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Sölden is located in the region called Ötztal. But apart from Sölden they also want to film at the "Weiler Infang" at the Gletscherstraße (street).
Brilliant. Very well made. I wish I was that technically minded!
Blofeld is not Bond's equal: he is Bond's superior. And Savalas certainly was superior to Lazenby's Bond, as he should be. A smaller age gap between him and Connery wouldn't have created the same dynamic.
I loved Savalas as Blofeld, although part of me always wondered how Eric Pohlmann could have played him in the flesh. But voice actors are not always good screen actors.
And that said, Blofeld has not yet been done perfectly, or close enough to perfection. Like Dracula, by the way, a character he shares many traits.
That was my first thought as well. :)
Sölden i]update[/i
Time for a proper update of the location sheet I made :-) (scroll down to the bottom of this post). Sölden has been rumoured many times as shooting location. It was scouted already in August. But above article from Tiroler Tageszeitung now more or less confirms it ( http://www.tt.com/kultur/kinoundtv/9261161-91/topspion-zur-hochsaison-sölden-macht-sich-bereit-für-james-bond.csp ). After Obertilliach, Altaussee and several Austrian hotels, we can now safely add Sölden and its Rettenbachferner Glacier to the shooting list.
EON Productions will be shooting in Sölden for at least 12 days: From January 8th till January 15th and then from February 9th till February 12th. During filming, the entire Rettenbachferner Glacier will be closed. Also the motorway in Sölden (the so called "Ötztaler Gletscherstrasse") that leads towards the Rettenbachferner Glacier will be blocked/closed. Helicopter landing pads will be used for safety measures in case something goes wrong, but will also be used for aerial shots.
It basically means that during that time tourists can not be skiing, snowboarding or doing any other wintersports in Sölden. To get yourself acquainted with Sölden and its ski slopes, please find following map down below:
Mexico
And then most importantly, suddenly Mexico is on the shooting list ( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2833780/BAZ-BAMIGBOYE-Tarantino-villain-Bond-s-cunning-nemesis.html ). We only know "Mexico", but really no exact details. The locations in Austria seem to be the most extensive and elaborate shooting locations, followed by Italy (two locations in Rome and Caserta) and Morocco.
I have a feeling Mexico will have a similar role as China in "Skyfall". Will they do aerial shots of the Mexico-City skyline? Anyway, I added Mexico as well :-)
Pinewood Studios
It is interesting to know, that some typical Austrian Salzkammergut-boats, present at Lake Altaus (Altaussee) have been transported to the Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. Down below you'll find an example of such a boat. They really look romantic, when they are completely dressed up with flowers.
SHOOTING SCHEDULE AS OF 15.11.2014:
United Kingdom (shooting days: not known, but kicks of December 6th):
--> Buckinghamshire, Pinewood Studios [location can be confirmed, kicks off shooting of Bond 24, December 6th 2015. Typical Austrian Salzkammergut-boats transported to Pinewood]
--> London [location can be confirmed]
Mexico (shooting days: not known):
--> Mexico-City? [location is mentioned]
--> Mexican desert? [location is mentioned]
Italy (shooting days: not known):
--> Rome, Via Quattro Fontane & Colosseum [location can be confirmed]
--> Caserta, il Palazzo Reale di Caserta [location can be confirmed]
Morocco (shooting days: 15 days, for both Casablanca & Tanger):
--> Casablanca [location can almost be confirmed]
--> Tanger [location can be confirmed]
--> Marrakech, Atlas Mountains [location can be confirmed]
Austria (shooting days: 42 days, for all locations combined):
--> Altaussee (Lake Altaus), Jagdhaus Seewiese, log cabin villa [location can be confirmed, kicks off shooting in Austria, January 6th 2015]
--> Obertilliach, East-Tirol, large wooden alpine house [location can be confirmed, 25 shooting days, +25 min. screentime in film, 3 to 7 days inside Obertilliach village]
--> Sölden, West-Tirol, Rettenbachferner Glacier [location can be confirmed, 12 shooting days]
--> Lesachtal, Carinthia [confirmed for long stay for cast and/or crew]
--> Sankt Lorenzen, Lesachtal, Wellnesshotel Tuffbad [confirmed for a stay for cast and/or crew]
--> Lienz, Grand Hotel Lienz [confirmed for a stay for cast and/or crew]
--> Lavant, Dolomiten Golf Hotel [confirmed for a stay for cast and/or crew]
--> Dachstein, Dachstein Glacier, Styria [location cancelled completely by EON]
To conclude this post, the location in Sölden and all its details now more or less confirms that quite a bit of "wintersports" will be featured in "Bond 24". No tourists can use the ski sloped all the way up to the Rettenbachferner Glacier. So can we expect 007 on ski's or snowboards ;-)? And as helicopters will be used, we can most likely expect many aerial shots from Sölden and the Rettenbachferner.
Moneypenny marrying M in Bond 24 is more likely than that...
Mostly because Green is dead.
Ooo you're absolutely right. Wow forgot that. Thanks
Thx for the update. Seems to Austria playing a big part in the movie
I never thought about that. They could do it, if they modify the character a bit.
I think it'll be like the UK/Scotland in "Skyfall", Montenegro/Italy in "Casino Royale" and Bolivia in "Quantum Of Solace".
True, but in SF they also shot shorter in Scotland. And the shooting in London was quite easy really. Look how those locations in the UK ended up being the prime locations.
Turkey was a long shoot, because of the nature of the sequence. Which was basically full-blown action from start to finish. I expect something similar for the Rome car chase. Also, ski sequences tend to be a bit easier to film than a train sequence.
If there are a lot of interior shots based in Austria, that could all be done at Pinewood, and it could indeed be the main location for the film. On the other side of the coin, as @Jake is saying, those two months of production could amount to less than 15 minutes of screen time.
Since there seems to be a plane crash in Austria, I really think it will only be a 'big event' scene, as with the Turkey shots in Skyfall. So I'm not getting my hopes up for more than 15-20 minutes of screentime in Austria.
I also am pretty sure Mexico will double for Morocco. Rome/Italy may end up featuring the most. With a British main Bond girl (still unknown, so it may change), we may again see a large chunk of the film set in the UK.
Regarding the Bond girls in the next film, yes, maybe Lea Seydoux will technically play the secondary Bond girl role. But some previous secondary Bond girls have still been relatively predominant in the movie (eg. Maranda Frost in DAD, and Xenia Onatop in Goldeneye), unlike Severine in Skyfall, who I felt was highly underused in the film. So I'm confident Lea's role will be decent in terms of size considering her caliber.
Let's look at some facts regarding Austria:
A) PINEWOOD: Salzkammergut-boats from Austria have been exported to Pinewood. So, some major scene will be filmed there. But in the film such scene will appear as Austria.
B) ALTAUSSEE: There will be scenes filmed at Jagdhaus Seewiese, probably linked to that Salzkammergut-boat. Moreover, EON wants the actual lake not to be frozen.
C) SÖLDEN: Obviously, based on latest news, the production crew needs the entire Rettenbachferner glacier. To use a boat? No, most likely for wintersports sequences.
D) OBERTILLIACH: I understand an entire Austrian villa/house has been build there, so that it can be destroyed in the end. Moreover, crew will actually film in the village.
E) HOTELS: Like three hotels have been booked by production crew. One of them, Grand Hotel Lienz, looks a bit too "cinematic" to be used only for crew members.
So, how can you fit, simply put, a boat, a lake, a glacier, a hotel, a big -to-be-destroyed- house, another "Jagdhaus" into one scene of around 15 to 20 minutes?
I know, I'm also getting slightly excited here. But from what we know so far, the production news inside Austria (and outside Austria, if you count a Salzkammergut boat inside the Pinewood lot. We don't even know from other countries if they will be used inside the Pinewood studio) is the most elaborate so far.
I should not draw too many conclusions about that.....I know. But I'm merely trying to sum up what we know so far.
LOL, no, but perhaps the Bond villain turns out to be Bond's eligitimate father. So that eats up screen time too :P
The latest Tarantion film to do it and so far it's with Tarantion projects that
He's won his Oscars. ;)
Interesting! I didn't know that.
Where did you read that?
If so, then it's like with Javier Bardem. The screenplay must at least astonish the actor who plays the villain...or whatever kind of role...... I read in Taschen's "The 007 Archives" that it also worked the other way around. John Logan, Purvis & Wade wrote the Skyfall screenplay by having already in mind Javier Bardem. That always helps to convince an actor.
Secondly, yesterday I was reading a lot of news about Christoph Waltz and then they talked about "the Skyfall-sequel". So "Skyfall's" success is still having some kind of legacy I guess. Bond is big. And all big actors apparently now wanna be in it 8-|
Getting the part ) but I do remember one saying that he's doing Bond instead of the next Tarantino film.
I think that's an assumption. There have been no casting announcements and very little other news stories about Tarantino's next.