Producers release 1st picture of next Bond film

Producers of James Bond films have released the first picture of the new movie in the series.

 

In the picture, actor Daniel Craig is shown wielding a gun and sporting stubble in the first official image from the film Skyfall.

According to the film’s official website, it is taken from a scene set in Shanghai.

Sam Mendes is currently directing the film, which will see Craig play Ian Fleming’s 007 for the third time.

The release of the image follows news of a fire last week at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, where the 23rd Bond movie is being filmed.

The blaze on 27 January began in a catering lorry being used to feed Skyfall’s cast and crew.

According to local fire crews, it then spread to the roof of an adjacent studio building before being brought under control.

A spokesman for Pinewood Studios told the BBC filming was not taking place at the time, and the Bond production was not affected.

In 2006 a fire destroyed Pinewood’s large James Bond stage, not long after filming on Casino Royale had completed.

Its release comes 50 years after that of the first James Bond film, Dr No, in 1962.—Bbc