BOND 23 (Location News)

• MORE BOND FOR SOUTH AFRICA

Bond 23 won't film in India after all. According to TheTimes of India, the production opted not to shoot a major railroad actionsequence there despite having received the requisite government permissions.

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"They wanted to shoot in the Sabarmati yard and hadasked to shoot on two gauges - broad gauge and meter gauge - and they wantedthese for seven-hour stretches every day for seven days in a row, and we'dagreed. All had been worked out," said Chandralekha Mukherjee, executivedirector, information and publicity, Indian Railways. "They also wanted toshoot between Mumbai and Goa on the hero train, and wanted a special shot wherea motorcycle from a bridge would jump on to a train, and the coach on whichhe'd jump needed to be re-enforced, and we agreed."

These sequences will reportedly be shot right here in SOUTHAFRICA now instead!!! Meaning that Bond will now be staying exceptionallylonger in our beautiful country than they originally had planned.

Meanwhile, 007 star Daniel Craig chatted with Showbiz 411last week, who reports, "Craig told me he starts the next James Bond movienext week, which means 'a lot of working out.'" Craig is said to haveadded that he didn't know whether the deal was sealed yet to have singer Adeleperform the main theme.

Finally, Bond23.net claims that veteran editor Stuart Baird,who edited Casino Royale, may be aboard to direct the next Bond film as well.