They had initially planned for about 60/80 digital vfx shots, but I knew this would go up in post-production. This, of course, is not exactly what happened. 'When I came in, the original idea was to do as much in-camera as possible. The results are so impressive that Casino Royale has been shortlisted for a VFX Oscar. To this purpose, they enlisted visual effects supervisor Steve Begg, a seasoned expert in miniature effects ( Batman Begins). The gamble has since paid off beyond expectation along with the controversial signing of Daniel Craig as 007, as Casino Royale has topped Die Another Day as the all-time franchise hit with more than $500 million worldwide.įor this origin story, director Martin Campbell wanted to limit the use of digital effects to an absolute minimum, bringing the franchise back to its hard edge, low-tech From Russia With Love days. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli embraced a more back to basics approach with Casino Royale (Columbia Pictures/MGM, Nov. Even though Die Another Day ended up being the highest grossing Bond movie ever, producers Michael G.

Way too much, according to most reviewers. This approach reached a high point with Die Another Day (2002), a movie that featured an invisible car, 007 surfing a tsunami, a high tech satellite and a destructive energy beam. However, when Pierce Brosnan took over as secret agent 007 in 1995, the saga progressively incorporated digital effects into its arsenal. For more than 30 years, the James Bond franchise almost exclusively relied on elaborate practical and miniature effects to shoot their most spectacular action sequences.

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