Author Profile: David Leigh

4th December 2014 At a photocall held at the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studio, director Sam Mendes announced Bond 24 was to be titled SPECTRE before unveiling the Aston Martin DB10 designed specially for the film and introducing principal cast members. 8th December 2014 Filming starts at Pinewood Studios. 15th December 2014 Daniel Craig and Rory Kinnear […]

Authorities in Rome have reportedly denied film makers permission to perform a stunt at the Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains) crossroads. Instead cultural and heritage officials in Rome have requested the scene be created in post-production  in order to protect the fountains from being damaged during filming. The baroque fountains, each of which depicts a figure believed to […]

Image: Courtesy of 007.com Daniel Craig posed with SPECTRE co-stars Léa Seydoux and Dave Bautista in front of the spectacular Tyrolean backdrop today after a two day shoot at Lake Altaussee. After the first day was hampered by poor weather, yesterday’s weather was more favourable but today saw the actors and crew arrive by road.They are expected to […]

The second clapperboard photo to be released from the set of SPECTRE has this evening been uploaded via the official 007 social media channels. The photo follows the news that little filming took place due to adverse weather conditions at Lake Altaussee in Austria.

The first day of the location shoot in Austria on SPECTRE saw little filming after most of the day was a write-off due to poor weather. After morning rehearsals, Daniel Craig was due to film on Lake Altaussee but the high winds made filming impossible except for a narrow window in the afternoon prior to […]

After shooting at various locations across London in December, including the Thames, Notting Hill, and Camden Lock, Sam Mendez will move the cast and crew of SPECTRE to Austria next week to shoot in various locations. The film crew has been preparing the area in anticipation of the arrival of the main unit, while the […]

Designing 007, the exhibition originally at the Barbican and curated in partnership with Bronwyn Cosgrove and Lindy Hemming, will move to Madrid from 6th May 2015 and run until the end of August. In the past the exhibition has visited Toronto, Shanghai, Melbourne, Moscow and is currently in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The organisers were […]

Daniel Kleinman who, with the exception of Quantum of Solace, has directed every 007 title sequence since Goldeneye, is back for SPECTRE. Kleinman confirmed the news direct to our friends James Bond Norway, and expects to start work in the New Year.

Collider recently spoke to Christoph Waltz while promoting the movie Big Eyes and took the opportunity to quiz him about his role in SPECTRE. When asked if his character would turn out to be Ernst Stavro Blofeld he enigmatically replied, “No.  No.  It’s more interesting than that.” Officially his character is named Oberhauser, the surname of […]

It was revealed this week that Belvedere vodka would be one of the promotional partners for SPECTRE, although the amount they are paying for that privilege has not been disclosed. The brand is looking to use 007 to create global brand awareness and promote itself as a premium product. Of course, Belvedere is not the […]

Corgi is to release two new models of the famous Aston Martin DB5 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the car that won the Toy of the Year award in 1965. The first is in silver, with working ejector seat, front-mounted machine guns and bullet-proof screen, although it is lacking the tyre slashers. The second model […]

Daniel Craig and Rory Kinnear were seen at Camden Lock yesterday during filming of SPECTRE. During the last few days the film makers have been on location at various London locales, including a night shoot late on Monday.

The villain in SPECTRE is to drive a Jaguar C-X75 supercar according to report in Autocar. The car was originally planned on being powered by an 850 bhp hybrid engine but the project cancelled at the end of 2012. Image by Sébastien Rondet taken at the Paris Motor Show 2010 licenced under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 However, work is reportedly […]

Top Gear has interviewed Aston Martin’s design director about the DB10 designed specifically to appears in SPECTRE. Marek Reichman tells Top Gear that Sam Mendes briefed the car manufacturer that he wanted the “poster car” for every boy seeing a 007 movie for the first time and how the design philosophy of the DB10 was influenced […]

Belvedere yesterday announced they were the new vodka of James Bond, after agreeing to partner with the new Bond film, SPECTRE. As well as presumably appearing on-screen, the company is to produce two limited edition bottles for its vodka, the first with the MI6 building etched into the glass of which just 100 will be available […]

Paul Haggis, who cowrote the screenplays for Casino Royale and then Quantum of Solace, will receive an award from the Writers Guild of America at an ceremony in New York on Valentine’s Day. The Ian McClellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement was established in 1992 to honour a guild member for his or her entire […]

Watch the video for a short clip taken during the filming of SPECTRE in London. Contains very mild potential spoilers.

Following the release of information by the group that hacked into Sony’s network relating to SPECTRE, on Saturday Eon Productions released the following statement: EON PRODUCTIONS, the producers of the James Bond films, learned this morning that an early version of the screenplay for the new Bond film SPECTRE is amongst the material stolen and […]

According to Hollywood Reporter, emails leaked in the successful hack on Sony’s network reveal that the script for SPECTRE was being worked on by Purvis and Wade throughout November and major revisions are still underway. How mega budget films can go into production without a solid script always surprises me and I just hope this isn’t […]

With days to go until Bond 24 was due to commence principal photography, the public had hitherto been met with silence on the subject. But on 4th December Sam Mendes revealed his cast and title.   Titled SPECTRE, the film brings together a high calibre team that includes cast members Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, and Dave […]