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The Mail Online has a feature on Naomie Harris in which she discusses her role in Skyfall. She tells in an interview that her character, Eve, “has come a long way from the traditional Bond girl” and that “she’s very intelligent and highly ambitious – her aim is to be as capable as James Bond” […]

The Guardian published a Bond related piece yesterday linking to an article from its archives (when it was the Manchester Guardian), which criticised Ian Fleming’s writing; it also linked to Fleming’s response, which makes interesting reading, as he refers to what must be the Vesper, saying: I proceeded to invent a cocktail for Bond (which I sampled several months later and […]

A new advertising campaign kicks off this week using James Bond to boost tourism to Britain. The campaign will kick off this week to coincide with Global James Bond Day with the slogan ‘Bond is GREAT Britain’ with print advertising and billboards in 21 countries such as Australia, Brazil, Germany and the US. A television ad will […]

The official 007 website has this afternoon announced two CD collections of digitally remastered music from fifty years of James Bond films. The first CD features the theme songs from the first 22 films (as well as We Have All The Time In The World by Louis Armstrong), while the second is a double CD […]

The 20th official James Bond film, Die Another Day, marked the 40th anniversary of 007 on the big screen with its cinematic release. Die Another Day again stars Pierce Brosnan as our hero, with supporting roles provided by Dame Judy Dench as M, John Cleese as Q and with Halle Berry and Rosamund Pike as […]

A sample of Adele’s theme song for Skyfall has been released online today. If you’ve listened to it, what do you think?

Earlier today Adele revealed via her official twitter feed what everyone already knew – that she has recorded the theme song for Skyfall. Announcing it by sharing a photo didn’t tell Bond fans much, but later today the official 007 website has announced that the song will debut on Friday at 0:07 BST on Adele’s […]

Finally it’s been confirmed that Adele will be performing the Skyfall theme song after months of speculation. The confirmation came via Adele’s official twitter channel by simply posting a photo of the cover of what is presumably the lyrics, shown above. From that we can gather that the song was composed by Adele and Paul Epworth, which had also been rumoured. Thomas Newman, who is composing the soundtrack, therefore appears not to be involved, which is a pity as the elements from “You Know My Name” worked well in the Casino Royale soundtrack.

The Daily Mail has published an article about product placement inSkyfall. The article, which includes a new photo of Daniel Craig with a bottle of Heineken in his hand, says that Bond fans are likely to be shaken and stirred by this exclusive photo as it suggests that Bond has swapped his vodka martinis for […]

One brief scene that has appeared in numerous of the Skyfall trailers is released to date shows James Bond submerged in water. The latest video blog goes behind the scenes on this sequence, which was shot on a set that contains a permanent tank of water. It explains how the filming takes place to ensure […]

Meg Simmonds, who works as archive director for Eon Productions, discusses the auction of James Bond memorabilia at Christie’s. the auction runs from September 29th until October 5th.

While much of the media has been reporting that Adele has been confirmed for the Skyfall title song, the truth is that neither Adele nor the producers of the forthcoming James Bond film have confirmed anything to date. There have been strong indications, such as Adele being seen at a recording studio, but still that […]

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Two 30 second TV spots have been to advertise “Everything Or Nothing”, the documentary covering the story of how James Bond was brought to the big screen. While the documentary will have a limited UK cinema release, in the USA it will be broadcast by EPIX.

Omega has released a 30 second TV ad comprising of scenes previously seen in the trailers inter-cut with closeups of what appears to be the limited edition Skyfall watch with 007 branding visible and ends with the standard product. While many consider Rolex to be the true watch brand of Bond thanks to the brand […]

Digital Spy has today published a review of the documentary “Everything or Nothing”, which takes a look at how James Bond was brought to the big screen. The documentary includes interviews with friends of Ian Fleming, James Bond actors past and present (except Sean Connery who declined to be involved with this year’s celebrations), and […]

The poster for the forthcoming “Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007”, telling the story of how James Bond was brought to the big screen, was revealed yesterday via official 007.com website; as shown above, it features all six actors to have played the role in the EON film series. The film, directed by Stevan […]

A new 30 second ad for Skyfall appeared on US television on Sunday night during the Emmys. The video shows a few brief flashes of previously unseen footage and, with the James Bond Theme playing throughout, is heavy on action.

Special 50th anniversary box sets containing all 22 of the James Bond films digitally restored on Blu-ray are now available. This is the first time that all the films are available on Blu-ray after the initial release was aborted thanks to the bankruptcy of MGM. As well as the films, the discs include additional featurettes […]

Daniel Craig makes a couple of fleeting appearance in the new Heineken ad, which used the James Bond theme and many familiar 007-related elements. A CGI Joseph Wiseman appears as Dr No. It took a number of viewings to understand what was going on at the beginning – originally I thought that Craig morphed into […]