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Bond fans heading for the LA Auto Show are in for a treat as a replica of the Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger that includes all the gadgets will be on display. According to Crave Online, the replica is actually a reverse engineered DB6 created by Los Angeles-based dealer Galpin Aston Martin. The Crave Online article […]

While Skyfall may currently be in second place behind the latest Twilight film at the UK box office, the latest 007 adventure took  £3.8 million last week to total £89.6 million after five weekends and closing in on Avatar’s record of £93.4 million, according to article on Flickering Myth. As of Monday Skyfall had reached $223 million in the […]

High cinema attendances in the United States over the Thanksgiving weekend has boosted the take for Skyfall, which currently lies in second place at the US, between the latest instalment in the Twilight saga and Spielberg’s Lincoln. According to Deadline, the 5 day weekend will put Skyfall on $223 million in the US. The estimated […]

The Blu-Ray and DVD release of Skyfall is due on March 12th 2013 according to an article by The HD Room, who obtained their information from Amazon. Given the enormous success of the film at the cinema the DVD release is sure to be hugely popular. Read the full article here

What could have been an interesting article by Livescience.com – and it does ask an interesting question – seems to have been written by someone who hasn’t actually seen Skyfall and trots out the well worn media cliche that James Bond drinks Heineken instead of vodka martinis in Skyfall. Another cited example of product placement […]

007 may have hated the porcelain British bulldog bequeathed to him by M in Skyfall, but the figurine has proved to be enormously popular following the release of the film. So popular, in fact, that manufacturer Royal Dalton has sold out thanks to the spike in demand and the £50 bulldog will not be available […]

Skyfall screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who have confirmed they are leaving the series after the success of the current film, have said that John Logan and Sam Mendes have a plot for Bond 24. An article in Total Film speculates that this might mean Mendes comes back for another film. The pair also […]

Skyfall‘s soundtrack is proving to be the most popular in the United States since A View To A Kill in 1985, according to 411mania.com. The article reports that Skyfall hit the number 100 spot in the Billboard 200 album chart. It goes on to say that it is only the second 007 soundtrack no to […]

Children In Need is to benefit from the auction of the Honda CRF250R ridden by Daniel Craig, according to The Telegraph. Honda UK has donated the modified motocross bike to be auctioned on eBay for the BBC’s annual fundraiser, with the auction closing on Thursday 22nd November at midnight. Honda is hoping to raise several […]

A new exhibition entitled “Exquisitely Evil: 50 Years of Bond Villains” is being mounted by the The International Spy Museum in Washington featuring some of the most memorable of 007’s foes from tjhe last fifty years. The exhibition will feature villains, henchmen, lairs and weapons and on display are 100 items from the films, including Jaws’ steel […]