Author Profile: David Leigh

The latest edition of MI6 Declassified is now available, including an in-depth look at the making of You Only Live Twice. It also features: • Exclusive interview with Robert Davi on his role as Sanchez in Licence To Kill • Making You Only Live Twice – an exhaustive account of the fifth EON production • […]

Gamers running the PC version of Quantum of Solace on Win XP have recently become aware that one of Microsoft’s regular software patches for Internet Explorer prevents it from running. Microsoft’s KB972260 update for IE7 was released at the end of July, but appears to be incompatible with the game, which will also not work […]

Ian Fleming’s Rolex Explorer watch will be exhibited in the United States for the first time, when the National Watch & Clock Museum presents an exhibition opening in the summer of 2010 that will explore the subject of the watches of James Bond. The watch was recently on display at the Imperial War Museum in […]

A while ago I saw on the Absolutely James Bond forum a project by Corvus Watches to produce a watch strap like the one worn by Sean Connery in Goldfinger.

What is interesting about the strap is that it was previously believed to be black and grey; however, when the Blu-Ray version was released it became clear that the straps in fact had three colours; dark blue, green and red. Anyway, I signed up to the mailing list to be kept informed of the project and once the order book opened up I bought two straps.

While James Bond’s drink is popularly thought to be the vodka martini, a breakdown of the books shows that in fact he favours whisky more than any other drink, especially when it’s Bourbon.

According to a press release published on their website, 007 Magazine is set to return during summer 2009 with two separate titles after a three year absence during which it has been available in PDF format only. 007 Magazine will contain a varied selection of features relating to all aspects of the James Bond phenomenon, […]

Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions Ltd and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures have announced on Friday that Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Queen), Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (Quantum of Solace, Casino Royale) will be the screenwriters of the 23rd James Bond adventure. Daniel Craig will reprise his role as Ian Fleming’s James Bond […]

The Aston Martin V8 Volante from The Living Daylights was one of the big draws to the Barcelona Classic Car Show last weekend. Surprisingly, the car has a Barcelona registration plate, but it is the same car I’ve seen before, with modifications to take the Q supplied outriders welded underneath.

Following the poor reception of The Spy Who Loved Me, Fleming decided to visit Jamaica in July 1962, where he worked on the short story Octopussy. The story is set in Kitzbuhel and Jamaica, two places close to Fleming’s heart, and centres around a figure suffering the ill effects of a lifetime of smoking and drinking heavily who seems distinctly autobiographical.

It was only back in April when Bond producer Michael G. Wilson indicated that any real work on Bond 23 was yet to begin, but the story seemed to be different last week according to an article published by the The Sun, which caught up with Wilson at the Ivor Novello Awards in London.

The latest issue of MI6 Declassified is now available for worldwide delivery and includes various articles, including coverage of Quantum of Solace as it opened around the globe. Premiere Bond – Coverage from Leicester Square in London for the “Quantum of Solace” debut Around The World With 007 – Following the worldwide launch of the […]

Following his heart attack, Ian Fleming spent a month convalescing in the London Clinic followed by the Dudley Hotel in Hove and while recuperating started to write down a story he’d been telling Caspar about a magic flying car – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

According to an article on MI6 today, work has hardly started on Bond 23. Producer Michael G. Wilson spoke at the Bradford International Film Festival last week, in which he gave a masterclass on the making of the James Bond films. One of the things he discussed was the pace at which the films is made, which has both positive and negative consequences.

Cubby Broccoli (1909-1996) was the driving force behind bringing James Bond to the big screen. Born into an Italian-American family, Broccoli’s early career in Hollywood started as an assistant director on a Howard Hughes picture, The Outlaw, directed by Howard Hawkes. In 1952 Broccoli started his producing career when he came to England and launched Warwick Films with Irving Allen.

The Persol 2720-S sunglasses worn by Daniel Craig the latter half of Casino Royale are the second of two models supplied to James Bond by the historic Italian eyewear company for the film

007 wears Persol 2244-S Sunglasses when arriving in the Bahamas in Casino Royale

The Man With The Golden Gun sees James Bond follow Mary Goodnight to an island in Chinese waters, landing his seaplane and mooring it on the beach. There he is shown a high-tech solar power plant, at the heart of which is the Solex Agitator.

Quantum of Solace DVD and Blu-Ray details, including worldwide release dates and special features.

Sony has announced a limited edition Reader Digital Book bundle that includes a smart cover embossed with the 007 logo

Kevin McClory could see huge cinematic potential in James Bond and was eager for Ivar Bryce to finance a project to finally bring 007 to the big screen. He had just directed his first feature financed by Bryce, “The Boy And The Bridge” which was Britain’s official entry in the 1959 Venice Film Festival.