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Pre-production on the 23rd James Bond film is expected
to start in January according to producers, plus
hints on other aspects of the next adventure...
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Thoughts Turn To Bond 23
31st October 2008
As is the norm for the James Bond franchise, talk of the next
adventure has heated up before the current outing has opened
worldwide. With "Quantum
of Solace" - Daniel Craig's
second outing as 007 - due out in UK cinemas tomorrow, the media
has started to question those involved about the next film. After "Quantum",
the next film will be the 23rd in the series produced by EON.
Early hints at the timeline for Bond 23
suggested there might be a longer than usual gap between
outings. Michael
G. Wilson told reporters back in April that he expected
production machinery to take a breather after work on "Quantum
of Solace" was completed. Wilson said he expected
to pause for at least a year, meaning Bond 23 would be
likely released in 2011. "I need a break for a little
while," he said.
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Before filming had completed on "Quantum of Solace",
director Marc Forster confirmed he would not be back for
the follow-up adventure. "If I would ever do a big
movie again in that size," he said, "it has to
be my own franchise, which I would create from scratch,
which I would cast, create the look and really create the
franchise on my own."
Now that the two-film story arc of "Casino
Royale" and "Quantum" has
completed, some have already raised the prospect of characters
like Q and Miss Moneypenny returning. “I would love
to [include them next time], but I think you offer it to
the best actors you can and you say to them, ‘Forget
what’s happened, reinvent it, tell us what you think
these characters should be,’ and that’s where
it should come from,” Daniel Craig said last week.
During the recent press junkets Craig said
that Bond 23 had not been scheduled. "As far as the
next film's concerned, there is nothing scheduled," he
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Things seem to have firmed up over the past week though, as
producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson talked to Heart
FM about Bond 23 on the red carpet at last
night's premiere.
When asked if Craig would return for another outing, Broccoli
said it was a dead cert, she replied: "Oh please! Are you
kidding? He’s got to come back, we’re not going to
let him go. Are you crazy?” Wilson added: “It would
be insane not to bring him back. He is the greatest Bond right
now and the people love him.”
Wilson also confirmed that work was due to start
on Bond 23. He explained: "Last time when we were in post
production on Casino Royale we were already working on Quantum
Of Solace.
This
time we haven’t even started but in January we are going
to get some writers together and start kicking some ideas around." Starting
the screenplay in January could mean that Bond 23 hits the traditional
November slot in 2010.
When asked if new Bond girl Olga
Kurylenko could return, Broccoli
confirmed there was a strong possibility. She said, “I
think she’s a spectacular actress and she’s done
an amazing job in this movie. She blew us away. We would certainly
love to have her back. If it’s not in the next movie, then
certainly in the future."
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