Author Profile: David Leigh

The 25th James Bond film has overtaken the latest instalment in the Fast & Furious franchise. This weekend saw No Time to Die overtake F9: The Fast Saga at the box office to make it the biggest Hollywood film of the pandemic era. As of Sunday evening the 25th instalment in Eon’s Bond series has […]

The new Bond film is available to stream a month ahead of the home media release. While US fans have been able to stream No Time to Die on Amazon and other platforms for a couple of weeks, those in the UK and elsewhere have been forced to wait. But if you’re in the UK […]

With the news that No Time to Die would weigh in at 2 hours 43 minutes came some trepidation, for me at least. A couple of hours, or just over, is almost always the right length for a film. Most that that are substantially longer could usually do with some seriously heavy editing IMO. There […]

On Saturday night after spending what seemed like a couple of hours trying to decide what we were going to watch we ended up with Knight & Day (2010) with Tom Cruise and Camaron Diaz. Not because ether of us is a Tom Cruise fan you understand, more like mental fatigue brought about by having […]

Last week I saw Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch. It was a pretty enjoyable film and quite different to the other two movies I’ve seen in the last few weeks, No Time to Die (duh!) and Dune. One of the things that struck me about The French Dispatch is the number of actors from recent […]

Pearson worked for Ian Fleming and wrote biographies of both James Bond’s creator as well as 007 himself. Today we received the sad news that John Pearson has died at the age of 91. Pearson worked for Ian Fleming at the Sunday Times and so was well placed to write one of the first biographies […]

New Bond film set for European PVOD release next week. Earlier in the week No Time to Die became available in the United States on Amazon Prime and other streaming platforms for $19.99. It was widely thought that the film’s disappointing box office was behind the move after just a month on the big screen. […]

Disappointing box office takings in North America likely to be driver behind decision to hit streaming platforms early. While No Time to Die has performed well in the UK and Europe, the same can’t be said for the North American Market. After this weekend global box office takings amount to $667,456,307, of which $143,152,307 of […]

A trilogy of novels focusing on new recruits to the double O section was announced last week by Harper Collins. But instead of being James Bond continuation novels, the premise of Kim Sherwood’s new stories is that 007 is missing and presumed to be either missing or dead. While Eon has pushed back against an […]

The latest episode of James Bond & Friends is now available on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere. Join us as we watch 1983’s Never Say Never Again together as a group experience. For this episode, don your dungarees, grab an exploding fountain pen, and cue up your copy of Never Say Never Again as the panel […]

The latest episode of James Bond & Friends is now available on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere. What Easter eggs and callbacks have we found so far in No Time To Die? This week we gather to swap notes on the special nuggets that we have discovered so far in No Time To Die. What Easter […]

What does James Bond drink in No Time to Die? Here we attempt to give a definitive answer. Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t yet seen the film then please remember that this article may contain spoilers. Continue at your own risk! From my initial viewings of No Time to Die I compiled an initial list […]

The 25th James Bond film falls short at the domestic box office. No Time to Die opened in the United States and Canada on Friday, with a preview screenings on Wednesday and Thursday. While box office forecasts were generally in excess of $65 million, MGM was touting $50 million for the weekend. In the end the […]

Numbered edition of new Bond film in HD includes Aston Martin DB5 model. A special numbered limited edition of No Time to Die in 4k is due to be released on 20th December. The set includes both a 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray copy of No Time to Die and a specially created Aston Martin […]

No Time to Die director talks about his involvement on the latest Bond film. Fangoria editor and regular James Bond & Friends contributor Phil Nobile Jr recently spoke to Cary Fukunaga about No Time to Die on behalf of Slash Film. You should read the interview in full, but a number of interesting things stood […]

Wednesday saw James Bond actor attend ceremony at which he was awarded his star. Daniel Craig became the 2,704th celebrity to be awarded a star on Hollywood Boulevard at a ceremony on Wednesday. It was attended by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, Rami Malek, George Lazenby and countless other faces from the world of […]

Fans hoping for an early release in physical media will be able to get hold of the film before Christmas. No Time to Die is now listed on Amazon for pre-Christmas release. The latest Bond film will be available in DVD, Blu-ray and 4K formats from 20th December 2021 and comes with exclusive never-before-seen bonus […]

Latest Bond beats Skyfall and SPECTRE opening weekends. Pent up demand for a new James Bond film saw No Time to Die earn £21 million over the weekend, putting it on £26 million for the four days since opening on Thursday. So far it has opened in 54 geographical markets where it has taken $119 […]

Obviously I’ve been following the production of No Time to Die much closer than most people. Sometimes following 007 so closely leads to learning more than I should before seeing a particular film for the first time. But this time I just was not at all prepared for what the filmmakers delivered. I’m still pretty […]

The latest episode of James Bond & Friends is now available on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere. Full spoiler discussion of No Time To Die. Now that the 25th James Bond film is out in most of the world, we take the gloves off and discuss the good, bad, and the ugly of No Time To […]