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Five More Bonds For Daniel Craig? Monday 19th December 2011
43-year-old actor Daniel Craig could become the longest serving 007 of all time after being offered a multi-million pound deal.
In an interview with The People (via The Daily Mail), Bond producer Michael G. Wilson says he would love Craig to do five more films after the currently shooting third, taking his total to eight.
That would make him the longest-running James Bond, ahead of Roger Moore with seven, Sean Connery with six and Pierce Brosnan with four. Wilson says "It’s certainly something we’ll be discussing with him once we finish shooting 'Skyfall. Filming has gone very well so far and I’d love Daniel to surpass Roger’s record and do eight pictures."
He goes on to say "Daniel’s been an absolute pleasure to be around because he takes the role so seriously. There’s really no one more passionate about making these films work than him – he’s a film maker’s dream. A lot of people have said Daniel’s been their favourite Bond since Sean Connery and I can’t argue with them. He’s doing a great job"
Craig is reportedly earning £8 million for his work in the Sam Mendes-directed "Skyfall". Asked about the film, Wilson says the tone is very much back to Connery-era Bond - "The director Sam Mendes and Daniel are taking it back to a 60s feel – more Sean. I think that’s what the fans wanted. There’s a magical Goldfinger feel surrounding it all. It’s all very exciting."
Cruise Says "Top Gun" Sequel Still Flying Monday 12th December 2011
Tom Cruise has confirmed he's been in talks about being a part of the forthcoming "Top Gun" sequel
Cruise tells MTV News that he is keen to re-team with director Tony Scott - "I said to Tony, I want to make another movie with him. He and I haven't made a film since Days Of Thunder. Tony and I and Jerry, we never thought that we would do it again. Then they started to come to us with these ideas and I thought, wow, that would be what we could do now."
Cruise's involvement in a 'Gun' sequel is contingent on them finding "a story that we all want to do. I hope we can figure this out to do it again… We all want to make a film that is in the same kind of tone as the other one and shoot it in the same way as we shot Top Gun" he says.
There's been rumours Cruise would return as an instructor for a new class of recruits, but when it comes to his role he says "I don't know - we're working on it."
Ritchie To Direct "Man from U.N.C.L.E." Monday 12th December 2011
"Sherlock Holmes" director Guy Ritchie and producer Lionel Wigram look to be taking over the spy thriller "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." at Warner Bros. Pictures says Deadline.
Ritchie would helm the film based on the 1960's television series, replacing Steven Soderbergh who recently left the project over budget and casting difficulties. Scott Z. Burns penned the script.
Ritchie and Wigram have formed a production company together with a first look deal at Warner Bros. commencing in January. If they commit to this then the deal would commence with a high-profile project that's essentially ready to go.
"Skyfall" Pool Shoot, McCrory Revealed Tuesday 6th December 2011
Shooting on the next James Bond film took place at London’s Canary Wharf on Friday, specifically at the local branch of the Four Seasons hotel reports Bond23.net.
The single day shoot around the infinity pool involved what looked like Daniel Craig doing laps. The windows in the pool area were blacked out to likely allow the location to double for somewhere else in the world. The day before that it appeared a party sequence was being shot.
Meanwhile it has also been revealed (via Twitter that Helen McCrory's character in the film will be a British Member Of Parliament called Clair Dowar.
The "24" Movie To Shoot In April Tuesday 6th December 2011
After ages of talk, it looks like the film adaptation of the TV series "24" is finally locking down some dates.
Deadline reports that Mark Bomback ("The Wolverine," "Shadow Divers") is doing some quick tweaks of Billy Ray's script and will turn it in before the end of the year.
Fox reportedly has five directors in mind for the film, a list that does NOT include the previously attached Tony Scott, and will lock them in very early next year.
The aim is to get film shooting underway in April to fit star Kiefer Sutherland’s availability.