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Spectre is the official title for the 24th James Bond film, which will see Daniel Craig portray 007 for the fourth time.
Sam Mendes will again direct, following his first entry in the series with 2012’s Skyfall, and he revealed the title this morning whilst on the 007 stage at Pinewood Studios where filming begins next Monday and will continue for seven months. Location shooting will include London, Mexico City, Rome, Erfoud, Tangier and the Austrian Alps
Ralph Fiennes returns as M, as does Naomie Harris as the new Miss Moneypenny, aka Eve, and it’s a sort-of twist like that in Skyfall which makes you realise that while newbie Christoph Waltz is confirmed as playing a character called Oberhauser, you just know he’d make a great baddie, and with the title of the film being “Spectre“, you just know he’s going to be Ernst Stavro Blofeld!
Meanwhile, Ben Whishaw returns as Q, with Rory Kinnear as Tanner, while other newbies are Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Dave Bautista rumoured to be Mr. Hinx, plus Bond girls Monica Bellucci as Lucia Sciarra, and Blue is the Warmest Colour‘s Léa Seydoux as Madeleine Swann.
The cast is rounded off with Sherlock‘s Andrew Scott as Denbigh.
Spectre is released in UK cinemas on October 23rd 2015, with a US release on November 6th. I just hope it’s better than Skyfall. I loved Casino Royale, and it’s widely accepted that Quantum of Solace was pretty average, but Skyfall was way overblown by the critics who clearly said they loved it whether they did or didn’t. Me? I thought it was worse than Quantum, and you can find out why in my review here.
In addition, Skyfall will also be the Christmas film from ITV this year. Not yet sure if it’ll air on Christmas Day, though, as their big films tend to air before the big day so they can get the advertising revenue in, and the only company who advertises on Christmas Day is DFS with their never-ending sale!
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