Daniel Craig James Bond London Olympics Stunt Filming Begins For Danny Boyle

Many scoffed at the thought that James Bond would be making a big appearance at the2012 London Olympics, but Daniel Craig‘s 007 will be making a big splashy entrance at the Games next month plus footage of the helicopter stunt for Danny Boyle’s ‘The Arrival‘ hits.

This weekend Londoners were treated to a low flying helicopter stunt through London bridge for Danny Boyle’s ‘The Arrival‘ film which is being shot for the 2012 Olympics next month. Daniel Craig will be making a big James Bond ‘Skyfall‘ entrace by arriving on a helicopter rope ladder with his theme song playing loudly. It was leaked in April that 007 would be making an appearance at the Olympics and Queen Elizabeth would be making her own big screen debut which caused many to roll their eyes at what sounded absurd. Naturally, when you’re dealing with a filmmaker like Danny Boyle, and the latest James Bond movie ‘Skyfall’ is being promoted, this doesn’t sound so crazy after all. The filming over the weekend proved the naysayers wrong as Craig was flown in the helicopter shooting it flying down the Thames and through Tower Bridge before heading to Olympic Park in East London.

Before Bond makes his entrance, Boyle’s ‘The Arrival’ will show him at Buckingham Palace being given his next mission which is to launch the Olympics. Boyle was given unprecedented access to the Queen’s private rooms to make the film back in March, but the Palace has kept details under tight wraps as expected. It’s been rumored that the Queen will make a cameo which has become more of a reality since that would definitely push the opening of the Games well over the top to match Craig’s entrance.

“Daniel Craig is determined to open the ceremony with a bang and he and the BBC producers have pulled out all the stops. The world will be watching and they are happy to go to any length to make sure the stunts are as thrilling as possible. Not only are they giving us Bond, Britain’s most iconic character, but they’re giving us suspense and drama with the helicopters and the Bond theme tune. It will be unmissable,” a source has told the London papers.

That truly would make for a memorable opening Games Ceremony.

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‘Falling Skies’ Season Two All About Fighting Back

Last year’s surprise summer hit ‘Falling Skies‘ is finally back, and naturally, the action is bigger than ever along with some new characters, including Brandon Jay McLaren who provides some love interest for Lourdes (Sychelle Gabriel).

When I first saw ‘Falling Skies‘ last season, I wasn’t expecting much. I think it was more because I’d gotten used to Noah Wylie playing that action-geek librarian so much so hearing that he’d be playing a hero type leader in a sci-fi action series just sounded odd. So I don’t know if it was just lowered expectations or what, but I really got hooked on the show. You can definitely tell that Steven Spielberghas a hand in it as those aliens have quite the familiar look from his ‘War Of the Worlds‘, but this show is way more interesting. Plus Noah Wylie is actually more believable in this role than Tom Cruise was. (naturally his couch bouncing at the time made it harder to watch him play this type of role).

Fans of the show, and even those that still aren’t purely sold on it will have a pleasant surprise with the first four episodes of this season. The great ending for last season had Tom Mason (Wylie) getting onboard the spaceship with Karen (Jessy Schram) against his better judgement leaving us wondering where in the world would this show go from there. The Season Two premiere, ‘Worlds Apart‘, kicks off three months later with the 2nd Mass, weary and ragged but still kicking alien butt. Tom’s son Ben (Jessup Connor) will definitely have the spotlight on him as he’s gone from last years walking zombie to action hero style and he takes a lot of aggression out on those aliens. If you recall, he was once taken by them and given that special back clamp to phone home.

Captain Weaver (Will Patton) is still the Alpha Male in charge, and then one night, Tom comes back only to get shot. Just like in ‘The Walking Dead’, the 2nd Mass’ safe haven of the school is history, and they’re forced to be constantly on the move, but they’re getting more pissed than angry and fighting back hard. The aliens aren’t always the brightest, but they adjust which always forces the team to reconfigure and then someone else gets a chance to take over and be Alpha Dog until Weaver goes crazy again like last season.

While Mason is recovering, we begin to learn some of what the aliens did to him. He also is faced with some doubts about where he stands with the group since he doesn’t remember everything that was done to him on the ship. I don’t think we have to worry about anal probe talk on this show at least! The premiere is actually two episodes back to back, but they always love to say ‘a 2-hour season premiere’ anyway.

The second hour lets Pope (Colin Cunningham) get some spotlight as he plants seeds of doubt about Tom and why he was allowed to even come back after communing with the aliens. At this point, even Tom isn’t sure whether to trust himself. Pope is that character every show like this needs who just cares about his own safety and has not problem saying things that everyone is thinking privately but afraid to admit. Ben’s hatred of the aliens grows to seething proportions, and he’s like a little human supremacist now as he and older brother Hal (Drew Roy) grow further apart. It’s almost like after knowing that the aliens had controlled him last season, he’s taking out all his pre-teen anger and anxiety out on them.

Lourdes (Sychelle Gabriel) finally gets some loving this season as ‘The Killing’s‘ breakout star, Brandon Jay McLaren, comes on the show to play Jamil, the 2nd Mass’ engineer whose career was just about to explode before the aliens changed everything for him. McLaren has become quite the actor who brings so much to every role he takes on (even that dreadful ‘Harper’s Island‘) so Lourdes should not be so lonely this season.

Episodes 3 & 4 will be introducing some new characters along with a new location for the 2 Mass to finally settle in, but naturally there’s problems as usual. Everyone hoping for some Hal and Maggie action will get their wishes fulfilled this season too. She’ll talk more about her past so naturally that always leads to some bonding. Season 2 will definitely be grittier and darker as the 2nd Mass has noticeably dwindled down, but they still have that fighting spirit!

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