August 17th, 2016
by David Leigh
Any James Bond fan with a spare £3 million might want to take a look at Black Hole Farm in Vermont. The estate was owned by the wife of Ian Fleming’s friend, Ivar Bryce. The pair met as children and became lifelong friends. Fleming visited Black Hole Farm on numerous occasions and used it as […]
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August 12th, 2016
by David Leigh
This week saw Twitter light up after the first hint of real news about Bond 25 surfaced on Deadline Hollywood. Asked about whether Daniel Craig’s involvement in TV series Purity would exclude him from filming another entry in the Bond franchise, Showtime CEO David Nevins said: “It depends when they do the next James Bond […]
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August 7th, 2016
by David Leigh
Hulu, an American company offering TV on demand, is to produce a documentary on George Lazenby as part of a new series on popular culture. After doing everything in his power to land the role for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service despite having no movie experience at all, Lazenby famously quit the role of 007 before the release […]
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July 18th, 2016
by David Leigh
The cover the the next Young Bond novel has now been revealed on Amazon. Steve Cole’s third Young Bond book, Strike Lightning, is due to be published by Doubleday Childrens on 1st September and in the UK will be available as a special edition signed hardback, as well as paperback and Kindle. In the United States the book […]
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July 18th, 2016
by David Leigh
Dynamite Entertainment is to release a comic book adaptation of Casino Royale in November. The comic is adapted from Ian Fleming’s first novel by Van Jensen and drawn by Matthew Southworth and will exist in a separate universe from the Warren Ellis-penned comics, also published by Dynamite. At the time of Dynamite announcing its Bond comics the company […]
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July 14th, 2016
by David Leigh
Anyone wanting to visit locations from Casino Royale, Thunderball, Dr No and Live and Let Die should check out 00 Sailin’ Three, a weeklong cruise in late November/early December 2016. Check out details of 00 Sailin’ Three here The cruise is from Sunday 27th November to Saturday 3rd December 2016, with themed events in Miami on 26th November for early arrivals. According to […]
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July 5th, 2016
by David Leigh
George Lazenby is to visit Oslo on 1st September exclusively for a gala screening of his solo 1969 outing as James Bond, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Lazenby will fly direct from Los Angeles to attend the Red Carpet Gala of the newly restored Bond classic, showing in digital 4K. Lazenby will talk about his […]
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June 30th, 2016
by David Leigh
A Rolex watch worn by George Lazenby in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is to be auctioned next month in Monte Carlo. The auction website lists Lot 400 as a Rolex Pre-Daytona ref. 6238. The watch comes with a copy of the original invoice from Bucherer Interlaken, dated 23rd October 1968 with the handwritten words: […]
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June 20th, 2016
by David Leigh
Barbara Broccoli has ditched Daniel Craig according The Book Bond, citing an unnamed trusted source who has been “right before”. The site mentioned that the producers want to gain back the control handed over to Craig by making him co-producer on SPECTRE. 007 Magazine adds that Tom Hiddleston was screen tested about a month ago and […]
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