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It looks like Eon’s publicity team has at last got it’s finger out in the wake of the attacks on Daniel Craig from the tabloid press. Following yesterday’s video footage from the BBC we see interviews with Daniel Craig and Eva Green. Click here for the video And more video from ExtraTV here

The BBC is the first organisation to have video footage from Casino Royale. Click on the links below to watch the clip: Click to watch in RealPlayer Click to watch in Windows Media Player

You Only Live Twice sees James Bond try new dining experiences. One of the more appetising descriptions is of Bond and Tiger Tanaka dining out on Kobe beef steaks, which James Bond finds to be without equal. In the book we learn the reason that the highly prized Kobe beef is so expensive. The scene […]

Dame Judy Dench, currently shooting Casino Royale with Daniel Craig has lashed out at critics of the new James Bond actor. “I hate how people have been attacking Daniel Craig. It’s despicable and it disgusts me. have filmed with him in Prague and the Bahamas and he is a fine actor. He brings something new […]

Paul Haggis, brought in late last year to polish the Casino Royale script, struck gold at last night’s Oscars with Crash, which he directed and co-wrote. Taking the award for best film it also stole the awards for best original screenplay and best film editing. What the Bond films have surely lacked for years is […]

It was inevitable. After all the fuss created by the “Craig not Bond” website, the opposite side of the argument have launched their Craig is Bond site. A much better looking site that the anti-Daniel Craig site admittedly, but we maintain our wait and see attitude.

Daniel Craig has found another backer, in the shape of Hilary Saltzman. Daughter of Harry, Cubby Broccoli’s Eon Productions cofounder, Hilary spoke to The Toronto Star this week about the forthcoming Vue Sur Bond 007 event. “He’s rather tasty on the eyes!”, she said, continuing “He’s got something magnetic about him.” Full interview

A poster to Ain’t It Cool News claims to have read excerpts of the script himself and that it was good and that the two people he knows who have read the entire script were surprised by its quality. He goes on to say “[t]he dialogue is crisp, exposition handled way beyond anything usual in […]

In response to the “Craig not Bond” website the BBC ran a poll, asking visitors to its website “Should Bond fans boycott Casino Royale?” The result was clear by early evening yesterday – of 12067 votes cast, only 17% of respondents wanted to boycott Casino Royale while 83% voted No. What do you say to […]

Following yesterday’s attacks on Daniel Craig by a supposed “fan” website, the actor is finding support from several actors involved in the franchise in the past. The fastest support is from Toby Stephens who played the villain in 2002’s Die Another Day and this follows support from fellow villain Christopher Lee and former Bond actors […]

Lifestyle Extra reports that Daniel Craig has been having problems with the Aston Martin DB5 in the Bahamas, where he is currently shooting Casino Royale. According to the article he can only drive automatic cars and have had to adapt the car so “it’s like an automatic”. Sounds like more Craig bashing to me – […]

An “international group of lifelong James Bond fans” has set up a web site petitioning people to boycott Casino Royale when it arrives in November. The site, called Craig not Bond believes that Eon productions was wrong to ditch Pierce Brosnan in favour of Daniel Craig, whom they describe in fairly unflattering terms. Unfortunately the […]

After at last finalising the casting for Casino Royale, the media has got down to reporting what’s been happening on-set. According to several reports, Daniel Craig lost his two front teeth in a fight scene and his dentist was flown out to Prague to repair the damage. However, there is not much evidence of this […]

Eon has now completeed casting of all the main characters in the new film. Joining Daniel Craig will be Eva Green as Vesper Lynd, Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre, and Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter.

Placing the fictional town of Royale-les-Eaux precisely has always proved difficult, due to the scant information available, first in Casino Royale and later in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

The Chemex coffee maker is the American designed filter maker used by James Bond in the the book From Russia, With Love.

Although enjoying Beluga caviar served with chilled vodka, James Bond claims to prefer “the ordinary plain food of the country” when abroad. However, the definitive James Bond meal is scrambled eggs with bacon and/or sausages. James Bond will eat them any time, day or night, with vodka and tonic or Champagne. In the story 007 in […]