Author Profile: David Leigh

The latest clapperboard photo from the set of Skyfall was released via the official 007 Twitter account last night and shows a Turkish flag flying from a sailing boat.

The Royal Mail is is to issue a special limited edition stamp sheet to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the James Bond films. The stamps feature the top ten most popular posters based on a vote at the beginning of the year and will be available from 1st May. Collectors will be interested in two […]

Sony previewed the trailer for Skyfall  to an audience at 2012 CinemaCon in Las Vegas. According to Aceshowbiz.com: The video opens with the interrogation scene where Daniel Craig’s Bond is looking at the city of London. Then, there is someone speaking on the voiceover, “Country”, to which Bond replies, “England.” It seems like the agent […]

The Skyfall production team has moved to Fethiye in the Aegean province of Muğla, according to an article Hurriyet Daily News, which says that a thousand strong team has arrived in town. The article says security is tight: Tight security measures have been taken around the area in which the film will be shooting. Security officials have […]

Skyfall producer Michael G Wilson spoke at a press conference held in Istanbul ahead of the arrival of Daniel Craig and the first unit in which he reassured locals that filming has not damaged historic buildings. Hurriyet Daily News quoted Wilson as saying: “As people in the film sector we create illusions. This is what […]

A new video blog that goes behind the scenes on Skyfall has been posted on Yahoo Movies. Click the play button to watch the video above.

The Barbican has announced details of the first corporate packages for Designing 007 – a celebration of 50 years of Bond style. With unprecedented access to EON’s archive, Designing 007 is a multi-sensory experience which will transform the Barbican spaces and take the audience on a journey through 50 years of Bond style – from […]

Press release: To celebrate the James Bond franchise’s 50th anniversary, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), will launch gamers back through time to relive a selection of Bond’s most iconic and intense undercover missions from the popular Bond film franchise with 007™ Legends. A first-of-its-kind Bond video game, […]

Press release: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Ian Fleming Publications Ltd today announced that Amazon Publishing has acquired a ten-year license for North American rights to the entire list of James Bond books by Ian Fleming in print and ebook. Along with the iconic series, Fleming’s two works of non-fiction, consisting of a collection of travel […]

The latest Skyfall clapperboard image was released last night via the official 007 twitter channel and shows casino chips on a table decorated with Chinese characters. The scene is likely set in Macau.

Video footage of a stunt involving a stuntman dressed as Daniel Craig driving a motorbike across the rooftops of Adana in Turkey has been posted online. You can view it above after a short advert.

The video above was posted on CNN Turkey and shows CCTV footage of an alleged accident during the filming of a sequence in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. The bike supposedly crashed into a 400 year old shop and caused considerable damage to the glazing. Note: You may first have to view an advertisement. You […]

The Skyfall production team has been visiting second hand shops in Adana where they are buying up a variety of items. Hurriyet Daily News reports: The team has bought old objects and accessories such as coffee boxes, bamboo-made furniture, radios and bookshelves. The owner of one shop said the film makers returned to the shop after […]

Skyfall has finished shooting in Adana and moved on to Istanbul, according to an article in Hurriyet Daily News. The article also says that the number of tourists to the area has increased due to the “007 effect”, helping the local economy: The Adana leg of the shooting for the James Bond ‘Skyfall’ movie has […]

It has been announced that after nearly 40 years of being shown on ITV the James Bond films are to move to Sky after coming to an agreement with MGM. The move has angered many fans who have become accustomed to watching the traditional bank holiday Bond. According to The Mail: Dr No was the […]

Daniel Craig tells MTV how he sat down with Sam Mendes to discuss what they wanted to put into Skyfall, how Mendes is a huge Bond fan, and some old characters will return as well as some new ones.

Sony has released a total of 13 official Skyfall photos, which have appeared on various websites including comingsoon.net from where we sourced them.

A new addition to the James Bond books is to be published in 2013 according to a press release published on the Curtis Brown website on Tuesday, which started to hit the news yesterday evening. The press release is reproduced in full below, but it is interesting to see that the novel will be set […]

A new video featuring short snippets of interviews with Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem and Bérénice Marlohe has been posted on 007.com. Daniel Craig emphasises that it is not just about James Bond, but about the other characters too and 007’s relationship with them and reels of a list of key Skyfall cast members, and that he thinks the story is good.

Why it doesn’t matter at all that 007 will be seen drinking Heineken in Skyfall. The recent announcement that James Bond would be seen drinking Heineken beer in Skyfall created headlines around the world, with much of the media reporting that was swapping his vodka martinis for beer. In fact, the most likely scenario is […]