November 25th, 2011
by M
London Location filming started in London, with the Skyfall cast and crew seen filming in Whitehall, Smithfield Market and Trafalgar Square in the first half of November. A further day was spent at The Four Seasons Hotel in Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf in Docklands, where Daniel Craig was photographed in the pool. More scenes were [...]
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November 6th, 2011
by M
Info on the cars that appear in Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond movie staring Daniel Craig as 007.
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September 21st, 2011
by M
It has recently been revealed that permission has been granted for Bond 23 to shoot on location in Istanbul, already well used in From Russia With Love and featuring at the end of The World Is Not Enough. In this article we take a look at the Maiden’s Tower, which served as M’s prison in [...]
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May 4th, 2011
by M
A deal struck between MGM and Sony will see a third of the budget for Bond 23 to come from product placement deals, some $45 million according to The Australian. Of course, the James Bond films are no stranger to such deals, which in the past have included BMW, Brioni and Omega and a deal [...]
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April 28th, 2011
by Q-branch staff
Daniel Craig (Daniel Wroughton Craig) was born on the 2nd of March, 1968 in the town of Chester, England. His father, Timothy Craig was the owner of two pubs; The Boot Inn and The Ring o’ Bells. His mother, Carol Olivia worked as an Arts Teacher. Daniel spent a part of his childhood in Liverpool [...]
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February 22nd, 2011
by Q-branch staff
We previously profiled regular Bond screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who – it was announced by EON Productions in January – will be sharing the Bond 23 credits with a newcomer to the series, John Logan. Logan has penned a wide variety of movies, demonstrating a flair for science fiction with ‘Star Trek Nemesis’ [...]
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February 7th, 2011
by Q-branch staff
When the release date of Bond 23 was announced in January, it was also confirmed that Neal Purvis and Robert Wade would reprise their role as screenwriters for the next Bond movie, as well as new blood in the form of John Logan, responsible for writing ‘The Last Samurai’, ‘Gladiator’ and ‘The Aviator’. Bond 23 [...]
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February 2nd, 2011
by Q-branch staff
When MGM and EON Productions announced the release date for Bond 23 back in January, they also confirmed that Sam Mendes was on board to direct, which had been so strongly rumoured that had been almost accepted as fact. Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE was born on 1st August 1965 in Reading, England. He went to [...]
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June 7th, 2010
by M
When Casino Royale was released in 2006, many Bond fans complained that it was missing the traditional gunbarrel sequence at the beginning. This bit of Bond-lore had been introduce with Dr No in 1962, although in that first film Bob Simmons stood in as James Bond when he walked across the stage. While later versions [...]
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May 12th, 2010
by M
With MGM currently in talks to try and save the studio somehow many Bond fans are wondering why EON Productions needs MGM to make another bond film
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