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The Glasgow Film Theatre will bring Sean Connery back to the big screen in his iconic role of James Bond with a showing of From Russia With Love on Wednesday 10th September at 17:30. Dr. Melvyn Stokes, a noted film historian, will introduce the film and lead a discussion about 1960’s cinema following the showing. […]

The complete set of James Bond audio books, previously available in the UK, is now available for purchase in the US and Canada. Also see our article on the James Bond audio books here Narrated by Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy, Tom Hiddleston, Sir Kenneth Branagh, and others, this set is an unabridged recording that was […]

October’s Henley Literary Festival will see two events celebrating the work and life of James Bond creator Ian Fleming. Held at Henley-on-Thames, the festival will celebrate the role Jamaica played in the creation of the 007 stories and mark 50 years of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang illustrator John Burningham will explain […]

Since being released on DVD and Blu-Ray last week in the UK, Skyfall has sold nearly 2 million copies according to the Official Charts Company. A total of 1.986 million copies were sold in the first week, representing 45% of all DVD/Blu-Ray sales, of which 544,000 were sold on the high definition Blu-Ray format, giving […]

It has been confirmed that Adele will perform Skyfall at the Oscars, as had been rumoured. The song has been nominated form Best Original Song and the Oscars ceremony will be the first time the singer has performed it live since giving birth. She previously attended the Golden Globes, where she was awarded the trophy […]

Skyfall added another $5.1 million to its box office receipts in Chine on Monday when it went on general release its last remaining major territory, 14% ahead of The Dark Knight Rises. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Sony sources say that films that open on Monday, such as the latest Bond and Batman movies, usually […]

A gold plated pen that hides a secret pistol given to Lord Mountbatten, the last viceroy of India, is set to be auctioned in March in by Holt’s Auctioneers of London. It was given to Mountbatten, the uncle of the Duke of Edinburgh, by the Maharaja of Jodhpur in 1948 and is expected to raise […]

Skyfall finally premiered in China on Wednesday, the last major territory for it to conquer. According to a report in Hollywood Reporter the film has a number of cuts, including – for some reason – the removal of the scene that shows Ola Rapace’s character shooting a security guard in the lobby of a Shanghai […]

Thomas Newman deserves to win an Oscar for his Skyfall score, according to Slate. I’d argue that David Arnold is the sound of the modern Bond films and Newman was a mistake for Skyfall; just listen to the sweeping theme of Casino Royale, while Arnold’s score for Quantum of Solace is one of the few […]

Skyfall has been nominated Film of the Year in the Evening Standard British Film Awards. The lack of nominations in any major category at the Oscars and other awards has disappointed many commentators, so this may make up for some of that. The latest Bond film  is up against independent films Sightseers and Berberian Sound […]

A sequence celebrating 50 years of James Bond on the big screen is to be televised during the Oscars show, according to a press release published on the Oscars website. The press release gives little else away, other than nominations being announced on January 10th, with the award ceremony on February 24th. Of course, this […]

Gamers have reported that Activision’s 007 titles are being pulled from online gaming sites across multiple platforms. The action has prompted the rumour that Activision has cancelled it’s licence that was due to expire in 2014. Given the poor reception of the recent games, the rumour does seem likely, especially after Eurocom closed its doors […]

Scotland has been named the number one tourist destination in the world by CNN Travel, following the scenes in and around James Bond’s ancestral home at the end of Skyfall. Scotland finished ahead of locations such ad Rabat in Morocco, Kosice in Slovakia, and other destinations to secure the top spot in CNN’s list of […]

A proof copy of You Only Live Twice, first published in 1964, was auctioned earlier this month for £43,250, double the estimate. The same copy, which has been marked up for serialisation in Playboy, was last sold in 2003 for $17,925 at Christies in New York according to an article on MI6. Via: MI6 The […]

Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007, the documentary made to celebrate the half centenary of cinematic James Bond, will be released on DVD at the end of January. The documentary received limited cinema release in the UK and on cable TV in the United States, with television airing in some other territories. Click […]

A manuscript of Diamonds Are Forever with hand marked corrections by Ian Fleming that we reported on earlier this month went under the hammer on December 12th at Sotheby’s, where it raised £97,250, according The Book Bond. Until 2008 the manuscript had remained in the family of Fleming’s typist, Ulrica Knowles, but the identities of […]

In this short (5 minute) video interview Sam Mendes talks with AMC about Skyfall.

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 […]