This is the central hub for Bond 26, tracking confirmed developments, filtering out tabloid noise, and analysing what they really mean. Bond 26 is the next James Bond film and the first 007 movie developed under Amazon MGM’s creative control. Denis Villeneuve is attached to direct, Steven Knight is writing the script, and Amy Pascal […]
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Why Bond’s identity isn’t held together by Aston Martins, dry martinis and gadgets. While the James Bond series has changed enormously over the last 60 years, with different actors, different tones, completely different styles of filmmaking, it still somehow feels like the same franchise. Over time, we’ve come to associate a whole range of elements […]
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The entire James Bond screen canon is scheduled to arrive on Netflix from mid-January 2026. For Bond fans accustomed to seeing the films drift between broadcasters and streamers, the scale of Netflix’s latest MGM licensing deal stands out. According to What’s on Netflix, all 25 official James Bond films, along with Never Say Never Again, […]
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Half a century after my first Bond on the big screen, I look back at The Man With The Golden Gun. Fifty years ago I had my first ever experience of James Bond on the big screen when, one afternoon in March 1975, my dad took me to see Roger Moore’s second outing as 007. […]
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A look at how Live and Let Die built its menace on voodoo, but left much of the real tradition behind. When Ian Fleming published Live and Let Die in 1954, he introduced voodoo to the world of James Bond as a potent tool of fear and control. The second Bond novel follows 007 from […]
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Sean Connery’s era revisited, with his six James Bond films ranked and re-evaluated through a modern lens. Sean Connery set the gold standard for James Bond. His six official films between 1962 and 1971 defined the role for generations and established the essential elements of the series — from the dry wit to the tailored […]
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The low-budget Bond film that could have been was set in the ’60s and shot in black and white. Once upon a time in Hollywood—or perhaps more accurately, somewhere between Carnaby Street and Vauxhall Cross—Tony Gilroy and Steven Soderbergh had a vision for James Bond that never left the briefing room. Gilroy, the writer behind […]
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The full official James Bond catalogue returns to streaming in one place on 1st June, as MGM+ becomes the new digital home of 007 across 32 countries. From Dr No to No Time to Die, every official Bond film spanning six decades will be available on the Amazon-owned platform across 32 countries. The full set […]
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New 4K Blu-ray Steelbook collection of Sean Connery’s James Bond films coming in June. As we first reported in December, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has now confirmed it is bringing Bond fans back to where it all began, with a 4K Blu-ray release of Sean Connery’s six James Bond films arriving on 3rd June. For […]
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Octopussy may seem a long way from Ian Fleming’s books, but it turns out there are elements of Fleming in Roger Moore’s 1983 film.
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