The first footage of the first James Bond film in four years, Skyfall, was unveiled on BBC1 this morning - Eon initially eschewing this new-fangled internet business in favour for a cup of morning tea with Auntie - and has now blasted onto the web.
Our first thoughts? Wow. *This *is what we're talking about. Guns, explosions, droll banter, dazzling locations, careering tube trains, more guns, and not even a whiff of a complex scheme to mess with Bolivia's water supply.
Instead there's action - lots of it - and a first glimpse of Sam Mendes' big bad Silva, Javier Bardem, caught in silhouette walking away from a blazing inferno{
Skyfall's plot may be divorced from Quantum's foul shenanigans but clearly Bond's fractured psyche, a major throughline of Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace, is still playing into things in a major way.
If you watched Homeland lately you'll know that espionage and psychology don't usually mix, so we're assuming this word association game is something of a last chance saloon for 007. It's also a neat way to introduce us to the mysterious 'Skyfall', a term Bond is clearly no stranger to ("Skyfall?" asks the shrink / interrogator. "Done," retorts 007).
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Skyfall **is out on October 26. To double the tease, check out the first poster here. To triple it, get hold of the latest issue of Empire, replete with **Skyfall **goodness and a report from the film's set.
In another interesting news snippet, the full Bond collection - Bond 50 - will be released on Blu-ray on September 24.
