Skyfall (aka Bond 23)

[ZaCHw117]

https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=87392

Bond in Imax!!

 

[batfan08]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6jCU5E2uQ-M

Bérénice Marlohe: further exploiting my weakness for French women.

 

[hunnipot85]

She's gorgeous. I kinda have a girl crush on her.

 

[Sachiel]

Rumor is that the teaser will be shown in May. Probably with MIB3.

New photos from a French magazine:

 

[ChaserFan]

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[Reinhardt]

He looks a bit old in this pic, but still badass.

 

[tomandshell]

I love this picture.

 

[Sachiel]

New info from set visits are going to drop on Monday.

As the mammoth, six-month production moves into its final few weeks, the producers of Skyfall decided it was time for some show and (to a much lesser extent) tell. For the past two days, the doors of Pinewood have been opened (well, moved slightly ajar) to the world’s press.

We toured sets — including a weirdly convincing fibreglass tube train, a partially flooded subterranean tunnel and a platform of Temple Station, all constructed on the gargantuan 007 Stage — then were also treated to a small but impressive explosion, during a scene in which Bond (Daniel Craig) desperately pursues this movie’s big bad, Silva (Javier Bardem).

The sense was of a movie as tough and gritty as you’d expect of the Craig-era Bonds, but also shot (digitally) with a pin-sharp elegance rarely before seen, by director Sam Mendes, and his celebrated cinematographer.

“Visually we’re in very safe hands because Roger Deakins is shooting this movie, which is just phenomenal,” said Daniel Craig this morning. “It has a classic feel to it. I won’t lie to you: we’ve tried to sort of bring some of the feelings of older Bond movies into this film — but this is a modern movie.”
Craig, like everyone we talk to, is unable to give much away.

Indeed any requests for plot details are universally (but very politely) stonewalled. When asked, for example, how Bond has changed since Quantum Of Solace, Craig laughs and says, “Well, I’m a bit older”.

But it’s a particular treat to finally meet Bond 23’s villain, Javier Bardem, who speaks of the joy of working in the 007 genre. “It’s great ground on which to play a character like this,” he says. “And you have a frame. There are certain rules in Bond movies, no? It is very challenging to be part of the frame of the James Bond movie, and also being able to bring your own thing to it.”

But can he at least confirm one thing: Is the mysterious Silva Spanish, like Bardem himself?

“He is kind of from over there, yeah,” Bardem smiles. “He is not from Oklahoma, I can tell you!”

https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=33637

 

[meth head]

Craig looks awesome

He has made Bond cool for me.

 

[Irvy]

Last pic with the aston is pure badass.

 

[Reinhardt]

Kato, get started.

 

[smitty]

When are HT and/or Enterbay going to make this guy in 1/6th scale!?

 

[tomandshell]

I'm so glad they hired a first class cinematographer. These are some good looking stills.

 

[xjamiex]

Looking great so far

 

[Sachiel]

What you see in a couple of the images below is the emphasis on guns rather than gadgets, but what you don’t see about the gunplay is that one of the characters — Kincaide, played by Albert Finney — is fond of old-fashioned English firearms. Think of 19th Century percussion pistols and a very powerful elephant gun that fires .500 Nitro Express cartridges.

https://www.slashfilm.com/skyfall-set-visit-preview-photos/

"It's great," Craig said of playing Bond. "It's been awhile, and we've been planning this for a good couple of years now, gathering together, getting Sam Mendes on board, and then Sam casting such a great bunch of people, so I've been kind of itching to get going for a while."

"He's much softer and nicer now," Craig explained. "It's just different ... hopefully, it's different again from that ['Casino Royale']. There was a story to telling 'Quantum' that we had to finish off and round off. He was hurt and broken-hearted; he's not so broken-hearted. He's on the mend; he's feeling much better."

But to Craig, James Bond is not a hero, and that's why he finds the character so intriguing. "I think he's a flawed character," Craig said. "His attitude towards women and his attitude towards the world is very dubious, but I think that's interesting, and I think if you throw him into a situation with really strong characters and you watch them battle it out, then I think it just makes for interesting watching."

That great cast includes the ultimate bad guy, Javier Bardem. The actor, who won an Oscar for his bone-chilling role as Anton Chigurh in "No Country for Old Men," will prove yet again that he is a master villain as he takes on the role of Silva.

"I think the character is really complex; he's not an easy guy," Bardem said. "He's not only a villain; it's more than that, hopefully. It's what we tried to achieve. I'm giving James Bond a hard time — that's my job, that's my duty."

Craig believes Bardem's evil role certainly adds great depth to the 23rd installment of 007: "There's also the very important relationship he has with the bad guy in the movie, which, again, gives the whole film a richer content," Craig said.

So does Silva give Bond a run for his money? "He certainly does," Craig revealed.

According to the official plot synopsis, Bond's loyalty to M is threatened when a secret from her past comes back to haunt her. It's up to him to track down and get rid of the threat in order to protect MI6 and the world. Craig said he and Dench had a lot of fun having more time to film scenes together.

"They're very close, and they kind of basically go on an adventure together," he said. "She gets out in the field. Judi, she'll tell you, she usually films most of her stuff in the studio like this while we're all off in sort of some wonderful location, and she gets to go with us this time."

Of course, a Bond movie wouldn't be complete without a Bond girl. Two lucky women step into the role the time, including French TV actress Bérénice Marlohe, who brings a classic twist to a modern Bond girl.

"This movie is really like a classic Bond movie," said Marlohe, who plays Sévérine. "This character and I wanted to be part of this classic spirit."

Even though this might be Craig's third time in the role, he still has the same goal in mind as when he filmed 'Casino Royale'.

"I just try to make the best movie we can," Craig said. "And when you have a really good script, which we did with this, then you know you have a ground, a foundation to begin a movie, and then from there, you make it bigger and better."

Does Craig believe "Skyfall" is bigger and better than his past Bond films? "I do, personally," he shared.

Daniel Craig Says 'Skyfall' Bond 'Not So Broken-Hearted'
Daniel Craig Talks 'Bigger, Better' Bond On 'Skyfall' Set
Daniel Craig Talks James Bond's Relationship With M In 'Skyfall'

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OMG clip from the movie!

 

[Sachiel]

"Bond's mission has taken him to Shanghai first, and there he gets a lead that the person he is looking for is in Macau. He has one slender lead and it takes him to a casino on a lake. Its a very transitional piece you're seeing tonight. It's just an arrival."

Empire nips inside a dark Gazebo where a huge plasma high-def screen monitor displays the view through Deakins' lens, as Bond stands at the entrance to the Casino, dead centre: "This is definitely the best-looking, most painterly few seconds of Bond that Empire has ever seen."

"Bond is back from the dead" , casino creator Dennis Gassner says, somewhat cryptically. He adds "This whole film is about illusion."

Empire makes an educated guess, from what they have seen during various set visits in February and April, that "Silva's MO has something to do with computers and the control of information".

Lastly, Mendes assures us that Skyfall will see 007 "physically pushing himself".

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[afaninfull]

Wow!

The footage coming out of Shanghai looks stunning. The composition of Daniel Craig sitting at the bar with all the various angles cutting and intersecting and reflecting the electric neon skyline...wow!

Kudos to Roger Deakins. I think I'm more excited to see this than Dark Knight although that might change after the new trailer.

 

[Reinhardt]

This totally looks like a throwback to the 60s Bond. LOVE IT.

 

[intothevoid]

This film is looking amazing so far

 

[K07]

This looks better than Quantum of Solace! And I liked Quantum of Solace for what it was.