{"id":1249,"date":"2008-01-08T20:02:59","date_gmt":"2008-01-08T19:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/archives\/2008\/01\/08\/filming-starts-on-bond-22\/"},"modified":"2008-01-08T20:03:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-08T19:03:00","slug":"filming-starts-on-bond-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2008\/01\/08\/filming-starts-on-bond-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Filming starts on Bond 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Olga<\/a>Filming started at Pinewood Studios<\/a> today on the new Bond film – still known only by its working title Bond 22<\/strong><\/a> – and it has been confirmed that Olga Kurylenko<\/a><\/strong> (pictured on the right) has been cast as the lead Bond girl.<\/p>\n

Her character is called Camille and according to the producers is someone “who challenges Bond and helps him come to terms with the emotional consequences of Vesper’s betrayal”.<\/p>\n

Gemma Arterton<\/strong><\/a> – who’s casting was made official on Friday<\/a> – will play the other Bond girl, an MI5 agent known as Fields.<\/p>\n

French actor Mathieu Amalric<\/strong><\/a> – who will be seen next month in Julian Schnabel’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly<\/a> – will play the villain and returning from Casino Royale<\/a> are Judi Dench<\/strong><\/a> as M, Jeffrey Wright<\/strong><\/a> as Felix Leiter and Giancarlo Giannini<\/strong><\/a> as Mathis.<\/p>\n

Here is the official press release:<\/p>\n

LONDON, Tuesday 08 January 2008 \u2013 Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions Ltd, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios announced yesterday the start of principal photography on the eagerly anticipated 22nd James Bond adventure.<\/p>\n

Daniel Craig reprises his role as 007 in the film which is directed by Marc Forster and follows the success of CASINO ROYALE, the latest and highest grossing film in the series. Starring alongside Craig is an impressive international cast led by the critically acclaimed French actor Mathieu Amalric as the sinister villain, and the Ukranian actress Olga Kurylenko who plays 007\u2019s leading lady.<\/p>\n

Returning to Bond 22 (working title) from CASINO ROYALE are Judi Dench in her role as M, Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter and Giancarlo Giannini as Mathis. Newcomer to the Bond franchise, Gemma Arterton, will play the role of MI6 Agent Fields.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the announcement, Wilson and Broccoli said \u201cWe are fortunate to continue in the Bond tradition of attracting the finest international actors for our starring roles. Mathieu in the role of Dominic Greene, a leading member of the villainous organization introduced in CASINO ROYALE, will be a powerful counterpart to Daniel\u2019s portrayal of Bond. Olga Kurylenko will play the dangerously alluring Camille, who challenges Bond and helps him come to terms with the emotional consequences of Vesper\u2019s betrayal.\u201d<\/p>\n

MGM and Sony Pictures will share distribution rights worldwide with Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Releasing International distributing the film to theaters worldwide on November 7th, 2008. Marc Forster directs the screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Paul Haggis. The unit includes Production Designer Dennis Gassner, Director of Photography Roberto Schaefer, Editors Matt Chesse and Rick Pearson, and\u00a0 2nd Unit Director Dan Bradley.<\/p>\n

MATHIEU AMALRIC, one of France\u2019s leading screen stars, is best known for his roles as Jean-Dominique Bauby in Julian Schnabel\u2019s award-winning film, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and as the French information broker, Louis, in Steven Spielberg\u2019s Munich.\u00a0 Last year, he was awarded Best Actor at France\u2019s C\u00e9sar Awards for his role in the internationally acclaimed comedy Kings and Queen, directed by Arnaud Desplechin.\u00a0 Previously, Amalric won the C\u00e9sar for Most Promising Actor for his role in Desplechin\u2019s My Sex Life.<\/p>\n

Amalric began his career as an actor in 1984, appearing in Otar Losseliani\u2019s Les favoris de la lune, and went on to serve as an assistant director to Louis Malle on Au Revoir Les Enfants.\u00a0 As an actor, he has since worked with many leading directors including Andr\u00e9 T\u00e9chin\u00e9, Olivier Assayas, Jean-Claude Biette and the Larrieu Brothers.\u00a0 His latest films include Desplechin\u2019s Un conte de Noel, Claude Miller\u2019s Un Secret, Nicolas Klotz\u2019s Heart Beat Detector, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi\u2019s Actrices and Vincent Dieutre\u2019s Fragments sur le grace.\u00a0 He also appeared in Sofia Coppola\u2019s Marie Antoinette. Amalric has written and directed a number of films including Wimbledon Stage and, most recently, the documentary short Let Them Grow Up Here.\u00a0 This year, he directs Tourn\u00e9e, about American burlesque girls on tour in France.<\/p>\n

OLGA KURYLENKO recently co-starred opposite Timothy Olyphant in Hitman and opposite Elijah Wood in Paris, je t’aime.\u00a0 She also appeared in starring roles in Eric Barbier’s thriller The Serpent and Diane Bertrand’s The Ring Finger, for which she received the Best Actress award at The Brooklyn International Film Festival in 2006.\u00a0 She recently had a role in Tyranny, directed by John Beck Hofman.<\/p>\n

On French television, multi-lingual Kurylenko appeared in the mini-series \u201cSuspectes\u201d and the drama \u201cThe Good Luck Charm.\u201d In her career as a top European model, Kurylenko has appeared in numerous advertising campaigns, including Kenzo, Helena Rubenstein and Just Cavalli.\u00a0 Her magazine covers include US Glamour, French Elle, Madame Figaro and Marie Claire.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The film is scheduled for release on November 7th later this year.<\/p>\n

> Reuters report on the new Bond film
\n<\/a>> Find out more about Bond 22<\/strong> at Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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