James Bond In Skyfall - Part 3

[Sebastos]

Neither do I; Moneypenny's not really a character worth covering up. There's not much there, just a fun flirtatious banter scene in each film.

I'm not entirely ruling it out though, Craig was quoted saying "Let's try and find where Moneypenny came from and where Q comes from." So it's possible...

 

[Golgo-13]

If she is Moneypenny, i don't think i want a 'Moneypenny Begins' story. I don't want or need the backstory of every re-occuring character in the Bond-universe. Looks like this time, they'll delve into M's past a bit; that's fine. But if Harris is doing all this stunt training because she's a field agent, that either gets injured or demoted to later become M's secretary....i just don't need it. Some characters should have a little intrigue and mystery to them.

I refer if she's just a field agent all the way. It would be cool if she's actually a fellow 00.

 

[Golgo-13]

 

[TwilightPro101]

Not certain as to what to make of this entry, but I'm glad to see another Bond film moving forward.

 

[Crockett]

Ralph Fiennes talking a bit about Skyfall.

"If you're a Bond fan," Fiennes told me when I confessed my 007 obsession, "then you'll be happy. I can tell you that John Logan has written a fantastic screenplay and [director] Sam Mendes is a class act. They're doing something quite special I think. I think they're going to be great for Bond."

Fiennes is a Academy Award nominated actor, but is he a Bond fan? "I love the Bond books particularly," he said. "I like the books even more than the films. I like the darkness of the books. But I've also enjoyed all the films." Fiennes also told me he vividly remembers the first Bond he ever saw: 1969's "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" with George Lazenby.

Darkness is a word you hear a lot in relation to Craig's Bond films, but I'd read some speculation that Mendes' take on the character may be even darker than the one in "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace." So I asked Fiennes if he thought that Mendes and Logan were bringing some of the "darkness" he loves from the books to "Skyfall."

"No, for me the books' darkness comes from their period nature," he replied. "I always wished they'd done a Bond set in 1955 in the Cold War like a Graham Greene novel. But no, this is just a great piece of screenwriting and the human drama at the center of this is quite affecting. And it's full of amazing stunts and action sequences."

Will he get to join in on the stunts and action sequences? Fiennes took a long pause. "I can't answer that question," he said. "I don't get laid, that's for sure." That might be a clue, or it might not be -- typically Bond's the guy who gets laid in James Bond films; that's why they're called James Bond films.

http://www.ifc.com/news/2011/11/ralph-fiennes-on-bond-skyfall.php

 

[Dark Raven]

Wouldy that be a downgrade from being a skilled field agent to..a receptionist who longs for Bond? If she is Moneypenny they will have to modernize her because MP is probably the most 60's-ish of the Bond characters.

Samantha Bond's role as Moneypenny was more than a receptionist. She was like an operations officer. Naomie Harris's character might not see it as a downgrade if say, she's injured in the field or she decides that she doesn't want to be in the field as she first thought. It could even be seen as an upgrade. After all, M sits behind a desk nearly all day or at least stays in the office and she's head of MI6. If Moneypenny doesn't go out into the field anymore, it could be a promotion not a demotion.

That's providing of course that Eve is Moneypenny, which I hope she's not. I would rather see someone else in that role.

 

[Gold Samurai]

Full conference is on youtube.

Can't post it since it might contain bad language >_>

Michael G Wilson- "The worst kept secret in London"

*Title is revealed*

lol

 

[chaseter]

Title sucks but the cast is solid. Ralph Fiennes in anything is an immediate draw for me. Now all they have to do is get Bill Nighy in here and I will go line up right now.

 

[Dark Raven]

Full conference is on youtube.

Can't post it since it might contain bad language >_>

Michael G Wilson- "The worst kept secret in London"

*Title is revealed*

lol

I don't remember any bad language in the conference.

 

[TheVileOne]

Press release for the new thread:

Wasn't that sort of the plot of World is Not Enough?

 

[Jack Napier]

I'd love to see Bardem play Jaws. But as Blitzkrieg said, the character would have to be reworked to maximize Bardem's talent.

Yeah, Bardem is just too talented an actor to play a quiet villain like Kiel did. And his voice is so compelling!

 

[Antithesis_SD]

A little poster I whipped up today after the title reveal. Nothing fancy or spectacular, but I am very excited for this film.

 

[obin_gam]

^ Nice!

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[Hunter Rider]

If she is Moneypenny, i don't think i want a 'Moneypenny Begins' story. I don't want or need the backstory of every re-occuring character in the Bond-universe. Looks like this time, they'll delve into M's past a bit; that's fine. But if Harris is doing all this stunt training because she's a field agent, that either gets injured or demoted to later become M's secretary....i just don't need it. Some characters should have a little intrigue and mystery to them.

I refer if she's just a field agent all the way. It would be cool if she's actually a fellow 00.

She would be the first female 00 in the franchises history right? that would be a cool way to mark the 50th anniversary. Just like it was a great idea to hold yesterday's press conference exactly 50 years to the day Connery was first announced as Bond.

 

[Silvermoth]

Wow, you have serious nerd points Hunter Rider! I mean that in a good way!

You should have seen my dad in the car this morning when he heard about the announcement about the Bond franchise. He was hunched over the wheel, radio turned way up, knuckles white on the wheel. He loves Bond.

Sounds like an awesome movie. It would be compelling if Eve was Evelyn Moneypenny or a fellow 00 agent. When I heard that her name was Eve I instantly thought of the female character from XIII.

 

[chamber-music]

Other than Berry and now Harris, who have been the other Black Bond girls?

Besides Naomi Harris, Halle Berry, Grace Jones you have Gloria Hendry as Rosie Carver a rogue CIA Agent in Live and Let Die and you could count Trina Parks who played Thumper in Diamonds Are Forever although she is a villain and Bond does make the beast with two backs with her.

 

[Golgo-13]

She would be the first female 00 in the franchises history right? that would be a cool way to mark the 50th anniversary. Just like it was a great idea to hold yesterday's press conference exactly 50 years to the day Connery was first announced as Bond.

Yes, she would be. I've always liked the idea of there being at least one or two female 00's in MI6. I think now is as good a time as any to introduce one.

I just don't want her being promoted in the sense that Berry was. I know Jinx was supposed to get her own spin off movie , but i don't want the female 00 overshadowing Bond himself in the movie. I'd like her portrayed the way Joile portrayed her character in Salt. Stoic and badass.

 

[Dark Raven]

Wow, you have serious nerd points Hunter Rider! I mean that in a good way!

You should have seen my dad in the car this morning when he heard about the announcement about the Bond franchise. He was hunched over the wheel, radio turned way up, knuckles white on the wheel. He loves Bond.

Sounds like an awesome movie. It would be compelling if Eve was Evelyn Moneypenny or a fellow 00 agent. When I heard that her name was Eve I instantly thought of the female character from XIII.

Not to question his nerd status, but they did announce that it was 50 years to the day in the press conference, and it was said before too in various press media.

 

[The Englishman]

Im loving the Title and im loving the cast. I cant wait for this film, 2012 is going to be awesome. I see theres no mention of Helen McCrory being cast in this, i thought she had been confirmed?

 

[jmc]

Any word on who's doing the song? I hope they continue with not using the name of the film as the theme song.

 

[Ajendo]

Title sucks but the cast is solid. Ralph Fiennes in anything is an immediate draw for me. Now all they have to do is get Bill Nighy in here and I will go line up right now.

The cast is top notch as it is. It doesn't need Nighy.

 

[Dark Raven]

Any word on who's doing the song? I hope they continue with not using the name of the film as the theme song.

I hope not. The last song "Another Way To Die" sounds completely imaginative, as if they just changed the words of Die Another Day around. You might understand in the case of Casino Royale or Quantum of Solace, but Skyfall could work as the name of a song title.

 

[Doctor Jones]

With watching that press conference, I'm getting more excited. Thank God Mendes has expressed a lot of excitement and genuinely seems like it.

And that plot is confirmed, but it sounds awesome.

 

[Call Me Darkman]

Wasn't that sort of the plot of World is Not Enough?

It wouldn't be the first time a Bond film re-uses a plotline.

 

[Crockett]

I see theres no mention of Helen McCrory being cast in this, i thought she had been confirmed?

I noticed that too, I thought she was more or less confirmed since she was mentioned in the same article from Daily Mail saying that Berenice Marlohe has landed the role as a Bond girl. Either it didn't work out or her role is too little to be even mentioned.