Quantum of Solace (Bond 22) - slight spoilers

[Geekyfanboy]

Marc Forster to Direct Bond 22
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
June 19, 2007

Marc Forster has signed on to direct the next installment in the James Bond franchise for Columbia Pictures and MGM, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Daniel Craig will reprise his role as Agent 007 in the film, which has a working title of Bond 22.

Forster -- whose credits include Stranger Than Fiction, Finding Neverland and Monster's Ball -- recently wrapped The Kite Runner.

Bond 22 is targeting a November 7, 2008 release.

[Geekyfanboy]

Craig Psyched For Bond 22

Daniel Craig, who made his debut as James Bond in Casino Royale, told reporters that he's eager to get started on the 22nd installment in the iconic spy franchise and excited by the prospect of collaborating with director Marc Forster.

"If you look at Marc Forster's current body of work, that in itself makes me very excited," Craig told reporters in an interview in London while promoting his latest film, The Golden Compass. "If you look at Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland and then Kite Runner, which is just stunning, it's such a diverse look at the world. I'd want us to have that."

Craig added: "Marc is very solid. That, for me, is crucially important, because this movie needs to jump on from Casino Royale and take it somewhere else. Marc is totally inspired and is really just keen to get started."

Heading into Casino Royale, Craig got harsh criticism from Bond purists who considered him all wrong for the part. Now, he said, a different kind of pressure is on.

"Beforehand I was getting so much criticism, and I knew that we had something good to do," Craig said. "We had a movie that I knew deep down that whatever would happen we were going to make a good film, because we had to. That gave me this [ability] to not worry about the criticism. The thing is, now, we've really got to turn out the goods, because if we don't, then they were right. That can't happen."

Production on Bond 22 will begin early next year. It will be released in November 2008.

[Rico]

Loved Craig in the last Bond.  I hope this movie stays on track, even with the strike going on.

[iceman]

Looks good

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Woot!  I loved Casion Royal.  Though I'll admit, my Mom who could be considered a purist didn't like it as much.  However a friend of mine liked it more than the previous ones.  All opinions I suppose. 

King Linksr

[lostrekkie]

Loved Craig in the last Bond.  I hope this movie stays on track, even with the strike going on.

Yeah. I heard that the script wasnt finished due to the strike...

[space_invader64]

I like them comming out around Christmas.  Seems to be a good time to releace them.  I'm in a Bond mood around November December.

[Geekyfanboy]

Daniel Craig on Bond 22
Source: Rotten Tomatoes
January 15, 2008

Bond 22 star Daniel Craig talked briefly to Rotten Tomatoes about what 007 will be up against:

But he was willing to let slip some details about the plot. "It carries on from where the last one stopped," Craig told RT, "We set up in the last one that there's this organisation that is destabilising the world's economy because they want to take it over, and that's his job now, to go out and stop them."

Visit the link above for more of the interview. The 22nd James Bond movie hits theaters on November 7.

[jedijeff]

The Movie has a Title now.

IVER HEATH, England (AP) -- "Quantum of Solace" is the title of the new James Bond film, the 22nd Bond adventure.

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 Nov. 7.

[Darth Gaos]

WOW....what an absolutely odd title....doesn't roll off the tongue as easily as a Goldfinger or a Thunderball but I would be lying if I said I was not totally excited about this movie.  Bond in November and Trek in December....SWEET!!!

[Ktrek]

I hate the title. Not very Bondish at all, but I am looking forward to the film in November.

Kevin

[jedijeff]

I agree, does not sound very Bond like either, solace and James Bond just does not seem to mix for me, but I am very excited for the movie

[Geekyfanboy]

Here's some more info

Bond 22 Gets Official Movie Title

Daniel Craig returns as agent 007 James Bond for the next film about the legendary spy. This next outing for 007 is the 22nd film in the franchise and was temporarily titled Bond 22. However, Pinewood Studios in London announced today that the film's official title will be "Quantum of Solace."

With 22 films to its credit over the last 44 years the Bond film franchise is truly the most successful of all franchises with Star Trek coming in second followed by Star Wars.

Under the direction of Marc Foster ("Stranger Than Fiction"), the plot for "Quantum of Solance" will be adapted from the Ian Fleming collection of stories in his "For Your Eyes Only" saga, according to producer Michael G. Wilson. Fleming was the creator of the iconic snoop.

"We thought it was an intriguing title and referenced what happened to Bond and what is happening in the film," Wilson said.

"It is not a revenge movie," said co-producer Barbara Broccoli, refering to how Casino Royale ended with the death of the woman Bond would have married. "It's a lot more complicated than that. It has lots of action but it also deals with the inner turmoil Bond is feeling."

"Quantum of Solace" will premiere simultaneously in Britain and the United States on November 7, 2008.

[Darth Gaos]

So apparently it actually is a VERY Bond title......whoda thunk it.

[saunders]

Reminds me of the Casino Royale poster...I guess with the washed out blueish tone