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In QoS he blows up a hotel in the finale.
In SF Bond goes the extra mile and blows up his own home for the finale.
And for Bond 24 it's very likely he's going to blow up or even be the one to orchestrate crashing the planes into whatever Austrian structure they're building.
Bond: "Construction's not exactly my specialty..."
M: "Quite the opposite, in fact."
Judging by the perspective, the structure looks very similar to the lodge in the background. This suggests a bit of destruction is on the cards, I imagine.
Ha ha. Always the same. Production teams know exactly where not to spend the money! Even the Pinewood production offices have paper blu-tacked up. Sam will have his plaque of course.
The only thing that has been reported is that they were considering filming in Norway. Even if they were planning to include Norway as a location James Bond actually visits in the movie, they could have easily changed that.
At this point is is not unlikely at all that Norway won't be featured as a location in Bond 24.
I wanna bet it's Austria. Austria welcomes movie companies with more open arms. Especially when looking at tax reductions and other financial benefits. Otherwise in 2012 the PAS for Skyfall would have been filmed in India.
Huh? So you are saying that Austria can't double for Norway because "Austria welcomes movie companies with more open arms", or what's your point?
Because that's exactly my point: Norway will be featured as location in the movie, but the scenes that are to look like Norway will be shot in Austria, because Austria welcomes movie companies with more open arms than Norway. ;-)
I'll take you up on that bet! I'm even almost willing to bet that the house they are building currently in Obertilliach will eventually look like one of those found all over Spitsbergen:
Sorry, you are absolutely right, I forgot that Scandinavians are not allowed to visit Austria. ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ... L-)
Take a look at tis photo: http://www.jamesbond.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/obertilliach1.jpg Do you see all those trees?
How many trees do you see on the photo you posted? Or on any photo of Spitsbergen?
And this is also what I hear directly from Obertilliach. Which is of course a pitty for me as an Austrian, but otherwise, at least they are shooting here... again :)
I think trees etc. they would easily adapt or remove with CGI.
but yeah, just wait and let's see, we'll know soon enough. and we don't have to know every little detail in advance - and Barbara also doesn't want us to know... ;)
And Austrian wintersports city Sölden with its countless ski slopes.
And the Austrian Rettenbachferner glacier.
And the Hotel Splendide-esque beauty of Austrian Grand Hotel Lienz (I did some checking of previous Bond films. In nearly all of them, when cast & crew is staying there, it will be used for shooting as well....most recent one the large white grand hotel QOS).
And the Golf Resort Hotel in Llevant, Austria.
They have to execute a lot of CGI to erase "Austria" from these locations.
Personally, I really hope B24 will actually take place in Austria. Tyrol is a lot more exotic than Svalbard, and others places in Norway, but looking at it rationally, it probably ain't gonna happen.
The Grand Andean? As far as I remember, that was the National Institute of Culture in Panama, with Bond's room being a set back at Pinewood.
Why not build the set somewhere in England, close to Pinewood then, if they are going to remove the background completely anyway?
That's a good point, but we don't know which angles they will shoot from and from what distance. We don't even know if it will be night- or dayshots.
The small town of Obertilliach must feature somehow I think, either as a foreground or background. If the town is indeed to double for somewhere in Norway, there's work to be done though (painting the fronts all red could do the job).
we only know that they will be filming in Obertilliach and at the Rettenbachferner glacier - no other filming location in Austria is known until today - neither other locations in Sölden nor the hotel you mentioned (Daniel Craig will not sleep in a cheap hostel, he will sleep in a at least 4 star hotel, of course, like the Grand Hotel Lienz...).
and this is also the reason for my concerns: the Rettenbachferner is at over 3000m so there are no trees anymore - so it could perfectly double for Norway...
If we would get news about shooting at other Austrian locations, then everything would change, of course. But with the information we have right now, I would not bet on it.
But let's wait and see....
What about this place? This place can't double for Svalbard.
Great find Marketto!
I doubt this guy is a serious contender for any role but I'd imagine that the Bond people seek a large pool of talent to draw from internationally so I think the video is this guy's genuine audition for a role in Bond 24. He does hold a passing resemblance to Telly Salvalas so maybe Blofeld is in Bond 24?
And you should be ashamed too @StoneShi! Your nickname sounds like a badly executed Bond villain.