James Bond fansite CommanderBond.net has outlined some new details that were revealed from a couple of news sources in regards to James Bond 22, the follow-up to the hit Bond reboot Casino Royale.
First up is a small interview snippet translated from the Italian newspaper Il Giornale in which Giancarlo Giannini who played the double-crossing Rene Mathis in Casino Royale said that he will be back in the next film and will “be an ally of Daniel Craig’s James Bond. He will be using his double agent status to assist Bond in reaching the top of the mysterious organization that was behind Le Chiffre and Mr. White.”
The second update is a bit more informative with screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade taken from The Trades.
This bit is in regards to the absence of Q and Miss Moneypenny, both of which we shouldn’t expect in the follow-up:
Some people think they should be there and some people know that they shouldn’t be there. With the way Casino Royale ends, you know there’s still unfinished business for Bond. He may say, “The name’s Bond, James Bond,†but there’s still a lot of stuff churning up inside him. So, if you’re going to explore that, and we’ve got this great actor to do that with, what you don’t want to do is suddenly clamp it down with all these familiar elements that keep your focus off him. He’s the great asset.
…‘Q presents more problems. People have all got gadgets now. Other films have lots of gadgets as well… The idea of Q coming back, for the moment, it’s just not a high priority.’
The rumors to the next film being based on Bond-creator Ian Fleming’s short story “Risico” were also squased when Wade says, “That’s not the case.” However, the idea that the baddie in the film will be Vesper Lynd’s off-screen Algerian boyfriend in Casino Royale was greeted with a ‘I can’t comment.’ That’s a “Yes” if I ever read one.
The final bit of the article gives quotes that the hope is to start shooting at the beginning of next year, and it seems they are taking the success of Casino Royale seriously and want to make sure to keep the bar raised. You can check out both articles by clicking here and here.
