Shake up those martinis because Episode 20 of The Words Are Not Enough is a 2 PART SPECIAL!

In Part 1 Griffin (@griffschiller) and Brody (@brodyserravalli) discuss the following:

Tomorrow Never Lies
1. Bond may be Heading to Norway after-all
* Yesterday a Norwegian Bond fan site by the name of James Bond-Magasinet teased "huge Bond 25 news" and today it would seem we have gotten it in the form of a statement from the Norwegian Film Institute. In corroboration with some rumours that were circulating last month, the NFI has been offered a 47 million NOK (Norwegian Krone) grant to a project going by the name "B25" as part of a Tax Incentive Scheme to draw projects with an large international reach to the Scandinavian country (which is about 5.5 million USD). In the statement, Stine Helgeland, the NIF's Executive Director, said “We are pleased that filming of the film with the preliminary title B25 is considering being shot in Norway,” adding that the grant would be “the largest in the incentive scheme’s history.” Past recipients of the grant include Paul Greengrass' 22 July (receiving 17.1mil NOK) and Mission Impossible Fallout (receiving 6.3mil NOK). Truenorth Norway were named as the applicants on the grant and it is said that Truenorth would handle production services in Norway for EON.
2. Bond 25 to shoot on Digital
* Keeping with Scandinavian theme for today's Bond 25 news, Bond 25 cinematographer, Linus Sandgren, seems to have confirmed to ScreenDaily that Bond 25 will be shot on digital during an interview for his latest film, First Man. This would make Bond 25 the second film the franchise to be shoot entirely on digital, following Roger Deakins much-celebrated work on Skyfall. This would also mark a departure for Sandgren, who has almost exclusively shot on film for his American projects.
3. Bond in Spain?
* According to a report from Archivo 007, Gregg Wilson, the son of Bond producer-Michael G. Wilson, has been spotted in Cadiz, Spain, prompting speculation that he may be there location-scouting for Bond 25 as he has been involved in scouting locations for the series since Die Another Day. Speaking of, Bond fans will remember Cadiz from Die Another Day, where it stood in for Cuba. Cadiz is also set to appear in EON's upcoming feature, The Rhythm Section, which is what may have sparked EON's interest in the location for Bond 25.
4. Will Craig be back for Bond 26?
* According to an insider at The Sun, despite the rumours surrounding who will step into Bond's shoulder holster after Daniel Craig, Barbara Broccoli has not seriously considered a single name that has been floated, nor has she or her brother and co-producer, Michael G Willson, drawn up a shortlist of names for potential successors. This insider claims that Broccoli has done this out of "loyalty" to Craig, as she supposedly feels looking for a replacement while Craig is still in the job would be "disrespectful" - adding that Broccoli "cannot look beyond Daniel" as "she values everything h has done for the franchise in the past decade". Furthermore, this insider claims that EON has not even officially ruled out Craig doing a sixth film after Bond 25 - although no further information about this detail was given. It's worth noting that The Sun claims this source has dropped several other big Bond scoops in the past but declined to reveal which ones.
* With McQuarrie coming back for M:I 7 and 8, potentially a two-parter, Craig's return for 26 could signal that EON intends to do a similar two-part story with 25-26, or at the very least, plans to go head to head with M:I in 2022 with their own "finale".
5. Richard Madden Rumours Never Die
* Moving on to even more tenuous Bond 26 rumours, according to Express, we may be closer to Richard Madden taking on the role of 007 than previously thought. According to Lorraine Kelly, she bumped into Madden at a Nation Television Award after-party following his big win for Best Drama Performance for Bodyguard. On the subject of whether Madden would return for a second series of the hit show, Lorraine was coy but eventually broke and stated that “It is going to come back. I think we can safely say Bodyguard is coming back. He’s definitely going to be there." She then followed this with "And he’s definitely signed to be James Bond." It's highly likely that this is simply a joke Lorraine is making with her audience based on the supposed leak from October that claims Madden has already been signed for Bond 26.
Q Branch
1. Driven exhibit set to open in NYC in March
* Spycape and EON Productions have announced that a new James Bond exhibition will be opening at Spyscape in midtown Manhattan in 2019. The multi-sensory experience will be called Driven: 007 x Spycape and will mark the first Bond exhibition in NYC. The exhibition promises to help fans "Discover 007 from a difference perspective" and "explore the creative process behind the 007 movies while revealing the secrets of James Bond’s iconic Aston Martin DB5, investigate gadgets in Q’s lab, examine original concept art in Oscar-winning Production Designer Sir Ken Adam’s studio, and peek behind the scenes of Skyfall's explosive finale." Tickets will go on sale at on Saturday February 2nd at 10am EST for 23 dollars and the exhibit is set to open on March 8 of this year. If you're an American Express user you get get early tickets right now until January 30th.
2. David Arnold's Birthday
* January 23 marked 5-time Bond composer David Arnold's 57th birthday. His Bond library includes Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale, and Quantum of Solace - along with some work on the video-game 007 Goldeneye Reloaded.

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