James Bond News

To celebrate the centenary of the birth of Ian Fleming on May 28th 2007, Buckingham Covers is to issue special commemorative first day covers with stamps featuring several of the covers from novels. The first day covers, which are licensed by Ian Fleming Publications, will be issued on January 8th 2008 and are currently available […]

Last weekend we all received the sad news that Lois Maxwell, accepted by most of the Bond community as the definitive Miss Moneypenny, passed away on Saturday evening. She appeared in a total of 14 Bond films alongside Sean Connery, George Lazenby and Roger Moore. Born in Ontario, Canada on Valentine’s day 1927, she had […]

Well, the summer has been and gone but that didn’t stop a whole load of James Bond 22 news rolling in. To help you catch up you can read our summary of the news that has been arriving from MI6 and other Bond sites. Locations Starting with locations, it seems the production crew, including Barbara […]

Sebastian Faulks has been announced as the author of a brand new James Bond novel, to be published next year by Penguin Books in the UK and Doubleday in the US. Devil May Care will be published on 28th May 2008 to mark the centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth. It is a year since Ian […]

Young Bond author Charlie Higson talks to Martin Amis about his father Kingsley’s interest in Bond. In addition to writing Colonel Sun (under the pseudonym Robert Markham), Kingsley Amis also wrote The James Bond Dossier and The Book of Bond, subtitled Every Man His Own 007. The broadcast, entitled Amis, Amis and Bond, will take place […]

Bond 22, which is scheduled to premier in November 2008, at least now has a director signed up. Due to start filming in December, the film will be helmed by German director Marc Forster according to Hollywood Reporter.

Following our story No Aston Martin for Bond 22 back in January, it now seems that the Bond’s next  remaining choice won’t be available either. MI6 reported yesterday that Ford is looking to sell its Jaguar division, the expected choice of Bond after Aston Martin was sold. As Ford has a 3 picture deal to […]

MI6 is first as usual with some great news for Bond 22 – the production will return to Pinewood after using Prague in Casino Royale. Michael G Wilson has mentioned several times since the premier of Casino Royale that he would like to return to London, but cited the cost of production in England as […]

Goldfinger is to make a welcome return to the big screen in the UK. Most of us have seen the early Bond films on television or VHS/DVD, but to appreciate these classics in their full glory requires a return to where they were designed to be seen.

Despite our misgivings about Purvis and Wade writing the Bond 22 script, MI6 reported in April that the dynamic duo had delivered their final draft of the story. Meanwhile Daniel Craig has been in Cannes he previewing The Golden Compass, due for release in December. There he revealed to reporters that the script was still incomplete, […]