Author Profile: David Leigh

The official 007 website has just been updated with photos from the press conference in Mexico City on Wednesday, where Michael G Wilson and Mexican Bond Girl Stephanie Sigman, who plays Estrella, appeared. In a statement issued by Wilson and co-producer half-sister Barbara Broccoli there said: “For the opening of SPECTRE, we are filming an exciting sequence […]

On 24th April the popular Q The Music Show is returning to Stevenage, hosted by the Gordon Craig Theatre. Bringing the music of James Bond in a stunning concert, this show was a huge success at the theatre last year with its energetic and exciting performance by some of the UK’s leading musicians. Everybody loves James […]

The British Board of Film Classification has rated SPECTRE‘s first teaser trailer PG just days ahead of its planned release on 28th March. The BBFC website also reveals that the teaser trailer was passed uncut yesterday and has a running time of 1 minute 37 seconds.  Earlier this week the official 007 Twitter account revealed that […]

Michael G Wilson and newly announced Bond Girl Stephanie Sigman appeared before reporters in Mexico City as SPECTRE‘s first unit arrived to shoot the pre-title sequence. The last week has seen the next Bond film under scrutiny for allegedly making script changes to secure up to $20 million in tax incentives from the Mexican government after emails between Sony […]

As SPECTRE moves to Mexico City, several streets in the centre of the city gave will be closed in order to allow the film-makers to get on with their job. According to CNN, sections of Donceles, Filomeno Mata, Héroes de 57,  Callejón de Condessa and Tacuba will be closed from 19th March to 24th, while Plaza de Constitución and roads […]

A new teaser poster for SPECTRE has just been unveiled on the official 007 social media channels. Because of an apparent misunderstanding over times Sony Argentina and Sony France announced the wrong times, leaving 007 fans on edge for an hour while they waited.

Legendary Bond director and editor John Glen will be exclusively interviewed at Brighton’s Space event to be held on Thursday 4th June at Emporium. With five Bond films to his credit, Glen has directed more Bond films than anyone else (For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill) […]

Following the locations shoots in Austria and Rome, this week sees the main unit of SPECTRE arrive in Mexico City for several weeks of filming. According to our friends at MI6 a press conference is scheduled for Wednesday with Michael G Wilson and recently announced signing Stephanie Sigman, who plays Mexican Bond Girl Estrella, so […]

 The 007 social media channels have toning announced that a SPECTRE teaser poster will be revealed tomorrow.  Our friends at The Spy Command wondered how long it would be for some good news to emerge from Eon/MGM/Sony to counter the stories that the script was altered (slightly) in order to secure up to $20 […]

Mexican authorities asked for changes to the SPECTRE script in exchange for up to $20 million in tax incentives, according to the website Tax Analysts, citing memos leaked during last year’s Sony hack. The Mexico government requested several elements rewritten and the casting of a known Mexican actress in one of the roles; it has recently been […]

This week it came to light that the Welsh Assembly refused SPECTRE‘s film-makers permission to shoot at the Senedd chamber in Cardiff Bay after an approach was made at the end of 2014. In a statement the assembly said: The Senedd’s Siambr is the home of Welsh democracy and seat of government for Wales. Some […]

A new clapperboard from SPECTRE was revealed today via the official 007 social media channels, but with no explanatory text whatsoever. The photo does show the book Birds of the West Indies by ornithologist James Bond, which we previously saw in Die Another Day when Bond goes to Cuba. This was a favourite of Ian Fleming and […]

Official SPECTRE partner Belvedere Vodka has launched a competition in which it invites the world’s best bartenders to submit a short video of them mixing a “legendary” martini made with Belvedere vodka, with the prize a stay at Goldeneye Resort in Jamaica, where Ian Fleming built is holiday home and wrote all the James Bond […]

The recently released publicity still of Dave Bautista as Mr Hinx (above) revealed a curious choice of weapon, a two barrelled handgun. That weapon is now known to be the Arsenal Firearms AF2011 Dueller Prismatic after the company issued a press release dated 4th March, in which it revealed it had supplied five specially modified pistols for […]

 Eon Productions has announced a new addition to the cast of SPECTRE via the official 007 website and social media channels, saying:  We are pleased to announce that Stephanie Sigman has joined the cast of SPECTRE as Estrella. The Mexican actress had the lead role in the Academy Awards nominated Miss Bala (2011) and […]

While the main unit may have finished in Rome, SPECTRE‘s second unit continues shooting a car chase between the Aston Martin DB10 and Jaguar C-X75. In the video above you can see the cars equipped with rigs for cameras and lighting.

Location work continues in Rome and so snippets of footage keep appearing online. The footage, shot at night by the side of the river Tiber (above), might be considered to contain spoilers, so watch at your own peril.

Today the official 007 social media channels shared two photos that can also be seen in the current issue of Empire magazine. The first shows Dave Bautista as Mr Hinx, gun in hand, while the second shows director Sam Mendes giving instructions to Léa Seydoux (Dr Madeleine Swan) either in Austria or at Pinewood. Photos: SPECTRE […]

The early hours of Friday saw some of Rome’s main thoroughfare’s off limits to regular traffic as the team behind SPECTRE continued to work on a car chase between James Bond’s Aston Martin DB10 and the Jaguar C-X75, driven by Mr Hinx. After the disappointing car chase at the start of Quantum of Solace this a […]

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