[Potential Spoilers] Official SKYFALL Photo Thread (Part I)

First photo:



According to Google maps, it's in Clerkenwell. Sam Mendes and Judi Dench are on the set. You can see Roger Deakins setting up the Arri Alexa.

(not taken by me)

https://s487.photobucket.com/albums/rr233/kickasskandy/bond/?action=view&current=IMG_1274.jpg#!oZZ1QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs487.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Frr233%2Fkickasskandy%2Fbond%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DIMG_1276.jpg

Photo album from the set.

In regards to photo 3 from that album: Good Lord.

No kidding.

Looks like a Glasgow smile.

Craig on set in the back seat of the Range Rover:

http://www.imagebam.com/image/d68695157622567

It's always heartening to have a Shark circling the perimeter.

I smelt blood.

The Arri Alexa (SKYFALL'S digital camera wielded by DP Roger Deakins) in position:

http://www.imagebam.com/image/cedcdc157622156

There's rumours that the "big shock" Peter Morgan mentioned is a full blown attack on London, including civilian casualties. Bond is brought straight out of leave or undercover to save the day, hence the beard.

Apparently Bill Tanner (Rory Kinnear) is driving the car.

Preparing the Jaguar XJL:

Ah... and here they come (the photos, that is). Great to see Tanner back and the Jaguar. There's also something special about Bond in London in the fall. If indeed a solid portion of the story will be UK-based, it'll be a departure from the norm.

Anyone know what street they're on?

Sharky wrote:

Apparently Bill Tanner (Rory Kinnear) is driving the car.

Well, that certainly fits with the rumors dating back to Casino Royale that Craig can't drive a stick-shift.

I thought the movie wasn't supposed to begin filming until November 7th? It's only November 5th where I live. How many hours ahead is England from the United States?

Well done Shark! Great finds.

It looks like we'll have Bond with a beard in the end.

Gravity's Silhouette wrote:

Sharky wrote:

Apparently Bill Tanner (Rory Kinnear) is driving the car.

Well, that certainly fits with the rumors dating back to Casino Royale that Craig can't drive a stick-shift.

I thought the movie wasn't supposed to begin filming until November 7th? It's only November 5th where I live. How many hours ahead is England from the United States?

From what I understand, they're shooting in Whitehall now and will move to Pinewood on Nov. 7.

As for those photos, the guy with the slashed-up face is pretty grizzly for a Bond film. His wound seems pretty personal, so I wonder how that ties into the whole "full-scale attack on London" rumor.

Gravity's Silhouette wrote:

Sharky wrote:

Apparently Bill Tanner (Rory Kinnear) is driving the car.

Well, that certainly fits with the rumors dating back to Casino Royale that Craig can't drive a stick-shift.

What?

Anyway, I like Craig with some scruff. I doubt it'll last through the film.

Don't really care for Rory Kinnear's return (I'd much rather see Villiers from CR return). Useless, wet noodle of a character. I do think his inclusion points toward Moneypenny likely not appearing, though.

The remainder of today's pics:

Louis Armstrong wrote:

Don't really care for Rory Kinnear's return (I'd much rather see Villiers from CR return). Useless, wet noodle of a character. I do think his inclusion points toward Moneypenny likely not appearing, though.

Tanner as a character is awesome. It's just that how they decided to portray him in QoS was utterly bizarre.

I hope that was Forster's decision, and by extension I hope Mendes tells Kinnear to play him as a human being or something in that general vicinity. But Tanner hardly serves the same role as Moneypenny (if used right).

Well, Bond has a beard (or at least stubble) for part of SKYFALL.

Bond is looking pretty beat-up, rough and tumble here. He seems to have a serious head wound . This sequence won't help dispel the Craig/Bond soccer/hooligan complaints. Down and dirty here. Like the car.

Good to see Bond off and running. I trust he will clean up later.

tiffanywint wrote:

Bond is looking pretty beat-up, rough and tumble here. He seems to have a serious head wound.

I thought that at first too, but it's just a reflection on on the car window..

The last pictures from yesterday's shoot:



Mendes talking to Dench in the Jag XJL, with the Arri Alexa digital camera pointed at her for a medium close up. Perhaps there's going to be an attempt on M's life, following the attack on London, hence the motorcade and underground bunker?



Likewise.



A reverse crane shot of Bond/Tanner's Range Rover. You can see one of the copper domes of the Victorian Smithfield Market designed by Horace Jones, in the background. This in on a road called West Smithfield, with a roundabout. Type that into Google Maps, and you can find it.



Same sort of area.



Again.


I've got to say, I dig the autumn look here.