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According to a recent update on IMDB, Michael Lerman will be the first assistant director on Bond 23. Lerman also worked on QOS. Mendes doesn't have a regular first AD, so it makes sense that they hired someone who already worked on a Bond film before.
Bruce Moriarty whas the first assistant director for Casino Royale, a first assistant directer where Campbell working earlier with and he also working on TCA 99.
Sam Mendes don't workt earlier with Michael Lerman but Anwar does and Anwar working earlier with Mendes.
(I am kidding of course)
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sanaz Missaghian .... costume coordinator
Working for the last 3 Harry Potter movies. If needed there can ask her also for miniatures unit coordinator she did for AVP: Alien vs. Predator.
For Casino Royale this whas done by Dita Valentinova (Possible she be hired for the scene in Czech studio's where there filming for CR, i based this on the fact she also work for Triple X and Van Helsing.) So mabey Sanaz is mabey hired for the Asian parts.
I hope the next one is the second united directer. Because Bradley isn't confirmd for Bourne Legacy yet or any other 2012 movie.
My preference would be Alexander Witt, but I'm guessing that directors largely prefer working with people with whom they have an established relationship.
"Inglis is reacquainting himself with Agent 007 as he is currently working on the tentatively titled Bond 23 (2012) being helmed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty), lensed by Roger Deakins (True Grit) and production designed by Dennis Gassner (Bugsy)."
There's also talk about Inglis' work on Quantum Of Solace.
http://flickeringmyth.blogspot.com/2011/08/constructive-concepts-conversation-with.html
So maybe that's another one off the list!
EDIT: I've just realised this link is part of the MI6 news item announcing Inglis as being back for Bond 23 - now I feel stupid searching for it.
With regards to 2nd Unit Director.. they predominately shoot the action sequences. They don't necessarily have established relationships with Directors. They have to work well with them, but if the Director hasn't shot that many action pictures, he may not have that much experience of it himself (this was certainly the case when Michael Apted shot TWINE). I think its more likely that Mendes and EON will jointly find someone they think will do a good job that they are both happy with. I'd be happy enough if that was Witt too.
Deakins is one of the world's best Cinematographers and he is a fantastic addition to the crew (and follows in a history of Bond DOPs along the Freddie Young line).
I'm interested in this announcement of Costume Designer. Until QOS, Lindy Hemming had been costume designer since Casino Royale. I haven't heard of this new person before, but I think there was an argument for a shake-up then. Not sure it was the right one, but the move of suits from Brioni (Lindy Hemming's choice) to Tom Ford was absolutely brilliant. The Tom Ford suits looked stunning and I certainly hope whoever is doing the costumes keeps them.
AD jobs have almost no bearing on the look of a picture, they are all about the organisation of the crew on the ground. Of the main department heads, that just leaves the composer. I love David Arnold, but, as I've said before, I think a fresh approach could be hugely beneficial to Bond. We'll have to wait and see.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2262473/
QOS have 3 Assistant art directors. Possible Andrew Bennett be replacement of Gavin Fitch who working on QOS as Assistant art directer and as draughtsman for The golden Compass together with Andrew Bennett. Gavin Fitch already have a movie in 2012, possible be not avaible.
The other 2 Assistant art directors from QOS don't have any movie credit, so possible Sandra Phillips & Dean Clegg wil return.
And we get where we waiting on, news about the second united directer:
Alexander Witt the second united directer & second united cinematopgraher of Casino Royale wil return for Bond 23.
The last 3 projects he working on 2 things be X-men first class, Fast Five & The Town. Like the writer of Bond 23 John Logan he working on Gladiator.
I was hoping that Bond 23 won't have a second unit director at all (and Sam Mendes would shoot everything himself, like Christopher Nolan does it in his movies) but Alexander Witt is a great choice and much better than Dan Bradley who worked on QOS.
Having said that, I think that there are some good action sequences in QoS, it's just that at the beginning they were badly over-directed. Forster said in an interview that he wanted the audience to feel disoriented in the beginning so they felt like Bond, who himself didn't know what was going on (an idea that sounds good on paper or in a film-making guide but didn't work for QoS). However the fight with Slate was fantastic and the plane scene was far more exciting than it had any right to be. I also found the final fight to be properly epic and intense, which was a big surprise as it was between Bond and a guy who had nothing going for him other than the surprise of just going berserk. I place the blame for QoS's action scenes far more on the editor (under guidance from the director) than the second-unit director.
I still maintain that I'd love to see a non-director's cut of QoS.
Alexander Witt returning is much better than Dan Bradley so with editor Tariq Anwar and Roger Deakins Bond 23 should look good, very good. It seems EON do want to go back to a Casino Royale looking film but with added people for the new film.
I'm feeling good about this, I really am.