Daniel Craig in between Bond films

In a recent interview, Daniel Craig was asked if Bond 23 was going to be the final part in a trilogy involving the group Quantum. To this he replied, “No *#$&!@% way. I’m done with that story. I want to lie on a beach for the first half an hour of the next movie drinking a cocktail.” Now the final sentence was obviously a joke, but the interview has led to all news media definitively stating that Bond 23 will be completely different.

While the staff at Universal Exports is torn between this being good or bad news, the fact of the matter is that this was just a random interview with a man tired of James Bond at the moment. There is no script, nor any idea of what the plot will be. All that has been confirmed is what Daniel Craig HOPES for the next film. Granted, he does have more than a little pull, but still, the interview should be taken at face value.

For the full text of the interview, which goes on to discuss the roles of Moneypenny and Q and the return of Bond’s gadgets, check out “This One’s For All the Impatient Bond Fans Out There.”

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Madagascar 2 Movie Poster

After five weeks atop the international boxoffice, Quantum of Solace has finally been bumped from the number one slot by the animated sequel Madagascar 2.

Meanwhile, according to The Hollywood Reporter:
“A solid $10.8 million from 6,350 screens in 72 markets greeted “Quantum of Solace” as it slid to second place during its seventh week of international release. The film’s sole new opening saw Venezuela bring in $415,000 from 75 screens, hailed by Sony as 98% bigger than the comparable bow for 2006’s “Casino Royale.” “Quantum’s” international cume stands at $357.8 million. Market grosses include $77.4 million in the U.K., $30.8 million in France and $37.1 million in Germany.”

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Pierce Brosnan with children...it just looks wrong if he is 007

Quantum of Solace director Marc Forster has recently revealed that the plot of the movie almost revolved around James Bond looking for Vesper Lynd’s orphaned son. It was later decided to eliminate that plot point from the movie in an effort to not deal with questions such as what to do with the son after Bond finds him. Would 007 feel like he had a responsibility to take care of the child? Would he just abandon it? These were questions that, thankfully, would never need to be addressed as writer Paul Haggis was outvoted on the idea.

According to the Coventry Telegraph:
Forster said: “Haggis had an idea they weren’t fond of, and I didn’t know if it would work or not. The idea was that Vesper in the last movie, maybe she had a kid, and there would be an orphan out there. It wasn’t anything to insult the franchise. But they felt it wasn’t particularly Bond - him looking for the kid. I think Paul thought he just leaves the kid, he doesn’t deal with it.

“But [the producers] thought that would be really nasty, too, because Bond was an orphan himself. If he would find a kid, would he just leave it? They were so vehemently against it. That was the only time I saw, really, ‘No, we can’t do that.’ They said, ‘Once he finds the kid, Bond can’t just leave the kid. It’s not right.’”

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In a plan worthy of James Bond himself, Sony Pictures is using night vision goggles in theaters in Sweden to find anyone using a camcorder to bootleg Quantum of Solace. These are unprecidented measures meant to ensure that the film does not wind up on the Internet weeks before it’s US release.

According to The Local:
“This isn’t some sort of PR-stunt, believe me, it’s simply self defence,” said the head of Sony Pictures in Sweden, Zoran Slavic to TT-Spektra.

Slavic explained that the audience is informed of the surveillance before entering the theater and that it involved security personnel equipped with night vision goggles standing in the aisles.

“It’s not something you record, it’s sort of like night binoculars which don’t cause any disturbance whatsoever,” said Slavic, who refused to divulge whether or not the measures had netted any would-be bootleggers.

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Forget Harry Potter…there’s now a new king of the one-day UK box office opening. On October 21, 2008, its first day of release, Quantum of Solace took £4.9 in ticket sales, beating out Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’s £4.025 million take back in 1995. These numbers also eclipsed Daniel Craig’s first James Bond movie, Casino Royale, which pulled in £2.9 million in ticket sales on its first day of business in the UK.

Source: The Press Association

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Guitar Hero: World Tour

The recently released Guitar Hero: World Tour will have a new song for gamers to download as of November 7, 2008: Another Way to Die, by Jack White and Alicia Keys. The song will be availabe for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions of the game.

According to a new press release, “To celebrate the releases of the Quantum of Solace and Guitar Hero® World Tour video games, Bond aficionados and rock stars alike will be able to download and play “Another Way to Die,” the new Quantum of Solace movie theme song performed by Jack White and Alicia Keys, in Guitar Hero World Tour. The track will be available on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 160 Microsoft Points and on the PLAYSTATION®Store for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system for $1.99 on November 7^th, 2008.”

• Click here to purchase Guitar Hero: World Tour
• Click here to purchase the Quantum of Solace Video Game

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The Quantum of Solace Video Game for Nintendo Wii

Bond fans in Los Angeles, California, should be sure to head over to the Best Buy in West Hollywood on Monday, November 3, 2008, beginning at 10:00 p.m. for the exclusive launch of the Quantum of Solace video game.

The event will feature Bond girls, MI6 agents, the Aston Martin DBS from the film and other fun surprises. Additionally, those in line at 10:00 PM will get the exclusive opportunity to be one of the first to play the Bond song “Another Way to Die” performed by Jack White and Alicia Keys which is soon-to-be-released as downloadable content for Activision’s Guitar Hero® World Tour.

According to the press release, “Already know who you’re voting for; sick of presidential election coverage; or just can’t wait for the new movie to step into the shoes of James Bond?  Then take a break from politics and come celebrate the launch of Activision’s new Quantum of Solace video game at the Best Buy midnight opening event, with fun activities and prizes awarded throughout the evening.

Prizes include but are not limited to Best Buy gift cards ranging from $10.00 - $2,500.00, one Sony BRAVIA XBR 52” 1080p Flat-Panel LCD HDTV, three PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment systems, and more…”

Live in the USA but not in California? Then be sure to check out this list to see if your local Best Buy is participating in the midnight Quantum of Solace video game launch.

Click here to order the Quantum of Solace Video Game for Playstation3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, PC DVD or GameBoy DS

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Sean Connery and Lois Maxwell as James Bond and Miss Moneypenny

While fans and critics alike agreed that change is good after the release of Casino Royale, many were still miffed by the exclusion of Miss Moneypenny and Q from the franchise’s reboot. As Quantum of Solace is a direct continuation, it really didn’t make sense to have either character in that movie either, much to the chagrin of Bond fans worldwide.

However, Daniel Craig has recently revealed that Bond 23 might feature not only the return of Miss Moneypenny, but the first actual romantic scene between her and James Bond. While Moneypenny fantasized about Bond in Die Another Day and the two shared a passionate moment in a virtual reality environment, the two have never done anything more than flirt in ‘real life.’

According to Newspost Online:
‘I think you offer it to the best actors you can. You say, Forget what’s happened. Reinvent it and tell us what you think this character should be’, the Daily Star quoted him as saying. ‘That’s where it should come from,’ he added.

‘They said Bond could never be blonde and then Daniel Craig got the part,’ a source said.

Moneypenny is being cast with a view to the next Bond movie and who knows, she could end up in bed with Bond. Whatever happens, she will feature more than ever before, the source added.

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Director Guillermo del Toro

The James Bond films are full of cameos ranging from the ever-present Michael G. Wilson to Madonna, Ian Fleming and more. In Quantum of Solace, Marc Forster invited his director friends Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuaron to take small voice cameos.

According to eTaiwanNews:
“Quantum” director Marc Foster tells the newspaper El Universal in an interview published Wednesday that he knows both directors and asked them to portray members of a fictional Bolivian army. Del Toro, whose films include the “Hellboy” movies and “Pan’s Labyrinth,” does several voices. “Children of Men” director Cuaron will perform the speaking part of a helicopter pilot.

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