Author Profile: David Leigh

James Bond continuation author William Boyd was recently at the Telegraph Hay Festival where he chatted about his forthcoming novel, due to be published next year. In contrast to Jeffrey Deaver’s Bond novel, Carte Blanche, Boyd will place 007 back in 1969. Speaking to News Tank he said: “He is a middle-aged man, a middle-aged spy, […]

A couple of weeks ago I published an article on how I saw Skyfall shaping up following the release of the teaser trailer. However, since it didn’t cover all the ground  I planned, I decided to write a follow up. Whatever my personal preferences, it’s highly unlikely that anyone involved at a senior level on Skyfall reads this […]

Skyfall costume designer Jany Temime discusses suiting up Daniel Craig, Tom Ford suits and how to dress 007 in way that is both classic but at the same time with a contemporary touch.

Press release: In SKYFALL, to be released in autumn of 2012, James Bond will take to the screen for the 23rd time with Daniel Craig again assuming the role of the world’s favourite secret agent. And once again, 007 will wear an OMEGA Seamaster. To celebrate its seventh performance in a supporting role in a […]

When a Drax Industries Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked en-route to the UK James Bond is brought in to investigate. When Bond visits company owner Hugo Drax he is introduced to Dr Holly Goodhead and immediately the first of several attempts are made on his life. He does, however, recover the blueprints for a glass vial being […]

The official 007 twitter account account announced today: Bérénice Marlohe (Severine in #SKYFALL) announced as an ambassador for @omegawatches (007’s official watch partner). No more information appears to be available at the moment.

The Los Angeles branch of BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) is to screen all 22 James Bond films thoughout June, according to a post on their website. The article states that the entire series is to be screened from June 8th onwards and ties in with the 25th and 50th anniversaries of […]

MI6 reported this morning that work has started on filming the credits sequence for Skyfall after details were leaked via Twitter. MI6 states: British model Charlotte Edwards tweeted that her friend and fellow model Natasha was shooting the credits sequence to “Skyfall”. As the MI6 piece notes, while traditionally the Bond films have often featured […]

A new video has appeared on 007.com featuring three generations of Bond girls appearing together at the Canne Film Festival.

The last clapperboard photo from Skyfall was uploaded to the official 007 twitter account as the second unit completed shooting. While the weekly (almost) updates have left some people underwhelmed it has at least provided some information direct from the set and given some talking points to fans.

Back in October I made 23 short videos about “Bond 23” as Skyfall was known back then. In the videos I discussed what I’d like to see in the new film and what I’d prefer for the filmmakers to avoid. Now that the first teaser trailer has been released and filming is approaching a close, […]

Catching Bullets – Memoirs Of A Bond Fan by Mark O’Connel to be pblished by Splendid Books 3rd September 2012. From the offbeat vantage point of a movie-obsessed teenager whose grandfather was chauffeur to legendary 007 producer Albert R. Broccoli, CATCHING BULLETS – MEMOIRS OF A BOND FAN is a love-letter to James Bond, Duran Duran title […]

Veteran film journalist Bill Desowitz chronicles the 50-year evolution of 007 on the big screen in James Bond Unmasked (Spies), featuring interviews with all six Bond actors. Now available on Amazon, this insightful book contextualizes the experience in a way that helps us fully understand and appreciate the contributions of each actor: The effortless physicality […]

PRESS RELEASE: All the Bonds.  All the girls.  All the action.  All in high-definition.  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment mark James Bond’s monumental golden anniversary with the release of BOND 50, the complete Bond experience showcasing all 22 classic films on Blu-ray together for the first time ever, neatly packaged into one […]

Watch the teaser trailer for Skyfall online.

The latest clapperboard photo from Skyfall was released in the early hours of this morning via the official 007 twitter channel showing the bridge at Adana, Turkey. The main unit has now wrapped up filming, leaving the second unit behind.

Duncan Jones will be directing a biopic based on Andrew Lycett’s biography of Ian Fleming, according to an article on Variety. Prior to writing the James Bond books Fleming served in Naval Intelligence where he was involved in planning top secret operations against Nazi Germany: “Fleming lived through one of the most perilous periods in […]

The Telegraph has an article about the enduring appeal of Aston Martin and what it means to drive one today. The author, who like many of us owned the Corgi DB5 when younger, says: Say “Aston Martin” and a world of values is immediately conjured up. It is the triple distillate of Englishness, as likely […]

Although an early reviewer labelled Ian Fleming’s books “sex, snobbery and sadism”, an article in The Independent re-evaluates 007’s relationship with food and drink. The article asks whether rather than being a snob he was instead a prototype foodie, loving to eat local, fresh produce wherever he finds himself in the world and dismissive of […]

The first Skyfall poster was debuted on 007.com today, with some further news about the teaser trailer: The first trailer for SKYFALL will be released here on 007.com on Monday 21st May at 8.30am BST. Watch this space for more news on Monday morning from The James Bond Dossier.