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Rome shaken and stirred into cleanup job for James Bond shoot

Mayday! Spectre crew shoot breath-taking scenes in Austria of an aircraft nosediving into a snowy trail

Shooting on location in Austria starts tomorrow as Daniel Craig and the crew arrive in the country for the snowy sequences

James Bond film locations: Sölden gears up for the new 007 film

The high water mark for product placement in a Bond film (and maybe any movie) was Die Another Day. A license to shill With 20 marketing partners, Hollywood has never seen product placement like this "Not only is MGM spending $30 million in advertising, according to Variety, the movie studio enlisted more than 20 marketing partners who are reportedly contributing at least $100 million in promotional support for the franchise. Only the Olympics can boast more “official” sponsors." Some of Spectre's promotional partners were listed in the press release that was distributed on the same day as the press event. SPECTRE, The 24th James Bond Adventure, Set To Begin Production "Promotional partners returning to the Bond franchise include Aston Martin, Bollinger, Heineken, Jaguar Land Rover, Omega, Sony Electronics, and Sony Mobile." The Bond films receive direct payment from some companies, like Heineken, and additional promotional support from others, like Aston Martin. Aston Martin doesn't pay to have it's cars featured in the Bond films but will 'gift' or 'donate' cars to the production for on screen use. If the production needs 5 Aston Martins for a complicated chase sequence then they save a couple million dollars by not having to buy the cars. With promotional support coming from private businesses, the Bond films also receive free marketing from the countries or regions in which filming takes place. This is less obvious than a slickly produced marketing campaign, but television and print news reports bolster a films presence in some key markets. Spectre is already prepping (and maybe shooting) key sequences in Austria. The press in that region have been all over it. Austria is in the heart of Europe and spill over markets for their reporting may be Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic, etc. Same thing goes for shooting in Italy. Same idea applies to the two Bond girls as well. The production will save millions from tax breaks and promotional partners. That could drop the budget from, let's say, $320 Million to $290 Million. Sony and MGM are clearly unsatisfied with that number, though, considering Skyfall's success and what I know of Spectre's ambitious set pieces, I think the budget is well deserved and will be well spent.

Lights, camera, handsome distraction! A smouldering Daniel Craig shoots new Bond film in central London with co-star Naomie Harris

Not really the ultimate 2015 movie preview when its missing Spectre, MI:5, Mockingjay Part 2, The Fantastic Four and Ant Man. Still, pretty cool.

Jaguar C-X75 to star in upcoming James Bond film Spectre as villain’s car

James Bond defeats Italian bureaucrats, who had proposed legislation that every gun used on a film set must be tested to only fire blanks I love this line from the article: "As one Italian newspaper succinctly put it: "James Bond 1-Burocrazia 0"."

I can't wait for this film. I've seen you on MI6-HQ forums. I posted on the forums years ago under a different name but have been lurking for a while.

James Bond SPECTRE filming begins: First pictures of Daniel Craig on set on the River Thames

I haven't read any of the scripts but I have read a scene by scene breakdown of the movie dated sometime in October. Even with some of the scenes missing from the breakdown and no dialogue the film flows pretty well. The scale of this film is huge. The action set pieces are ambitious and intricate. I love Skyfall and Spectre is a continuation of the relationships and themes explored in that film. Theme and tone are where Craig's Bond films succeed. They have something meaningful to say about Bond and the world he inhabits.

A splinter unit was spotted shooting scenes for SPECTRE near Sölden this week

The same thing could have been said about TDK, but TDKR outgrossed TDK WW. The domestic number decreased, but given the gross of TDK I think that was expected. If Spectre does earn less domestically than Skyfall I don't think the difference will be huge. Compare Star Trek Into Darkness to Star Trek: $228 million vs $257 million. That's 'only' a difference of $29 million.

Star Trek (2009) made $257 million domestic and $385 million WW. Star Trek: Nemesis made $43 million domestic and $67 million WW. Batman Begins made $206 million domestic and $374 million WW. The Dark Knight made $534 million domestic and $1 billion WW. Spectre may not hit $300+ million, but it could. It really could.

I believe that Spectre will outgross Skyfall. I'm saying 1.3 Billion. If Skyfall was Bond's The Dark Knight or Avengers, then Spectre will be The Dark Knight Rises or Iron Man 3. We could see a small increase or large increase, but there will be an increase. New James Bond Movie ‘Spectre’ Expected To Spend More Than $60 Million On Rome Shoot http://variety.com/2014/film/global/new-james-bond-movie-spectre-expected-to-spend-more-than-60-million-on-rome-shoot-1201377934/

Details emerge of Lake Altaussee's role in 'SPECTRE' Morocco Shoot In June

Belucci's casting would cooberate reports of Penelope Cruz's involvement that popped up earlier this year. Both actresses would the be the oldest Bond Girls in the franchises history.

Thieves Have Stolen $1 Million Worth Of James Bond Range Rovers

http://deadline.com/2014/12/james-bond-24-title-cast-revealed-live-pinewood-1201305919/ Slipped casually in this Deadline.com article on Thursday's Bond press event is a rumor the Monica Belluci may have been cast. She was in line to be cast as Paris Carver in "Tomorrow Never Dies" but the role went to Teri Hatcher.