The first official clip of the theme to the new James Bond film, Skyfall was been made available. The song is performed by Adele and is proving extremely popular.
Despite being released late last week, Skyfall still managed to reach the number four spot on the British singles chart on Sunday.
Adele - Skyfall
Yet, according to the James Bond official website, Adele wasn’t sure whether she wanted to be the one to sing the Skyfall theme at first.
She said: "There's a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song.
But I fell in love with the script. ... It was also a lot of fun writing to a brief, something I've never done which made it exciting."
Adele wrote the song, Skyfall, with Paul Hepworth who also co-wrote her hit Rolling in the Deep. The track was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London.
Adele made the Skyfall theme available on her official website on Friday, the same day as the fiftieth anniversary of the release of the first James Bond film, Dr. No.
Skyfall Trailer
Skyfall will be the 23rd movie in Eon Productions’ James Bond series, produced for MGM, Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Daniel Craig will star as James Bond for the third time with the villain, Raoul Silva, played by Javier Bardem.
Sam Mendes is the director of Skyfall and it was written by Neal Purvis, John Logan and Robert Wade.
Mendes, who also directed American Beauty and Road To Perdition, was asked to direct Skyfall soon after Quantum of Solace came out in 2008.
Unfortunately, production had to be put on hold when MGM ran into financial difficulties, not starting up again until December, 2010.
Mendes was still attached to Skyfall as a "consultant" throughout that time, although Peter Morgan who was the original screenwriter abandoned the project.
When production started up again, Purvis, Logan and Wade finished off the script which still contained many of Morgan’s ideas.
Filming started in November, 2011. It mostly took place in the UK, China and Turkey.
Skyfall begins with James Bond on a mission in Istanbul which ends disastrously.
Bond is missing and presumed dead and every active undercover MI6 agent’s identity have been published online.
The result is that M's ability to run the Secret Service comes into question and a government review begins.
When MI6 is targeted in an attack and James Bond suddenly reappears, M decided that she has the pretext required for searching for Raoul Silva, the movie’s villain who claims to have a personal connection to both of them.
As Bond trails Silva from London to the South China Sea, his loyalty to M is challenged by secrets he discovers about her past.
Skyfall will premiere on 23rd October, 2012, and will be released nationwide in the UK on 26th October, 2012. It will mark the first time that a James Bond film has been available to view in IMAX cinemas.
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