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This week’s picks of the week as judged by the number of clicks, likes, comments and retweets on The James Bond Dossier’s social media channels, is listed below: How ‘Skyfall,’ ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘Life of Pi’ Used Digital to Dazzle 10 Iconic Things We Miss From Classic James Bond Films 007 creator Ian Fleming selected […]

While Ian Fleming is best known for writing James Bond, as well as the children’s book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, he also published a couple of non-fiction books. Both Thrilling Cities, Fleming’s exploration of fourteen cities that was commissioned by the Sunday Times, and The Diamond Smugglers, his investigation of an African diamond smuggling operation, […]

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Ken Adam, Peter Lamont, Allan Cameron and Dennis Gassner are to be jointly awarded the Art Director Guild’s Cinematic Imagery Award according to Hollywood Reporter, for their work on the production design of the 23 James Bond films. The award is given to those who have visually enriched cinema and past recipients have been Steven […]

Skyfall has now passed $951 million and on its way to break the billion dollar mark, according to figures provided by Box Office Mojo. In the US the film is estimated to have reached $272.3 million by the end of the weekend, while reaching $678.7 million in the rest of the world. The figure puts it […]

Going over the content I shared via social media during this week I simply picked out the most popular items by the number clickthroughs from Twitter. The links below all really stood out: Sam Mendes: ‘I did Skyfall to wake myself up. It has certainly done that’ Skyfall breaks box office records (but is it […]

A new walking tour of London featuring locations from the James Bond films is being launched by Brit Movie Tours, a company that specialises in visits to movie and TV locations in Britain. The James Bond Walking Tour takes fans on a two hour tour to sites associated with the film series as well as […]

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Musical Bond fans have the chance to own a piece of ciematic history when the guitar played by Vic Flick when recording the James Bond Theme comes up for auction on December 15th, according to an article on MI6. The guitar, which dates from 1939, is an electric/acoustic instrument manufactured by London baswed Clifford Essex Paragon. The original company […]

Skyfall is still going strong in the USA, with it reclaiming the number 1 position at the box office after several weeks in second place following the release of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. The LA Times reports that Skyfall has now grossed $261.6 million in North America, making it the biggest earning […]

The amount of Bond related news this week has declined, focusing mainly on how much Skyfall has taken at the box office, either in individual territories or worldwide. However, the two items below go against this trend: Rare James Bond manuscript with Ian Fleming notes to fetch £80,000 A manuscript for Diamonds Are Forever with […]

English language website Barcelona Metropolitan includes an interview with Daniel Craig lookalike Steve Illing, who I know well and actually went to see both Quantum of Solace and Skyfall with. In this article he talks about why he moved to Barcelona, how he became a Bond double and why he won’t do hen nights. Read complete […]

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In the previous two weeks we’ve taken a look at the responses to our Skyfall survey from people who rated the film negatively and neutrally, and so this time round it’s the turn of those who rated it positively. The large majority of respondents rated Skyfall positively by far, with 384 saying it was either […]

Skyfall has finally overtaken Avatar’s box office take in the UK to become the highest grossing film of all time, according to Flickering Myth. Avatar took  £94 million when released in 2009, which was overtaken this last weekend when Skyfall regained its number 1 spot in the box office chart from the latest Twilight installment, Breaking Dawn […]

Skyfall is well on its way to break through the $900 million barrier worldwide after another reaching $245.6 million in the US (up from $223 million in our previous report) and $623 million in all other territories (previously $571 million) to put it on $868.6 million worldwide (up from $794.3 million). In the UK Skyfall […]

A manuscript of Diamonds Are Forever with Ian Fleming’s hand written corrections is expected to raise £80,000 when it comes up for auction at Sotherby’s later this month, according to an article in the Telegraph. The manuscript was typed by Fleming’s secretary, Ulrica Knowles, and includes substantial hand written corrections on nearly every page, including the […]

We take a look at our favourite blog posts we’ve seen this week from across the internet and either featured on the website or shared via social media. Reception committee: Fleming and Bond arrive in Jamaica  Edward Bidduph notices some similarities between James Bond’s arrival in Jamaica in Dr No and Ian Fleming’s own arrival […]

Skyfall features more than 1,300 shots involving special effects, according to this article by FX Guide, with work by a variety of companies and including miniature work supervised by Chris Corbould. The article includes a podcast with visual effects supervisor Steve Begg (click here to go direct to the podcast), as well as looking in detail […]

The main cars featuring in the James Bond films, including Aston Martins, BMWs, a 2CV and many more.