January 28th, 2019
by David Leigh
The Frenchman died on Saturday morning at his home in Paris. Composer Michel Legrand died early on Saturday with his wife, the French actress Macha Meril, at his side. Legrand’s publicist confirmed the details to AFP according to Variety . Legrand was extraordinarily prolific as a film composer with more than 200 film and television scores […]
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January 28th, 2019
by David Leigh
New York’s first ever official 007 exhibition is set to open its doors in March. Last week Spyscape, Eon Productions and MGM released more details of a new James Bond exhibition set to open 8th March. 007 x Spyscape is the first official James Bond exhibition to take place in New York will be located in midtown Manhattan. […]
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January 25th, 2019
by David Leigh
Norwegian company awarded film grant for Bond 25 production services. The Norwegian Film Institute (NFI) today announced that Truenorth Norway has received a near €5 million grant to handle production services on Bond 25. Although filming doesn’t appear to be confirmed yet for Norway, the article quotes a representative of the NFI: “We are pleased […]
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January 25th, 2019
by David Leigh
Screen Daily says the next James Bond movie will again use digital cameras. Cinematographer Linus Sandgren recently spoke to Screen Daily about his latest film. First Man is about Neil Armstrong and the race to put man on the moon. It was filmed using a mixture of Super 16 mm film with telephoto lenses, 35mm and Imax. […]
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January 18th, 2019
by David Leigh
Secret Cinema has today announced that further tickets have been added for the previously sold out production: Secret Cinema Presents Casino Royale. Secret Cinema’s interactive screenings of Casino Royale will now run from Wednesday 5th June to Sunday 22nd September. The additional tickets and show nights go on sale on Friday 25th January at 12pm […]
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December 31st, 2018
by David Leigh
Issue #48 of the James Bond magazine MI6 Confidential pays tribute to the music and bikes of Bond. Often having a life of its own outside of the film it was written for, the music in the James Bond series is some of the best known around the world. Whether it’s the famous James Bond […]
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December 20th, 2018
by David Leigh
Second unit director reported to have joined Bond 25 previously worked on Casino Royale, Skyfall and SPECTRE. The next James Bond film appears to be slowly shaping up after HN Entertainment reported that Alexander Witt has been signed the second unit’s director and director of photography for Bond 25. As well as heading the second […]
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December 7th, 2018
by David Leigh
Cary Fukunaga confirms French actress set to reprise SPECTRE role. Bond 25 director Cary Fukunaga confirmed to Baz Bamigboye that Léa Seydoux will be reprising her role in the new James Bond film. He also confirmed Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw and Naomie Harris are on board for Bond 25. In his column for the Daily Mail, […]
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December 5th, 2018
by David Leigh
Swedish cinematographer Linus Sandgren to shoot Bond 25 according to Variety contributor. Variety journalist Kristopher Tapley wrote on Twitter yesterday that Swedish cinematographer Linus Sandgren will work on Bond 25. https://twitter.com/kristapley/status/1070009375161384961 So far Tapley has only reported this info on Twitter, it has yet to make it to Variety. This is a long way from […]
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November 30th, 2018
by David Leigh
Secret Cinema announces immersive Casino Royale experience at secret London location. For the very first time Secret Cinema will present the critically-acclaimed film Casino Royale (2006), directed by Martin Campbell and starring Daniel Craig as James Bond. What is Secret Cinema? Fusing film, music, art, theatre, and dance, Secret Cinema creates unique spaces for social […]
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