Author Profile: David Leigh

The two new Bond girls are the centre of the new video blog uploaded to YouTube this afternoon on the official James Bond channel. Naomie Harris says that it’s not enough for a Bond girl simply to be pretty any more, something that we’ve heard many times in the last few years from Bond girl […]

A new international trailer for Skyfall was released yesterday and is available to watch on YouTube. It appears to be for the Japanese market, and lasts for just a second more than one minute. While most of the scenes contained within the trailer have been seen before, there are a few new bits and pieces […]

A new poster of Skyfall was released this morning, announced via the official 007 twitter account. The poster,  above, shows Daniel Craig wearing a blue dinner suit and holding a Walther PPK against the background of the gunbarrel and a London skyline that includes the union flag. This is the best Skyfall poster released so […]

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Earlier in the year there was some controversy when it was announced that for the first time ever, James Bond would drink Heineken on screen. The huge debate was wildly overdone as 007 drinks beer on several occasions in the books and memories are short, as he was seen drinking a bottle of beer in Quantum of Solace. And anyway, rather than ditching his vodka martinis, rest assured that he’ll be drinking both in Skyfall when released next month.

Last week Coke Zero launched their 007 tie-in promotional video. While the product is a bit of a stretch as far has benefiting from the 007 halo effect, the ad is at least mildly amusing.

There is a scene in the book Casino Royale when Bond is about to place a bet that has the potential, if luck favours him, to wipe out Le Chiffre at baccarat, the reason he’s been sent by M to Royale-les-Eaux. Changes are always made when bringing a book to the big screen, and Casino Royale was no […]

It has been reported that Swarovski has teamed up with designer Stephen Webster to create a James Bond 50th anniversary collection for this year’s anniversary. Launching in October the items will range from $50 up to $300 and include cufflinks in a golden gun design, an earring and pendant set with a Casino Royale inspired […]

British tabloid The Sun has published an article this morning suggesting that Adele, who has long been rumoured to be the singer for the Skyfall theme, visited historic Abbey Road Studios earlier this month to record the theme for Skyfall. The article mentions that the rumours started when she appeared on Jonathan Ross’s chat show […]

Bond fans in the UK will be able to purchase the phone used by Daniel Craig in Skyfall, the Sony Xperia T, exclusively from mobile operator O2 later this month. The phone, which O2 is selling it with exclusive James Bond packaging as “The Bond Phone”. It will also be loaded witha 007 ringtone, images from Skyfall and […]

Several days ago it was announced that Skyfall would be unveiled in the UK at a charity Royal Premiere attended by Prince Charles and Camilla. The Royal Albert Hall this afternoon confirmed via twitter that a small number of tickets will be available to the public. As yet no announcement has been made as to […]

When 007 witnesses the purchase of a military GPS encoder by a known “techno-terrorist” while on assignment spying on a Russian arms bazaar, a missile attack is launched by the Royal Navy. However, before the missile strikes, it becomes apparent to James Bond that two Soviet nuclear devices are mounted on an aircraft and, with the missiles out […]

ky Movies has released a video advertising the new “007 HD” channel to be launched next month. It cuts together seamlessly all Bond actors in a driving sequence that relegates Timothy Dalton to being the hapless truck driver from the opening of Quantum of Solace (perhaps they should have had him for real), and if you thought it was Blofeld who machine gunned down George Lazenby’s Aston Marin at the end of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service then think again.

It’s an excellent advert for the new channel and even if you’re unable to get the channel the video is worth a look – it certainly made me chuckle.

Ian Fleming Publications has announced on their website the launch of the new Vintage Classics paperback series covering all 14 of Ian Fleming’s James Bond books as well as the 12 audiobooks released by AudioGo. The Vintage Classics series features all new, rather minimalist, covers and introductions from a number of high profile authors. Read the […]

According to our friends at MI6, Daniel Craig has signed for two more 007 films after the release of Skyfall. The news appears to have come from an unnamed inside source. Sony, as has previously been reported, is keen to release future James Bond films every two years, however that is dependent on EON Productions […]

A new video blog provided by 007.com on YouTube has Sam Mendes talking about filming in Turkey. He says that Skyfall shows the best of Turkey without falling into cliche, and how they have tried to capture Istanbul as it is today, as an every changing and developing city. The video shows some beautiful long shots of some of the city’s highlights, as well as behind the scenes footage of the pre-title sequence. He later adds that opening sequence is ambitious and varied.

Today it has been confirmed that The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will attend the Royale Premiere of Skyfall at the Royal Albert Hall on October 23rd, three days before the film goes on general release. The date was confirmed on twitter via @ClarenceHouse, the official account for Prince Charles: Clarence House ‏@ClarenceHouse […]

In the last few days Bollinger champagne has unveiled its special edition packaging to coincide with Skyfall, on general release in the UK from October 26th, as well as marking 39 years since Bollinger first appeared in a James Bond film. This special edition is called 002 for 007 and includes a bottle of Grande Année […]

Last month, on August 15th, the new James Bond fragrance for men was launched exclusively at Harrods. However, with a £32 bottle of the fragrance reportedly selling every four minutes Harrods had sold its entire stock of 500 units by the bank holiday weekend. That’s not the end of the story though, as the fragrance will be launching […]