Bond 22 press conference and photocall confirmed for tomorrow at Pinewood Studios

MI6 has received confirmation that a press conference and photocall will be held for the 22nd James Bond film at Pinewood Studios in the UK tomorrow (Thursday 24th January 2008).

Media organisations from around the world will cover the Bond 22 event, which will include most of the principal cast including Daniel Craig and the new Bond girl Olga Kurylenko.

A satellite feed from Pinewood Studios will be broadcast to news agencies around the world. Last time around for "Casino Royale", BBC Online carried the stream live on their wesbite. Check your local news outlets for coverage starting at 16:55 GMT.

The feed is scheduled to run until 18:30, totalling over 90 minutes.

Stay tuned to MI6 for full coverage of the Bond 22 press conference.



Produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (Eon Productions), BOND 22 (title to be announced) is scheduled for release November 7th 2008 and will be directed by Marc Forster.

Principal photography started on January 2nd 2008 at Pinewood Studios and around the UK, and foreign locations including Italy, Panama, Austria and Bolivia. Paul Haggis completed the script based on a first draft screenplay developed by regular scribes Neal Purvis & Robert Wade.

The story will be a direct continuation of the events of Casino Royale. 007 will face off against villains Mathieu Amalric (Maurice Green), Anatole Taubman and Joaquin Cosío (General Medrano). Olga Kurylenko (Camille) and Gemma Arterton (MI6 Agent Fields) will play Bond Girls. Dame Judi Dench (M), Jeffrey Wright (Felix Leiter) and Giancarlo Giannini (Mathis) will reprise their roles as Bond's allies.

It is British actor Daniel Craig’s second outing as James Bond, following his debut film Casino Royale released November 16th 2006.

Thanks to `Pierce Daniel` for the alert.

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