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SKYFALL-Lodge's demise
Filming in Scotland comes to an end as SKYFALL-Lodge is blown to the ground. It has been marked as the most expensive stunt in the James Bond series. All crew and cast move to Turkey to film the rest of the film. Shooting is expected to be completed by June. Take a look at the gallery below for images of the building as it explodes.

Resurrecting an old stunt
As the SKYFALL crew prepare to film the epic stunt sequence in Turkey, MI6-HQ reported that the stunt was originally written for Goldeneye 1995 starring Pierce Brosnan. According to the report, the stunt was removed at the last minute. Presumably, this was during the scene with Bond as he chases Trevelyan on the train. Some of the images in the gallery were scanned photographs of production sketches for Goldeneye; containing spoilers.

As shooting began in Turkey, one of the stunt trains derailed and could have gone over the edge of a tall viaduct. Luckily, nobody was hurt.

Aston Martin to be blown up
As we reported a few weeks ago, the crew in Scotland were spotted with James Bond's Aston Martin DB5. Now, a recent report has said that the Aston Martin DB5 might not make it past these scenes as car shell replicas have been rigged with explosives. "Just got back from Hankley Common, security let us go very close. Spoke to one and he said the DB5 has been peeped with explosives." @RichLawes. It is said that this was done on Monday when the rest of the building is blown up.

More character name spoilers
As we reported a few weeks ago, a call sheet revealed the name of Javier Bardem's character Silva. Now there are reports that other characters were mentioned on the list too. These include Gareth Mallory (rumoured Ralph Fiennes), Kincade (rumoured Albert Finney), Patrice (rumoured Ola Rapace), Doctor Hall, Vanessa (M's Assistant). Raoul, according to the reports, is Silva's first name. Another character's name was revealed as B. This could be Ben Whishaw's character of Q, these call sheets would have been made before the information leaked about what character he was playing which suggests that it was a cover up.

Berenice Marlohe and Naomi Harris show their progress so far
A couple of days ago, French actress Berenice Marlohe and English actress Naomi Harris showed Bond fans what they have been up to since filming began in November. Naomi Harris' video contains scenes of her practising mainly gun training; shooting from different angles. It gives us an idea of how much action we can expect from the film. Harris' video didn't show us any of the scenes from the film, but Berenice Marlohe's did. In fact, a scene which nobody seemed to pick up on when they were filming in Ascot Racecourse (that doulbed for Shanghai International Airport). Marlohe was seen in character along with two body-guards passing a suitcase to someone on the opposite escalator. (Reports believe that this character is called Patrice)

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Stunt photographs from Turkey set
The stunt chase in Turkey is under way as filming started last week. The Land Rover and damaged VW Beetles were on set. Also, a 17 year old boy managed to sneak into one of the carriages and took a few pictures of the stunt men performing a machette fight (similar to the scene on Octopussy with Bond and Gobinda)

SKYFALL's Burning!
Scenes in Scotland came to an end this weekend as the crew set light to SKYFALL-Lodge. From the images in the gallery below, we can see why a replica had to be made, it would have been almost impossible to create this effect with the real thing. This scene marks the films climax and the epic battle between Bond and Silva. The latest clapperboard shows a damaged door to the building. During this scene, a dummy helicopter was used to crash into the burning building. We understand that James Bond caused this to crash. Perhaps Silva was inside? The dummy helicopter was operated by crane.

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London Chase Scene continued
SKYFALL is well underway as we draw a close to the scenes shot in London. The team will be focussing on scenes in Turkey from now on. As reported in February, Daniel Craig was seen running through the streets of London chasing after the main villain, who's name we can confirm as SILVA. This time, both Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem were on set along with hundreds of extras. 

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Whitehall was closed off during filming. Northumberland Avenue had fake sign posts above a disused exit of Charing Cross station so that it  appeared to be 'Embankment station'. Silva (Javier Bardem) exited Whitehall via the side and quietly escaped disguised as a metropolitan police officer. We believe that he caused the chaos in the streets. With this disguise, it could be the twist that is said to appear in the film. 

A video below shows Daniel Craig's stunt double in action while Daniel
Craig continues to chase the villain down. Rememberance poppies are also seen on vehicles, which could mean that this film is set when the film is released (in October/November)
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The crew were said to be moving out to Turkey last Wednesday, but there has currently been no reports of them arriving yet. 
 

The true meaning of SKYFALL
Last month, the crew were in Scotland where they filmed a chase sequence with Daniel Craig and Judi Dench in the famous Aston Martin DB5. The crew have reconstructed an old Scottish estate which is going to be blown up in the film. This building will be called 'SKYFALL Lodge' and is supposed to be the home of James Bond, where he grew up. James Bond takes M there after they flee London and he talks of his childhood, before being attacked by Silva. 
 
Similarities between SKYFALL and other Bond films
We decided to take a moment and think of where the writers of SKYFALL got their ideas from. 

 - Silva's desguide resembles Kananga's Mr Big desguise in Live & Let Die
 - There is a lot of action on trains. From Russia With Love's main fight sequence was completely based on a train, and the battle between Tee Hee and Bond in Live & Let Die were also set on a train.
 - Istanbul was a filming location used in From Russia With Love and The World Is Not Enough
 - The Whitehall pillars which are used in SKYFALL relates to the hall of pillars in From Russia With Love, where Krilencu is killed.
 - The MI6 Head Quarters blowing up resembles the explosion in The World Is Not Enough pre-title sequence
 - The character of M plays a larger role in the film, like in The World Is Not Enough

As you can see, quite a lot of the inspiration comes from Live & Let Die and From Russia With Love. It makes sense because Live & Let Die is Sam Mendes' favorite Bond film and From Russia With Love is Daniel Craigs favorite. 

Poll for SKYFALL theme
An unnofficial poll was started on IGN last week about popular artists to sing the new song for SKYFALL. Musicians from U2, Florence + the Machine, Rihanna, Guns N Roses, Beyonce, Lana Del Rey, Take That, Plan B and Noel Callagher. The Foo Fighters came third after Muse beat them in second. Of course, Adele is currently in the lead.

Actor joins as SKYFALL's Evil Henchman
Hopefully, we will get a good iconic henchman (like Jaws or Oddjob). Luckily, a new actor confirmed his involvement in the series last week. Swedish actor Jens Hultén will be playing henchman to Javier Bardem's SILVA. He said that he had already been shooting scenes for the film, which we presume took place at Pinewod Studios. "It's obviously a great honor to participate in "Skyfall". Bond movies are huge  productions with some of the greatest talents both in front and behind the  camera as it is fantastic to be part of."

James Bond's ancestory
As the crew prepare the new building in SKYFALL, several grave-stones were made for the chapel named SKYFALL-Lodge. James Bond's mother (Monique Delacroix) and father (Andrew Bond) will be amongst these head-stones; as well as Robert Bond, Celia Bond, Valentine Bond and Kathleen Bond. On Monique Delacroix's stone the latin phraze "Mors Ultima Linea Rerum Est" is engraved; which means "Death is Everything's Final Limit".

James Bond's family was briefly mentioned in Goldeneye (1995), but the films haven't gone into as much depth as SKYFALL.

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SKYFALL Callsheets leak Javier Bardem's character's name
It was reported earlier on in the week that SKYFALL call sheets (which include the scene numbers, the characters involvement and a brief summary of the scene) were leaked onto the internet. According to the report, they had been released on eBay by an annonymous seller, but it was quickly removed.

From the call sheet, we was able to find out that...

• Scenes of Bond and Eve in a hotel room were shot on 7th February
• An action sequence on the "moor" was captured with Bond dispatching with one of Bardems henchmen
• The name of Javier Bardem's character is Silva.

More information on train sequence in Turkey
Last week we reported the train sequence that was being prepared in Turkey. We now know that the sequence is scheduled to begin shooting this Wednesday. Turkish officials have said that the film will be using lots of trains; a good reference to Sam Mendes' favorite film Live & Let Die and Daniel Craig's favorite film From Russia With Love. Some more pictures are available in the gallery.

Extras wanted for Istanbul scenes
A total of 25-day shoot, during 10 days extras will appear as tourists in the Bazaar. These 10-days are not fixed yet. The parties will be notified when determined. The extras will get 80 TL per day and they will be paid at the end of every shooting day. Estimated shooting time range is between end of March and mid of April. Persons wishing to take part as an extra should come for interview on Wednesday 07.04.2012. Persons who will come for interview should call the following phone number in order to inform about the meeting place and meeting time. Communication:
Çınar Türker (0090 535 389 75 69)

This has been rumoured to be featured in the films' pre-title sequence

Tim Readings reveals some more scenes
Tim Readings is a fire risk and insurenace cover assessor who leaked a few spoilers for us. These scenes will most likely involve fire (hence his involvement in the film). He was quizzed about it on twitter, to which he replied "Top secret stuff! All I can say is: Bond's house, gas, kerosene, helicopter, grenades & 120000L water on standby..."

Later that day, he closed his Twitter account.

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Tower Hill Filming, again
Yes, the crew were, yet again, filming at Tower Hill. Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Rory Kinnear were one set last Saturday. the crew then moved to Buckingham Palace and since then they have gone back to Pinewood Studios were sets of a street and town have been constructed. Images can be seen in the gallery (yes there is actually a picture of Daniel Craig smiling)

Preparations for Turkey shoot
As planned, the SKYFALL team have started to prepare for the filming in Turkey. The citizens of Adana where the first too see trains and vehicles that are going to be used during these scenes. The VW Beetles were on set and are prepared to be blown up as fantastic train stunts will be performed here over the coming weeks. The scenes being shot here were originally planned to take place in India, but they were cancelled. Locals took some shots of them preparing, the video can be seen below.