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July of 2014
-Tom Ford is said to have already re-fitted Daniel Craig, and will be returning for Bond 24.
-Stunt Coordinator Gary Powell confirms he will be returning in an interview, also teasing that B24 will be Sam Mendes 'jumping into the deep end'.
-Visual Effect Supervisor Steven Begg, who worked on Casino Royale and Skyfall, will be returning for production.
-First Assistant Director on Quantum Of Solace and Skyfall, Michael Lerman, will also be returning.
-Stunt Coordinator Gary Powell's Instagram account features photos of him and key members of the production crew visiting Rome, Morocco, and Austria, possibly for location scouting.
-More reports claim that there will be an Aston Martin chase through the streets of Rome, Italy.
But I guess cast, crew, location, and stunt details aren't news.
Its missing the new Scandinavian actress rumor but I've been away from computer lately. Things are definitely ramping up, though!
It would be great if this thread remains spoiler-free. That said, I wouldn't mind seeing photos from the set, as long as there aren't any comments about them.
Seeing actors on location, shooting a gun, running, jumping, skiing, driving a car, talking, etc. is not that big of a deal. The problem is if, for example, a photograph shows Bond doing one of these things, and then someone comments and explains the entire context of the scene. I think that's something that should be avoided.
As has been made aware earlier, there is a spoiler function that can hide text, and I encourage everyone to use it when referencing any photos or video, etc.
I will also be unmercifully flag-happy when things get busy after filming starts.
Here it is GG. Thanks for the info: http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2712691/BAZ-BAMIGBOYE-What-thriller-Bond-24-gets-big-revamp-scenes-bother-script.html
‘Everyone’s excited, and all systems are pumping away at full speed,’ my 007 informant told me, adding that Purvis and Wade’s script is ‘substantially different’ from Logan’s.
‘There was an awful lot of work to do. It was a big job. The impression given was that Purvis and Wade were hired to add jokes — but it was a bigger deal than that,’ an executive at one of the studios associated with the Bond films explained.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2712691/BAZ-BAMIGBOYE-What-thriller-Bond-24-gets-big-revamp-scenes-bother-script.html#ixzz39725GoDd
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I'm happy it is all systems go. :)
Bond can be a serious and grounded action thriller but it should also be a fun and glamorous movie and that's what I hope is now the case with the script, especially as, people working on Bond 24 are allegedly much more happy with the situation right now. Time will tell.
Lastly, I hope Bond 24 can be like a mix between CR and Mission impossible 4. That would be excellent!
Yep, I was just joking. I remember he was the first to say that Naomie would be Penny.
Of course the announcments of stunt coordinators, first assistant directors and visual effects artists are news. I was thinking more along the lines of confirmed
news with regards to casting and locations etc. The Rome chase is only a rumour at this point and has not been confirmed. Knowing the cinematographer and the film editor would also be some real news at this point aswell.
I bet Mendes had making up to do, as we all know this is the exact reverse of what happened on the last film. Add the fact that everyone else valued Purvis and Wade's work and I would have loved to know how that went down.
So, 'everyone's excited and all systems are pumping away at full speed' just like mine. Roll on December. Only four months to go!
Why exactly are Purvis and Wade given such a bad wrap exactly? We've never had a Bond movie where their sole work was used and not tampered with. With Twine, other writers were brought in and it was Apted's wife that made a hash of things. With DAD, everything wrong with that movie was due to Tamahori's "contributions". CR was great as lots of Fleming was used and Haggis was involved, QoS was affected by the writer's strike, SF had Logan involved but to what extent? And now, P&W were essentially begged back to save the day????
We all know the duo know their Fleming and surely as flakey as the producers can be with some if their decisions, to keep these 2 on board as writers for as long as they've been with the series must mean they hold a degree of value that many of us here have missed. Personally, I think these guys have been unfairly maligned and don't fully deserve a lot of the heat they've recieved but I guess time will tell once this film comes out.
This confirms that Mendes too wanted Purvis and Wade back and it was not just the producers' decision to have a script rewrite.
- I for one really love TWINE and think their contribution on the script was great. Their draft of the script is online and it reads very well.
- DAD was not their fault. They were working with an unruly director who really didn't know what he was doing. Film is director's medium and I know for fact both P&W regret how DAD came together as Tamahori really bulldozed down a lot of their ideas.
- CR was pretty much all P&W except for the more meaty character segments. For me the plot and structure of CR is rather good not brilliant but good. I actually think that Haggis was the one who gave that film the magic it has.
-QOS was affected by the writer's strike and ironically after saving CR I think Haggis pressed the self-destruct button here. There is a little too much Haggis in the script.
- From what I've heard P&W came up with the story and structure of SF but all the dialogue is Logan's. If that is the case than the actual plotting of SF is first rate and the story they came up with is rather marvellous.
I'm glad they're back. They know the Bond brand well and getting them to bring out the 'Bond' in a Bond script always felt like an inevitable thing. I think it's likely that they will use the next 4 months to keep working on the script and it's even more likely Logan will return as well.
I think they're a bit hit and miss but I like Purvis and Wade and they are good writers. TWINE and CR are both brilliant and I also thought Let Him Have It (a non Bond film they wrote) was really good.
Hah! Where did you get that information from? I'm from Finland and we're very much a part of Scandinavia ;)
Regarding Spielberg ; I watched the Temple of Doom today, and for some reason my thoughts drifted to this particular thread showing Dan going to Spielberg's birthday party. Spielberg is too expensive director these days...but... since Daniel and Steven seem to be buddies nowadays, and Craig has previously recruited director and actor from party / event, would it be stretch to imagine he could recruit director of Spielberg's caliber from , say a birthday party and have that director work with a cut salary. Say, if for everyone's surprise Dan would get Spielberg to direct his last Bond movie. Wouldn't that be something.
Very unlikely though. But that just crossed my mind today.
Sorry, but no. Finland is a Nordic country but not Scandinavian.
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