March 8th, 2012
by David Leigh
A casting agency in Istanbul put out a call for extras Skyfall. The shoot will take place at Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar in March and April, with the extras appearing as foreign tourists. The interviews took place yesterday, so it’s too late if you wanted to be part of the next James Bond film: Foreign faces wanted […]
>>
read article
March 5th, 2012
by David Leigh
Naomie Harris spoke briefly about Skyfall today while presenting an award at the First Light Awards 2012, saying that she had never dared to dream of becoming a Bond girl when she first started out as a young actress. According to the Telegraph: Harris revealed at the First Light Awards 2012 at the BFI Southbank: […]
>>
read article
March 3rd, 2012
by David Leigh
Video of preparations taking place in Turkey for the Skyfall location shoot (via The007Bond on Twitter).
>>
read article
March 1st, 2012
by David Leigh
A new crane made its debut on Skyfall recently, when it was used to shoot a night scene at Pinewood Studios. Technocrane’s Supertechno 100 was chosen as its 100-foot reach made it the only camera crane with sufficient height and reach for the shots. According to Below the Line: The Supertechno 100 enabled the camera to […]
>>
read article
February 27th, 2012
by David Leigh
A Land Rover Defender is set to feature in a chase sequence involving Naomie Harris, according to Skyfall co-producer Andrew Noakes, who is quoted in an article by Car Magazine Online. ‘We are really going to test that car,’ says Noakes, ‘do things to it it’s not normally designed for. Some of the stuff is so hairy […]
>>
read article
February 27th, 2012
by David Leigh
Dame Judi Dench was photographed in Tower Hill again on Saturday while shooting scenes for Skyfall. According to the Mail Online, which also has photos: The actor was wrapped up warm in a big black coat as she stood around between filming shots of the action movie. Daniel Craig, who plays Bond, was not on […]
>>
read article
February 24th, 2012
by David Leigh
The latest clapperboard photo from the set of Skyfall was uploaded to the official 007 twitter account today; once again it gives away little.
>>
read article
February 23rd, 2012
by David Leigh
Press release: Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that the long-awaited next chapter in the famed James Bond franchise, SKYFALL, will be released in IMAX® theatres simultaneously with the film’s international release on Oct. 26, and its domestic release on Nov. 9, 2012. This is the first IMAX […]
>>
read article
February 22nd, 2012
by David Leigh
007.com has this morning released a 90 second video blog by Sam Mendes, in which he briefly discusses his relationship with the James bond films through Casino Royale, the Sean Connery era and Skyfall.
>>
read article
February 21st, 2012
by David Leigh
The official James Bond website, 007.com, will be posting a worldwide exclusive from 0700 GMT this Wednesday: Sam Mendes’ first SKYFALL videoblog. Says SKYFALL director Mendes in the video: “The roots of my doing this Bond movie start way before anybody approached me because, like everyone else, I have my own personal relationship with Bond […]
>>
read article