First official look at 'Bond 25' as filming hits London
007 has arrived in London, and we now have our first official shot from Bond 25.
It finds Daniel Craig's veteran secret agent in an impossibly sharp suit striding down Whitehall, with a classic Aston Martin V8 at his heels.
After pretty secretive shoots in Norway and then Jamaica, we now have a glut of on-set material via the official James Bond Twitter.
007 star Daniel Craig, director Cary Fukunaga and the #Bond25 crew were out in the sunshine today shooting across a number of London locations, including Whitehall, where Daniel filmed a scene with a classic @astonmartin V8, first seen in a Bond film in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS. pic.twitter.com/rhs13nNeyW
— James Bond (@007) June 30, 2019
There's a shot of Craig with the Household Cavalry, and some additional pomp going on down what looks like the Mall yesterday.
Daniel Craig meets the Household Cavalry (@HCav1660) @ArmyInLondon. #Bond25 pic.twitter.com/pXnpr7OwWE
— James Bond (@007) June 30, 2019
#Bond25 on location in London. pic.twitter.com/P0C7UoVQjf
— James Bond (@007) June 30, 2019
Then he's seen pulling up to the curb in the V8, as London traffic flows past on Whitehall.
Daniel Craig and the @astonmartin V8 on location for #Bond25 pic.twitter.com/cPgfMSlUYm
— James Bond (@007) June 30, 2019
Producers also shared some brief video footage last week too, with Craig in a Land Rover and taking in some of the Jamaican nightclubbing, as well as a glimpse of Jeffrey Wright's Felix Leiter, thought to be key to the plot of the movie, and Lashana Lynch, who plays Nomi.
On set with #Bond25: Jamaica.
Check out director Cary Fukunaga, Daniel Craig (James Bond #007), @jfreewright (Felix Leiter) and @LashanaLynch (Nomi) in this behind the scenes look at our recent Caribbean filming. Watch the full video at https://t.co/1JH3zpzGuv pic.twitter.com/cIo5iMzVoN— James Bond (@007) June 25, 2019
It all paints a picture of a shoot going swimmingly, but the reality has been rather far from that.
There have been not a few issues since principle photography on the so-far untitled movie began at the end of April (and before that, if we're counting Cary Fukunaga replacing Danny Boyle as director).
Read more: The troubled timeline of Bond 25
Craig sustained an ankle injury while filming in Port Antonio, Jamaica, and was jetted back to the US for surgery, holding up filming for several weeks.
Then back at Pinewood Studios, a controlled explosion on set injured a crew-member, further interrupting production.
This all followed reports that the movie's script is being constantly re-written as the movie films, with the likes of Craig, Fukunaga and Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge all having input on Neal Purvis and Robert Wade's
Still, it's said that the slated release date remains unaffected by the various delays.
Also starring Rami Malek, Lea Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Ben Whishaw, and Ana de Armas.