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Sam Smith denies Bond 24 involvement

August 15th, 2014 by

In a video interview with music paper NME, Sam Smith has denied the recent rumours that he was in the running to record the theme song for Bond 24. The story appeared last week in The Mirror and was jumped upon by the UK press and The Sun later added that Adele had turned down […]

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MI6 Confidential #26 – Unseen Bond

August 13th, 2014 by

More than two years ago MI6 Confidential set themselves a challenge: to track down an array of 007 paraphernalia that never made it to mainstream media and present it for our readers in an ‘unseen’ edition to the magazine. Today they proudly present the first, but perhaps not last, ‘Unseen’ issue, and it features some […]

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Rumour: Lea Seydoux considered for role in Bond 24

August 12th, 2014 by

Last week website Schmoes Know published an article claiming they’d had a hot tip that Blue is the Warmest Color actress Lea Seydoux was in the running for the main female role in Bond 24. The anonymous source is “very trusted”. They also cited a previous article from March, in which they quoted a casting […]

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Rumour: Adele turns down Bond 24 theme

August 11th, 2014 by

British music paper NME is reporting on a story that appeared in The Sun stating Adele has turned down the opportunity to record the theme to Bond 24 and the producers are looking at other choices that include Sam Smith. The Mirror seems to be the first to put forward Smith as a likely choice, […]

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2nd Annual Meeting for Spanish James Bond fans in Madrid

August 11th, 2014 by

Archivo 007 is celebrating its 2nd Annual Meeting on the 16th and 17th of August, a national event which gathers together James Bond fans from across Spain. This second event is taking place again at the Hotel NH Alonso Martínez in Madrid. Joan Casanovas, Archivo 007 founder, explains “After the success of last year’s event, we […]

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007 event in Sweden in September

August 7th, 2014 by

To celebrate their tenth anniversary and to highlight James Bond in Sweden, our friends From Sweden with Love are hosting a unique charity event in Stockholm in support of UNICEF. The event will take place over the weekend of 19th to 21st September and will feature many Bond film cast and crew, marking the first […]

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Norway location scouted for Bond 24

August 2nd, 2014 by

A location in Norway has been scouted by filmmakers for Bond 24, according to our friends at James Bond Norway. Australian filmmaker and facilitator Jason Roberts confirmed to Dagbladet newspaper that Eon Productions has assessed Svalbard as a possible location. In the past Roberts has contributed to a number of productions such as The Golden […]

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Bond films now available in UK from Amazon Instant Video

August 2nd, 2014 by

British Bond fans can now buy selected Bond movies in HD to watch instantly thanks to the launch of Amazon Instant Video in the UK. The Bond films currently available all feature Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Daniel Craig, with George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan not yet represented. The films are: Goldfinger Thunderball You Only […]

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Go ahead for Bond 24 to start shoot at end of year

August 1st, 2014 by

Baz Bamigboye has repored in the Daily Mail this morning that Bond 24 has finally got the green light to start shooting in late November/early December following a script revamp by long term Bond scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. The pair were brought in to reword John Logan’s script after Sam Mendes and Daniel […]

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‘Shoot To Kill’ artwork updated

July 25th, 2014 by

The cover of the forthcoming Young Bond novel, Shoot To Kill, which was unveiled at the end of May has been amended after it was pointed out that the Walther P38 gun used on the cover was not in production when the story is set. The cover of the forthcoming Young Bond novel, Shoot To Kill, […]

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