Ford Pays $35m for the Ka To Make An Appearance In 'Quantum of Solace'
While 007 fans have known for quite some time that the Aston Martin DBS will be back once again for Quantum of Solace, details have now emerged on a somewhat less ‘bondian’ car that will be making an appearance as well.
Ecorazzi reports that James Bond will be seen driving an entry-level three-door hatchback Ford Ka.
‘When the Ka arrived on set everyone thought it was a wind-up,’ a source from the Bond set told the News Of The World. ‘Bond is famous for his high-powered flash motors. It’s
Curse of Bond strikes again as 'jinxed' film's technician is knifed
The curse of 007 has struck again after a technician working on the latest Bond movie was stabbed with a steak knife in a domestic dispute.
The 58-year-old man, who was working on Daniel Craig's second Bond film, Quantum Of Solace, was found lying unconscious in a pool of blood yesterday morning after a night out.
Police said he had been attacked by a woman in the bedroom of her house in Dornbirn, Austria.
He is believed to have wrestled the knife from her and staggered into the street.
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On the James Bond set
‘Quantum of Solace‘ filming began in January and has taken the crew from Britain to Panama to this moonlike landscape in northern Chile, which is standing in for Bolivia.
It’s a place that director Marc Forster said evokes Bond’s “isolation and loneliness.”
“He is an assassin, he is a secret agent, and that reflects a certain lifestyle, which is lonely,” said Forster.
Indeed, the big news on the set is that one of the two Bond girls, Olga Kurylenko, doesn’t get in even a single ki
Daniel Craig Reportedly Insured For Nearly $10 Million
Daniel Craig is reportedly being insured for as much as $10 million dollars for his work on the 22nd James Bond film.
In an article posted at Showbiz Spy, a Quantum of Solace insider states that the producers are taking no chances when it comes to stunt and action-filled production.
The insider said: ‘It’s fair to say that with this movie, Daniel’s insurance premiums have gone through the roof. I can’t say for sure how much but there has been talk of him being insured for at least a few millio
Video: Daniel Craig talks about new 007 movie on the Today Show
Daniel Craig talks about new 007 movie on the Today Show 5/5/2008.
Quantum leap: Daredevil Daniel Craig's performs amazing 007 bus-chase stunt
When the going gets tough, Daniel Craig gets going.
The 007 actor could be seen performing his own stunts as filming of the new James Bond movie, The Quantum Of Solace, moved to Italy.
Craig, who turned 40 last month, was in the thick of the action as he shot a bus-chase scene in Siena that had him sprinting and diving across the rooftops.
Daniel Craig would only do gay Bond scene if it guaranteed him an Oscar
Daniel Craig would only do a gay scene in the new James Bond movie if he was guaranteed an Oscar, says his 'Layer Cake' co-star.
Tamer Hassan - who appeared alongside Daniel in Matthew Vaughn's 2004 British gangster film - believes Daniel would get frisky with another man in upcoming 007 adventure 'Quantum of Solace' if it fulfilled his Academy Award dream.
He told BANG Showbiz: "That's Daniel dying for an Oscar. Ever since 'Brokeback Mountain' everyone wants to have a gay scene to win an Oscar.
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007 Daniel Craig shaken and stirred by mad mayor's protest in Chile
Daniel Craig was shaken and stirred when an intruder sped past a police cordon to confront him as he filmed the new Bond movie.
Craig, 40, was shooting a scene with co-star Olga Kurylenko, 28, when the real-life drama unfolded.
Carlos Lopez, the town mayor, sent two police officers flying as he drove past them in his Honda Accord and onto the set of Quantum of Solace.
The mayor, who is leading a protest against the movie, was arrested and charged with trespassing and public disorder.
James Bond's Aston Martin Looks Like 'Giant, Black, Wet Sock'
A stunt man working on the latest James Bond movie accidentally drove the secret agent's prized automobile into an Italian lake Sunday.
The Aston Martin DBS was totaled at dawn during heavy rain alongside northern Italy's Lake Garda, with the car plowing off the road and plunging about 30 feet to the water's surface.
"The car skidded, broke through the guard rail and ended up in the water. It floated almost a minute and then went straight down," a local barman told reporters.
The car, valued at $
James Bond: Daniel Craig's pain game
Daniel Craig is certainly suffering for his art with the celebrated actor doing many of his own stunts for the new Bond film, Quantum of Solace.
Craig has spent the past few weeks filming the highly anticipated Bond film in remote Paranal in Chile's copper mining heartland, and with Quantum of Solace promising twice as much action as Casino Royale, there have been plenty of opportunities for injury.
"I'm bruised up from the fight scenes, but that's part of the deal," Craig said in a recent interview
Gemma Arterton in the first pictures from the new 007 movie
School's out for fresh-faced St Trinian's star Gemma Arterton and already she's graduated to the Hollywood big league.
The 22-year-old actress, who played unruly head girl Kelly in last year's remake, is now starring as James Bond's right hand woman in the highly anticipated movie The Quantum Of Solace.
Zara Adams: The First Muslim Bond Girl?
MEET the gorgeous model and actress who is hoping to be the first ever Muslim Bond girl.
Zara Adams is auditioning for a part in Quantum of Solace this month – hoping to make a little bit of 007 history.
And in an exclusive interview, she told The Sun: "The casting agent and the producers liked my pictures and other work and have invited me for audition.
"I don't know too much about the part at the moment, but it is a good character role as one of the Bond girls with about 15-20 minutes of scr
Is it love actually again for Jemima? Third night on the town with Hugh in just 3 days
They have kept us guessing for months but it looks as though Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan are officially an item again.
The pair shared their third date in just three days at Scotts restaurant last night. And they were still making great efforts not to be seen together, leaving at the end of the evening in separate cars.
Last night they arrived at Scotts, with Jemima, 34, driving her date to the Mayfair restaurant in her Smart car.
Grant, Zhang get 'Lost for Words'
Hugh Grant and Ziyi Zhang will star in "Lost for Words," a comedy that Susanne Bier will direct for Universal Pictures in September.
Working Title partners Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce with Jonathan Cavendish.
Grant is in discussions to play a British film star approached to topline a pic by a Chinese femme filmmaker. He falls for the charms of the helmer's flirtatious translator, but soon sees the object of his true affection is the director (Zhang). Unfortunately, his translator is the on
Exclusive: The Defiance Teaser Poster
ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at the new teaser poster for Defiance, the December 12 drama directed by Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai) and starring Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Allan Corduner and Mark Feuerstein.
The film is set in WWII Russia, where Jewish refugees band together into a brigade that hides in the forest, ambushes Germans and survives until war's end, eventually 1200 strong.
Video: New Quantum of Solace featurette
Sony has released a new behind-the-scenes clip from Quantum of Solace, the 22nd Bond film, which you can see below.
As you'd expect, it's not exactly loose-lipped with plot details, but we do get a couple of small details. The clip is primarily concerned with showing off the glamorous new locations of this movie – and they do look stunning – but producer Michael G. Wilson drops in that they're filming an old-fashioned aerial dog fight and we see both the new Bond girls (Gemma Arterton and Olga Kuryle
Quantum of Solace to be released week early
Quantum of Solace, the next James Bond film, is to be released earlier than expected - on 31 October - its producers have announced.
The 22nd film in the series, and Daniel Craig's second outing as 007, had been due for release on 7 November.
The title of the film, which follows on from 2006's Casino Royale, is taken from a short story published by Bond creator Ian Fleming in 1960.
Filming has already taken place in Panama and the United States.
The main film shoot, with Marc Forster directi
Daniel Craig is UK's best dressed, says men's mag
James Bond actor Daniel Craig was named 'Britain's Best Dressed Man' for the second consecutive year by men's magazine GQ.
The first blond Bond was joined in the top 10 by fellow Hollywood stars Daniel Day Lewis, James McAvoy and Jude Law.
But there was bad news for future king Prince William, who was named Britain's sixteenth worst dressed man, a list topped for the second consecutive year by comedian Russell Brand.
But three other British princes made it into the best dressed list. William's brot
Photographs: 'Quantum of Solace' In Carrara
While the principal cast and crew on Quantum of Solace have been working in Austria for the majority of May so far, the second unit continues on the action-packed sequence in Siena, Italy.
A set of nine new photographs posted at KataWeb show Daniel Craig's Aston Martin DBS put to work during the car chase currently being filmed at the quarries at Carrara.
In related news, filming preparations continue at Siena’s Piazza del Campo as the Bond crew is expected to arrive very soon.
Filming at this lo
Naked Craig is Flash happy
Daniel Craig has no problem with getting his kit off for movies.
The Bond star is seen in bed with two women in the opening scene of his new movie, Flashbacks of a Fool.
And female fans will get to see plenty of the muscle Daniel has put on for his 007 role.
Video: Quantum of Solace Widget Now Live!
Sony Pictures has developed a viral feature for Quantum of Solace - the embeddable "Bond Blog" widget.
The widget's video player automatically updates with a weekly blog for the next 5-6 months leading up to release on November 7, bringing Bond content straight to your personal profile page, friend's page, or blogsite.
It also has other Bond content like videos, photos, links - acting as a mini portable Bond site.
Video: New Quantum of Solace Behind-The-Scenes Video
Yahoo! Movies has just posted a new behind-the-scenes clip from Quantum of Solace, which hits theaters on November 7.
Betrayed by Vesper (Eva Green), the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M (Judi Dench) interrogate Mr White (Jesper Christensen) who reveals the organisation which blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.
Forensic intelligence links an Mi6 traitor to a ba
New Quantum Of Solace Pics
IGN has a large number of new images from Quantum of Solace. You can take a look at the gallery here. There's nothing here that will reveal anything of particular note from the plot, although we can deduce that at some point Bond and new squeeze Olga Kurylenko will be stranded in the desert.
Hugh Grant drinks and drives
For most A-list stars, a pre-dinner drink might be a glass of vintage bubbly or maybe an exotic cocktail.
But for Hugh Grant it appears that a simple can of Carlsberg is a perfectly adequate appetiser.
The Four Weddings And A Funeral star was spotted leaving a restaurant with his on-off girlfriend Jemima Khan in his car – with an opened can of the lager in the cupholder between the two front seats.
Gwyneth Paltrow Records PSA to Prevent the Spread of HIV
Gwyneth Paltrow has filmed a public service announcement for UNICEF to help raise money to prevent children being born with the HIV virus.
Paltrow's video clip was launched online Wednesday.
The actress agreed to take part in the PSA after being approached by pal Jemima Khan – ex-girlfriend of Hugh Grant – who is urging world leaders to honor their 2007 pledge for AIDS funding that would allow all pregnant women with HIV to receive treatment and care to ensure that their babies are born free from
