April 19th, 2012
by David Leigh
The Barbican has announced details of the first corporate packages for Designing 007 – a celebration of 50 years of Bond style. With unprecedented access to EON’s archive, Designing 007 is a multi-sensory experience which will transform the Barbican spaces and take the audience on a journey through 50 years of Bond style – from […]
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April 18th, 2012
by David Leigh
Press release: To celebrate the James Bond franchise’s 50th anniversary, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), will launch gamers back through time to relive a selection of Bond’s most iconic and intense undercover missions from the popular Bond film franchise with 007™ Legends. A first-of-its-kind Bond video game, […]
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April 18th, 2012
by David Leigh
Press release: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Ian Fleming Publications Ltd today announced that Amazon Publishing has acquired a ten-year license for North American rights to the entire list of James Bond books by Ian Fleming in print and ebook. Along with the iconic series, Fleming’s two works of non-fiction, consisting of a collection of travel […]
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April 18th, 2012
by David Leigh
The latest Skyfall clapperboard image was released last night via the official 007 twitter channel and shows casino chips on a table decorated with Chinese characters. The scene is likely set in Macau.
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April 17th, 2012
by David Leigh
Video footage of a stunt involving a stuntman dressed as Daniel Craig driving a motorbike across the rooftops of Adana in Turkey has been posted online. You can view it above after a short advert.
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April 16th, 2012
by David Leigh
The video above was posted on CNN Turkey and shows CCTV footage of an alleged accident during the filming of a sequence in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. The bike supposedly crashed into a 400 year old shop and caused considerable damage to the glazing. Note: You may first have to view an advertisement. You […]
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April 16th, 2012
by David Leigh
The Skyfall production team has been visiting second hand shops in Adana where they are buying up a variety of items. Hurriyet Daily News reports: The team has bought old objects and accessories such as coffee boxes, bamboo-made furniture, radios and bookshelves. The owner of one shop said the film makers returned to the shop after […]
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April 16th, 2012
by David Leigh
Skyfall has finished shooting in Adana and moved on to Istanbul, according to an article in Hurriyet Daily News. The article also says that the number of tourists to the area has increased due to the “007 effect”, helping the local economy: The Adana leg of the shooting for the James Bond ‘Skyfall’ movie has […]
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April 13th, 2012
by David Leigh
It has been announced that after nearly 40 years of being shown on ITV the James Bond films are to move to Sky after coming to an agreement with MGM. The move has angered many fans who have become accustomed to watching the traditional bank holiday Bond. According to The Mail: Dr No was the […]
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April 12th, 2012
by David Leigh
Daniel Craig tells MTV how he sat down with Sam Mendes to discuss what they wanted to put into Skyfall, how Mendes is a huge Bond fan, and some old characters will return as well as some new ones.
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