Prior rumors that the next and 22nd installment in the James Bond franchise would be entitled 007 were way off, as today it’s been announced by the film’s producers that the official title is Quantum of Solace. The title is taken from a short story of the same name by Bond creator Ian Fleming. Said story is contained in the Fleming collection For Your Eyes Only, though the film’s plot has no direct connection to it, sans Bond of course. At the conference, Daniel Craig gave his impression of the title, saying it communicated Bond’s shattered emotions from Casino Royale…
“Ian Fleming had written about relationships,” Craig tells the BBC. “When they go wrong, when there’s nothing left, when the spark has gone, when the fire’s gone out, there’s no quantum of solace.”
If it had a beat, you could dance to that quote. More Craig…
“And at the end of the last movie, Bond has the love of his life [Eva Green's Vesper Lynd] taken away from him and he never got that quantum of solace. So he’s looking for revenge, you know, to make himself happy with the world again. But it, the title, also alludes to something else in the film,” he added.”
Other details revealed: The exotic Olga Kurylenko, who plays the new Bond girl Camille, says she’s done weapons training but hasn’t started filming her scenes. She adds that her character is “is a fighter, this girl is going to kick ass. She’s on her own mission, and she’s driven by revenge.” On the other hand, actress Gemma Arterton says she’s filmed several scenes for her role of MI6’s Agent Fields, including a sex scene with Craig, calling her character “fresh and young and not a femme fatale.” And it seems the elder bird will have boosted screen time as well, with Dame Judi Dench saying her role is bigger this go around, “brilliant,” and filled with “prickly” relations with a maturing Bond.
Quantum of Solace will start one hour after the last events of Casino Royale according to co-producer Michael Wilson, with another producer adding that while there are no flashbacks in the film, Vesper Lynde will be “on [Bond's] mind.”
Any opinions on the title? I found it to be a little space-age, but it’s growing on me and has a cosmopolitan quality that fits an even classier, worldlier Bond. Almost forgot: He’ll be traveling to Austria, South America and Italy in the film, soaking in the sights, but seeking revenge, always. Quantum of Solace will hit theaters on November 7th of this year.
January 24th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Quantum of what???
January 24th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Quantum of Solace, I don’t think a lot of people are going to get it. But it is growing on me. Thats interesting how they are continuing right after the final scene from Casino Royale. Best of luck to Craig & Co. on this movie.
January 24th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Meh…I’d rather have Octopussy 2 frankly.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
I rather like the title.
January 24th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
I think a title that requires 75% of the Bond film-loving public to reach for a dictionary is probably a mistake.
January 24th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
A gamble, but nonetheless a very classy title. Evokes silvery hues, like the Casino Royale pallete. It ties in rather well with Forster’s into-Bond’s-world take. But casual film goers might be turned off or be unaware that this is a 007 film. Hopefully, the glow of CR will rub off on this one too.
January 25th, 2008 at 5:45 am
first time i heard the title i couldn’t remember it thirty seconds later, only that i thought it sucked. but it’s already grown on me, hell, it’s better than most of the 20 pre-craig titles (moonraker and thunderball at least)
good to see arterton actually has something to do, i thought she might have just been a background character that was hyped up because people thought she was THE bond girl.
just PLEASE let them have a better title theme this time around…the amount of talented uk bands out there that would kill to do the title theme for a bond movie! if they really wanted to go for gold (with me anyway) an alicia keys theme would be bananas
January 25th, 2008 at 9:19 am
It will most likely be a hit.
Here are some screen shots from the movie: http://rapidshare.com/files/86530405/j360.rar