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SKYFALL


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3 November 2011 Last updated at 08:07 ET

Bond film called Skyfall

By Tim Masters, Entertainment and arts correspondent, BBC News

The title of the 23rd James Bond film has been confirmed as Skyfall.

The latest 007 adventure will star Daniel Craig for the third time. Leading ladies have been confirmed as French actress Berenice Marlohe and Naomie Harris.

Skyfall is being directed by Sam Mendes, who won an Oscar for 1999's American Beauty.

Mendes said the storyline will take the secret agent to London, China, Turkey and Scotland.

It will see Bond's loyalty tested to M, his superior, while espionage headquarters MI6 faces an attack.

The movie, which sees the return of Dame Judi Dench as spy boss M, will also star Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney and Javier Bardem as the villain of the piece.

It will be released in the UK on 26 October 2012.

Craig told reporters in London that the cast would start filming sequences for the new movie later on Thursday.

Much speculation about the new film has focused on what Mendes will bring to the franchise, with some suggesting he will tone down - or even abandon altogether - the action sequences.

But the director denied that this was the case. He told reporters in London that the "fantastic script" had "all the elements of a classic Bond movie, including - to quell any rumours - lots of action".

When asked what fans could expect from the latest film, he added: "The movie will reveal everything, and there's lots of surprises."
Producer Barbara Broccoli said no-one had yet been chosen to write and perfom the Bond theme tune.

Financial troubles

Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the first Bond movie, 1962's Dr No.

James Bond is one of the longest-running franchises in film history, but Bond 23 will mark the end of a four year gap.
The last 007 outing was in 2008's Quantum of Solace, directed by Marc Forster.

Work on the 23rd film was suspended in April 2010 because of uncertainty over the company's future.

The franchise had been on hold amid financial troubles, with MGM filing for bankruptcy protection last November.

A rescue deal and restructuring plan put US firm Spyglass Entertainment at the helm of MGM, which had struggled due to several box office flops and a DVD sales slump.

Craig - who made his Bond debut in Casino Royale in 2006 - is the sixth actor to play the British secret agent in the official Bond series.
Sir Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Sir Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan preceded him in the iconic role.

Casino Royale, was the most successful instalment in the franchise's 49-year history, making $594m (£385m) worldwide.

I hope they extend Craigs contract.

They went from some out of this world, crazy stupid shit, with Pierce to a badass with Craig. Liking him as Bond.

Craig is good. I'm glad they got him in again. Hopefully he continues to be Bond.

YAY!!!!!!!! Love Craig as Bond.

Craig is a very good actor, and can play someone badass. But he's not Bond in my book. Connery was IT! After him they broke the mold.

meh. So your saying they just should have stopped? I mean, I could do without Pierce and Timothy Dalton... but I enjoyed a lot of Roger Moore flicks.

Still haven't seen Quantum of Solace. I bought it about a year ago and it's still in its wrapper.

It would have been great if the ****ing director didn't have ADD. Instead, it was just needlessly twitchy and annoying. Glad they shitcanned that idiot. I absolutely loved the Casino Royale and look forward to Craig continuing the role.

Eh, I never much liked Connery as Bond. I was the one guy the really, really liked George Lazenby. He was always my favorite. Then Craig's version of Casino Royale came out. Wow. I was let down by Quantum of Solace.

Bardem as the villian!? **** YEAH!
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Yeah, Quantum had potential, but failed to deliver. They were also rushing it to get done to take advantage of Casino Royale's momentum.

Casino Royale is one of the great, great Bond films ever, hopefully the new Bond will be closer to that than Quantum.

Moore was a great Saint, and a terrible Bond who took the role to clowning levels. Dalton is my second best Bond.

Craig is so badass in this role. Loved both Casino Royale and QoS and will look forward to this one as well.

Wow, thats interesting....never met one person who liked Dalton as Bond. I gew up with Roger Moore Bonds, most are pretty corny now, but always liked For Your Eyes Only and Spy Who Loved Me.

I liked Dalton as well. I always thought he got a bum rap.

I've been waiting for this for the longest time! I also love Craig as Bond. James Bond in general is such a badass. One of my fave fictional characters of all time.

Here's where I agree with you. Those are the only two Roger Moore 007 flicks that I like and have the DVDs of. The reason they were better was that he played the character in a more serious manner. Not Craig serious, but Connery serious.

And OBTW, Dalton got a raw deal when EOn switched to Brosnan. He was a very good Bond.

Here's why I don't care for Craig as Bond:

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They should never have a Bond girl tower over Bond. With Craig that would be a tall order (pardon the pun). The girl in red looks like she can kick the living shit out of him, badass or not.

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James Bond Press Conference Confirms ‘Skyfall’ Is Finally Coming, With a New Bond Girl

This morning in London, Sony Pictures had a big press conference about the next James Bond movie, the one that has been rumored and delayed and speculated about for months upon years. Sitting up there on stage were Daniel Craig, and Judi Dench, and director Sam Mendes and even Javier Bardem, who is gonna play the bad guy. It really happened. The movie is totally coming now. They had a press conference: They can't back out at this point.

The more prurient of you are probably wondering: "So, who's the hot Bond girl?" Well, you Y-chromosome-driven Beavis: It's Bérénice Marlohe, a French model who has, in fact, never appeared in an English-speaking movie before. (She has barely been in any French-speaking ones.)

She will play "a glamorous, enigmatic character named Severin." That's to say: A Bond girl. If you want to know a bit more about what she looks like -- and we suspect you do -- JoBlo.com has the definitive photo gallery.

She's also wearing 6 inch heels.

Connery was the best.
Craig brought a new level of toughness to the character.
Brosnan should have had the role back in the 80's but I guess TV screwed that up.
Dalton was good but for some reason just never rang true in the character.
Moore played it way too cheesy.
I need to go back and see the one film with Lazenby because I don't remember him at all.

Craig is badass.

Sounds like they found a good bad guy. Not sure if QoS even had a villain.

This. I didn't totally hate QoS, but it was a huge letdown after Casino Royale. Then again, CR is one of my favorite movies... And Daniel Craig is ****ing awesome.

Haha I'm pretty psyched about that, too. Skyfall + The Hobbit is going to make 2012 kick ass for movies.

Sure they did, it was the one wimpy guy in a suit telling the dictator of another country to kill people for water.... Or something like that...

Which if not it would bring her down to Craig's height. Connery WAS badass AND looked down at his bond girls.

LOL. She isn't standing 6 inches taller than him.

Agree with almost all of what you are saying, except Brosnan. the first time around I was against it even though I enjoyed him as Remington Steele. At that time he was twoo young and thin and weak-chinned to be Bond, IMO. At his second chance his looks had matured enough to look more 'Bondish.'

Also in defense of Brosnan, he did keep complaining about the progressively cheesier direction the producers were taking the Bond flicks and wanted to play an edgier Bond. EON, ironically pretty much fired him and started making edgy Bond movies. I think that was their slap in his face for his bitching.

My only problem with Brosnan was his distractingly high voice. He had the least manly voice among all of the actors who have played Bond.

Lastly, Lazenby was good but he was in the unfortunate position to follow the legend.

That's because you just assumed her heals are 6 inches. Look at the pic below. I lined up the bottom of Craig's foot with hers excluding the high heal. You decide.

Look, Craig is a good actor, but he is too short and blonde to be Bond. Plus that haircut reveals a bit of a pointy head unbecoming 007.

Here's another comparison, jd. Brosnan and Connery are both 6'2".

While I agree that Moore brought a little too much cheese, I don't know for sure if that was him, or the director wanting that. I'm going to blame it on the director since he also decided it would be a good idea to tie in the fat police officer annoying guy into one movie, and then coincidentally have him on vacation in Japan in another movie. (The scene where bond is escaping on the boat with the school of ninjas chasing him).

It's the same thing with Brosnan. He wasn't a bad BOND... but the director/writer had him doing way too much unrealistic stuff with too many stupid one liners. The Bronson movies writing was terrible, except for Goldeneye which was mostly just guilty of cheesy one liners.

So what? Stallone's shorter than that. Bogart had to wear platform heels so Ingrid Bergman wouldn't tower over him in Casablanca. You've got Joe Pesci in your avatar, he'd have to stand on a box to punch Craig in the chest.

I love Bogart, but neither he nor Stallone could play 007.

The difference between Moore and Brosnan's situations is theat I kept reading their interviews when Moore admitted that the producers gave him some free reign over his portrayal of Bond while Brosnan's interviews revealed he was campaigning for an edgier Bond. Moore insists that Bond is a comic book character and must be played somewhat comical.

Neither could Pesci, but my point is they can do all sorts of things to make shorter men seem tall in movies.

Primarily by not having tall women wearing 6" stiletto heels stand next to them.

You must be this tall to be 007, thanks and try again.

Actually Pesci's shortness works for him for the type of badass mob man he plays. It makes him more menacing.

Standing closer to the camera as well...

He's a great actor, but I don't buy into that. And while he was great in Goodfellas, the guy he portrayed was actually a hulking brute in real life. That role should have gone to Michael Madsen, IMO.

That movie, while great, was not realistically cast. Ray Liotta and Robert DeNiro did not look anything like the real characters they played either.

Madsen is an unappreciated actor. Especially for the mob genre.

BTW, back to the subject of Bond, Madsen would have made an awesome recurring Felix Leiter.

I think Madsen would be more awesome as a Bond Villian.

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Thanks, looks like a good site. I visit commanderbond.net often. Sort of the Chiefs Planet of the Bond fans.

Meet Q

:banghead:

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So much for "the New Bond movie will have the feel of Goldfinger."

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I do not like that guy as bond

Neither do I. Good actor, but definitely NOT Bond.

I think he's my favorite Bond to date. I never thought anyone would unseat Connery.

I'm with you. I also liked Roger Moore, as that's who was Bond when I was growing up. He was slightly less believable than Connery though, as he wasn't very physically impressive IMO.

Love that guy. He is not as tongue in cheek as Connery and Moore. Dalton and Brosnan were failures. Craig is just a bad ass.

Connery's Bond made one or two smart quips per movie. Otherwise he played the role quite seriously while Moore clowned it up. There was no "tongue in cheek" about Connery as Bond. No comparison at all.

And Dalton is my 2nd best Bond ever and was in two of my favorite 007 movies. EON just did not give him a fair shake.

As for Craig, bad ass alone does not Bond make. He does not look the part at all. I hated Moore's clown-Bond, but craig's chip-on-the-shoulder-Bond is fast running its course. We get it. He is angry! Time to loosen up a bit.... Sheesh!

Connery was not very tongue in cheek at all. Moore and Lazenby, on the other hand, were comic buffoons.

I have no problems with Craig. I wouldn't put him up with Connery - who was so good Ian Fleming changed the character to be more like him - but he captures the meanness and the ruthlessness of the character really well.

Also, crashing VW Beetles in a Bond film. At last.

Oh hell yes......what a tease. Looks spectacular.

Oh the humanity! :)

Rankin' em!

1. Connery (duh!)
2. Craig
3. Dalton - I know, but the guy had as steely a glare as any bond.
4. Brosnan
5. Lazenby
6. James Coburn as Derek Flint
7. Dean Martin as Matt Helm
8. Roger Moore
9. Mike Myers as Austin Powers
10. David Niven

If it's not apparent, I was never a big fan of the Roger Moore James Bond movies. Part of the reason I rank Dalton so high is due to the fact he wasn't Roger Moore. Don't get me wrong, I liked Moore in other things - he'll always be Simon Templar, but some it seemed like the poor plots were just vehicles for stunts and funny spy gadgets. The Craig Bonds have been very refreshing. The gadgets aren't gadgets at all, and the plots have a more realistic feel to them.

Can't wait for this movie. I remember way back when Casino Royale first came out, I thought it was the worst movie ever! Turned it off during the first Poker scene. I decided to give it another chance a few years later and realized it was a great ****ing movie.

My friends, and apparently a lot of other people, think Quantum of Solace was a big pile of shit but I liked it. Not as much as Casino Royale, but I thought it was a good flick.

As far as Bonds go, my fave was always Connery. Idk why, for sure, but I always liked his movies the best. Pierce Brosnan has the most 'Bond-ish' look to me but his movies blew balls. None of the other Bonds are even worthy of mention to me; they're all just 'meh'. Especially either Roger Moore or Timothy Dalton. I can't remember which one, but MAN! That dude is a bore!

I'd put Craig up at the top with Connery. None of the others even matter.

Nah, it was a big pile of shit.

Quantum of Solace is great if you treat it as what it actually was: the extended final act of Casino Royale.

I can't even view it as that. They rushed that one, plain and simple.

Eh, I can't really argue with that. I know that it was pretty universally panned by critics and people alike. No one I know really thinks it's above average. I probably just like it because it's a Bond film and I think James Bond is the coolest mother****er out there.

Never thought about it, but this is a great way to put it. Casino Royale's far less exciting conclusion..

I think Layer Cake got Craig the role of Bond and I couldn't be happier. Best Bond ever, IMO.

Layer Cake is one of my favorite flicks. I can pop it on and watch it and probably never get tired of seeing it again and again.

new trailer....great stuff



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Looks good. Except I caught parts of From Russia with love on the tube a couple of days ago and miss Connery so much.

I will watch the s*** out of that.

I continue to assert that the fight scene with Robert Shaw in the train is one of the most immersive, brutal fights, and that Daniela Bianchi was one of the most stunning women, ever filmed. From Russia With Love is the best Bond movie, in my opinion.

Bravo! :thumb:

Ironically the weakest of the Connery Bond movies, Diamonds Are Forever, also features a pretty good one on one, close compartment, fight scene in an elevator. Just about my second favorite of all Bond fight scenes.

While I would not rank FRWL as the best Bond movie, I do agree with your first two points. FRWL is vastly underated as far as Bond movies go.

Ive heard for awhile now that On Her Magestys Secret Service was one of the best Bond movies ever and ive never seen it completely. My guess is, if it would have starred Connery it would be more revered.

Every time I see this movie, I always think of Skyrim.
I need to stop playing.

I have watched OHMSS just once, many years back. I don't remember too much, except that I was not terribly impressed, and that Lazenby just did not fit the Bond mold. One of these days I should give it another chance I suppose.

If by "be more revered", you mean "have been the best Bond ever", then yes. It was everything a Bond movie should be, with some of the strongest characters, finest action sequences, deft plotting, and total surprises that you'll see. Unfortunately, it starred George Lazenby, who was a complete disaster as Bond. I could have better in that role, and I was two at the time.

switch Bonds

Daniel Craig is awesome as bond.

This movie is going to be great.

I might have to give him another chance, but I don't like a beefed up karate kid bond.

Daniel Craig is a badass 007. Loved the last 2 movies and I will def watch this one.

I went back and rewatched Quantum of Solace a little while ago, and it really was damn good. That mountainside car chase at the beginning was gripping.

This is my most anticipated upcoming, non-superhero film.

I always liked Connery, but Craig is the new best Bond.

You might as well make it a "Bourne" movie and go ahead and cast Matt Damon as Bond, it would be the same thing.

Bond films were around long before Bourne was even created.

They're also pretty different character with different plots. The feel of the movies is just similar.