Locations - suggestions, rumours and reports
Number24
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I wonder what locations Bond25 will have outside Turkey, Italy and the Alps? Only joking - I hope? 
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Here are my first suggestions, and it's not where you think it is :v
Ronda, Spain. It reminds me of Constantine, Algeria, but the movie infrastructure and safety is probably better.
Cape Town, South Africa:
Antanarivo, Madagascar
)Here are my first suggestions, and it's not where you think it is :v
Ronda, Spain. It reminds me of Constantine, Algeria, but the movie infrastructure and safety is probably better.
Cape Town, South Africa:
Antanarivo, Madagascar
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You are right, South Africa has so much potential. I have an idea for a tv series based in the immediate aftermath of the fall of apartheid. Its a really interesting period where you had members of the armed wing of the ANC (who had been trained by the KGB) suddenly become ministers in the new government. Massive corruption, scandal and social change all ripe for drama!
Never read it or heard the plot, so I can't say.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
Either could be terrific. I particularly like the idea of Australia. Both could lend themselves to a post colonial narrative.
Or Italy!
Just kidding. Australia is the big one, since it's a part of the world he has never visited. I could definitely be on board for Africa too. He has only north Africa, and there is so much else on that continent, with many very different countries. I don't count Madagascar in CR because it's obvious they didn't go anywhere near Africa.
Constantine in Algerie is pefect for Bond :007)
I don't think those techniques worked particularly well in Skyfall. It was very obvious that Bond never went to China. For such a grand location such as what is pictured above, that can't be faked.
No more plane shiz for at least three movies, please, I beg of you
At their current rate of progress, that'll be in about twenty years.
Yes, that film was a miserable failure.
Seriously though, it probably really cranks up the budget more when there are multiple remote locations (like SPECTRE).
The reality is, we have no idea that there is even any move toward a lower budget for Bond 25.
I'm a fan of the DN, TB and YOLT approach: one prominent remote location. The films don't need multiple remote locations, so that will cut down on the costs to just have one rather than have many and fake some of them. The Bond films are not television. If they say they are in a location, they should film there or somewhere else very similar to it so it looks like we're really there. The Bond films have always been known for breathtaking locations, and those can't be faked. Hotel rooms and offices can.
This is true. And it's understandable why they haven't filmed in some places that might be dangerous or untrustworthy. But I can't understand why Casino Royale took place in "Montenegro". Why couldn't they just call it what it really was, Prague? They were filming in such a beautiful city and couldn't even take advantage of it because they wanted it to be something it wasn't for no reason.
You do know Montenegro is a real country, Matt S?
Yes, and I also know that Prague is not a city in it.
Sounding more exotic doesn't mean a thing if it doesn't look more exotic. And I've never heard anyone describe Prague as anything less than one of the most beautiful cities in Europe.
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We're going to play a high-stakes, winner-take-all poker game for $100 million in Montenegro.
Sure, Montenegro sounds more exciting ... for one second. Then Bond gets there and they have to hide Prague's beauty because it is "Montenegro".
And a lovely city it is, but I had to ask since you put Montenegro in "these". ?:)
I put it in quotes because Bond is not in Montenegro.