New blog posts every week with the latest information on Bond 23.

Official Bond 23 Press Conference
The official press conference which marks the start of production on Bond 23 will commence on Thursday 3rd November 2011. Stay tuned as we will be giving you the latest info as it comes in. Producers will be joined by cast members and other members of the production team.

New blog posts every week with the latest information on Bond 23.

Timothy Gibbs rumour
Timothy Gibbs has been added to the cast on IMDB. According to the cast and crew section, Timothy Gibbs will be playing a character called Agent Folstrum.

IMDB is a good movie database, but due to its open editing features it can lead to false accusations. For this reason, it is most likely that Timothy Gibbs will not be playing anyone by the name of Agent Folstrum. He could still be part of the cast though. No characters names will be released until at least the press conference in November, except for James Bond and M of course.

Reduced budget rumour
In The Sun news paper, they claim that Bond 23 will have a reduced budget compared to the one of Quantum of Solace, almost $100 million. It is also understood that only some of the cast and crew from Bond 23 will be travelling to the exotic filming locations. Turkey and Scotland are the only confirmed locations at the moment, with China and South Africa rumoured.

"They’ve really scaled back. The lavish production and locations have been cut. There is only a reduced cast and crew travelling to the few overseas destinations. There’s not so flash hand-to-hand fighting, it’s gone back to blowing stuff up – including London’s Vauxhall Bridge"

Range Rover now at Pinewood Studios
Recent reports have said that the new Range Rover Evoque has been delivered to Pinewood Studios. Range Rover has been rumoured to supply the next Bond car because EON's conract with Aston Martin ran out. Although the company have denied the fact that this car has involvement in Bond 23, rumours that a chase scene taking place in London for the new film involving a Range Rover and a Jaguar backs us up.

New blog posts every week with the latest information on Bond 23.

Press Conference for Bond 23
Next month a press conference is going to take place dicussing details of the film. We should get details of the name, the actors involved and perhaps some of the plot. A specific time and date has not yet been specified but we will add it to our new calendar when we get more info.

Javier Bardem role confirmed
On Monday it was revealed that Javier Bardem has landed the role of the main villain in Bond 23. When he was interviewed for a new documentary based around him, he was prompted about his role as the next villain. He said that he has got the role but is not allowed to give any further information.

"about the next villain you are going to play, in James Bond?"
"I am very excited, my parents took me to watch the movies, and I saw all of them, and to play that is going to be fun. They chose me to play this man, but I cannot give you many details."

Brianna Meighan Bond Girl rumour
According to recent reports, Brianna Meighan is rumoured for the role of the villains girlfriend. She also had a cameo role in Quantum of Solace.

Tang Wei for Asian Bond girl role
A short list of actresses have been auditioning for the role of an Asian Bond Girl.

Among them is 32 year-old Tang Wei, a Chinese actress. She has been chosen for the role because of her strong English language skills.

Other actresses include Fan Bingbing, Shu Qi, Li Bingbing and Josie Ho. According to recent reports, Tang Wei has the best chance of getting the role.

London filming location
A recent report from The Sun news paper, Bond 23 will begin filming on November 7th in the London Market.

Craig is suspected to jump 'straight into dangerous stunts' when he 'switches from a Range Rover to a Jaguar - with both motors on the move.'

Ford's three film contract expired when Bond 23 was postponed.

New blog posts every week with the latest information on Bond 23.

Skyfall - probable title for Bond 23
With Quantum of Solace, Sony Pictures purchased several domain names regarding the title of the film before it went public. We believe that they have done this again for Bond 23. On 3rd October Sony Pictures purchased over 15 domain names, suspiciously relating to James Bond. Observe...

jamesbond-skyfall.com, jamesbond-skyfall.net, jamesbondskyfall.com, jamesbondskyfall.net, skyfall-film.net, skyfall-thefilm.com, skyfall-thefilm.net, skyfall-themovie.com, skyfall-themovie.net, skyfallfilm.net, skyfallmovie.net, skyfallthefilm.com, skyfallthefilm.net, skyfallthemovie.com and skyfallthemovie.com

At first, we thought it was going to be the name of a new James Bond video game, but we soon found domains including the words 'movie' and 'film'. A few weeks ago, Daniel Craig hinted to us that they had a title in the making but wouldn't reveal it yet. Could this be the name of the 23rd James Bond film? I don't know, but it sure is better than Quantum of Solace though, eh?

Filming in Scotland confirmed
A few months ago we heard a rumour that part of the film will be taking place in a castle in Scotland. We recently found out that Sctoland is a confirmed location. The scene is expected to take place at Duntrune Castle on Poltalloch Estate near Lochgilphead. The Duntrune Castle is the oldest inhabited castle in Scotland. They plan to start filming in February 2012.

“Preparatory work begins as soon as everybody sobers up after New Year, but I can’t go into details. I am sworn to secrecy.”

Scenes from From Russia With Love have been filmed there; a coincidence because they are also going to be filming in Turkey, which is another location in FRWL.

Bond Girl casting confirmed
Last week, rumours began that Berenice Marlohe had opted for the role of a Bond Girl in Bond 23. Today, we have been informed that the casting will all be revealed soon, and that Berenice Marlohe has landed a role. Another actress who has reportedly landed a role in the film is Helen McCrory (famous for playing Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter series). This report comes from reliable tabloids, and although they say that the casting has been confirmed, we like to wait until one of the crew members mentions it.

Another confirmed role is M's Chief of Staff, Tanner. Rory Kinnear will be returning to the role.

New blog posts every week with the latest information on Bond 23.

Filming in India cancelled
It was recently confirmed by EON that Bond 23 will not be filmed in India, after the hassel they had trying to get permission to film there.

"We'd given them all the permissions. They wanted to shoot in the Sabarmati yard and had asked to shoot on two gauges - broad gauge and meter gauge - and they wanted these for seven-hour stretches every day for seven days in a row, and we'd agreed. All had been worked out. They also wanted to shoot between Mumbai and Goa on the hero train, and wanted a special shot where a motorcycle from a bridge would jump on to a train, and the coach on which he'd jump needed to be re-enforced, and we agreed."

"The matter was finalised by September 13. But a week later, we were informed that after an international discussion, the production team decided not to shoot in India. We've been very cooperative with them. We had ourselves hoped that the movie would be shot here,"

Instead of filming in India, the scenes will be moved to South Africa, which was a back-up for India. Filming is scheduled to begin there soon. Other confirmed locations include Istanbul and Pinewood Studios.

Ebru Akel rejected as Bond villainess
Ebru Akel is a Turkish actress who was going to acompany Daniel Craig in Bond 23. She auditioned for the role of a villainess (the villains daughter or girlfriend) weeks ago but unfortunatley she didn't get accepted. But, this has told us that it is very possible that there will be a villainess in this next movie.

Ralph Fiennes and Javier Bardem
Ever since the beginning of the year, Ralph Fiennes and Javier Bardem have been rumoured to play a role in the next film. Ralph Fiennes was rumoured to play a dark role in the film, whereas Javier Bardem was said to be playing the main villain. Recently, Daniel Craig let slip that these two are likely to be in the new film. "I hope so, I hope so,"
"We've got a great script this time. I'm as excited about this script as I was about the 'Casino Royale' script. I think in Sam [Mendes] we've got the perfect director. The cast is coming together now. I can't wait to get going on it."

With production starting soon, more and more roles will be confirmed.

Istanbul scenes
The producers of Bond 23 met with Tourist Minister Ertugrul Günay to secure the filming taking place in Istanbul this November.

"The opening scenes are planned to be filmed in Istanbul, but some other places will also be used outside Istanbul for the film,"

"Such is the appeal of the series that many of the locations where Bond films have been filmed in the past have continued to attract Bond fans to visit many years down the line. The fact that the opening scene of the film will be made in Turkey will contribute to Turkish tourism. The ministry has been providing big support to the film sector for five years. We have made a concerted effort in the past five years to support the film sector and our aim continues to be to welcome international film crews to our country for filming,"

To celebrate 50 Years of James Bond, there taking the film back to one of the most loved places. Turkey was one of the filming locations in From Russia With Love and The World Is Not Enough. This time, they are hoping to film some of the more historic locations in the area. "There are, however, a number of locations, including the waterside and shores of the Bosporus, in consideration for the 10-15 minutes of the movie that is to be filmed in Turkey,"

Berenice Marlohe Bond girl rumour
A French actress Berenice Marlohe has been rumoured this week to have got a part in the film. We already know that there is going to be at least two female characters (the main Bond Girl and a villainess), but no further information has been provided.

New look for James Bond
Daniel Craig has told interviewers that James Bond will be getting a new look for the new film. The costume designer is Tom Ford, who has worked alongside Louise Frogley for Quantum of Solace.

"Tom [Ford]'s doing the suits. In fact, I've spent a long time with Tom getting a very different look and he's been designing a new set of things [for the film]."

"It's great that he's doing it. It's going to be a new kinda look. It's a new feel. I'm very excited about that. I'm very excited about the suits."

"I'm really lucky to have a wardrobe with five or six beautiful suits done by Tom and some other people."

For Bond 23, Louise Frogley will be replaced by Jany Temime, who has worked on the costumes for the Harry Potter films.

Improvements from Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace
"Sam [Mendes] is a huge, huge Bond fan and has been all his life. He and I both said at the beginning to each other that the only thing we want to do is make the best James Bond movie we can. So therefore, we have to go back to what we know about the books, what we know about the movies and what we know about all of that... And improve upon it." "That's where we started off, and that's where we started with the script, and that's where we started from for the look and feel of it, the characters... It's how we're going to continue on the movie - doing the best that we can."