November 7th, 2012
by David Leigh
Aaron Cooley’s debut novel, “Shaken Not Stirred”, is loosely based on some of Ian Fleming’s exploits during World War II. In the book he takes the reader on a thrill ride across two continents and six nations in pursuit of the spy who inspired 007.
“Shaken Not Stirred” is published by Melnore Press, a new Los Angeles-based independent publisher specializing in ebooks and is available through Amazon and Barnes & Noble from today.
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November 6th, 2012
by David Leigh
Warning: slight spoiler Empire Online has published a video interview with Sam Mendes in which he talks about the gunbarrel and how he had originally planned to start Skyfall. However, he says that when he put it there it “looked ridiculous” because of the opening shot, which is reminiscent of the gunbarrel. He also says the the […]
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November 6th, 2012
by David Leigh
“Designing 007 – Fifty Years of Bond Style” has arrived in Toronto coinciding with the release of Skyfall in North America. Dawn.com has covered the exhibition, which was originally shown in London earlier this year. For some reason the London exhibition finished before the Skyfall premiere, which surely would have attarcted many more visitors. Skyfall opens […]
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November 5th, 2012
by David Leigh
To celebrate 50 years of cinematic James Bond, MGM has uploaded a number of features to iTunes, which can be downloaded and viewed for free. According to the dates on iTunes the video series, “Fifty Years of James Bond: Behind the Scenes”, was uploaded in September and if you already have the Ultimate Edition DVDs […]
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November 5th, 2012
by David Leigh
Skyfall continues to be the number one film worldwide according to box office figures published by Rentrak Corporation. The company, which specialises estimating box office returns for movies, reported that Skyfall took $156 million worldwide in its second week, making a total of $287 million so far. That is not a bad figure considering the […]
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November 4th, 2012
by David Leigh
Daniel Craig has spoken about how he would like Sam Mendes to return for Bond 24, according to a report by the Express. The article quotes an unnamed MGM source as saying that Craig and Mendes have a lot of ideas left for another Bond film, which contradicts what Mendes said in a recent interview. He […]
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November 3rd, 2012
by David Leigh
While the new James Bond movie “Skyfall” smashed box office records when it was released across Europe at the end of October, US audiences have to wait until November 8. To help celebrate the eagerly awaited US release of “Skyfall”, the second edition of “The Complete Guide to the Drinks of James Bond” by David […]
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November 2nd, 2012
by David Leigh
According to Deadline Hollywood Skyfall will imminently break the $100 million figure at the box office in all territories it’s been released to so far. Separately, the official 007 twitter feed has announced that Skyfall broke the UK record for the best opening week. With the budget on the film lower than both Casino Royale […]
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November 1st, 2012
by David Leigh
Last week it was announced that John Logan would be penning Bond 24 and 25, after pitching a two film story arc to Eon Productions. However, Daniel Craig has scotched that rumour saying in an interview that they could only work on one film at a time and that given the six-month shoots there was […]
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October 31st, 2012
by David Leigh
Dorling Kindersley has released a version of its recent book of James Bond posters as an app on the iTunes store. Available for iPhone and iPad, the app 105 posters, including rare and previously unpublished posters from all over the world. The app also includes a slideshow facility, with the option to select your favourite posters. Click here to […]
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