Jamaica might suggest a take on TMWTGG + YOLT novels rather than Dr. No, given this section remains unfilmed - maybe some kind of amalgamation of Scaramanga and Bond in the swamp and The Castle of Death
Just to add to the Jamaica speculation, there’s a note on the GoldenEye Resort website which could easily be covering for planned filming:
“Between May 6th and December 19th, 2019, GoldenEye will be undergoing construction to certain areas on property to enhance the overall experience. Special reduced room rates, complimentary activities, and creative dining experiences are being offered during this period.”
Of course, it could all just be long planned improvements.
I sincerely hope they will not do this. Bond should not ever be depicted as a father. It would rob his whole allure and bring him down to earth too much.
I agree. But in the context of Eon possibly considering killing Craig’s Bond, maybe they see it as a compromise in the upping of the stakes market. Both are pretty daft if you ask me.
Actually, this reads more like them trying to keep premises open while renovating/redecorating everything, with the accompanying noise and smell of paint and whatnot. I would expect - if Eon was behind it - that they simply book everything and have the run of the place without nosey fans and paparazzi creeping all over the shooting.
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rewatched spectre tonight - struck me that the house looked very aged by the weather - also that the house looked similar to this one built in norway - and obviously Oberhauser paid a visit to Mr White - I think its definitely a “younger version” of this house - not sure if I need this kind of flashback in 007 but I guess its happening so I’m sure they’ll make it cool
If so, then i wonder why they can’t simply use the same house they used in SP.
If it is supposed to be the same house, then the original one in SP is must either unavailable, or they want to blow it up.
The latter would obviously mean the location is used in the present, as well as in a flashback.
To be honest, I like the idea (possibility) of this new cabin being one that Swann talks Bond into purchasing in Norway as a close facsimile to the memory of her old home. I just don’t see the production company spending the money and time for a short flashback sequence. Perhaps they mask (CGI) it for the dream sequence to look like the old home, but then use it as is for the modern sequence that includes being blown up?
I seem to recall They built the spectre house as well right? They would have had to dismantle it when they left - perfectly normal to build something somewhere else with a different subsidy from a different government to film in their country
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Actually there is a video from The Bond Experience where they visit the cabin that was used in the film.
Well they’re both definitely ‘house shape’ 
Nope, without a doubt the new one isn’t the one in Spectre.
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Lol yes, they are both very much house shaped. 
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What if it’s new AND the hut from Spectre? Cutting between Madeline’s house on the lake as a child, and the one she has with Bond now as someone above suggested. The second man from her childhood being the man targeting them in the present day.
Even in a rough climate (and if it’s meant to be the SPECTRE house, the climate isn’t that rough in Austria), a house like this can’t age that much in 15, maybe 20 years. It’s clearly not the same house, and not meant to be.
BTW, the original house in Austria is owned (but not run) by one Dietrich Mateschitz, head of Red Bull.
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By the way, in one of those pictures from today the trees have an amazing color that would look great on film. Hope that can be captured in some fashion for the film.
Those houses definitely do not match. That being said, the Bond franchise, Craig era included, really loves its continuity errors. I mean Quantum of Solace is supposed to take place an hour after Casino Royale and yet Bond is wearing a different suit in QoS as opposed to the one from the end of CR and the ending of CR takes place at Lake Como, whereas the opening of QoS is in Siena…6 hours away. I guess Bond could’ve driven that far with White in the trunk or without a door, but it seems to be quite a stretch. So I could see this being the same house even if they don’t match. I mean the logic isn’t as bad as Bond taking a train from Cairo to Sardinia or the Mustang entering the slim alley on 2 wheels and then coming out of it on the other 2 wheels.
I was thinking about this, I tend to remedy it by assuming Bond has been driving for much more than an hour (which isn’t stated in the film, so there is leeway) having stopped off somewhere for the night, where he got changed (maybe putting White in a cupboard) then continued on (where White’s guards, and the audience, caught up with him)
Mind you, that doesn’t deal with Craig’s hair being noticeably longer and, his physique being much leaner.
You are right Arbogast, it’s never mentioned in the film that it is supposed to be an hour later. The bigger issue is actually in QoS itself vs. the ending to CR: the chase in the PTS takes place at Lake Garda, not Lake Como. However…Lake Garda is also like 4-5 hours away from Siena, so that means Bond makes the entire drive from Lake Garda without a door and White in the trunk. Granted this isn’t anymore ridiculous than anything else in the Bond canon. More just that Spectre erm Quantum never sent more goons? Either way, it doesn’t hamper my viewing of the film. Marc Forster does that enough on his own.
Ok, fair point. I think, at the end of the day, the producers should just shut their mouths and not say anything. The whole idea of QoS starting an hour after CR came from Michael G. Wilson, I believe, or maybe Forster, I can’t remember exactly. But we saw these types of issues several times over the last few years, with the worst offenders being Star Trek Into Darkness and Spectre. Fans could guess things that were supposed to be spoilers absurdly easily, like Cumberbatch playing Khan and Oberhauser actually being Blofeld. I mean, come on, would you really call a film Spectre and not include the guy who runs SPECTRE?! The reveals then fell doubly flat because we all knew they were coming and the producers come off looking ridiculous. Abrams learned his lesson and then just refused to ever comment on The Force Awakens. Hopefully EON and Fukunaga can just remain tight-lipped and just let the film reveal itself.
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I’m having a deja vu! Didn’t we have a long, long debate about CR/QoS continuity in the old forum?
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