March 19th, 2014
by David Leigh
Speaking at the launch of the Bond In Motion exhibition in London yesterday, Michael G Wilson told reporters from ITN that Bond 24 would feature a new Aston Martin: “The next film, by the way, we’re going to have a new Aston – people haven’t seen.” Presumably that means a new, as yet unreleased model […]
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March 19th, 2014
by David Leigh
Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson were joined by past Bond girls Caterina Murino and Maryam d’Abo, current Miss Moneypenny actress Naomie Harris, and various other members of the production crew past and present at the official launch of Bond In Motion at the London Film Museum in Covent Garden. The exhibition is the largest […]
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March 18th, 2014
by David Leigh
The next book in the Young Bond series, which is currently untitled, is now available to pre-order from Amazon UK. Young Bond 6 is written by Steve Cole and the UK hardback edition will be published in November by Doubleday Childrens. The book will carry on directly from Charlie Higson’s Young Bond books set while […]
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March 6th, 2014
by David Leigh
A new range of perfumes inspired by the Bond girls is to be launched by P&G to sit alongside the 007 fragrances that first hit the shelves in 2012. Since launch the range has expanded from a single fragrance to a range of four, each in a distinctively designed bottle featuring the 007 logo. According […]
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March 5th, 2014
by David Leigh
Empire Online caught up with Skyfall and Bond 24 screenwriter John Logan this morning, when they quizzed him about progress on the Bond 24 screenplay. [adsense] Logan told Empire that the first draft is almost complete and that he had been working closely with Sam Mendes on the storyline, which will continue the themes of […]
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March 3rd, 2014
by David Leigh
A few days ago we reported that Bond 24 was scheduled to start shooting in October, according to none other than Ralph Fiennes. [adsense] However, Baz Bamigboye in the Daily Mail has reported that filming has been delayed by a month and it will now start in November. Normally I take little notice of what […]
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March 1st, 2014
by David Leigh
MI6 Confidential, the full-colour magazine celebrating the world of James Bond 007, returns with its twenty-fourth issue. All cinematic icons have their backroom stalwarts, and this issue pays homage to four of them. The screenwriting duo, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, writers of the five most recent adventures talk candidly about their years with Bond; Mark Mawston […]
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February 28th, 2014
by David Leigh
MTV recently interviewed Ralph Fiennes for his new film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, directed by Wes Anderson in which he revealed that while he has not seen a script for Bond 24, cameras are due to start rolling in October. [adsense] He tells MTV that he can’t tell them much having not seen a script and […]
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February 27th, 2014
by David Leigh
The recent biopic mini-series “Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond” that aired recently on BBC America from the end of January and on Sky Atlantic earlier this month is now available on Amazon Instant Video in March and will be released on DVD on 10th March. The Fleming biopic stars Dominic Cooper as Ian Fleming […]
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February 19th, 2014
by David Leigh
Roger Deakins, who won so much praise for his cinematography work on Skyfall, will not be returning for Bond 24 according to one industry commentator on Twitter last night. Kristopher Tapley of HitFix.com tweeted: At dinner with Deakins last night I learned some news that makes me sad: He won’t be shooting the next Bond. — Kristopher […]
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