Author Profile: David Leigh

Timed to coincide with the release later this year of SPECTRE, Vintage Books are to release a paperback collection of three Bond adventures as The SPECTRE Trilogy in October. The collection contains Thunderball, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and You Only Live Twice, sometimes referred to as “the Blofeld trilogy” (and previously published together under that […]

The second unit of SPECTRE was back in action on Sunday as doubles for Daniel Craig and Léa Seydoux were involved in rehearsals and filming on the Thames near the Houses of Parliament as helicopters buzzed overhead. The two members of the stunt team were wrapped up warmly as they rehearsed on a speedboat during the […]

Sam Mendes discusses how he shot the Day of the Dead scenes in Mexico City for SPECTRE, before the costume department take us behind the scenes and explain how they provided outfits for 1,500 extras.

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It was with considerable sadness I read of the death of Christopher Lee on Twitter today. I have a particular soft spot of The Man With The Golden Gun as it was my first ever Bond film and while the film has many detractors one of its strengths is Lee’s portrayal of Scaramanga, with his iconic golden […]

Here we look at James Bond’s cars. Starting with Ian Fleming books we then take a close look at the cars from each actor’s movies. While Aston Martin is the marque most closely associated with James Bond, the literary character is very much a Bentley man. From the word go in Casino Royale Bond is driving one, […]

Last night saw the premiere of a TV spot for SPECTRE on US television during the NBA Finals shown on ABC and released online through official channels today.

This weekend once again saw cast and crew of SPECTRE take to the streets of London, with filming taking place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Friday filming took place near the Tate Gallery, while on Saturday and Sunday Sam Mendes called action on Vauxhall Bridge, near the real MI6 headquarters. On Sunday Christoph Waltz […]

Earlier this week Variety  broke a story claiming that after SPECTRE the James Bond series may move from Sony to another studio. Sony has co-funded and distributed the films since Casino Royale, initially under a two picture deal with MGM, which was later extended.  Variety says insiders believe the close relationship between MGM boss Gary Barber and Kevin […]

MI6 today revealed the title of the next James Bond video game, to be available for iOS and Android devices later this year. Although the launch date has not yet been revealed, James Bond: World of Espionage will be free to download with in-app purchases for additional gameplay. Last year it was revealed the next 007 […]

Cast and crew from SPECTRE were out in force in London over the weekend as Daniel Craig was joined by Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Rory Kinnear, Ben Whishaw and Léa Seydoux, with behind the scenes footage emerging on Twitter. Filming started on Friday evening at Freemason’s Hall in Covent Garden and Gresham Street. James Bond #Spectre filming […]

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On 23rd May 2015 I travelled to Barcelona to watch On Her Majesty’s Secret Service on the big screen in all its glory. Here I discuss George Lazenby, the impact of seeing the film at the cinema, and why you see the old films on the big screen whenever you get the chance.

While the announcement that the next James Bond continuation novel will be called Trigger Mortis was accompanied by the UK cover design, the US version has now been shared by the joint CEO of literary agency Curtis Brown. Both covers are shown above, with the US cover design on the left and the more familiar (so far) […]

Press release: Today, on what would have been Ian Fleming’s 107th birthday, we are proud to announce the title of Anthony Horowitz’s new James Bond novel….. Trigger Mortis. Trigger Mortis is set in 1957, just two weeks after the events of Fleming’s 7th novel, Goldfinger. Horowitz places Bond in the middle of the Soviet-American Space […]

   Just past midnight Ian Fleming Publicationz  revealed the title of their latest James Bond continuation novel, written by Anthony Horowitz and to be published in September.  The new book is called Trigger Mortis and is the first continuation novel to include story elements by Ian Fleming. Horowitz incorporated the unused short story Murder on […]

Press release: The non-commercial Fan Documentary ‘A Bond for Life’ retraces the past 20 years in the life of Benjamin Lind, a die-hard James Bond fan and Editor of the Fanblog “The Bond Bulletin”. From being exposed to Bond for the first time in 1996 until the World Premiere of SPECTRE in 2015, the film takes […]

This weekend once again saw filming at locations in London, with cast members seen on Friday afternoon and during a night shoot on Saturday that finished early on Sunday morning. Note: spoilers ahead. Friday saw  Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw and Naomie Harris filing at Rules restaurant in Covent Garden, supposedly the oldest restaurant in London, which […]

The latest clapperboard photo from the set of SPECTRE was released online late last night. It’s obviously a kitchen in stainless steel. An In joke alluding to the start of For Your Eyes Only perhaps?

Earlier in the week Ian Fleming Publications revealed the cover artwork for the paperback edition of Shoot To Kill, Steve Cole’s addition to Young Bond. The paperback will be published on 29th October and is available to pre-order from Amazon. Ordering options Amazon UK: Paperback | Hardcover | Kindle Amazon.com: Paperback | Hardcover | Kindle