Quantum of Solace 2008 James Bond Film Wallpapers

Quantum of Solace is the 22nd spy film in EON Productions’ James Bond film series, due for release on 7 November 2008. It is the sequel to the 2006 film Casino Royale, which rebooted the series.

It is directed by Marc Forster, and features Daniel Craig’s second performance as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade returned as writers. In the film, Bond battles Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a member of a cover organisation called Green Planet, seeking revenge for the death of Vesper Lynd. Greene intends to stage a coup d’état in a Latin American country. Bond is assisted by Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who also wants revenge against Greene. The title was chosen from an unrelated short story in Ian Fleming’s For Your Eyes Only (1960).

Producer Michael G. Wilson created the film’s story whilst Casino Royale was shooting. The film was originally scheduled for a 2 May 2008 release, but it was pushed back to allow more time when Roger Michell dropped out as director. Second unit filming began in August 2007 at Siena and Madrid, before principal photography began in January 2008 at Pinewood Studios. Production designer Dennis Gassner took over from Peter Lamont, who retired after working on eighteen Bond films.

He designed the five major Pinewood sets, which stand in for Siena, Bolivia and the MI6 headquarters. Gassner’s designs are close to the modernism of Ken Adam, the first Bond production designer. Location filming will take place at Panama, Chile, Peru, Italy and Austria, before moving back to Pinewood in June. There will be more gadgets than in Casino Royale, though they will still aim to be realistic.

Premise: Michael G. Wilson has confirmed that the film will pick up “literally an hour after” Casino Royale’s conclusion, when a wounded Mr. White is shot and captured by Bond at Lake Como. Bond is then involved in a car chase in Siena, Italy. The official synopsis shows that White reveals to Bond and M that his organisation has agents in Her Majesty’s Government and the Central Intelligence Agency.

Forensic evidence of an MI6 traitor leads Bond to Haiti, where he meets Camille, who then helps him find Dominic Greene, a ruthless businessman and a member of the organisation known as Green Planet. Greene intends to use his government contacts to help overthrow the current regime in a Latin American country, and place the exiled General Medrano as the head of state.

Medrano will in exchange give the organisation a barren piece of land, which actually will give them total control of “one of the world’s most important natural resources”. Bond travels to Austria and South America to unravel Greene’s plan, staying one step ahead of the CIA, terrorists and M whilst trying to keep his desire for retribution over Vesper Lynd’s death in check.

Cast:

• Daniel Craig as James Bond: Craig stated that Bond continues to learn throughout the film, and that he would be “still too headstrong and wouldn’t always make the right decisions”. Writer Paul Haggis said that Bond will be “a very human and flawed assassin, a man who has to navigate a morally complex and often cynical world while attempting to hold onto his deep beliefs of what is right and wrong” The actor gave advice to Haggis on the script and also helped choose Marc Forster as director, being a fan of his films. Craig’s training for his reprisal involved more boxing and running, to avoid injuries caused by the lack of his running and jumping for the stunts from his debut. He also practised speedboating and stunt driving. Craig felt Casino Royale was “physically a walk in the park” compared to Quantum of Solace. Whilst filming in Panama, Craig was rushed to hospital after hitting one of his ribs. The injury was not serious, and he was admitted back to filming.
• Mathieu Amalric as Dominic Greene, the main villain. Craig confirmed “there is a connection” between Greene and Vesper Lynd. Amalric acknowledged taking the role was an easy decision because, “It’s impossible to say to your kids that ‘I could have been in a Bond film but I refused’.” Before accepting the part, he asked Michael Lonsdale whether playing Hugo Drax in Moonraker had any effect on his career, to which Lonsdale said there was none. Having played Jean-Dominique Bauby in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Amalric found the role refreshingly physical. The character will not look grotesque to be any more formidable. “There’ll be no metal jaw, no white hair, no scar, no eye with blood. Just my face,” Amalric said. Amalric described Greene’s fight style as based around the possibility that “the villain doesn’t know how to fight, so James Bond would be more surprised. Sometimes anger can be much more dangerous. I’m going to fight like in school.” Amalric modelled his performance on “the smile of Tony Blair [and] the craziness of Sarkozy,” the latter whom he called “the worst villain we [the French] have ever had he walks around thinking he’s in a Bond film.” Bruno Ganz was also considered for the part.
• Olga Kurylenko as the lead Bond girl, Camille. She has her own vendetta regarding Greene and his organisation. “At the beginning she is an opponent of Bond, but they are going to have to collaborate,” the actress said. “We’ll see if she’s a villain.” Kurylenko spent three weeks training with weapons and learnt how to fight and body fly, a form of indoor skydiving. She was given a DVD box set of the films since the Bond franchise was not known in her homeland of Ukraine, where she grew up. The producers said Camille is someone “who challenges Bond and helps him come to terms with the emotional consequences of Vesper’s betrayal”. The producers had intended to cast a South American actress in the role. The character was made half-Ukranian, half-Bolivian. Kurylenko had to train with a coach to learn how to perform with a Spanish accent.
• Judi Dench as M. She said M’s relationship with Bond becomes “pretty prickly”. M’s husband, who was briefly seen sleeping next to her in Casino Royale, will also be heard off-screen in the film.
• Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter, Bond’s CIA ally who aided him at Casino Royale in Montenegro. This will mark only the second time the same actor has appeared as Leiter twice since David Hedison played the character in Live and Let Die (1973) and Licence to Kill (1989).
• Giancarlo Giannini as René Mathis, a French double agent who helps Bond discover who Le Chiffre and Mr. White worked for.
• Gemma Arterton as MI6 Agent Fields, who works at the British consulate in Bolivia. Arterton was chosen from around 1500 candidates. One of the casting directors asked her to audition for the role, having seen her portray Rosaline in Love’s Labour’s Lost at the Globe Theatre. Arterton said Fields was “not so frolicsome” as other Bond girls, but is instead “fresh and young, not [...] a femme fatale” Her character is a homage to the 60’s Bond girls. Her hair in the film is modelled after Diana Rigg, who played Tracy Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, who is one of her favourite Bond girls along with Honor Blackman.
• Joaquin Cosío as General Medrano, who is Bond’s enemy in Latin America. Greene is helping the exiled general get back into power, in return for support of his organisation.
• Anatole Taubman as Elvis. Taubman explained his role was larger than a mere henchman.
• Jesper Christensen as Mr. White, whom Bond captured after he stole the money won at Casino Royale in Montenegro.
• Rory Kinnear as Bill Tanner, a recurring member of the MI6 staff, later destined to be Chief of Staff.
• Neil Jackson as Mr. Slate. Jackson stated on his MySpace profile that his character has a fight with Bond.
• Fernando Guillén Cuervo has an unknown role.

Although imagery of her character may feature, Eva Green will not film any new footage as Vesper Lynd for the film. Barbara Broccoli said at the very least, “[Vesper is] certainly on Bond’s mind.” Michael G. Wilson confirmed Miss Moneypenny and “Q” are not in the film, as with Casino Royale. He said that when writing the other films they had to find a moment for both characters, which wasn’t necessarily organic.

Effects: Ford has a three-film deal that began with 2002’s Die Another Day. The Aston Martin DBS V12 will return in the film, and Ford GTs will also be used. Judi Dench also mentioned, “M learns to do a few more gadgets.” These include a glass wall in her office which can be made opaque if she requires privacy. The redesigned HQ has a touchscreen computer which keeps track of all their agents. Michael G. Wilson said of the gadgets that “we’ve just used realistic things within the world”. Wilson commented that the film might return to the traditionally styled gun barrel opening shot.

Music: David Arnold, who composed the scores for the previous four Bond films, will return for Quantum of Solace. When asked about the possibility of Amy Winehouse singing the theme song, Michael G. Wilson replied, “She could do a wonderful job. We’ll have to wait and see if she can do it.”

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