James Bond News

Joanne Froggatt, who plays Anna in ITV’s period piece Downton Abbey, has reportedly been in talks with Eon about the Bond girl role in Bond 24. Virgin Media cites the Sunday Daily Star as quoting the usual unnamed source, but a search on the Daily Star website has failed to find the article mentioned. Our friends […]

Following the recent paperback release of Solo in the UK, yesterday saw William Boyd’s novel available in paperback in the United States. The novel follows on from Ian Fleming’s chronology and sees Bond celebrating his 45th birthday before being sent to West Africa on a mission that eventually leads him to Washington DC. The US paperback […]

The latest issue of Empire Magazine looks at the 301 greatest movies of all time, placing Skyfall in 45th place. Empire spoke to John Logan about his involvement in the Bond films, describing Skyfall as “the best time I’ve ever had working on a movie” and saying that he had wanted to be true to Ian Fleming’s […]

Press release: Today, on what would have been Ian Fleming’s 106th birthday, Penguin Random House Children’s announced Shoot to Kill as the title of the new Young Bond novel by Steve Cole. In front of a Hay Festival audience of Bond fans young and old, Steve Cole and the first Young Bond author Charlie Higson […]

The title of the forthcoming Young Bond novel penned by Steve Cole has just been announced at the Hay Literary Festival. Cole and former Young Bond author Charlie Higson attended the unveiling of the title and cover artwork, which were simultaneously revealed on social media. Shoot To Kill will be published in the UK on […]

Anyone who has dreamed of staying at Ian Fleming’s villa, Goldeneye, on the north shore of Jamaica but was put off by the price now has a cheaper option until the end of the year. While the villa has been available for rent for some years as part of what is now the Goldeneye Resort, […]

The title and cover art of the new Young Bond novel by Steve Cole are to be revealed at the Hay Festival on Wednesday 28th May at midday. Author Steve Cole will unveil a giant replica book in front of an audience at Hay Festival of Literature & the Arts on  Ian Fleming’s birthday. He will […]

Sam Mendes attended BFI Southbank for a screening of Paris, Texas earlier in the week and was naturally quizzed about Bond 24 by attending press. In response he said the screenplay was being written and that it is ongoing, joking “if I told you I’d have to kill you”. You can keep up to date […]

James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson are to produce a film based on Glenn Greenwald’s book about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, currently exiled in Russia. The rights to No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State have been picked up by Sony, with the 007 producers’ involvement. Thanks […]

Three Norwegians are among a number of Scandinavian actresses being considered for a part in Bond 24, according to reports. Ingrid Bolsø Berdal (Hercules),  Synnøve Macody Lund (Headhunters) and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (Borgen) have taken part in screen tests for Bond 24. According to Anne Lindberg, agent of two of the actresses, the film’s producers have auditioned a number […]