James Bond News

ky Movies has released a video advertising the new “007 HD” channel to be launched next month. It cuts together seamlessly all Bond actors in a driving sequence that relegates Timothy Dalton to being the hapless truck driver from the opening of Quantum of Solace (perhaps they should have had him for real), and if you thought it was Blofeld who machine gunned down George Lazenby’s Aston Marin at the end of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service then think again.

It’s an excellent advert for the new channel and even if you’re unable to get the channel the video is worth a look – it certainly made me chuckle.

Ian Fleming Publications has announced on their website the launch of the new Vintage Classics paperback series covering all 14 of Ian Fleming’s James Bond books as well as the 12 audiobooks released by AudioGo. The Vintage Classics series features all new, rather minimalist, covers and introductions from a number of high profile authors. Read the […]

According to our friends at MI6, Daniel Craig has signed for two more 007 films after the release of Skyfall. The news appears to have come from an unnamed inside source. Sony, as has previously been reported, is keen to release future James Bond films every two years, however that is dependent on EON Productions […]

A new video blog provided by 007.com on YouTube has Sam Mendes talking about filming in Turkey. He says that Skyfall shows the best of Turkey without falling into cliche, and how they have tried to capture Istanbul as it is today, as an every changing and developing city. The video shows some beautiful long shots of some of the city’s highlights, as well as behind the scenes footage of the pre-title sequence. He later adds that opening sequence is ambitious and varied.

Today it has been confirmed that The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will attend the Royale Premiere of Skyfall at the Royal Albert Hall on October 23rd, three days before the film goes on general release. The date was confirmed on twitter via @ClarenceHouse, the official account for Prince Charles: Clarence House ‏@ClarenceHouse […]

In the last few days Bollinger champagne has unveiled its special edition packaging to coincide with Skyfall, on general release in the UK from October 26th, as well as marking 39 years since Bollinger first appeared in a James Bond film. This special edition is called 002 for 007 and includes a bottle of Grande Année […]

Last month, on August 15th, the new James Bond fragrance for men was launched exclusively at Harrods. However, with a £32 bottle of the fragrance reportedly selling every four minutes Harrods had sold its entire stock of 500 units by the bank holiday weekend. That’s not the end of the story though, as the fragrance will be launching […]

As part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the James Bond films it was recently announced that the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MOMA) would be holding a retrospective of the 22 films in the EON Productions film series. Yesterday a press release was published on the official 007 website giving […]

The October issue of Empire Magazine has just been released containing extensive coverage of Skyfall. Director Sam Mendes is quoted as saying that Javier Bardem’s character, Silva, will be larger than life and a real match for 007. He also says that he considers the character to be one of the greats and giving something […]

Sony today issued a press release confirming that their new flagship mobile phone, the Xperia T, would be used by James Bond in the forthcoming movie, Skyfall. As well as having an HD screen and superior camera, the phone is equipped with Sony’s Walkman software for users to enjoy their music in high quality. I’m […]