Author Profile: David Leigh

Ian Fleming Publications used the release of Skyfall on Blu-Ray and DVD yesterday to piggyback some news of their own. The literary copyright holders announced the release date for William Boyd’s continuation novel and launched a new website and a dummy cover image to the book’s Amazon listing was also added, although they did not […]

It seems like only yesterday that Skyfall opened on the big screen, but after being released last week in the United States on DVD, Blu-Ray and download it has now hit UK stores too. The home release of Skyfall has been huge, with a train painted up in the Skyfall livery used to promote the […]

Sam Mendes is likely to return to directing duties on Bond 24 if an article published by the Daily Mail is to be believed. He is waiting to see a completed script before committing, which currently exists as two plot outlines by screenwriter John Logan. The only people to have seen this, says the article, […]

One of James Bond’s steamiest encounters in Skyfall takes place when Eve arrives at 007’s hotel room and finds him about to use a cutthroat razor to remove the beard he has grown since going MIA in Turkey. After being interrupted by his visitor as they flirt he hands over the razor and lets her to shave […]

Above you can see the latest videos from the YouTube channel for The James Bond Dossier. Watch the latest video, or scroll along the playlist to pick want you want to see.

The James Bond design exhibition that started out at London’s Barbican Centre and that has just finished in Toronto will set to open in Melbourne in November. The exhibition, Designing 007 – Fifty Years of Bond Style will open on November 1st and run for three months at the Melbourne Museum, whose director is reportedly […]

Skyfall picked up the award for Outstanding British Film at the 2013 BAFTA film awards, beating Les Miserables, which bookies were tipping to win the prize.

Daniel Craig is planning a return to the stage in Broadway alongside his wife Rachel Weisz, according to an article in the Daily Mail. The article states that if the negotiations are finalised it will be for a limited run though, as Craig will have to start pre-production on Bond 24 “next year”. While no […]

While James Bond is well known for his love of vodka martinis, in Ian Fleming’s books he more often drank whisky. And although this was sometimes scotch, from Live And Let Die onwards Bond prefers bourbon instead. However, when you think of James Bond’s background that seems a little curious. As is well known, his father was […]

Skyfall was named Film of the Year last night at the London Evening Standard Film Awards, which took place at the London Film Museum, as well as picking up the award for best blockbuster. The award was made to producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Brocolli and comes ahead of the BAFTAs next Sunday, and […]

Skyfall has now overtaken The Dark Knight Rises at the box office to become the seventh biggest earner of all time according to the latest figures on Box Office Mojo. The figure for the 23rd James Bond film now stands at $1,093.5 million after its opening in China, with The Lord of the Rings: Return […]

Dennis Gassner was last night awarded the award for contemporary film by the Art Director’s Guild at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Earlier in the evening Gassner was jointly awarded the guild’s Cinematic Imagery Award along with Ken Adam, Peter Lamont and Allan Cameron for their work on the Bond films. Sources: 007.com and Variety

An Aston Martin DB5 equipped with hidden machine guns, revolving number plates and a rear bullet reflector among it additional extras went on sale recently for £3 million. The car was supplied to the film makers to promote Thunderball (and equipped with some of the Goldfinger gadgets) but was never seen on screen. The price […]

This 30 second promo for the Oscars shows Pierce Brosnan as James Bond trying to order a martini.

Kingsley Amis was a big fan of Ian Fleming’s 007 books and sat down in 1964 with the aim of writing a 5,000 word article about the Bond phenomenon, which at the time was based mainly around the books. The author soon found that his modest idea had morphed into something far larger because, as […]

MI6 Confidential, the full-colour magazine celebrating the world of James Bond 007, returns with its nineteenth issue. Whilst pundits’ predictions of Skyfall’s success definitely rang true, the 23rd Bond adventure surely surpassed even the most optimistic auspices, both in terms of substance, and box office success. This issue celebrates that success, with a look at the global promotion […]

Skyfall is now the eighth biggest film of all time in terms of box office takings after its opening week in China. The latest figures from Box Office Mojo put the Bond film on $1,077.8, just behind The Dark Knight Rises. The current split is $301,252,887 in the United States and $776,500,000 in the rest […]

This week’s favourites from our social media channels. The news on 007 is getting far less frequent as the days go on and the last few days have been dominated by the announcement that Adele will perform at the Oscars. Given that this can only continue, this weekly feature will cease until the build up […]

Many years ago my family used to spend the summer with friends who owned an old farmhouse in the hills near Manresa in Catalonia. When they bought the house it was quite derelict, but a great deal of time, effort and, no doubt, expenditure turned it into something quite special. The house is miles from […]

Skyfall broke through $300 million at the US box office this weekend, according to estimates from Box Office Mojo, to end on $300,937,000 to make a total of $1,034,437,000 worldwide, with the film just about to open in China. Worldwide Skyfall is now the eleventh biggest grossing film never, some nine million behind Pirates of […]