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Daniel Craig has hinted to the press that his second
007 outing will have more humour. MI6 wraps up the
latest status
of the
22nd
James
Bond film...
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Bond 22 Pre-Production Diary (3)
13th July 2007
With "Casino
Royale" enjoying critical acclaim
and a rapturous response from the fan base, many expected the
22nd James Bond adventure to pick
up from where the record-breaking 2006 film left off. But
writer Paul Haggis recently stated at the Los Angeles Film
Festival that it is far from a straight-forward
continuation, "I think it's going to stand on its own
although it does follow right on the heels of Casino Royale" he
said. The tone of the film was also expected by many to carry
over,
with Daniel Craig's interpretation of a tough and gritty Bond
continuing as he wears in his newly acquired double-o status.
But Craig has teased the media that his second outing as
007 will
include
a little more humor.
Above: Daniel Craig will reprise
his role as 007 in the 22nd James Bond film, with filming
expected to start in December 2007 at Pinewood.
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Lighten Up
According to a recent
interview, Craig said
"[the producers] just want more gags. The next one's
going to be a lot funnier. Octopussy. Pussy Galore. They're
all great names. But that's the thing; all the Bond jokes
have been flipped on their heads. They've all
gone beyond..."
He continued, "Bond is supposedly the most
male moment [in film] but to me he’s never been macho.
That Bond is something that Sean
Connery created in Dr
No. There’s
no point in trying to compete with every Bond that came before.
You manage to make it your own"
“I don’t know Sean but I wouldn’t want
to meet him in a dark alley – he was a big strong guy
and he had a big male presence about him.
“Everybody was in an uproar when he
was going to be James Bond. He got flak because he was basically
an Edinburgh
bricklayer. And everyone who read the books thought how can
he possibly do it? But he created a style that was unique
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Writer & Director
Although writer Paul Haggis is
still busy with "In the Valley of Elah", is already
working on the Bond 22 script that regular
scribes Neal Purvis and Robert
Wade handed to producers
in April. "It's going to take me
six months to get the script into shape as it
is.
I think
I'll do
that and then I'll go off into the next project", said Haggis.
Director
Marc Forster explained he has not really addressed
Bond 22 yet. "I'm just literally mixing The Kite
Runner in July and then sometime in August or September,
I start [Bond]," he said. "To be honest, I
haven't put any thought because really, my mind is in
The Kite Runner and scoring and finishing that up. I
haven't really spent any time with that stuff. I wish
I could tell you. Maybe in a later period."
One of his first jobs will be to screentest
the cast that will compliment Craig as 007. "Yes, I
think finding Bond girls will
always be an interesting task but again, not something I
have dealt with at this point". |
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Above: LA Fim Festival chat host
James Mangold, Bond 22 director Marc Forster and writer
Paul Haggis.
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Forster also recently hinted that the production
is considering
shooting in the Swiss Alps, where he said on is never
short of a great panorama. But he also stated that decisions are
far from
complete due to the heavy use of the locale in the 1969 film "On
Her Majesty's Secret Service". Forster added the potential
Swiss scenes may add nothing new.
Does It Look Like We Need The
Money?
In an otherwise quiet month for Bond 22 news, the cottage industry of 007 rumours
in the tabloid press cooked up a story about Daniel Craig only
making one more 007 film from a fairly innocuous quote ("I don’t
want to make just spy films. I’ve never made movies for money").
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Although
Eon Productions gave "no comment" to questions about Craig's length
of contract, the 39 year-old actor confirmed during several interviews at the
time of Casino Royale's release that he had signed up to make three films. "I've
signed up for two more, and then I can get on with my life!" he
said last year. An official announcement about Bond 22 also included this
figure. Press has separately stated he
is getting £8 million for the three films. According to Variety, executives
recently renegotiated the company's deal with Craig to continue as 007, significantly
upping his salary though declining to give him a share of back-end.
In other studio news, reports
confirm that Sony has the right to distribute the
Bond 22 theatrically, with MGM set to handle the film's
release on cable and home entertainment. "On the
next Bond film, Sony is a 50-50 financier with MGM," said
one source familiar with the arrangement. "But,
according to their deal, in five years, MGM can buy Sony's
50% back. That was true on'Casino Royale, too: They
can buy Sony's half back in five years, and there's plenty
of TV and DVD money in those movies". |
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