Author Profile: David Leigh

Intel’s technology blog, IQ by Intel, features an article looking at some early Bond gadgets that were so in advance of their time that they appeared far fetched, but are in use in some form today. The films in question are From Russia With Love, Goldfinger and Thunderball, with the article discussing mobile phones, GPS, […]

Last week I took a look at those responses to our recent Skyfall survey from people who ranked the film negatively. As I mentioned in that article my original intention was to start on a positive note, but the loss of a hard disk drive meant my computer was out of action for a few […]

Skyfall received a huge boost over the Thanksgiving weekend thanks to a new box office record for all movies during the US holiday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The five day period between Wednesday night and Sunday saw the new Bond movie add another $51 for a total of $221.7 million in the US, the […]

This is the first article in what I’m hoping will be a weekly series featuring the best articles and blog posts we come across each week about James Bond and shared via the news section or our social media channels. Purvis and Wade, an appreciation Our friends at HMSS Weblog take a look at the […]

I have no idea how many shopping days are left until Christmas, and tend to leave it until the last minute anyway, but we were recently asked by VoucherCodes.co.uk to provide a list of Christmas gifts ideal for James Bond fans. The brief was simple; propose five to seven gift ideas, all under £80 and […]

In the first look at the stats from our Skyfall survey we reported the responses to the first three questions. As the last two questions were completely open and given both the variety and verbosity of some of the responses it seemed a better idea to take a look at how people responded by how […]

This week it’s the turn of the music of James Bond to receive the infographic treatment, from Dr No to Skyfall.

Sam Mendes was recently interviewed about Skyfall and other projects by Collider.com, which you can watch above. The interview is around 20 minutes and, just in case you’re easily offended, contains some swearing. Mendes discusses a variety of topics regarding the film, including cinematography; deleted scenes; finishing post production just two days before the first press screening; the direction changes brought on board for Skyfall; and Javier Bardem’s character.

When Skyfall finally opened in the United States we ran a survey to find out what fans think about the new James Bond film. The survey ran from November 8th when it opened in IMAX in the US until November 15th, during which time we collected 451 responses. Overview of the survey results Note that […]

This weekend saw Skyfall pass Casino Royale as the biggest grossing 007 movie of all time, notching up $669.2 million worldwide compared with $599.2 million for Casino Royale. The box office performance of Skyfall has helped push Sony Pictures past its previous 2009 best according to Jeff Blake, Sony’s chairman of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Sony.  However, while the figures appear to […]

The latest video blog shows behind the scenes footage of the helicopters used in Skyfall and discusses some of the challenges involved.

It shows the helicopter used by Silva learning the location and set, while the camera chopper finds just how close it can get during filming; 23 feet at 100 mph is the answer, leaving little margin for error. And as the pilot says, if you’re going to be in a film it’s got to be a Bond film!

Infographic showing the history of James Bond on the big screen covering the actors to have played 007, M, Moneypenny and Q, teh cars, the guns and the box office returns.

Skyfall grossed more than $100 million in the United States in its first five days, benefiting from word of mouth from its early IMAX release and the Veterans Day holiday on Monday according to a report by the Chicago Tribune; on Monday alone it earned $11.3 million. Globally Skyfall had taken $535 million by Tuesday and the article predicts that audience […]

Watch Daniel Kleinman’s opening title sequence for Skyfall, which has been uploaded to YouTube by ComingSoon.net.

On Sunday night I was lucky enough to see the new documentary “Everything Or Nothing”, commissioned as part of the celebrations for the fifthieth anniversary of cinematic James Bond. While it received a cinema release in the UK, albeit on a limited number of screens, and was shown on cable in the US I had […]

Skyfall took an estimated $18.2m (£11.4m) in its third weekend in the UK for a total of $115.8m (£72.9m). It is already the biggest non-3D film ever in the UK and currently fourth when 3D releases are taken into account, behind Avatar, Toy Story 3 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. However, Skyfall should overtake […]

Skyfall‘s opening weekend in the US saw it take $87.8 million in regular theatres, and with another $2.2 million from IMAX, was estimated to have ended the weekend reaching $90 million. This is a new record for the series and more than double the take of Casino Royale‘s debut in 2006. Skyfall has now reached $518.6 million […]

“The Complete Guide to the Drinks of James Bond”, written by David Leigh, the owner of The James Bond Dossier, is currently ranking in the top 10 of a number of Amazon’s best seller lists.   At the time of writing it is ranking second in both Bartending and  Drinks & Beverages (Kindle) and second […]

When James Bond arrives in Shanghai in Skyfall he spends some free time doing lengths of his hotel pool. Daniel Craig once again gets to show off his physique dressed in just a pair of swim shorts, thing time around provided by Orlebar Brown. The Setter swim shorts have been modelled on classic 1950s designs and features zip […]

The official 007 website has announced that Skyfall has become the biggest film at the UK box office this year after beating The Dark Knight Rises. In 12 days Skyfall has taken £57 million, beating the £55.6 million taken by Casino Royale and is now the biggest Bond movie ever in terms of the unadjusted box office take. […]