February 1st, 2022
by David Leigh
Being James Bond: The Daniel Craig Story was originally available to watch in September for free on iTunes. The documentary takes a look at how Daniel Craig became James Bond and his time as 007, including some behind the scenes footage while shooting No Time to Die. While it was announced as a special feature […]
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January 3rd, 2022
by David Leigh
Happy New Year to you, loyal reader! We can only hope that in 2022 things start to return to some kind of pre-pandemic normality. In case you are looking out for the newsletter, this month it will be going out a week late on 11th January. If you’re not currently subscribed you can join here. […]
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December 17th, 2021
by David Leigh
The Sound of 007 announced in brief statement on official 007 website. Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of Eon Productions’ James Bond series next October, Apple TV+ has announced a documentary looking at the music from the films. The Sound of 007 will cover all aspects of the music from the films, everything from the […]
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December 15th, 2021
by David Leigh
The title and synopsis of Horowitz’s forthcoming James Bond novel were released by Vintage this morning. Jonathan Cape, Vintage, and Ian Fleming Publications are delighted to reveal the title and front cover of award-winning novelist and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz’s third official James Bond novel. Signed copies are available to pre-order from today from high street […]
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November 21st, 2021
by David Leigh
The 25th James Bond film has overtaken the latest instalment in the Fast & Furious franchise. This weekend saw No Time to Die overtake F9: The Fast Saga at the box office to make it the biggest Hollywood film of the pandemic era. As of Sunday evening the 25th instalment in Eon’s Bond series has […]
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November 19th, 2021
by David Leigh
The new Bond film is available to stream a month ahead of the home media release. While US fans have been able to stream No Time to Die on Amazon and other platforms for a couple of weeks, those in the UK and elsewhere have been forced to wait. But if you’re in the UK […]
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November 13th, 2021
by David Leigh
Pearson worked for Ian Fleming and wrote biographies of both James Bond’s creator as well as 007 himself. Today we received the sad news that John Pearson has died at the age of 91. Pearson worked for Ian Fleming at the Sunday Times and so was well placed to write one of the first biographies […]
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November 13th, 2021
by David Leigh
New Bond film set for European PVOD release next week. Earlier in the week No Time to Die became available in the United States on Amazon Prime and other streaming platforms for $19.99. It was widely thought that the film’s disappointing box office was behind the move after just a month on the big screen. […]
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November 8th, 2021
by David Leigh
Disappointing box office takings in North America likely to be driver behind decision to hit streaming platforms early. While No Time to Die has performed well in the UK and Europe, the same can’t be said for the North American Market. After this weekend global box office takings amount to $667,456,307, of which $143,152,307 of […]
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November 8th, 2021
by David Leigh
A trilogy of novels focusing on new recruits to the double O section was announced last week by Harper Collins. But instead of being James Bond continuation novels, the premise of Kim Sherwood’s new stories is that 007 is missing and presumed to be either missing or dead. While Eon has pushed back against an […]
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