James Bond News

The new Range Rover Sport was unveiled by Daniel Craig in New York earlier this week at a media event ahead of the New York International Auto Show. There had been some speculation that Craig would parachute into the event, similar to his arrival at the Olympics, but in the end that was not the […]

Thanks to the overwhelming response to MI6 Confidential’s first ‘Art of Bond’ special, the magazine has once again opened the archives for more rarely seen art, photography, covers and concept work from the films, books and games. Issues of this kind capture the work of a variety artists and contributors to the Bond canon, many […]

Back in October on the morning of the Skyfall premiere I interviewed Jon Gilbert of Adrian Harrington Rare Books about his Ian Fleming bibliography for MI6. Only that morning had he taken delivery of the books and so for an hour or so we sat and talked about Ian Fleming and the world of James […]

A bottle of a rare Scotch whisky that appeared in Skyfall and signed by the cast is to be auctioned to raise money for former and serving members of GCHQ. The bottle of The Macallan 1962 is signed by Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem and Bérénice Marlohe and was seen on screen in the scene where […]

Skyfall picked up more awards on Sunday night when the red carpet was laid for the Jameson Empire Awards on Sunday night at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. As well as picking up the award for best picture Sam Mendes was named best director and also picked up the Empire Inspiration award. Source: Empire […]

Skyfall screenwriter John Logan recently spoke to the Telegraph about his play “Peter and Alice” with Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw. While the focus of the article is about the play and his work in theatre, Logan also talks briefly about Skyfall and says that for Bond 24 and 25 he has lots of ideas […]

Trumpeter Derek Watkins, who played on every single James Bond soundtrack, died yesterday according to David Arnold on twitter. Arnold went on to pay tribute to him both as a musician and a person, saying he “could hit notes others couldn’t get near” and calling him “a lovely man”. Watkins featured on a video released […]

Royal Dalton’s “Jack” bulldog figurine that appeared in Skyfall is back in stock and selling for £50. Jack is based on an iconic bulldog, originally modelled by Royal Doulton’s great art director Charles Noke in 1941. An original Jack features on M’s desk in the 23rd James Bond Movie, Skyfall. Buy direct from Royal Doulton […]

First editions of Ian Fleming’s books are beyond the price range of most 007 fans and collectors, but anyone looking for a first edition copy of Casino Royale to add to their collection should check a current auction on eBay. The seller, Edward Biddulph, who wrote the James Bond cookbook Licence To Cook and has […]

HMSS Weblog sifts through the evidence from all parties involved in the James Bond films and concludes that Bond 24 won’t be released until 2015, despite various suggestions from some of the parties involved that there would be a two year gap.  What some of those parties didn’t seem to understand was where the real […]