Author Profile: David Leigh

The London Film Museum is set to be home to the Bond in Motion exhibition, the largest official collection of James Bond vehicles, following its successful two year stint at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu that just finished in January. The exhibition, located in Covent Garden, is scheduled to open on 21st March 2014 […]

John Travolta recently spoke about how he would love to play a Bond villain in an interview with the Telegraph, in which he reveals that he has spoken to Barbara Broccoli about the possibility and she “loves the idea”. However, that means nothing at all, it could easily be a brush off. What is more interesting […]

While James Bond’s appearance hardly varies throughout the books, it is also true to say that Ian Fleming scarcely describes him in any detail at all. Fleming tells us that Bond is around six feet tall and has black hair, a comma of which is permanently out of place; he has blue-grey eyes with a […]

A trailer for the four part biopic based on the life of Ian Fleming is now available to view on YouTube, days before it airs in the UK. The series, simply called Fleming, debuts in the US on BBC America tonight before being seen on the UK’s Sky Atlantic on 12th February. The series has been […]

Much about the James Bond films is iconic, with one of the most important elements being the music, from John Barry to David Arnold, Shirley Bassey to Madonna  and, most recently, Thomas Newman and Adele joining the club. When you hear those opening bars of Monty Norman’s main Bond theme you know you’re in for […]

Last night saw the Grammy Awards take place in Los Angeles, the annual ceremony to recogise outstanding achievement in the music industry. Althout it seems forever since Skyfall was on our screens, the 23rd James Bond film still managed to pick up two more awards for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Thomas Newman) and […]

In the first chapter of Live And Let Die James Bond arrives in New York City where he receives the full red carpet treatment as a guest of the FBI. After being whisked through immigration Bond is being chauffeured to the St Regis hotel where he meets Captain Dexter of the FBI and CIA buddy Felix Leiter, […]

I’ve just glanced at today’s Sunday Times, which features an interview with Skyfall and Bond 24 director Sam Mendes in the Culture section (at least in the international edition printed in Spain, which is a slightly different format to the UK edition). Although the article says little about 007, focusing more on Mendes’ production of […]

Skyfall and Bond 24 screenwriter John Logan has spoken briefly about the next James Bond film while on a press tour for forthcoming TV show Penny Dreadful. Apart from saying that he can’t reveal too much (no surprise there), he told IGN that he hopes to build on the work done on Skyfall in updating […]

One of James Bond’s greatest pleasures is cigarettes and he usually smokes sixty per day of a special Balkan and Turkish mixture with three gold bands. The cigarettes are specially made for him by Morland’s and carried in a wide, thin cigarette case of black gunmetal that can hold fifty; even in smoking James Bond […]

Two classic Bond films are being showcased in the Great Digital Film Festival, a week long presentation across Canadian cinemas scheduled between 31st January and 6th February this year. George Lazenby’s single outing as 007, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, will be shown on 4th February, as will Sean Connery’s fourth Bond film, Thunderball. All […]

James Bond has been entertaining the public in one form or other for more than 60 years now, a remarkably long time for any character to endure. From his origins in the pages of Ian Fleming’s novels and short stories, James Bond grew with the Eon film series (and others), comics, board games, computer games, […]

Last year was relatively busy considering there was no new 007 film in production, with Skyfall released on DVD/Blu-Ray, the Designing 007 exhibition opening in Shanghai and Melbourne, and a new James Bond novel, Solo. For a while this year we can expect a lull in any 007 related news, although probably there will be […]

Special effects supervisor Chris Courbould, long been part of the Bond family after working along side Derek Meddings in The Spy Who Loved Me, has been recognised for services to film in the New Year Honour’s List and is to be awarded the OBE. Corbould was responsible for the effects on Skyfall, but as well […]

In the novel On Her Majesty’s Secret Service we get to share Christmas Day with 007 after his narrow escape from Piz Gloria. He visits M’s house to report on Blofeld’s activities and is served roast turkey, plum pudding, a small  glass of old Marsala and most of a bottle of a bad Algerian wine that M […]

Ian Fleming Publications last week unveiled a smart new logo comprising of the signature of James Bond’s creator and a “Doctor Bird”, Jamaica’s national bird. There are numerous links to the bird, also known as the Streamer-tailed Huming Bird; all the Bond books were written at Goldeneye in Jamaica; 007 was named after the ornithologist who […]

The entire series of 23 James Bond films is currently on sale on Amazon for $119.99, a massive discount from the usual $299.99 price tag. Amazon was offering all the Bond movies on Blu-Ray at $99 just a day ago so this price is unlikely to last and it would make a fantastic present for […]

A first draft shooting script for an unproduced version of Thunderball sold for £10,000, while a leather bound copy of the final version went under the hammer for £16,250 at an auction of entertainment memorabilia run by Bonhams this week. Lots 95 to 117 were all Bond related and other rare items included a Dr No […]

Skyfall singer Adele was yesterday awarded an MBE at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The Prince of Wales made the award for services to music (which since she is a singer amounts to showing up for work). She has enjoyed massive success with her first two albums and knocked Madonna off her pedestal for the the […]

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