<P> In July 2006, as Casino Royale entered post-production, Eon Productions announced that the next film would be based on an original idea by producer Michael G. Wilson . In June 2007 Marc Forster was confirmed as director . He was surprised that he was approached for the job, stating he was not a big Bond film fan through the years, and that he would not have accepted the project had he not seen Casino Royale prior to making his decision: he felt Bond had been humanised in that film, arguing that because travelling the world had become less exotic since the series' advent, it made sense to focus more on Bond as a character . Forster found Casino Royale's 144 - minute running time too long, and wanted his follow - up to be "tight and fast...like a bullet". </P> <P> Neal Purvis and Robert Wade returned as screenwriters and completed a draft of the script by April 2007; Paul Haggis also worked on the script, completing it two hours before the 2007--2008 Writers Guild of America strike officially began . Further work on the script had to be undertaken by Forster and Daniel Craig, who said later, "We had the bare bones of a script and then there was a writers' strike and there was nothing we could do . We couldn't employ a writer to finish it . I say to myself,' Never again', but who knows? There was me trying to rewrite scenes--and a writer I am not". Craig also admitted that the film was not initially meant to be a sequel, but it became one because of the re-writes undertaken by him and Forster . Haggis located his draft's climax in the Swiss Alps, but Forster wanted the action sequences to allude to the four classical elements of earth, water, air and fire . Michael G. Wilson decided on the film's title Quantum of Solace only "a few days" before its announcement on 24 January 2008 . Forster hired Dennis Gassner as production designer, replacing Peter Lamont . </P> <P> Quantum of Solace was shot in six countries, including Italy (Talamone and Siena), Chile (the Paranal Observatory), Austria (Bregenz), Mexico, Panama and the UK . In the UK interior and exterior airport scenes were filmed at Farnborough Airfield and the snowy closing scenes were filmed at the Bruneval Barracks in Aldershot, as well as ten stages at Pinewood and two theatres for ADR work . David Arnold, who composed the scores for the previous four Bond films, returned for Quantum of Solace . He said that Forster likes to work very closely with his composers and that, in comparison to the accelerated schedule he was tied to on Casino Royale, the intention was to spend a long time scoring the film to "really work it out". He also said he would be "taking a different approach" with the score . Jack White of The White Stripes and Alicia Keys collaborated on "Another Way to Die", the first Bond music duet . </P> <P> The production of Skyfall was suspended throughout 2010 because of MGM's financial troubles . Eon resumed pre-production following MGM's exit from bankruptcy on 21 December 2010 and in January 2011 the film was given official approval, with production scheduled to start in late 2011 . The film's budget is estimated to be between $150 million and $200 million, compared to the $200 million spent on Quantum of Solace . </P>

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