http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/24/movies.bondfilm.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

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"IVER HEATH, England (AP) -- "Quantum of Solace" is the title of the new James Bond film, the 22nd Bond adventure. Daniel Craig, here in "Casino Royale," returns as James Bond in "Quantum of Solace." The title was revealed to reporters Thursday at Pinewood Studios outside of London, where the movie is being filmed. Daniel Craig is returning as Agent 007. He picks up where 2006's "Casino Royale" left off, with Bond contemplating revenge after his betrayal by his true love, Vesper Lynd. Filming began at Pinewood Studios earlier this month. Location shooting is planned in Austria, Italy and Panama. Judi Dench returns as the MI-6 boss M and Mathieu Amalric ("The Diving Bell and the Butterfly") plays the villain. Additions to the cast include Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko as mysterious Bond girl Camille. "Quantum of Solace" is due to open in Britain and the United States on November 7. "

[Edited on January 24, 2008 at 10:23 AM. Reason : wrong link sorry]

1/24/2008 10:22:34 AM

Sweet, I will definitely be checking this out in the theaters this time

1/24/2008 10:33:27 AM

yeah, after how good Casino Royale was (I felt like they almost did for James Bond what Batman Begins did for the previous batmans), I will definately be seeing this in the theater.

Also... I feel like a nub, the title of the thread should be :"Quantum of Solace"...,
I apologize for the mistype there.

[Edited on January 24, 2008 at 10:38 AM. Reason : also...]

1/24/2008 10:36:32 AM

Eva Green was hot beyond words. Who will they get in an effort to raise the bar?

1/24/2008 10:43:23 AM

I was extremely skeptical of Daniel Craig before I saw Casino Royale but that was an incredible movie, despite that one dude being pretty much the Prince of Persia. That being said, I'll definitely be seeing this one.

[Edited on January 24, 2008 at 10:55 AM. Reason : ]

1/24/2008 10:55:39 AM

The villain is the star of Diving Bell and The Butterfly if anyone saw that this year.

1/24/2008 11:04:13 AM

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"Eva Green was hot beyond words. Who will they get in an effort to raise the bar?"

Heres the main one

1/24/2008 12:23:18 PM

Hopefully this will be as awesome as Casino Royale was.

1/24/2008 12:29:10 PM

^^ whoever that is >>>>>>>>> Eva Green

[Edited on January 24, 2008 at 12:36 PM. Reason : can't wait for this movie]

1/24/2008 12:36:01 PM

Also returning is the black CIA agent from the casino.

1/24/2008 12:36:46 PM

^ felix leiter

1/24/2008 12:53:35 PM

Quantum of Solace is the title of one of the short stories in For Your Eyes Only. It's not even about Bond...it's about Bond having a drink with the Governor of Nassau at a dinner party during Bond's vacation. Bond hates the social setting and is annoyed by the people there and so the Governor tells him a story about some poor guy who marries the girl of his dreams. She turns out to be a total bitch and ultimately cheats on him and screws him over pretty bad. The dude eventually gets his revenge and pretty much ruins her life back as much as he possibly can. The title of the story comes from the Governor's self-observed "Law of the Quantum of Solace" which states that relationships between men and women can survive anything so long as some kind of basic humanity exist between the two people in the relationship.

Probably one of my favorite James Bond readings. It's not too long and it's pretty captivating, so if you find the opportunity I'd recommend reading it. There's not a lot of action, but you get a lot of insight about Bond's opinion about people and relationships in general, as well as Bond coming to the realization that maybe the lives of seemingly-normal people can be as exciting as his. It doesn't quite end the way you think it should, but like I said...one my favorite stories.

I doubt/hope they don't try to adapt or include any of the story in the movie--it just wouldn't work.

[/James Bond Fanboydom]

[Edited on January 25, 2008 at 7:33 PM. Reason : The Hildebrand Rarity is also a fun mystery short story in FYEO]

1/25/2008 7:24:30 PM

Worst title for a Bond movie ever.

[Edited on January 26, 2008 at 12:27 AM. Reason : blah]

1/26/2008 12:27:25 AM

^meant to include that in my post also

1/26/2008 1:57:12 AM

^ whatsup eric?

1/28/2008 2:45:32 PM

because im too lazy to do research... anyone heard any new news of this?

2/22/2008 1:07:04 PM

2/23/2008 11:53:41 AM

so what that poster is telling me is, he has a gun, during the day, with a bunch of asphalt.

3 oscars

2/23/2008 12:13:29 PM

OMG analysis FTW

[Edited on February 23, 2008 at 12:15 PM. Reason : ]

2/23/2008 12:15:32 PM

bond with a handgun > bond with an assualt rifle or whatever that is in the picture

what happened to class?

2/23/2008 12:26:20 PM

Its a silenced MP5 with a stock. These newer Bond films are more focused on feasibility than fantasy.

2/23/2008 1:39:35 PM

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"These newer Bond films are more focused on feasibility than fantasy."

Just like the final hand in casino royale

2/23/2008 1:50:55 PM

point taken. i'll allow it.

2/23/2008 2:02:36 PM

(whispering) I'll allow it.

2/23/2008 2:05:42 PM

^^^^ He carried a silenced UMP .45 at the end of Casino Royale. That looks like a mashup of a UMP and an MP5.

2/23/2008 2:14:55 PM

Yeah, that looks like a UMP now that I search for that. I thought it was an MP5 and a google image result had that same stock, but it was a computer model. They look pretty similar anyway.

2/23/2008 2:27:00 PM

that's a strange poster...maybe the shadow isn't Bond's...

2/23/2008 2:29:03 PM

yeah before I even scrolled down this far I was thinking that was actually an UMP

+1 for UMP45 because of the stock and the lack of tapering toward the end of the barrel/beginning of the supressor

+0.5 for MP5 because of the banana clip wheras most UMPs have a straight clip, though it wouldn't be a stretch at all to think there are banana style clips for the UMP

[Edited on February 24, 2008 at 1:22 AM. Reason : ]

2/24/2008 1:20:10 AM

Please let this be better than casino royale.....

[Edited on February 24, 2008 at 4:12 PM. Reason : ]

2/24/2008 4:12:34 PM

They should use the weapon names from Goldeneye. KF7 Soviet ftw.

2/25/2008 10:52:50 AM

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"yeah before I even scrolled down this far I was thinking that was actually an UMP +1 for UMP45 because of the stock and the lack of tapering toward the end of the barrel/beginning of the supressor +0.5 for MP5 because of the banana clip wheras most UMPs have a straight clip, though it wouldn't be a stretch at all to think there are banana style clips for the UMP"

it's the ump9 variant. the .45 magazines are straight while the 9mm aren't. also the iron sights are nothing like that of the mp5.

also i just heard about this and i am already excited

2/26/2008 1:09:13 AM

bump

3/23/2008 12:34:27 PM

i couldnt even finish "casino Royal" it didnt seem like a bond movie, and i hate the new bond
i will not be looking forward to this

3/23/2008 1:50:51 PM

I will not look forward to anything you post on tww

3/23/2008 6:48:02 PM

oh did i accidentally tell you that the new bond actually sucked despite what the studios told you
the fact of the matter is these bond flicks will be forgotten like when that one dude did bond in the 80's

3/23/2008 7:34:01 PM

you suck

3/23/2008 7:35:11 PM

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"it's the ump9 variant. the .45 magazines are straight while the 9mm aren't. also the iron sights are nothing like that of the mp5."

You're exactly right. I actually heard of the UMP9 for the first time like 3 days ago.

Good call.

3/23/2008 8:46:15 PM

Timothy Dalton



Gone but not forgotten

3/23/2008 8:52:50 PM

All the Pierce Brosnan Bond flicks - with the exception of Goldeneye - sucked. Not his fault. Just that the direction the writers/producers/execs were going would have ended up with Batman and Robin 2 if they continued. I'll never forget the part with Halle Berry and Brosnan laying down covertly near an airport, observing enemy activity through binoculars. After panning a view of jeeps, airplanes, and men talking, she removes the binoculars and says astutely to Bond: "Vehicles." That moment gave me a new realization - after I finished chuckling - that I didn't even know why I was watching the movie. It was like watching a ninja turtles cartoon.

3/23/2008 9:44:52 PM

I almost walked out of the Halle Berry Bond flick

and this was at the $1.50 theater

3/23/2008 9:47:38 PM

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"i couldnt even finish "casino Royal" it didnt seem like a bond movie, and i hate the new bond i will not be looking forward to this"

you are in the small minority my friend, as in the only person that i've ever heard of not liking it. lol

3/23/2008 10:05:55 PM

i pretty much ripped the entire movie in the casino royale thread

3/23/2008 10:07:16 PM

^^ i liked it a lot, much better than the last few, but nowhere near my favorite bond movie

3/23/2008 10:36:36 PM

Goldeneye was good because it had a really spectacular story which also helped to propel the video game into fame (in addition to the fact that that was an awesome game). All the other movies had weak stories, I think, perhaps with the exception of The World Is Not Enough. But yeah, those movies were generally pretty weak and the action got really repetitive and predictable. Brosnan was a good Bond, but those movies sucked for the most part.

That being said, I really enjoyed Casino Royale. It was a fresh take on the Bond series and the action was really good and never seemed boring like in the past few iterations. Craig was a much better Bond than I thought he would be and the story tied together very well with the action. It never felt forced and despite the fact that they were playing poker for over an hour in the movie, it never felt boring. The plot seemed realistic and believable and the characters actually had depth which is very rare for a Bond movie. I hope they continue that trend with the new movie.

BTW, people who didn't like Casino Royale are probably the same people who like The Marine because of all the action it had.

3/23/2008 11:42:19 PM

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"Brosnan was a good Bond, but those movies sucked for the most part."

Yeah that is exactly what I was thinking. Brosnan did an excellent job as a spy, the storylines just sucked.



Oh and Timothy Dalton isn't as forgotten as George Lazenby.

3/24/2008 8:07:28 AM

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"i pretty much ripped the entire movie in the casino royale thread "

thank you, someone who knows what a bond movie is supposed to be
it should have pizzaz, charisma, hot ladies, larger than life villains

casino had none of that, it may have been a good movie, i doubt it, but it was certainly not a good bond film

3/24/2008 12:07:25 PM

I enjoyed the realistic take of Casino Royale

and the opening foot chase was fantastic

3/24/2008 12:12:50 PM

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"you, someone who knows what a bond movie is supposed to be"

I know exactly what a bond movie is supposed to be. I owe 15 of them on DVD and have seen every single one. But to establish a new storyline and go back to the beginning I think you have to do something a little different.

3/24/2008 12:26:28 PM

we'll see, but i wouldnt compare this to batman, batman was open to interpretation, bond is pretty formulaic, but i'll hold of judgement till i finish casino royal

3/24/2008 12:53:26 PM

how the fuck is batman "open to interpretation" and not "formulaic"

every batman story is about a dude dressed up as a bat who takes out petty criminals and fuckshit costumed psychopaths

3/24/2008 12:59:43 PM