Author Profile: David Leigh

As part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the James Bond films it was recently announced that the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MOMA) would be holding a retrospective of the 22 films in the EON Productions film series. Yesterday a press release was published on the official 007 website giving […]

The October issue of Empire Magazine has just been released containing extensive coverage of Skyfall. Director Sam Mendes is quoted as saying that Javier Bardem’s character, Silva, will be larger than life and a real match for 007. He also says that he considers the character to be one of the greats and giving something […]

Sony today issued a press release confirming that their new flagship mobile phone, the Xperia T, would be used by James Bond in the forthcoming movie, Skyfall. As well as having an HD screen and superior camera, the phone is equipped with Sony’s Walkman software for users to enjoy their music in high quality. I’m […]

EON Productions today announced that October 5th will be Global James Bond Day, celebrated by a full day’s 007 related events. Events announced include a charity auction run by Christie’s of London, a global survey to discover which are the favourite James Bond films worldwide, and a film retrospective by New York’s Museum of Modern […]

To celebrate both the release of Skyfall in October, as well as the 50th anniversary of James Bond on the big screen, Auto Express is asking readers to vote for their favourite car from the Bond movies ever. They have compiled a short list of 20 of the most popular cars from the films, naturally […]

Back in November 2011 at the Skyfall press conference held in London, producer Michael G Wilson mentioned that a new documentary would be released as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of cinematic James Bond. Until now no details have been forthcoming, however yesterday a press release was issued that covers the documentary, entitled “Everything […]

MI6 Confidential, the full-colour magazine celebrating the world of James Bond 007, returns with its sixteenth and seventeenth issues. Issue #16 takes a journey back to James Bond’s beginnings with this special collector’s issue of MI6 Confidential, celebrating the first 007 film, Dr. No, as it marks its 50th anniversary in 2012. Collected amongst these […]

The current producers of the James Bond films talk about how the imminent Blu-ray release of the entire Bond catalogue is good for the fans and viewable in the best possible quality at the present moment. Broccoli talks about some of the iconic moments in Dr No and how they try and bring similar iconic […]

Yet another Skyfall poster has been revealed by Sony Pictures, this time with Daniel Craig on his back while aiming his Walther PPK. The poster is a similar design to a cardboard design that has been appearing in UK cinemas recently.

London auction house Christie’s is planning an auction of James Bond memorabilia donated by EON Productions and former cast and crew to benefit UNICEF. Forty lots will be offered for auction between September 28th and October 8th in an online auction, while an invitation only off-line auction will take place on October 5th, the 50th […]

Director Sam Mendes talks about the challenges of shooting in London, while Daniel Craig says that being a Bond film meant they were able to access places that would be out of bounds to other films. Craig goes on to say that he and Mendes wanted to make the film very British.

After a prototype helicopter capable of withstanding an electromagnetic pulse is stolen from under the noses of the Royal Navy while demonstrating its capabilities in Monte Carlo, it is used in an attack on a Russian bunker in Severnaya. The bunker is the control centre for the Goldeneye satellites, each of which is armed with […]

Coca-Cola has revealed artwork for its Skyfall campaign for Coke Zero that includes the Skyfall logo and a silhouette of James Bond standing in front of a gunbarrel while apparently staring at a huge bottle of Coke Zero. Coke’s campaign will rolled out across cinema and television, as well as outdoor advertising, a social media campaign […]

James Bond will be using at Sony Xperia T in Skyfall, according to a news report on CNET UK. The phone has a 4.3 inch screen at 720 pixel resolution and 16 GB RAM for music and videos, as well as accepting a Micro SD card. Read “Sony Xperia T is James Bond phone in […]

Edward Biddulph who is behind James Bond memes and has contributed to this website recently visited “Designing 007”, the exhibition currently taking place at the Barbican in London celebrating 50 years of cinematic James Bond. He comments that Ian Fleming has not been left out of the exhibition, although the area devoted to him and […]

Earlier I posted a new Skyfall poster released by Sony, but it turns out there were four more individual character posters too. They are the same shots as the ensemble character poster but each is backed by the 007 logo and release details below.

This afternoon a new poster for Skyfall has been released, which you can see above. One of the things that strikes me about it is how the cast is presented as an ensemble, rather than just James bond on his mission, perhaps with a girl at his side. The girls are there should, sure, but […]

One of the issues I have with the more recent James bond films, say since Goldeneye onwards, is now rather than 007 operating as a lone agent out on his mission – just like in the books – he instead has come to rely upon his boss, M, much too often.

The official 007 website has an interview with photographer Greg Williams, who is returning for “Skyfall: Bond On Set”, his fourth book of behind the scenes photographs from the James Bond films that started with Die Another Day. In the interview he discusses how his work differs from the unit photographer, working with Sam Mendes […]

After assisting the DEA in the capture of drug baron Franz Sanchez in mid air, James Bond attends the wedding of his CIA buddy Felix Leiter. However, after Sanchez escapes custody, 007 finds Sanchez has exacted his revenge on Leiter by raping and murdering his bride, while  Leiter is maimed by being thrown to the sharks. […]