Sam Mendes wants a real Bond villain
Damsels.org interviewed Sam Mendes (the director) last week.

"[It's been] a while since there was a classic … what I would call a classic Bond villain. I’m not saying these guys weren’t great. I thought Mads[Mikkelsen] was particularly good in Casino RoyaleBut I wanted somebody perhaps a bit more flamboyant, perhaps a bit more frightening, and so I felt like we needed a great actor to achieve that."

Sam Mendes cast Javier Bardem as the films main antagonist; Raoul Silva, whom we know very little about.

Train Chase in Adana with Craig and Harris
Now that the first unit and second unit team have met up in Adana, they have started to shoot the action-packed pre-title sequence. Daniel Craig was on the set with Naomi Harris. Craig was accompanied by his stunt double as some amazing stunts were performed on the roof of a train.

Craig and Marlohe spotted on luxury yacht
Daniel Craig and Berenice Marlohe were spotted last week on a luxury yacht  off the coast of Turkey. They were joined by Sam Mendes and Barbara Broccoli. We suspect that this scene, although shot in Turkey, is probably doubling for somewhere east of the Mediterranean due to their clothes. Images provided by bond23.net

Daybreak catch up with Daniel Craig and Naomi Harris in Turkey
British Breakfast show Daybreak visited Turkey and took some behind the scenes footage of the action to take place in the films pre-title sequence. Bond is seen quickly getting out of a Range Rover while the enemy shoots at him. Bond takes cover behind a market stool. The reporter managed to get a brief interview with Daniel Craig and Naomi Harris. Bond23.net took some behind the scenes photographs.

Michael G Wilson holds press conference in Istanbul
Michael G Wilson, one of the two producers of the James Bond films, held a press conference last week to end a few rumours that have been going around since they started filming in Turkey.

"We have previously shot in cultural places in many countries. We pay great attention to not cause any damage to such places, even before we came here we filmed at the National Gallery in London, and in all of the places, we've always come away with a good feeling and all of the people seemed to be happy to welcome us back. So, hopefully, we can maintain that feeling here in Istanbul and across Turkey,"

He commented on the motorcycle stunt that took place a few weeks ago which appeared to have shattered a window and damaged a building. "If you go back a week or two after we leave you'll find there is no building there at all. We built that entire building, but I have to say, I was up there today and I was convinced it was part of the site - but it was actually our own construction. Similarly, when you go back and look at the window that the motorcycle came through in the Grand Bazaar, you'll see that it's actually a very tall opening and we've made it smaller and put in a window - it's our own window [that was damaged during filming]. It's all part of us being illusionists. This is what the art of cinema is."

He also said that some of the stunts haven't been very successful, and that a stunt man doubling for a villain did brake a shop window, but the crew have offered to pay for the damage but the owner hasn't accepted yet. Speculation has started about the crew damaging roof tiles on buildings as the motorcycles drive over them. Wilson said that the motorcycles are driving on platforms which cover the roof and all the real tiles were removed and replaced with prop tiles.

One of the more rediculous rumours were put to rest too. Turkish newspapers were reporting that the SKYFALL filming was a cover-up to transport weapons to Syria. Michael Wilson said “If someone takes this claim seriously, the safety of the film team will be in danger. I want to underline it. This is extremely dangerous and false news. I advise the person who made this news to quit journalism and make a film in Hollywood, because he has a very good imagination.”

“The reason why the film is being made in Turkey rather than any other country is that the natural environments here have not been used in any other big project before, as well as the promises given by relevant ministries.”

Principal cast have arrived in Turkey
Daniel Craig and Naomi Harris have arrived in Istanbul. Other cast are said to have arrived. Daniel Craig is said to be filming for 3 weeks whereas other cast members will be 5 weeks. Since then filming has started on a beach in Fethiye, where there was a team of over 1,000 people. The filming started here on 26th April and is said to have finished on 28th April.

SKYFALL trailer has been revealed in Las Vegas
Sony Pictures were reported to have shown attendants to the CinemaCon2012 event in Las Vegas last week. The trailer is said to be publically released on 25th May to tie in with the release of Men In Black III. Various parts of the trailer were leaked from some of the people who attended the event. According to the report by MI6-HQ, the following elements are to be shown in the trailer:

• The trailer opens with an evaluation of Bond in the form of a word association game. Dialogue is heard over establishing shots of London such as “Country”/“England”, “Gun”/“Shot”, “Agent”/“Provocateur”, “Murder”...“Employment”.
• - The interrogation room is revealed to include M and Mallory (Ralph Fiennes) behind glass as Bond speaks. The last word is "Skyfall........ Skyfall", to which Bond replies, "Done" and walks up to the glass.
• - A montage of fast cuts then follows giving glimpses at major action scenes filmed so far including the chase in London and falling from a height in to water.
• - Bond is seen outside the Macao casino.
• - The action wraps with a shot of the London underground train stunt.
• - Over shots of coffins draped in Union Jack flags, Bond concludes the trailer by saying, “Some men are coming to kill us. We’ve got to kill them first.”