Monday, January 7

• Bond gets girl, starts shooting

  Sony announced today that principal photography has begun on the 22nd Bond flick, tentatively -- and creatively -- titled Bond 22, at London's venerable Pinewood Studios. Daniel Craig returns as the blonde Bond, accompanied by Casino Royale co-stars Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright and Giancarlo Giannini. Newcomers include Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), who plays Bond's Gallic nemesis, and Gemma Arterton (Rocknrolla), who plays MI6 Agent Fields.

  Sony also announced that Bond's leading lady will be Ukranian model-turned-actress Olga Kurylenko, who was last seen opposite Timothy Olyphant in the videogame flick Hitman -- a movie Bond 22's producers apparently never saw.

  
  

  Posted 01/07/2008 by Thomas

  Daniel Craig | Olga Kurylenko | Bond 22 | Quantum of Solace

Saturday, December 1

• Craig NOT going to be Bond four more times

  It seems as though MGM President Harry Sloan may have gotten a little ahead of himself. As we reported earlier, Sloan had claimed that after the wonder that was Casino Royale, he's signed sexy Daniel Craig to reprise the role of 007 in the next four Bond films. Which would be terrific--provided it were true.

  You see, while doing press recently for The Golden Compass, Mr. Craig has said that that is absolutely not the case. It's not that he wouldn't do four more, it's that he's more into the wait and see approach. "What I've done is I've signed up on the next movie, after that we'll see," Craig said.  "It's certainly not four more".

  Doh.

  Source: Cinematical.com.

  
  

  Posted 12/01/2007 by Heather

  Daniel Craig | Bond 22 | Quantum of Solace