September 21st, 2012
by David Leigh
Daniel Craig makes a couple of fleeting appearance in the new Heineken ad, which used the James Bond theme and many familiar 007-related elements. A CGI Joseph Wiseman appears as Dr No. It took a number of viewings to understand what was going on at the beginning – originally I thought that Craig morphed into […]
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September 20th, 2012
by David Leigh
The two new Bond girls are the centre of the new video blog uploaded to YouTube this afternoon on the official James Bond channel. Naomie Harris says that it’s not enough for a Bond girl simply to be pretty any more, something that we’ve heard many times in the last few years from Bond girl […]
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September 20th, 2012
by David Leigh
A new international trailer for Skyfall was released yesterday and is available to watch on YouTube. It appears to be for the Japanese market, and lasts for just a second more than one minute. While most of the scenes contained within the trailer have been seen before, there are a few new bits and pieces […]
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September 17th, 2012
by David Leigh
A new poster of Skyfall was released this morning, announced via the official 007 twitter account. The poster, above, shows Daniel Craig wearing a blue dinner suit and holding a Walther PPK against the background of the gunbarrel and a London skyline that includes the union flag. This is the best Skyfall poster released so […]
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September 17th, 2012
by David Leigh
Earlier in the year there was some controversy when it was announced that for the first time ever, James Bond would drink Heineken on screen. The huge debate was wildly overdone as 007 drinks beer on several occasions in the books and memories are short, as he was seen drinking a bottle of beer in Quantum of Solace. And anyway, rather than ditching his vodka martinis, rest assured that he’ll be drinking both in Skyfall when released next month.
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September 17th, 2012
by David Leigh
Last week Coke Zero launched their 007 tie-in promotional video. While the product is a bit of a stretch as far has benefiting from the 007 halo effect, the ad is at least mildly amusing.
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September 12th, 2012
by David Leigh
It has been reported that Swarovski has teamed up with designer Stephen Webster to create a James Bond 50th anniversary collection for this year’s anniversary. Launching in October the items will range from $50 up to $300 and include cufflinks in a golden gun design, an earring and pendant set with a Casino Royale inspired […]
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September 12th, 2012
by David Leigh
British tabloid The Sun has published an article this morning suggesting that Adele, who has long been rumoured to be the singer for the Skyfall theme, visited historic Abbey Road Studios earlier this month to record the theme for Skyfall. The article mentions that the rumours started when she appeared on Jonathan Ross’s chat show […]
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September 12th, 2012
by David Leigh
Bond fans in the UK will be able to purchase the phone used by Daniel Craig in Skyfall, the Sony Xperia T, exclusively from mobile operator O2 later this month. The phone, which O2 is selling it with exclusive James Bond packaging as “The Bond Phone”. It will also be loaded witha 007 ringtone, images from Skyfall and […]
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September 11th, 2012
by David Leigh
Several days ago it was announced that Skyfall would be unveiled in the UK at a charity Royal Premiere attended by Prince Charles and Camilla. The Royal Albert Hall this afternoon confirmed via twitter that a small number of tickets will be available to the public. As yet no announcement has been made as to […]
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