James Bond News

Skyfall has finally exceeded the one billion dollar mark at the box office this weekend, according to a tweet by the official 007 twitter account. While I am not personally a huge fan of the film, it has certainly been a hit with the majority of 007 fans and the wider cinema going public, and […]

It seems no time at all since Skyfall landed, but already we are looking forward to its release on DVD and Blu-Ray. Originally planned to be released in March, Bond fans will be able to own the latest Bond blockbuster on February 18th and can pre-order it now from Amazon. Order DVD from Amazon.co.uk Order DVD […]

Skyfall is just short of taking $975 million worldwide according to the latest estimates from Box Office Mojo. According to the figures Skyfall had taken $974,272,000 by the end of the weekend, with $279,972,000 from the United States and $694,300,000 from all other territories. The big question now is when ans if the film will […]

A proof copy of You Only Live Twice, first published in 1964, was auctioned earlier this month for £43,250, double the estimate. The same copy, which has been marked up for serialisation in Playboy, was last sold in 2003 for $17,925 at Christies in New York according to an article on MI6. Via: MI6

Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007, the documentary made to celebrate the half centenary of cinematic James Bond, will be released on DVD at the end of January. The documentary received limited cinema release in the UK and on cable TV in the United States, with television airing in some other territories. Click […]

A manuscript of Diamonds Are Forever with hand marked corrections by Ian Fleming that we reported on earlier this month went under the hammer on December 12th at Sotheby’s, where it raised £97,250, according The Book Bond. Until 2008 the manuscript had remained in the family of Fleming’s typist, Ulrica Knowles, but the identities of […]

While Ian Fleming is best known for writing James Bond, as well as the children’s book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, he also published a couple of non-fiction books. Both Thrilling Cities, Fleming’s exploration of fourteen cities that was commissioned by the Sunday Times, and The Diamond Smugglers, his investigation of an African diamond smuggling operation, […]

Ken Adam, Peter Lamont, Allan Cameron and Dennis Gassner are to be jointly awarded the Art Director Guild’s Cinematic Imagery Award according to Hollywood Reporter, for their work on the production design of the 23 James Bond films. The award is given to those who have visually enriched cinema and past recipients have been Steven […]

Skyfall has now passed $951 million and on its way to break the billion dollar mark, according to figures provided by Box Office Mojo. In the US the film is estimated to have reached $272.3 million by the end of the weekend, while reaching $678.7 million in the rest of the world. The figure puts it […]

A new walking tour of London featuring locations from the James Bond films is being launched by Brit Movie Tours, a company that specialises in visits to movie and TV locations in Britain. The James Bond Walking Tour takes fans on a two hour tour to sites associated with the film series as well as […]