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I am now working on a film that is based in London but also shoots in other countries and which will probably take me until sometime in May of next year.
Source: http://www.deakinsonline.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1846
Here's the latest:
James Bond is no longer coming to India. Despite a green signal from the Indian railways ministry, plans to shoot a few action sequences for the British super spy film have been shelved.
'The production company, India Take One Productions, have communicated to the railway ministry that they are not shooting the next Bond film in India, and that they are looking at other places,' sources from the railway ministry confirmed to IANS.
'The production company has thanked the railway ministry for their co-operation in the past few months,' added the sources.
The producers of the movie, tentatively titled 'Bond 23?, wanted to shoot high-speed stunts on the Indian Railways. There was a request to shoot on the rooftop of a moving train, as well as inside a tunnel. However, they were having trouble getting permission due to safety and security issues.
Though the ministry gave the go-ahead to the film's January-March 2012 shooting schedule, officials were worried about the production team's demand of 'locking off the lines for seven-eight hours a day for seven days in a row'.
The crew of 'Bond 23?, starring Daniel Craig, had also short-listed Goa's Dudh Sagar waterfalls as one of the locations. Now, the shooting is likely to move to South Africa, according to media reports.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-interviews/Bond-23-producers-cancel-India-shoot/articleshow/10128359.cms
Will the minister try to find out if there were any red-tape issues in his department? Safety concerns would be as important in South Africa as in India and if permissions can be granted there, why would India take more time? "I'll find out if such a thing has happened. Even now, if there is anything I can do, I am still ready to give it a shot," Trivedi added.
Pravesh Sahni from India Take One Productions said, "I am not blaming the Railways at all. In fact, I have sent a letter to the ministry thanking the railway minister for personally taking an initiative in this issue."
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-25/news-interviews/30200361_1_railway-minister-indian-railways-dinesh-trivedi
It seems even Trivedi was unsure as to why everything went down the way it did.
I hope Bond can return to India one day soon. Maybe without the trains. This was brought up due to EON delaying the shoot from October to January long ago which recently morphed into the "Bond 23 production delayed!" rubbish. Someone can't read and blew the whole thing way out of proportion as per usual.
So forgive me if I'm unwilling to trust IMdB.
I wonder if the plot of the movie will still include India with South Africa being used to double for that location, or if South Africa now actually becomes part of Bond 23's storyline.
Honestly, you've been gunning for me ever since I said I didn't agree with your opinion on the best way to make a Bond film. Ever since then, you've been prowling around, passing judgement on my posts, taking my comments out of context while accusing me of doing the same thing (I did, after all, say that it was my personal opinion that IMdB could not be trusted at all, regradless of which parts you think you can trust), and you've insisted on keeping it in the public space of the forum instead of taking it to private message like you ought to.
Anyway BACK ON TOPIC.