James Bond News

Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan has been approached by Eon Productions to direct Bond 24, according to an article on the Mail Online today. According to Baz Bamigboye, who got a number of Skyfall scoops (including Eve being Miss Moneypenny), the director has been involved in informal talks with Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. […]

Speaking at the BAFTA Television Awards on Sunday Q actor Ben Whishaw mentioned, when asked about his future plans, that he had thought that Bond 24 would start shooting at the end of the year, but is long longer certain, saying “I’ve heard some things but I can’t share”. While Sony had been pushing for […]

Sony posted its first annual profit in five years, it was announced on Wednesday, helped in part by the massive success of Skyfall. Profits were pegged at $458 million for the year ending March 31st compared with a loss of $5.7 billion the previous year. The turnaround in Sony’s fortunes have come about from the […]

Terence Stamp was in discussions to play James Bond after Sean Connery left the role after You Only Live Twice and dined with Harry Saltzman to discuss the possibility. However, according to Stamp, he told Saltzman that if he took the role he’d like to start the film dressed as a Japanese warrior, blowing his chances. […]

Barbara Broccoli recently spoke to The Times about how she “decompresses” between Bond films by working on stage productions. Although she says little about Bond 24, she does admit that topping Skyfall will be a challenge. The article notes that she and Michael G Wilson wield a lot of power in what is “traditionally a […]

Figures released by British satellite broadcaster Sky, which is part-owned by Rupert Murdock’s Newscorp, reveal Skyfall led a 37 percent increase in the number of rentals from Sky Movies in the first three months of 2013 compared with the same period last year. The company says 400,000 customers have rented Skyfall from Sky Movies so far, with […]

Richard Kiel, best known for his role as Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker alongside Roger Moore, is to appear at The Misty Moon Gallery in London on May 27th. “An Evening With Richard Kiel” includes a Q & A with the actor, autograph signings and a screening of The Spy Who […]

Last night on the BBC’s long running MasterChef series, in which amateur chefs must up their game to professional standards to stand a chance of the MasterChef title, the semi-finalists were asked to serve dinner to 12 former Bond girls from across the 50 years of James Bond films. The episode sees Eunice Gayson, Shirley […]

American actor Richard Kiel , best known for his portrayal of Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker is to appear at the Beaulieu National Motor Museum on Sunday 26th May, according to 007.com. The museum is home to the Bond In Motion exhibition, the largest official collection of original James Bond vehicles and The actor will […]

A bottle of a whisky that appeared in Skyfall and signed by Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem and Bérénice Marlohe sold at auction for £9,635 at Sotheby’s. The bottle of The Macallan 1962 was donated to the charity auction by the owners of the Scotch distillery and is similar to the bottle seen on screen in […]