'The Birds Of The West Indies' On Set Again

The book written by the real James Bond, 'The Birds Of The West Indies', has appeared on set again, this time in

Footage appeared on the official James Bond site recently showing Bond picking up the book. Now 'Jaime Bond' tells us that filming today saw Minor Spoiler Warning (Highlight To Read) Bond arrive at his hotel carrying in one hand the book and in his other hands binoculars. While the reason is unknown, forum members are speculating that Bond may be using Ornathology as his cover in Cuba.

Thanks to 'Jaime Bond' for sending that in to us. You can discuss the scene in this thread of the Die Another Day Forums.

Trailer May Appear Before New Line Movies

Variety has reported that a deal may be reached between New Line Cinema and MGM that will see the trailer of Die Another Day air before viewings of Austin Powers III and the next installment of Lord Of The Rings. The price for such a privledge? Letting New Line name the third Austin Powers movie 'Austin Powers in Goldmember'.

Should the deal be reached it will be great publicity for Die Another Day. The first teaser trailer is not expected to be seen until MGM releases 'Windtalker' starring Nicholas Cage.

Should the deal fall through Dark Horizons has reported that Austin Powers III will be called one of the following titles; "Live and Let Shag," "You Only Shag Thrice" "Never Say Member Again" and "License to Shag". All of these titles have apparently been approved due to the parody law.

Thanks to 'Ry' for sending in the news article which you can discuss here.

Details On What Is Currently Happening In Cádiz

'Jaime Bond' has updated everyone in the Die Another Day Forums on the filming taking place in Cádiz at the moment. Of course the First Unit, with Pierce Brosnan and other main actors, are currently filming scenes in Cádiz for Die Another Day.

Yesterday scenes were filmed with Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry at the 'Bath of the Palm', which will reportedly appear as Bond's hotel in Die Another Day. The scene involved Spoiler Warning (Highlight To Read) Bond pushing a man in a wheelchair towards a boat. This man reportedly looked ill/dead as he had his head slumped on his shoulder. There is no word on who it actually is. The 'Bath of the Palm' faces out to sea. Later in the evening scenes were also filmed at the Central Market where a tobacco factory will be located. The internal scenes required in the tobacco factory have already been filmed somewhere in London.

Today filming took place again outside the 'Bath of the Palm' and also at the 'Torre del Sagrario', which we reported on earlier here. From 'Jaime Bond' we've learnt that Spoiler Warning (Highlight To Read) the mysterious person Bond talks to in this scene is Raul, the Cuban detective played by Emilio Echevarria. On that note, the local media in Cádiz has reported that Raul is the owner of the previously mentioned Tobacco Warehouse.

Tomorrow film crews will head to San Fernando, which is 11 kilometers outside of Cádiz, to film an external shot of a car travelling to the beach. There is no word on who is involved in this scene.

A big thanks to 'Jaime Bond' for sending those details in! Please discuss them in this thread of the Die Another Day Forums, see you there!

Exclusive: Pictures From Inside The Ice Palace

Could CommanderBond.Net get anymore exclusives? Probably. But let's move on.

Today we're back with more exclusive pictures from the sets of Die Another Day! While these pictures weren't taken recently, the majority of Bond fans haven't been given a sneak peak inside the Ice Palace. That was, until today!

In these pictures you'll note that the main room of the Ice Palace is still under construction. We can confirm that construction has already finished and that filming has already taken place on this set. As to whether or not filming has been completed on the set, I can't say.

But you're free to have your say about these pictures in this thread of the Die Another Day Forum! See you there!

Thanks to 'Placebo' for sending those images in to me.

John Cleese enjoyed working on 'DAD'

Jam! Showbiz have published an interview with actor veteran John Cleese, who is going to replace Desmond Llewelyn as 'Q'.

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"I am Q now – I actually have a name," says Cleese, 62, of his role in the new Bond flick, Die Another Day, which stars Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry and will be in theatres in November. "It was terrific fun. I like the new director and I always got on with Pierce. He's a very clever actor. He's fascinating because when you're working with him he seems to be doing nothing at all, but then you see him on-screen and he's fantastic."

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Well, that small quote confirms former Spy Reports which said that the 'Q'-Scenes already have been filmed.

Exclusive: All News Pictures From Filming In Iceland

Recently movie news site Dark Horizons published several pictures from the filming of Die Another Day in Iceland. Well thanks to Garth from Dark Horizons, CommanderBond.Net can exclusively publish the rest of the pictures from the series!

So here they are, and a big big thank you to Dark Horizons for passing them on to us!

Two Aston Martin V12 Vanquish's Required For Filming

Base Camp For The Filming Crew

Filming Of Explosions Involving 'The Dragster'

Filming Of Explosions Involving 'The Dragster' Which Is Partially Visible

Filming Of Explosions Involving 'The Dragster'

'The Dragster' Heading Into Danger

Film Crew On Set (And Looking Well Rugged Up!)

A Side View Of 'The Dragster'

A View Of The Camera Use For Filming Scenes With 'The Dragster'

Another View Of The Camera Use For Filming Scenes With 'The Dragster'

A View Of The Inside Of 'The Dragster'

A Green On The Golfcourse In Iceland And Crew

Again a big thank you to Dark Horizons for the images, be sure to check the site out!

And for those who are interested, this is article number 1000 on CommanderBond.Net!

Exclusive: Pictures From Filming In Cádiz

Thanks to 'Jaime Bond' we're back with these two exclusive pictures of filming of Die Another Day in Cádiz. While the images detail no specific spoilers (unless you put a lot of thought into it) the description of them do, so you'll have to highlight to read.

This first image shows filming taking place in Cádiz. The featured helicopter will reportedly be piloted by Rick Yune’s character ‘Zao’ in Die Another Day. At this stage, understandably, it is piloted by a stunt professional.

I should comment that the image has been digitally edited by myself to improve clarity. Due to poor weather conditions in Cádiz at the moment the picture was originally quite ‘dull’.

This second image shows the Sunseeker Superhawk 48 arriving in Cádiz. It was transported by lorry from the United Kingdom. ‘Rob’ was nice enough to send in this link that gives details on the Sunseeker. A very similair version of the Sunseeker appeared in the last James Bond cinematic adventure, “The World Is Not Enough”. There is no word yet on how the Sunseeker will feature in Die Another Day or why the producers have decided to use a very similair vehicle to one they did in the last feature.

That's all for now, however, we will be back with more images! So a big big thanks to 'Jaime Bond' for sending those in to us!

Update:

Cádiz newspaper Diario De Cadiz has published this photo of the filming taking place in Cádiz.

Thanks to White Knight for sending that image in!

Connery Leads Tartan Parade in NYC

From Yahoo News:

Tartan Parade Brings Up to 10,000 Bagpipers to NY
Sun Apr 7, 4:30 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) – As many as 10,000 bagpipers and drummers made a racket as they piped and pounded their way through midtown Manhattan to celebrate Scottish Tartan Day on Saturday.

The "Tunes of Glory" parade was believed to comprise one of the biggest pipe bands ever assembled. The march was led by Scots acting star Sean Connery and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Connery, waiting at the start of the march, laughed as crowds yelled for him to show his kilt and "pull it up!"

"The band will start and away we'll go," he said.

"He's a great guy," Bloomberg told Reuters after greeting Connery. "We're all a little bit Scottish today."

Tartan Day commemorates April 6, 1320, when the Scottish Parliament sent a letter to the Pope declaring Scotland's independence.

Thanks to 'Mourning Becomes Electra' for the tip-off.

Exclusive: Pierce Brosnan Arriving At Press Conference

Thanks to 'Jaime Bond' we have exclusive pictures of Pierce Brosnan at the press conference which recently took place in Cádiz, Spain.

The second image features actor Emilio Echevarría's who plays a detective in Die Another Day.

We do have plenty more exclusive images coming your way so please keep frequenting CommanderBond.Net so you can get a glimpse of some great images from the filming of Die Another Day in Cádiz.

Brosnan Attacks Japan's Whaling Plans

Ananova has reported that actor Pierce Brosnan has attacked Japan's plans to return to full-time commercial whaling according to 'The Sunday Mirror'.

Brosnan, who is a part of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said, "The governments of Japan and Norway need to hear our voices again." He also called on them to "stop this madness before it's too late".

A worldwide ban on killing whales was introduced in 1986 after hunting of minke, sperm and Bryde's whales brought them to the brink of extinction. However, neither Japan nor Norway endorsed the agreement. Last year alone the number of whales killed rose to a high of 1,275.