The latest James Bond news including 007 films, books and merchandise.
The paperback edition of William Boyd’s Solo is available today in the UK. The novel, set in 1969, follows the recently turned 45 year old James Bond on a mission in West Africa and, later in Washington DC, deals with the consequences of what he learns. Published by Vintage, Solo is available from Amazon UK. The US paperback edition […]
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After Ralph Fiennes first mentioned shooting would commence in October and a report from Baz Bamigboye shortly after saying filming had been put back until November, Bond 24 scribe John Logan has now confirmed plans to start filming in October. After attending the Penny Dreadful premiere earlier today, Latino Review tweeted the following: Nice talking […]
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[iframe http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b042cq8f 380 665] Saturday saw the BBC broadcast its new feature length radio version of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service with Toby Stephens as 007 and featuring Joanna Lumley as Irma Bunt. The 90 minute long radio play is available on the BBC website until next weekend and so if you’d like to listen to it click […]
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Sam Mendes was recently interviewed by Charlie Rose for Bloomberg TV, in which he discussed many aspects of his career, including Bond 24. [iframe http://www.hulu.com/embed.html?eid=e5jfpd5cg0xvo4v0v4sdaa&st=1024&et=1131 450 253] Click the play button to watch the section of the interview related to Bond 24 and hear what he had to say. Thanks to HMSS Weblog for sourcing the video. You […]
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A first edition of Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale, (1953) thrilled bidders, selling for £24,180 at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ sale of Modern Literature on Friday 11th April, held at their saleroom in London’s Mayfair. The first book in the 007 series, Casino Royale (1953) introduced Fleming’s renowned James Bond franchise to the world. Since it […]
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MI6 Confidential, the full-colour magazine celebrating the world of James Bond 007, returns with its twenty-fifth issue. Action and animation is the predominant theme of this issue as we have an exclusive in-depth interview with action unit supremo Vic Armstrong, talk to the stunt team behind the fiery climax to Licence To Kill, uncover the secret history […]
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Music is a huge element of the Bond films; think of 007 and you’re likely to hear the James Bond them in your head. While over the course of 23 films to date there have been a number of composers, there are probably two who people really associate with Bond. The first of those is […]
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Press release: San Francisco, Calif. – April 8, 2014. Glu Mobile Inc , a leading global developer and publisher of free-to-play games for smartphone and tablet devices, today announced that the company will partner with EON Productions and MGM Interactive to create a new free-to-play mobile game based on the James Bond film franchise. Scheduled […]
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It is being reported by media in Sweden that two Swedish actresses have been screen tested for the Scandinavian Bond girl role (mentioned here). MI6 are reporting that the two actresses are Ida Engvoll And Disa Östrand, are you can read more about them at the link below: A note: none of this is confirmed […]
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A cinema poster for Goldfinger dating from 1964 recently sold for £2,000 at auction in Newcastle. [adsense] The poster was one of a number of original posters collected by a cinema employee of the time who had stored the Goldfinger poster, and several others, in a cupboard at home. In all the seller raised £3,130 for his […]
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