James Bond News

MGM may be about to reach a deal that will take it into a pre-packaged bankruptcy deal that will mean it could be back on its feet before the year end. The article states: Spyglass Entertainment is nearing a deal to run Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. once the beleaguered film studio finishes restructuring a roughly $4 billion […]

Tom Mankiewicz, who wrote the screenplays for Diamonds Are Forever, Live And Let Die and The Man With The Golden Gun, has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 68. As well as credits for three Bond films, he also contributed to The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, although he was uncredited. Read […]

The official trailer for forthcoming Activision game Blood Stone is now available to view online and reveals some of the action in which players can expect to be involved. One of the highlights features a car chase in an Aston Martin DBS, and elsewhere action sequences include 007 parachuting to a motor yacht and the […]

Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson are unhappy at MGM’s prospective buyers according to an article published on ABC News. It goes on to say: Broccoli and Wilson also continue to push for Sony Pictures to be involved. The studio was behind the production, marketing and distribution of 2008’s “Quantum of Solace.” The report suggests […]

According to reports from Comic Con in San Diego where he was promoting “Cowboys And Aliens”, Daniel Craig responded to a fan’s question regarding Bond 23 by saying “Bond is on hold, but all I can say is I want to get going on it as quickly as possible.” The quote appears first on Empire […]

The proposed merger between Lions Gate and MGM aren’t going at all smoothly thanks to Carl Icahn’s hostile takeover bid of Lions Gate. According to an article in the New York Post: Merger talks between Lionsgate Entertainment and MGM are not going well, sources close to the situation said. Lionsgate, the producer of the “Mad […]

The theme from 007: Blood Stone, the forthcoming video game from Activision is now available to watch in high definition at YouTube, featuring the song I’ll Take It All by Joss Stone and Dave Stewart. The game is due to be released later this year on a variety of platforms.

When Michael G Wilson unveiled the latest James Bond video game, Blood Stone, yesterday in London he went on to say that  also that he expected pre-production work on Bond 23 to resume shortly, according to a report on MI6, which reports Wilson as saying: “Both Barbara and I are convinced that we’ll be bringing […]

An interesting story appeared earlier in the week on The HMSS Weblog regarding Playboy Enterprises Inc. The article notes: “Playboy magazine and its parent company, Playboy Enterprises Inc., may be the target of a takeover fight. Why should James Bond fans care? Well, the magazine does have a half-century relationship with a certain gentleman agent.” […]

Daniel Craig is to return to the role of James Bond sooner than expected. However, for anyone hoping for a positive announcement regarding Bond 23 is likely to be disappointed as the news is that Craig’s likeness will appear in Activision’s latest James Bond game announced today; Blood Stone will be available for Xbox 360, […]