Quantum of Solace teaser

The latest James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace, which is ready for an October 31, 2008 release, has stirred up quite a bit of action. Coca Cola has negotiated a multimillion-pound tie-up with Quantum of Solace. As part of the tie-up, Coca-Cola Zero will be rebranded as Zero Zero 7. Meanwhile, according to Guardian, the new Quantum of Solace song has also been released, and will be used in Coca-Cola’s new global campaign. The Quantum of Solace song – Another Way to Die – has been composed by Jack White and Alicia Keys.

The new Coca-Cola ad, that will be aired in mid-September 2008, is inspired by the pre-credit sequences of Bond films. In the ad, James Bond will take on baddies as he chases a woman for a Coke Zero bottle.

The new ad will be aired in 30 countries worldwide.

Bobby Brittain, the brand director for Coca-Cola Great Britain, has been quoted as saying that the campaign “combines the drama of James Bond with the essence of Coca-Cola Zero in a stylish and contemporary fashion.”

Coca-Cola also has a tie-up with Harrods. As part of the campaign, Harrods department stores will sell limited edition Quantum of Solace bottles with the popular James Bond image, of Bond holding a gun, surrounded with Bond girls.

Quantum of Solace teaser poster

James Bond has always been a sought-after icon for product placement and brand associations. There were nine brands vying for product placement, in the 2002 Die Another Day, the last Bond movie with Pierce Brosnan. In Casino Royale, brands like Smirnoff (Bond now likes vodka martinis), Sony, Omega, Heineken, and Ford motor were all there.

James Bond Aston Martin ad

In Quantum of Solace, you can expect products like a mettalic gold Ford Ka apart from Coca Cola Zero.

In the meantime, the Quantum of Solace theme song, Another Way to Die, has evoked mixed responses. Composer Jack White of The White Stripes, is not happy about the Coke Zero ad using the Quantum of Solace theme song. Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher is walking around expressing his outrage, in rather graphic terms, about Bond music being composed by Americans. Others are having a good laugh at the tacky lyrics, of the Quantum of Solace theme song, peppered with phrases like “Another blinger with the slick trigger finger for Her Majesty.”

From wierd to utterly pedestrian, the next James Bond movie is titled James Bond 23 or may even be called Bond 23. Ok, so it will be the 23rd Bond movie in Bond history and, therefore, may be called Bond 23 but I should think the makers of Bond may have at least tried to give it a decent title. Unless it is, and I hope to God it is, a working title.

Though going by reports, it would be a highly optimistic assumption. Because, hold your breath, there is a Bond 24 and Bond 25 lined up. The only reason I can think of is the huge negative reaction to the title Quantum of Solace has made them wary. Quantum of Solace - sound like a James Bond movie directed by Khalil Gibran!

Bond 23, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release will hit theatres worldwide, in 2010. Bond 23 will be directed by Marc

Foster, director of Quantum of Solace. Foster has said that Bond 23 will not be a sequel to Quantum of Solace.

Daniel Craig will continue to play Bond in Bond 23 as well. Rumor has it that Daniel Craig has been signed on for Bond 24 and Bond 25 and is likely to earn a whopping $100 million for the four films.

Obviously, there are no pictures from James Bond 23 available now – but we will certainly publish them when they become available.