Sony Pictures has released 9 hi-res photos from Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond film. Also, we’re finally getting some more plot details from the set of the upcoming film.

/Film has it that there will be a “setpiece involving a confrontation between James Bond (Daniel Craig) and the villain Silva (Javier Bardem) that is partially resolved through the intervention of a crashing London Tube train,” while also confirming the existence of a “stunning” Shanghai casino set, as well as the “remnants of an impressive deserted town meant to be on an island off the coast of Japan.”

Judi Dench‘s M, Naomie Harris‘s MI6 field operative Eve and Berenice Marlohe’s Severine also feature in the photos for Skyfall, which is expected to release its first trailer on May 25th in front of screenings of Men in Black 3.

Skyfall, directed by Sam Mendes, is due out on November 9th, 2012.