Revealing News On The Character Of Colonel Moon

An outside source has just e-mailed in some very revealing news on the character of Colonel Moon.

The outside sources tells me that the actor portraying the character " Colonel Moon " has given some very interesting views about the profile of the Korean military colonel – Spoiler Warning (Highlight To Read) notably that the charming Colonel Moon has “more than nine lives”.

That's a revealing comment which adds a whole new dimension to the character of Colonel Moon.
Recently in an interview that has appeared on the IFF Yun Lee said that Colonel Moon had a 'Napoleonic-complex'. However, we now Spoiler Warning (Highlight To Read) have the suggestion that we’ll see Colonel Moon die in the film only to find out that he’s still alive later. Moreover, we also now have a suggestion as to where the title Die Another Day has been derived from, as it could be reference to Colonel Moon rather than James Bond.

Amazon UK Lists NightFire For Pre-Order

Amazon UK have listed all four versions of NightFire for pre-order and given them all a release date of August 11, 2002. No other details have been listed except for a rating of 11+.

Follow the links to the corresponding version:

PC Version £29.99
XBox Version £39.99
GameCube Version £39.99
PlayStation2 Version £39.99

Thanks to Spud for letting us know!

Caroline Munro and John Glen At Screentalk

Actress Caroline Munro, Naiomi on The Spy Who Loved Me and John Glen, who directed For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill, will attend 'Screentalk'; an event held at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television.

Munro will introduce a screening of The Spy Who Loved Me and Glen will appear later in the evening and introduce a screening of For Your Eyes Only.

Tickets for this day-long event start at £15 for adults and £10 for children/concessions and will cover the film screenings, screentalks and a selection of TV work by the two guests. If you want to tie in a visit to the Bond, James Bond exhibition as well, tickets will cost £19 for adults and £13.40 for children/concessions.

For more information on the format of the day and to book tickets please contact the Museum Box Office on 01274 202030.

What DAD Footage Was On Australian TV

I've just watched the Die Another Day segment on Australian media new program Premiere. Sadly, not actual footage from Die Another Day was shown, however, there were some great shots of behind the scenes footage.

The segment centred around Pierce Brosnan who aside from casual wear was also wearing army fatigues. However, these were different to those shown recently at the ABC Stunt Awards, rather he was wearing a jacket as well.

Brosnan spoke of his interest to do Bond 21, saying that after July he'll be unemployed. He then took the cameras for a tour of the completed Ice Palace, which I must say looks amazing. I only wish we had some professional photos of the inside so that we could really appreciate the finish product. While the audience got a tour of the palace, which seems huge, Brosnan noted that the palace was being 'melted'. However, Brosnan mentioned that he couldn't say why as that was "top secret". However, sources for CommanderBond.Net have indicated that Spoiler Warning (Highlight To Read) the Ice Palace will be ‘melted’ by its owner Gustav Graves, using his solar space satellite ‘Icarus’.

The footage also showed Bond's Aston Martin Vanquish inside the Ice Palace, confirming reports that we'll see the Vanquish racing throughout the structure.

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

Australian TV Features DAD Segment Tonight

Footage, and possibly a behind-the-scenes look, of Die Another Day will feature on the movie news program 'Premier' in Australia. The show, which airs on the Ten Network, will be shown on Sunday June 2nd.

While the show airs at 6pm EST check your local guides to be sure.

If you'd like to discuss the footage please visit this thread of the Die Another Day Forums.

Opening Sequence to feature Iceland Scenes?

In an article by British tabloid Sunday Mail about Pringle, a firm who is responsible for the clothing in Die Another Day, we are given some small information on the Spoiler Warning (Highlight To Read) Golf Scene, which will be located in Iceland.

Sunday Mail reports,

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When makers of the latest James Bond movie needed their hero dressed in the right clothing for a golf course scene, they immediately turned to the Scots knitwear giants.

The knitwear firm, striving to ditch their old-fashioned image, were asked to provide clothes for the opening scene of the 20th Bond film, Die Another Day, which is set on an ice golf course.

“There is a scene at the beginning of the film where golf is being played – before the shooting begins.

So are we going to see Gustav Graves or even James Bond playing golf on a frozen golf course in Iceland straight before the Hovercraft Sequence? How would that fit in?

Feel free to discuss this topic in this thread in the Die Another Day Forums!

JamesBond.com Update: Cannes Film Festival

JamesBond.com has updated with some new video footage from the Cannes Film Festival, at the moment, it's only available in Windows Media format, however, a Quicktime version is "coming soon".

Aswell as the new video footage, an article on the film festival is at the site here.

Thanks to PaulZ108 for the tip off. Be sure to discuss this in this topic in the Die Another Day forums.

Pierce Brosnan Sheds Light On Villains And Bond

'Romolo' has just posted news in the Die Another Day Forums of an interview with Pierce Brosnan that has recently appeared in 'Total Film' magazine. In the interview Pierce reveals some interesting information on two villains from the film; Zao and Gustav Graves.

Some of the information may be treated as some as a plot spoiler, so you'll have to highlight the news to read it.

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Romolo has posted some of the more interesting quotes that Pierce made.

To begin with Pierce mentions that Zao “goes to Cuba for a makeover – gene therapy, in fact.” The news doesn’t come as a complete surprise as we’ve heard countless rumours about Zao’s Cuban visit and we’ve also seen a gimplse of the gene therapy in the teaser trailer. However, it’s interesting to consider that Pierce refers to the operation as “gene therapy” as opposed to a facial transformation, which is a rumour that has existed since news leaked out of Korea last November.

Pierce also makes a mention of the films villain Gustav Graves saying that Graves “wants to take over the world. He’s this entrepreneurial fellow who owns a satellite which is basically another sun in the sky…it’s a world domination thing.” What Pierce is referring to is the Icarus satellite which Graves will control. Of course the name finds its roots in Greek mythology, Icarus having flown to close to sun died, hence Graves has a solar powered weapon. The Icarus Satellite will be the weapon that destroys the Ice Palace.

Pierce has also made a comment on his character of James Bond in Die Another Day. Again, some people may regard this as a spoiler so you'll have to highlight to read;

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Pierce has revealed that in Die Another Day Bond is “the outside man. He’s the one who’s been betrayed, and who’s trying to get back in. Everything’s taken away, so he becomes a renegade.” While we’re not quite sure how Bond has been betrayed, footage from 60 Minutes has shown Bond saying to M “You burned me”, so no doubt Bond being an outsider is related to this.

No doubt some fans will note the reference to Bond being a “renegade” much like he was in License To Kill, a notion that may ‘disturb’ some fans. Personally I’m sure that the producers would never return to the time of License To Kill. They’re learnt their lesson and the past Brosnan films have shown that they’re moving on.

If you'd like to discuss this news please visit this thread of the Die Another Day Forums. See you there!

And finally, a big thanks to Romolo for sending this news in to us!

2002 World Stunt Awards Shows New Footage

Jim has just written in with some great details on new footage of Die Another Day which was just shown on the 2002 World Stunt Awards on the ABC. A special part of the ceremony was dedicated to 40 years of James Bond and it was hosted by John Cleese. Cleese gave a thank you speech to all of the various stuntmen and women who had worked on the previous 19 films. As a part of the speech 'pauses' of the Bond films were shown where the actors doubles could be clearly seen.

However, that wasn't where the fun stopped. A preview for Die Another Day was then shown and Jim tells us that some footage was shown that didn't appear in the teaser trailer.

The footage does include spoilers, so you'll have to highlight to read.

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Jim sent in this report of the footage;

One shot showed Bond in a hallway swinging his gun around to aim at an unknown target very slowly in a sort of Matrix fasion.

There was also footage of Q’s Lab! in it Bond was talking to Q and turned on a jetpack (sort of fidleing around with things he shouldn’t be touching in typical Bond fasion – also a symbol of recognition to Bond’s past as Sean Connery had used a jetpack Thunderball). The jetpack looked like a much newer version of the Thunderball one and luckily nothing like the one in the Agent Under Fire video game.

There was also footage of Bond and various other people running out of a white and green building and then the top floor of it explodes (possibly part of the Cuba sequences?) and a shot of someone shoving a Klashnikov-57 rifle into Colonel Moon’s face.

There was also a longer shot of the sequence in which Jinx is in an office working on a computer and sees the transition of Zao’s face change. There were also various shots that were seen in the teaser trailer.

There's some great footage in there! Hopefully it will end up online sometime soon.

If you'd like to discuss the new footage please do so in this thread of the Die Another Day Forums. See you there!

Finally, a big thanks to Jim for sending in the news and his report!

Exclusive: Photos From Around Pinewood Studios And Set!

An entrance at Pinewood Studio's

'TP007' was at Pinewood Studio's last week, camera in hand, and some great news and pictures giving us a clue about what has been happening at the studio recently. And to start us off for today is the above picture of one of the entrances to Pinewood Studio's.

One of the interesting things that our source noted was the fact that no-where was the film referred to as Die Another Day. Rather, it was always referred to as Bond XX on noticeboards and panels.

Sadly, when 'TP007' visited Pierce Brosnan was out and about so we don't have any stunning photos of the man in action. However, his car spot did stay behind at Pinewood Studio's. So ladies, this is where Piece parks. Notice it's the car spot closest to the entrance?

Pierce Brosnan's Car Space at Pinewood Studio's

Out and about this is the famous 007 Stage from a distance.

The 007 Stage

While not on a stage this photograph is sure to make more than a few Bond fans happy.

A Bio-dome On The Pinewood Backlot

The above photo is of a completed lower-segment of one of the bio-domes owned by villain Gustav Graves. While the whole of the bio-dome hasn't been constructed, something which would be a huge feat, the upper parts till be digitally inserted during post-production. This segment has been constructed for purposes of up-close filming.

You'll note the excellent iced-over effects. While it is cold in the UK at the moment, it's not that cold. The bio-domes, afterall, be seen in Iceland in the film. They'll be near Graves' Ice Palace, something we'll have more on later.

A Backdrop On The 007 Stage

The above image is of a backdrop, obviously having an Iceland background, on The 007 Stage. Unfortunately, due to extremely tight security 'TP007' wasn't able to get onto the actual set to get photos of the foreground. One possibility indicates that filming may have involved several snow skidoos, as there were quite a some being moved about the sets.

Aircraft Nose Section

The above image shows the nose of an aircraft to be used for filming. You'll note that it is on wheels and most likely a mock up version of the cockpit for close up filming. The aircraft is presumably an Antanov and will feature towards Die Another Day's climax. Furthermore, 'TP007' tells us that a model of the Antanov, we're told only the backend, is being constructed outside on the back-lot.

Outside of a Set on D-Stage

The above photo shows the outside of a set on D Stage. 'TP007' tells us that the set seemed to be of the Blades Club set where we've been told we'll see both Bond and Miranda Frost in action.

The following image is of the same set from a different angle. Note that backdrop featuring buildings. It will be interesting to note how realistic these buildings will seem in the finished product of the film.

Outside of a Set on D-Stage

The following image is of an ice wall being contructed on the Pinewood backlot. The use of this setpiece is as yet unknown, however, it does have overtones of Bruce Feirstein's unused opening for Tomorrow Never Dies where James Bond 'rock'-climbs up a glacial wall.

An Ice Wall

The next image is of the screen of the Pinewood Water Tank. The Water Tank has recently been used to film shots of Halle Berry's body-double diving into the water. CommanderBond.Net featured exclusive pictures of this, and more, filming recently.

The Backdrop of the Pinewood Water Tank

Interestingly enough 'TP007' tells us that in the direct vicinity of the Water Tank was the Spoiler Warning (Highlight To Read) remains of a set that appeared to be a “Korean temple-type building”.

Finally, we have a picture of the outside of the Ice Palace.

An External View Of The Ice Palace

A huge thank you goes out to TP007 for providing these images to CommanderBond.Net and Bond fans. If you'd like to discuss the images, or any of the content of the report, please visit this thread in the Die Another Day Forums. See you there!

Update:
'M' has written in to correct me on something. I incorrectly referred to one of the sets as the Hong Kong set, it's actually the Blades Club set. I've made the correction above. Thanks to M for letting me know.