May 27th, 2019
by David Leigh
Despite denials it looks like filming will start in Norway this week. Update: It appears these reports were wrong in one important respect. While filming is taking place here, it’s not for Bond 25 but probably Black Widow. I’ll leave this post here all the same. The arrival of trailers owned by Pinewood MBS Lighting […]
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May 22nd, 2019
by David Leigh
Eon Productions announce Bond star will undergo surgery for ankle injury sustained while filming in Jamaica. The tabloids have had a field day recently after reports emerged that Daniel Craig had injured his ankle while filming in Jamaica. Initially reports said filming was “cancelled” although they really meant postponed. Later they dialled back on the […]
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May 22nd, 2019
by David Leigh
The Aston Martin DBS Superleggera is set to become the newest James Bond inspired car, thanks to the most recent collaboration between Aston Martin and Eon Productions, the company that produces the James Bond films with Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of James Bond film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 50 On Her Majesty’s […]
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May 21st, 2019
by David Leigh
Bond 25’s second unit keeping busy in Jamaica after the main unit returned to Pinewood. View this post on Instagram Klipp fra James Bond-innspilling på Jamaica, innsendt av @sailingwiththomas ⛵️💥 #jamaica #jamesbond #explosion A post shared by Filmweb (@filmweb_no) on May 21, 2019 at 1:01am PDT Filmweb Norway have uploaded video footage to their Instagram […]
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May 15th, 2019
by David Leigh
Orlebar Brown has today launched a new 007 collection inspired by clothing from the early James Bond films. Items worn by Sean Connery, George Lazenby and Roger Moore are all represented by the collection produced in association with Eon Productions. You can find polos, shirts, shorts and a dressing gown from Dr No, Goldfinger, Thunderball […]
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May 14th, 2019
by David Leigh
Back in August Aston Martin announced it was to build a limited edition of 25 DB5s kitted out with Q Branch optional extras. Each Goldfinger DB5 continuation car will be priced at £2.75m plus taxes. First deliveries to customers will commence in 2020 but the car will not be street legal. In this video Chris […]
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May 10th, 2019
by David Leigh
Baz Bamigboye reports behind the scenes chaos while Phoebe Waller-Bridge talks of making the Bond girls believable. The Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye has a story in which he says the Bond 25 script is still unfinished. The screenplay for the untitled film is being endlessly re-written by a committee consisting of director Cary Joji Fukunaga, […]
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May 9th, 2019
by David Leigh
Issue #50 of the full-colour James Bond magazine MI6 Confidential is now shipping worldwide. For the 16th Bond adventure Michael G Wilson took the lead in penning a darker, more brooding Bond story, borrowing only a smattering of Fleming source material and setting the story South of the border. Dalton, who firmly believed Bond wasn’t […]
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May 8th, 2019
by David Leigh
Issue #49 of the full-colour James Bond magazine MI6 Confidential is now shipping worldwide. It is surprisingly infrequent that the Bond movies reflect on Bond’s military pedigree – a Commander in the Royal Navy, recruited to military intelligence, starting as a Lieutenant, by the end of the war a Commander, acknowledged with Companion of the […]
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May 2nd, 2019
by David Leigh
A new book that examines the impact of Pierce Brosnan’s first Bond film will be published in June. The World of Goldeneye: A Comprehensive Study On The Seventeenth James Bond Film And Its Legacy is due to be published on 8th June 2019 by Amazon Publishing. The book is by some time contributor to this […]
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