James Bond’s 24th big-screen adventure is about to get off the ground. Variety reports that the next Bond movie will begin shooting on December 6, beginning with a table read at Pinewood Studios in London.
The returning cast includes Daniel Craig, who has been playing 007 for eight years now; Ralph Fiennes, who has taken over the role of M from Judi Dench; Naomie Harris as field agent-turned-secretary Eve Moneypenny; Rory Kinnear as MI6 chief of staff Bill Tanner; and Ben Wishaw as Q, the agency’s weapon- and gadget-guru. Sam Mendes, who helmed the previous Bond film, 2012’s Skyfall, will make a welcome return to the director’s chair. The film is now reportedly on track for its projected release date of November 6, 2015.
All other details of Bond 24 are being kept under wraps, but dedicated Bond news website MI6 has been rounding up stray bits of gossip, casting, and production reports. As for the inevitable “Bond girls,” the producers have reportedly screen tested multiple Scandinavian actresses, including Norwegian star Synnove Macody Lund and Swedish dancer Isabel Edvardsson. MI6 reports that the production team has also scouted locations in Rome, the Austrian Alps, Morocco, and possibly India.
