissed my neck, which I wasn’t really expecting, but that’s Bond for you.”

To put her at ease, star Pierce Brosnan asked if she was a Bond fan. "I told him I used to work at the Coronet and I'd stood at the back to watch the last two Bonds. He thought it was hilarious."

She added: "Pierce is getting $20million for the film and I was paid £1,500 a day for the three days I worked – but I would have done it for free if they'd asked. It's all I've ever wanted to do – my first feature film. And not just any film but the 20th James Bond."

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