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
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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September 8th, 2012
by David Leigh
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.
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September 6th, 2012
by David Leigh
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 […]
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