Producers of James Bond got some bad news about a week into shooting "Spectre". According to Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, both James Bond producers, not only a draft of very confidential scripts has been leaked in the infamous Sony hack, but also a slew of classified communications concerning the film, that drew attention to the third act problems, several rewrites, ballooning funds and one very major spoiler.
Broccoli and Wilson together with Sony - the distributor and co-financier of "Spectre"- didn't discover this from the internet.
They were informed after reading about it in a newspaper. They couldn't even connect with their partners for an instant aftermath for the reason that their phone line and email servers were all down.
Broccoli said, "It was a bit tricky for us. But beyond making sure the copyrighted script was taken offline, we essentially just proceeded with making the film."
"You know what they say, you shouldn't see how a sausage is made," Wilson said in a latest phone talk from Mexico City.
The two producers were currently in the capital to be present at a premiere of "Spectre," the 24th in the 53-year-old film series, which bows in North America on Friday.
Brocolli noted in a phone interview that the exposed hacked emails are no added or fewer than they've experienced on any other film in the franchise.
"They're challenging films to make because of the size of what we do," she said. "I always say, if you don't like problems, don't become a film producer."
The film's budget is reported to be close to $250 million. All for the shot in the streets of Mexico City for the Day of the Dead parade that features over 1,500 extras with unique costumes, five months preparation, two helicopters and police escorts for the busses, 400 tons of man-made snow, 18 nights for shooting a car chase in Rome, and stand storms and 113 -degree temperatures they found in Erfoud, Morocco.
Bond is really a full-size business and its series has been on an upswing. The previous movie, "Skyfall," became the highest grossing Bond film ever with over $1.1 billion in ticket sales international. "Spectre" eyes the comeback of "Skyfall" director Sam Mendes and leading light Daniel Craig in his fourth film as 007.
"Daniel Craig is our James Bond and until that's no longer the case we're not going to speculate," Broccoli stated. "We love him and we want to hang on to him. Let's hope we can."
