• Premiere Bond – Coverage from Leicester Square in London for the “Quantum of Solace” debut
• Around The World With 007 – Following the worldwide launch of the latest film
• Box Office Bond – Bond Fever hits at cinemas as records are smashed
• In Their Own Words – Cast and crew discuss making “Quantum of Solace”
• Making Another Way To Die – Jack White and Alicia Keys talk about the title song
• John Gardner A Life In Literature – A tribute to the late continuation author including his last in-depth interview
• Giving Bond His Booms, Bangs & Beeps – Interview with Oscar-winning sound editor Norman Wanstall
• Zig Zag Comics – Uncovering the rare ‘60s series from South America
• The Bond Connection – A unique look at the world through Fleming’s eyes in Thrilling Cities
• The Last Word – Mya Harrison on singing and starring in Everything or Nothing

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Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in this thrilling, action-packed adventure which starts shortly after Casino Royale ends. Betrayed by the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. On a nonstop quest for justice that criss-crosses the globe, Bond meets the beautiful but feisty Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who leads him to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a ruthless businessman and major force within the mysterious “Quantum” organization. When Bond uncovers a conspiracy to take control of one of the world’s most important natural resources, he must navigate a minefield of treachery, deception and murder to neutralize “Quantum” before it’s too late!

Worldwide release dates for Quantum of Solace DVD & Blu-Ray

Mar-18 Australia
Mar-23 UK
Mar-24 USA
Mar-25 Netherlands, Sweden, Spain
Mar-26 Italy
Mar-27 Germany, Mexico
May-13 France
Jun-16 Japan
Jun-24 Brazil

The 22nd film in the James Bond franchise, Quantum of Solace features many familiar faces from 2006’s Casino Royale including Academy Award winner Dame Judi Dench as Bond’s closest confidant, M, Giancarlo Giannini as René Mathis and Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter. The Blu-ray Disc and two-disc special edition DVD contains special features including behind-the-scenes featurettes, crew files, plus a music video for “Another Way to Die” featuring Jack White and Alicia Keys.

Features

The UK two-disk special edition DVD will include a number of features, while in the US will also see a single DVD release. No additional features will be included on the Blu-Ray release, but all will be in high definition:

• Another Way to Die Music Video
• Theatrical Trailers
• Bond on Location – 24 minute special feature
• Start of Shooting
• On Location
• Olga Kurylenko and the Boat Chase
• Director Marc Forster
• The Music
• Crew Files

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However, neither comes close to 1965’s Thunderball, on an impressive inflation adjusted $538.6 million, according to Boxofficemojo.com.

Worldwide it still has some catching up to do, taking $550 million so far, compared with $594.2 million for Casino Royale. However, the film is still playing and doesn’t yet include takings from Japan, where it opens this month.

Originally due to be released a week earlier, the latest Bond movie was delayed due to the gap in openings created by the latest Harry Potter’s delay until July 2009. Already a smash in the UK and other territories, Quantum of Solace is expected to outdo Casino Royale by a long stretch, profiting from the sequel effect experienced by The Dark Knight picking up directly from Batman Begins.

Already on release in 60 markets, Quantum of Solace has taken some $190 million in ticket sales already and with it opening in 3,400 screens in the United States and Canada it is expected to exceed $300 million by the close of the weekend and take more than 50 percent more than Casino Royale in the opening weekend.

Quantum Of Solace, the latest instalment from the longest running franchise in film history, becomes the most successful opening of any Bond film ever as it has also beaten the opening weekend figure for the last Bond movie, Casino Royale, which took £11.4m on its opening 3-day weekend.

Quantum Of Solace opened in 540 cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Friday 31st October and made box office history on its opening day in the UK, taking a staggering £4.94m and making it the biggest Friday opening of all time. It will release in the US on November 14th.

Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said, “We are absolutely delighted that Quantum Of Solace has broken box office records in the UK and would like to thank the British public for going to the cinema in such incredible numbers to see James Bond in his 22nd adventure.”

Produced for EON Productions by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, Quantum Of Solace is directed by Marc Forster and stars Daniel Craig as the legendary secret agent, James Bond. With a screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Oscar winner Paul Haggis, the film picks up the storyline just one hour after the end of Casino Royale, marking the first direct sequel produced by EON Productions.

For the 22nd Bond film no less then 100 sets were built on several locations in 6 different countries. This is more than any previous Bond production. Pinewood Studios in London, Lake Garda in Italy, The Old Union Club in Panama and Atacama Desert in Chilli are just a few examples of what you can find on the map. Film stills and ‘making of’-videos are included to assure you don’t miss anything on the sets of the next Bond film: Quantum Of Solace.

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Watch Eddie Joseph, the Supervising Sound Editor for Quantum of Solace.

Watch the blog of Tod Haug, the VFX Designer for Quantum Of Solace.

The Times Knowledge magazine will feature the latest Bond film on the cover this Saturday, and will be driving traffic to the poll, with the aim of finding who the public considers to be the definitive Greatest Bond of all time.

To make your vote count, visit www.pollthepeople.com and have your say. You can also vote for your top 5 films, albums and books of all time while you’re there – and help get the Bond films pushed up higher in the poll.

The website also confirms a running time of 106 minutes and that no cuts were made, although it was submitted prior to completion for advice its suitability to receive the 12A classification, noting that the film contains frequent moderate action violence.