Author Profile: David Leigh

Olga Kurylenko has been chosen to play Camille opposite Daniel Craig in Bond 22. Born in 1979 in Berdyansk in the Ukraine, Kurylenko became a model after being spotted by a scout while on holiday in Moscow. Her film career began in France in 2005 with L’Annulaire. She also appeared in last year’s Hitman and […]

Details of the James Bond stamps issued by the Royal Mail to commemorate the centenary year of Ian Fleming.

With Bond 22 now shooting, Jeffrey Wright, who played CIA agent Felix Leiter in Casino Royale, has signed to reappear in Bond 22 according to a Variety article repeated by MI6. Also confirmed is Gemma Arterton in the role of “Fields” and although details of her character are not available a Danjaq rep is quoted […]

This year is set to be an bumper year for James Bond, and while many people’s eyes will be focused on Bond 22, due to start filming on Thursday, fans of the novels are in for a real treat this year.

Take a look at what was going on during the morning of November 14th 2006, when Leicester Square was thrown into chaos in preparation for the Royal Premiere of Casino Royale. Centre stage was the Aston Martin DBS and film crews from around the world were taking turns to get close up.

With Christmas fast approaching it is time to look at some of our favourite Bond related products with links to help you find them online.

In the last Bond 22 update in September we looked at the latest news a rumours about locations, cast and crew, the screenplay and cars, so with the start of filming less than a month away it now seems like a good moment to look at what else we’ve learnt since then. Cast and crewDespite […]

It has been announced today that a new 007 magazine has been launched entitled MI6 Declassified. The first issue is now available for a price of £5 including delivery in Europe and £6 in the rest of the world and includes the following articles: Casino Royale on location with Gary Powell & Alexander Witt and […]

To celebrate the centenary of the birth of Ian Fleming on May 28th 2007, Buckingham Covers is to issue special commemorative first day covers with stamps featuring several of the covers from novels. The first day covers, which are licensed by Ian Fleming Publications, will be issued on January 8th 2008 and are currently available […]

Last weekend we all received the sad news that Lois Maxwell, accepted by most of the Bond community as the definitive Miss Moneypenny, passed away on Saturday evening. She appeared in a total of 14 Bond films alongside Sean Connery, George Lazenby and Roger Moore. Born in Ontario, Canada on Valentine’s day 1927, she had […]

The hefty size and weight were what first struck me about the James Bond Encyclopedia when it arrived, but when I opened the book and started to browse through the the wealth of information and stunningly reproduced photographs it was obvious that it is destined for the coffee table rather than gathering dust in my […]

At the beginning of the novel Thunderball James Bond is sent to Shrublands health farm by M for a two week stay. Bond has just had his medical and the conclusion of the Chief Medical Officer is that he is off his peak; Bond’s steady diet of martinis and cigarettes, plus his demanding job, is […]

Well, the summer has been and gone but that didn’t stop a whole load of James Bond 22 news rolling in. To help you catch up you can read our summary of the news that has been arriving from MI6 and other Bond sites. Locations Starting with locations, it seems the production crew, including Barbara […]

Sebastian Faulks has been announced as the author of a brand new James Bond novel, to be published next year by Penguin Books in the UK and Doubleday in the US. Devil May Care will be published on 28th May 2008 to mark the centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth. It is a year since Ian […]

Young Bond author Charlie Higson talks to Martin Amis about his father Kingsley’s interest in Bond. In addition to writing Colonel Sun (under the pseudonym Robert Markham), Kingsley Amis also wrote The James Bond Dossier and The Book of Bond, subtitled Every Man His Own 007. The broadcast, entitled Amis, Amis and Bond, will take place […]

Bond 22, which is scheduled to premier in November 2008, at least now has a director signed up. Due to start filming in December, the film will be helmed by German director Marc Forster according to Hollywood Reporter.

Following our story No Aston Martin for Bond 22 back in January, it now seems that the Bond’s next  remaining choice won’t be available either. MI6 reported yesterday that Ford is looking to sell its Jaguar division, the expected choice of Bond after Aston Martin was sold. As Ford has a 3 picture deal to […]

Information of collecting James Bond memorabilia – what, where and how.

MI6 is first as usual with some great news for Bond 22 – the production will return to Pinewood after using Prague in Casino Royale. Michael G Wilson has mentioned several times since the premier of Casino Royale that he would like to return to London, but cited the cost of production in England as […]

Goldfinger is to make a welcome return to the big screen in the UK. Most of us have seen the early Bond films on television or VHS/DVD, but to appreciate these classics in their full glory requires a return to where they were designed to be seen.