May 31st, 2019
by David Leigh
Studio source reveals details of villain’s plot. Baz Bamigboye, writing in the Daily Mail, has revealed the plot for Bond 25 revolves around genetic engineering. Moreover, a source tells him Phoebe Waller-Bridge was brought in at the insistence of Daniel Craig to help make sense of it all. The unnamed source told Bamigboye: The movie’s […]
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May 28th, 2019
by David Leigh
The latest episode of James Bond & Friends is now available on iTunes and elsewhere. In another epic recording session in which we overcame the numerous technical issues we now expect when recording across diverse points around the world comes episode 13 of James Bond & Friends. Here’s the podcast description: Has public opinion of […]
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May 27th, 2019
by David Leigh
Despite denials it looks like filming will start in Norway this week. Update: It appears these reports were wrong in one important respect. While filming is taking place here, it’s not for Bond 25 but probably Black Widow. I’ll leave this post here all the same. The arrival of trailers owned by Pinewood MBS Lighting […]
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May 22nd, 2019
by David Leigh
Eon Productions announce Bond star will undergo surgery for ankle injury sustained while filming in Jamaica. The tabloids have had a field day recently after reports emerged that Daniel Craig had injured his ankle while filming in Jamaica. Initially reports said filming was “cancelled” although they really meant postponed. Later they dialled back on the […]
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May 22nd, 2019
by David Leigh
The Aston Martin DBS Superleggera is set to become the newest James Bond inspired car, thanks to the most recent collaboration between Aston Martin and Eon Productions, the company that produces the James Bond films with Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of James Bond film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 50 On Her Majesty’s […]
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May 21st, 2019
by David Leigh
Bond 25’s second unit keeping busy in Jamaica after the main unit returned to Pinewood. View this post on Instagram Klipp fra James Bond-innspilling på Jamaica, innsendt av @sailingwiththomas ⛵️💥 #jamaica #jamesbond #explosion A post shared by Filmweb (@filmweb_no) on May 21, 2019 at 1:01am PDT Filmweb Norway have uploaded video footage to their Instagram […]
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May 20th, 2019
by David Leigh
The latest episode of James Bond & Friends is now available on iTunes and elsewhere. How much of a Bond film is recycled from unused scripts? In the first segment, we wrap up some loose ends and dive in to the latest Bond 25 media coverage including Daniel Craig’s injury and how Twitter would cover […]
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May 15th, 2019
by David Leigh
Orlebar Brown has today launched a new 007 collection inspired by clothing from the early James Bond films. Items worn by Sean Connery, George Lazenby and Roger Moore are all represented by the collection produced in association with Eon Productions. You can find polos, shirts, shorts and a dressing gown from Dr No, Goldfinger, Thunderball […]
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May 14th, 2019
by David Leigh
Back in August Aston Martin announced it was to build a limited edition of 25 DB5s kitted out with Q Branch optional extras. Each Goldfinger DB5 continuation car will be priced at £2.75m plus taxes. First deliveries to customers will commence in 2020 but the car will not be street legal. In this video Chris […]
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May 14th, 2019
by David Leigh
The latest episode of James Bond & Friends is now available on iTunes and elsewhere. This was a really fun episode record and seemed to be going perfectly… until Bill Koenig’s cable company cut him off during recording. When he complained to the workmen who had dug up his cable they just laughed. While the […]
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