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BOND 25 composer announced

Dan Romer has been announced as the composer for BOND 25*. The news was broken by US film industry and review website IndieWire, and later confirmed by the American music producer, singer-songwriter, and film composer on Twitter.

Romer has already provided the scores for BOND 25 director Cary Fukunaga’s Netflix series Maniac, and his 2015 film Beasts of No Nation.

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*Romer later left the project due to creative differences.

On set with BOND 25: London filming

007 star Daniel Craig, director Cary Fukunaga and the BOND 25 crew were out and about in the sunshine today shooting across a number of central London locations, including Whitehall, where Daniel filmed a scene with a classic Aston Martin V8, first seen in The Living Daylights (1987). The first official images of Daniel Craig as James Bond are released amid rumours that Grace Jones who was supposed to have a cameo role in BOND 25, walked off the set only moments after arriving.

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On set with BOND 25: Jamaica

HRH The Prince of Wales visits BOND 25 set & 007's new car confirmed as Aston Martin Valhalla

HRH The Prince of Wales visited Pinewood Studios today, where he enjoyed a tour of the BOND 25 sets with producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.

The Prince was introduced to cast Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Lashana Lynch and director Cary Joji Fukunaga. On display were two Aston Martins, the DB5 stunt car and the V8, that will feature in the film. Aston Martin have also confirmed that Bond's new car with be the Valhalla.
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BOND 25 UPDATE

During the filming of a controlled explosion on the set of BOND 25 today at Pinewood Studios, damage was caused to the exterior of the ‘007 Stage’.

There were no injuries on set, however one crew member outside the stage has sustained a minor injury.

Conceived in 1976 by production designer Ken Adam to house the set he had designed for the interior of the Liparus supertanker in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), the original ‘007 Stage’ was later destroyed by a fire in 1985. Rebuilt and reopened in January 1985, with the new name ‘Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage’, in time for the filming of A View To A Kill (1985). Another fire occurred on 30 July 2006 after the production of Casino Royale.

BOND 25 UPDATE

BOND 25 production today announced Daniel Craig will be undergoing minor ankle surgery resulting from an injury sustained during filming in Jamaica. Production will continue whilst Craig is rehabilitating for two weeks post-surgery. The film remains on track for the same release date in April 2020.

Principal photography for BOND 25 begins in Jamaica

The first day of principal photography for BOND 25 took place on Sunday April 28, 2019 - three days after the cast assembled at Ian Fleming's Jamaican home ‘Goldeneye’ to announce the start of production on the 25th official James Bond film. Daniel Craig was reunited with Jeffrey Wright who is playing CIA Agent Felix Leiter for the third time in BOND 25.

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BOND 25 UPDATE
Cast announced at a media event held at ‘Goldeneye’ in Jamaica

Filming on BOND 25 begins in Norway

After months of press speculation and rumours surrounding the production of the as yet untitled 25th James Bond film, it would appear that filming has finally begun in Nittedal, 20-miles north of Oslo in Norway. The scene involved a masked gunman chasing a blonde young girl across an ice lake. The situation described in the shooting script as: “A child shoots an intruder. She is chased by a 2nd intruder and runs onto a frozen lake.” The scenes very likely forms part of a flashback for Madeleine Swann's character, who described this story to Bond as they make their way by train to Blofeld's desert hideout in Spectre (2015). Although director Cary Fukunaga nor any principal players were present at the location, the action is the first concrete evidence that filming on BOND 25 has begun in earnest. With major casting still to be announced one can only speculate as to who the masked gunman is, although the girl clearly represents a young Madeleine Swann who will be played in BOND 25 by Léa Seydoux.

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BOND 25 UPDATE

The US release date for BOND 25 has changed. Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli: “We are absolutely thrilled to be releasing BOND 25 on 8 April 2020.”

Universal Pictures International and Metro Goldwyn Mayer will release the film in the UK and internationally from April 3, 2020.

BOND 25 ANNOUNCEMENT

Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli and Daniel Craig announced today that BOND 25 will begin filming at Pinewood Studios on 4 March 2019 under the helm of director, Cary Joji Fukunaga with a worldwide release date of 14 February 2020. “We are delighted to be working with Cary. His versatility and innovation make him an excellent choice for our next James Bond adventure,” said Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.

BOND 25 ANNOUNCEMENT

Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli and Daniel Craig today announced that due to creative differences Danny Boyle has decided to no longer direct BOND 25.

BOND 25 ANNOUNCEMENT

Production on BOND 25 will begin in December with Danny Boyle directing Daniel Craig’s 5th outing as Bond. EON Productions and Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios (MGM) have reached an agreement with Universal Pictures to partner on the worldwide release of the 25th James Bond film.

Daniel Craig returns as 007 and Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Steve Jobs) will direct from an original screenplay by Academy Award nominee John Hodge (Trainspotting) with production set to begin on 3 December 2018. Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures will release the film theatrically in the US on 8 November 2019 through its new joint venture for domestic theatrical distribution with Annapurna Pictures, and Universal Pictures will release internationally commencing with the traditional earlier release in the UK on 25 October 2019.

Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli commented, “We are delighted to announce that the exceptionally talented Danny Boyle will be directing Daniel Craig in his fifth outing as James Bond in the 25th instalment of the franchise. We will begin shooting BOND 25 at Pinewood Studios in December with our partners at MGM and thrilled that Universal Pictures will be our international distributor.”

“Under the leadership of Michael and Barbara, we couldn’t be more thrilled than to bring the next 007 adventure to the big screen uniting the incomparable Daniel Craig with the extraordinary vision of Danny Boyle,” said MGM’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, Kevin Ulrich. MGM’s President, Motion Picture Group Jonathan Glickman added, “It has been 16 years since Die Another Day was distributed by MGM and it’s incredibly gratifying to be releasing this film alongside the powerhouse team at Universal.”

“Universal is extremely proud to collaborate with Michael, Barbara and MGM on the international marketing and distribution of BOND 25,” said Chairman of Universal Pictures Donna Langley. “The unparalleled combination of Danny’s innovative filmmaking and Daniel’s embodiment of 007 ensured we simply had to be partners in the next chapter of this iconic series.”