007 makes his return hunting down a mysterious organisation that is somehow linked to his past in Spectre. The very first trailer has just confirmed some of our many speculative suspicions. The first trailer has now been released and our preview of it is below. What we’ve drawn from the trailer may be wrong but it may also turn out to be a minor spoiler for the film so be warned.
The opening shot shows the rubble of the MI6 headquarters that Javier Bardem’s Silva destroyed back in 2012’s Skyfall. This shows that the events of the previous film are having a lasting effect and that MI6 is still in turmoil from the disaster that M (Judi Dench) left. The rumour is that the head of MI5 (Andrew Scott) is merging the two but this may be Spectre’s ploy to infiltrate MI6. Bond is then seen in possession of some mysterious documents. Look closely and you’ll see it shows that following his parents death, James’ guardians were in fact the Oberhauser family, one of whom is Christoph Waltz’ character – making him a childhood friend of James’. The burnt out face on the photograph is almost certainly him.
Bond is then seen sailing towards the a mountainous chalet. Following shots of the new Bond girl and new sleeker Aston Martin, we discover this is the dishevelled residence of the equally decrepit Mr White (a recurring villain in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace and a lead kingpin of Quantum, what we suspect to be the sister organisation of Spectre).
Finally there’s a glimpse at Spectre’s shadowy meeting room, featuring their twenty one key chiefs and Hans Oberhauser himself. Rumours keep on persisting about this character in fact being the infamous Ernst Stravo Blofeld, the most iconic villain of all of Bond’s history. Honestly, we hope this isn’t true as it’d be even more obvious than the disappointing Moneypenny reveal in Skyfall. The very final (gun)shot, we reckon, is almost identical to the cracked car windscreen glass from the finale of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. There are a couple of disappointing omissions from the trailer such as Q, M and the new henchman Mr Hinx but overall it’s a massively exciting teaser.
Sam Mendes (Road to Perdition, Revolutionary Road, American Beauty) directs the ensemble of Daniel Craig (Layer Cake, Munich), Monica Bellucci (Irreversible, The Matrix), Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Schindler’s List), Lea Seydoux (Blue is the Warmest Colour, Midnight in Paris), Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy, Riddick), Naomie Harris (28 Days Later, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom), Ben Whishaw (Cloud Atlas, Paddington), Andrew Scott (Sherlock, Pride), Rory Kinnear (The Imitation Game, Southcliffe), Jesper Christensen (Melancholia, The Young Victoria) and Christoph Waltz (Inglorious, Django Unchained).
Spectre – October 23rd
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