James Bond News

A few days there was widely reported that Spanish acress Penelope Cruz had been signed for Bond 24, of which we were extremely sceptical, and would thus become the oldest Bond girl to date. Of course, Cruz in the wife of Javier Bardem, so the story was a bit too neat, and anyway it is […]

Several reports have appeared online stating that Penelope Cruz has been signed for Bond 24, with an unnamed source “close to the production” quoted as saying that the producers have tried to sign the Spanish actress before; Cruz is married to Javier Bardem, who played the villain of Skyfall. Source: Yahoo

Sam Mendes has signed for Bond 24 and will most likely return for Bond 25 too, according to Showbiz 411. There may be something to this story as the site had Adele’s Skyfall lyrics weeks before anyone else according to our friends at MI6. That means it is likely that Mendes will see Daniel Craig […]

Following on from yesterday’s reports that Sam Mendes may be back in talks with Eon and Sony about returning to direct Bond 24, MI6 has this morning reported that Norwegian film director Morten Tyldum, responsible for Headhunters, confirmed to comoyo.no by email that he had a meeting with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson. The Bond […]

The Mail has an interesting story by Baz Bamigboye, who was right on a number of things about Skyfall. Earlier we reported that Sam Mendes is in talks with Eon and Sony about returning for Bond 24 but Bamigboye emphatically says that Mendes will direct Bond 24, not Christopher Nolan. However, he backtracks a little […]

Earlier in the year it was finally announced that Sam Mendes, against the hopes of Eon Productions and many fans, would not be returning to direct Bond 24. Although at the time of Skyfall‘s release the British director appeared to be reluctant to return immediately to the series, telling interviewers he had done all he […]

A number of events to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the publication of Casino Royale are currently running at the University of Illinois and the Spurlock Museum. Michael L. VanBlaricum, president of The Ian Fleming Foundation and Illinois alumnus, was asked to curate a “Birth of Bond” exhibition, while the Rare Book & Manuscript Library […]

Eon Productions bosses Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson are set to executive produce a new film about an outsider living on a remote Scottish island, according to reports, seemingly ending any chance that Bond 24 would be released in 2014. The film, The Silent Storm, will star Andrea Riseborough and Damian Lewis and will […]

The modified Breitling watch worn by Sean Connery in Thunderball will be auctioned at Christie’s in London on June 26th, when it is expected to sell for as much as £60,000. The watch was modified for use in the film, where it supposedly acted as a Geiger counter to detect the presence of the atomic […]

Daniel Craig made a surprise appearance at the Nurburgring at the weekend where he drove the Skyfall Aston Martin DB5 on a lap to celebrate Aston Martin’s centenary. Craig reportedly climbed into the DB5, with licence plate BMT 216A, after arriving by helicopter and joined a parade of 100 Aston Martins for a lap of […]