Daniel Craig speaks onstage during The New Yorker Festival 2016 - Daniel Craig Talks With Nicholas Schmidle at MasterCard Stage at SVA Theatre on October 7, 2016 in New York City. (Photo : Getty Images for The New Yorker/Ilya S. Savenok)
The next James Bond movie will likely shoot in Croatia in the second half of this year. The news suddenly popped up as the upcoming film is still in a grey area with very little information and no known title, director, star or release date.
The producer of the Bond series films, EON Productions was reportedly eyeing Croatia in 2016 as a filming site for the 25th Bond film. After a year, Dubrovnik City mayor Andro Vlahusic has confirmed negotiations with Bond producers.
"James Bond is in an advanced stage of negotiations," 007 fansite M16 quoted Vlahusic telling the local media at a press conference on Feb. 18, Saturday. The event was about the filming of "Robin Hood" in the city.
Croatia is a famous location for Hollywood with upcoming films like "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" and "Robin Hood: Origins." If pushed through, it would not be the first time for a Bond project to shoot in the country. The town of Rovinj was the setting for Heineken's "Spectre" television commercial though Daniel Craig performed on a green screen.
Sam Mendes, the director of "Skyfall" and "Spectre" will not make the next Bond movie. "Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan is said to be qualified for the job but there are no confirmations yet. The star of the film is likewise not known since there are speculations that Craig is done with the franchise.
However, Craig's co-star Naomie Harris who played Miss Moneypenny in the last two Bond films believes he will still portray 007. She thinks the Bond production has not moved on from Craig.
"I think there's a very good chance that Daniel will come back," Harris told BBC. "I think it's way too early to be thinking about other people at this stage."
The Oscar-nominated "Moonlight" actress said that after being awarded by Queen Elizabeth as an Order of the British Empire at Buckingham Palace on Feb. 23, Thursday. She pointed that "Skyfall" and "Spectre" were the highest-grossing Bond films of all time. She added that they, the cast members as well as producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli also want Craig back.
Watch Craig in the following "Spectre" trailer:
