Skyfall News

The latest James Bond news including 007 films, books and merchandise.

IMAX to showcase Skyfall sneak preview at Comic-Con this week [MI6]

July 10th, 2012 by

According to a report on MI6, attendees of Comic Con will be given a sneak preview of Skyfall this month. Although it had previously been announced that Sony would not be showing anything from the film, the IMAX twitter feed confirmed the details for Thursday. Read “IMAX to showcase Skyfall sneak preview at Comic-Con this […]

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Mendes: ‘Bond has not ditched Martinis’ [LoveFilm.com]

July 9th, 2012 by

Back in April much of the media hysterically reported that James Bond would drink Heineken in Skyfall and was ditching his traditional looking martini. As we reported at time, just because of the Heineken product placement deal, it was unlikely that he wouldn’t drink a vodka martini too. Now director Sam Mendes has gone on […]

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Bérénice Marlohe tired of nudity [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk]

July 4th, 2012 by

Bérénice Marlohe, who plays Severine in the forthcoming 007 movie Skyfall, has said that she gets to keep her clothes on in Skyfall and that nude scenes are “boring” anyway. An article on the website of the Belfast Telegraph quotes an interview with GQ, in which she says that nudity is so widespread that it […]

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Carta Mundi provided chips for Skyfall casino scene [MI6]

July 4th, 2012 by

Belgium playing card manufacturer Carta Mundi supplied casino chips for use in Skyfall, according to an article published by our friends at MI6 via a translated press release issued by the company. Carta Mundi supplied cards and chips for Casino Royale and have provided licenced 007 products for a number of years, including 50th anniversary […]

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Daniel Kleinman rejoins Bond films to direct Skyfall titles

July 3rd, 2012 by

MI6 has confirmed that Daniel Kleinman is directing the Skyfall title sequence. Although the article does not name a source, the site is usually reliable (there is a similar article on CommanderBond.net that is also without a source – presumably it was MI6). MI6 writes: He first worked on the 007 series when Pierce Brosnan […]

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Sony smartphone campaign to coincide with Skyfall

June 28th, 2012 by

Mobile Today published an article yesterday in which they claimed, somewhat unsurprisingly, that Sony plans on a promotional campaign tied in to Skyfall  to push its new smartphone in conjunction with a (presumably) UK network operator:  Sources claim that the manufacturer has linked up with Sony Pictures and inked an exclusive deal with a network operator that could see the new […]

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EON Productions looking to sign writers for next two movies

June 27th, 2012 by

According to an article in Variety (Savvy lawyers rock the biz), EON Productions is already working on signing writers for Bond 24 and Bond 25, which may tie in with Sony Pictures desire to release new films every two years from now on. The article takes a look at “50 attorneys whose recent deals and […]

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CineEurope: 4 minutes of Skyfall footage shown in Barcelona

June 21st, 2012 by

Bérénice Marlohe appeared in Barcelona yesterday while attending CineEurope, where new footage of Skyfall was shown. The Hollywood Reporter writes: Marlohe, who described landing the role as Bond girl Severine as “a dream come true” introduced four minutes of specially-prepped footage from Sam Mendes’ Skyfall during this year’s CineEurope. Skyfall is billed as the first […]

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A 007 tie-in that really stinks: James Bond gets his own fragrance

June 16th, 2012 by

A video above released via 007.com last night showing photographer Greg Williams behind the scenes on a shoot for the “official James Bond fragrence for men” to be produced to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the James Bond films.

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5 Reasons Why Skyfall Might Be The Best James Bond Film Ever [What Culture]

June 14th, 2012 by

When the film is released on October 26th in the UK and November 9th in the US all will finally be revealed but I am confident that this will be the best of the series so far and a hell of a way to celebrate the momentous 50th Anniversary. That’s the conclusion made by a […]

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