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Producers of ‘Bond’ visit culture minister [Hurriyet Daily News]

September 29th, 2011 by

  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 […]

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Daniel Craig ‘Hopes’ Ralph Fiennes, Javier Bardem Join ‘Bond 23’ [MTV]

September 26th, 2011 by

While it still hasn’t been confirmed if the rumours of Ralph Fiennes and Javier Bardem joining the cast of Bond 23 are true, although Bardem did confirm he was considering a role, it does at least appear that they are both in contention still. According to MTV: …while promoting “The Adventures of Tintin,” Craig was […]

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Read Indian Railways derail Bond plan [The Times of India]

September 26th, 2011 by

Plans to shoot on location in India have been scrapped according to India Take One Productions, who were dealing with negociations. Bond 23 will instead shoot in a backup location, South Africa. An article in The Times of India states: After weeks of reports about the various locations in India that had been selected for […]

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Ola Rapace Joining What Appears To Be Bond 23 [Bleeding Cool]

September 24th, 2011 by

The soon to be ex-husband of Noomi Rapace, star of the original Swedish language version of the Millenium Trilogy, may have signed for Bond 23, according to reports. Bleeding Cool says of Ola Rapace: According to the Swedish newspaper Expressen, Mr. Rapace has had to pull out of a showjumping event and commit himself to […]

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Will Blofeld Be The Villain In Bond 23? [Cinema Blend]

September 22nd, 2011 by

Bond 23 screenwriter John Logan recently spoke at a lecture for BAFTA Screenwriters, where he hinted that Blofeld might make a return in the next James Bond film. According to Cinema Blend: During the question and answer segment of the talk, one of the audience members told Logan that he once said “Bond should always […]

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India orders James Bond train stunt rewrite [AFP]

September 19th, 2011 by

As has widely been reported Bond 23 is set to film on location in India, with Mumbai and Delhi chosen to host the action. However, the film makers have been forced to rewrite a stunt that would involve 007 leaping from a motorbike onto the crowded roof of a train carriage and then to another […]

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Adele to work on Bond 23 theme?

September 13th, 2011 by

Adele’s appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show recently caused quite a stir after Ross asked her about forthcoming projects.  Revealing that she would be going back to the studio in November, Ross asked her what she would be working on. She replied, “Well, this is actually a theme. Wow, that’s really giving something away. She […]

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Bond flick to be shot in Istanbul [Hurriyet Daily News]

September 12th, 2011 by

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 […]

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Jeffrey Wright [Felix Leiter] May Not Be Back For Bond 23 [Comingsoon.net]

September 11th, 2011 by

Felix Leiter may not appear in Bond 23, according to a report in Comingsoon.net., which states: Wright told ComingSoon.net at the Toronto International Film Festival today that he hasn’t gotten the call to return. With filming starting soon for a November 9, 2012 release, we assume the production would have been in touch with him […]

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Bond 23 “a classic Bond” according to Daniel Craig

July 29th, 2011 by

Daniel Craig was recently interviewed by Cowboys And Aliens director Jon Favreau. In the two clips below Favreau asks Craig about the James Bond movies. In the first he discusses the poor reaction among many fans while shooting Casino Royale in the Bahamas, while the second discusses Bond 23 and the lack of gadgets in […]

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