Istanbul

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 [...]

  While plans to shoot Bond 23 on location in India may have been abandoned thanks to red tape, Istanbul looks like it is going ahead. A team from the production has been in Turkey this week, including the producers. According to Hurriyet Daily News: Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, the U.S. producers of [...]

Joining India on the location list for Bond 23 appears to be Istanbul, which provided much of the atmosphere for From Russia With Love and made a brief appearance in Tomorrow Never Dies. An article in the Turkish Hurriyet Daily News states: Secret agent 007 is coming to Istanbul. James Bond, one of Hollywood’s most [...]

After being attacked at a gypsy camp in From Russia With Love, Kerim vows to kill the leader of the band of Bulgars involved. He plans on shooting Krilencu when he tries to make an escape through a trap door in an advertising hoarding – Marilyn Monroe in the book and Anita Ekberg in the [...]