James Bond News

Jay Leno recently got his hands on one of the Toyota GT convertibles used in the filming of You Only Live Twice. Only two convertibles were ever built, making it an exceptionally rare specimen.

Sony is the latest official partner of Skyfall to release a TV ad featuring Daniel Craig as 007. You can watch the YouTube video above.

The Mail Online has a feature on Naomie Harris in which she discusses her role in Skyfall. She tells in an interview that her character, Eve, “has come a long way from the traditional Bond girl” and that “she’s very intelligent and highly ambitious – her aim is to be as capable as James Bond” […]

The Guardian published a Bond related piece yesterday linking to an article from its archives (when it was the Manchester Guardian), which criticised Ian Fleming’s writing; it also linked to Fleming’s response, which makes interesting reading, as he refers to what must be the Vesper, saying: I proceeded to invent a cocktail for Bond (which I sampled several months later and […]

A new advertising campaign kicks off this week using James Bond to boost tourism to Britain. The campaign will kick off this week to coincide with Global James Bond Day with the slogan ‘Bond is GREAT Britain’ with print advertising and billboards in 21 countries such as Australia, Brazil, Germany and the US. A television ad will […]

The official 007 website has this afternoon announced two CD collections of digitally remastered music from fifty years of James Bond films. The first CD features the theme songs from the first 22 films (as well as We Have All The Time In The World by Louis Armstrong), while the second is a double CD […]

A sample of Adele’s theme song for Skyfall has been released online today. If you’ve listened to it, what do you think?

Earlier today Adele revealed via her official twitter feed what everyone already knew – that she has recorded the theme song for Skyfall. Announcing it by sharing a photo didn’t tell Bond fans much, but later today the official 007 website has announced that the song will debut on Friday at 0:07 BST on Adele’s […]

Finally it’s been confirmed that Adele will be performing the Skyfall theme song after months of speculation. The confirmation came via Adele’s official twitter channel by simply posting a photo of the cover of what is presumably the lyrics, shown above. From that we can gather that the song was composed by Adele and Paul Epworth, which had also been rumoured. Thomas Newman, who is composing the soundtrack, therefore appears not to be involved, which is a pity as the elements from “You Know My Name” worked well in the Casino Royale soundtrack.

The Daily Mail has published an article about product placement inSkyfall. The article, which includes a new photo of Daniel Craig with a bottle of Heineken in his hand, says that Bond fans are likely to be shaken and stirred by this exclusive photo as it suggests that Bond has swapped his vodka martinis for […]