James Bond News

Following a spell in Mexico City it has now been revealed the next destination for the Designing 007 exhibition is Paris.  Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style will open in Paris on 16th April 2016. The exhibition first opened in London in 2012 and since then has toured cities that include Toronto, Shanghai, Melbourne, Moscow, Rotterdam, Madrid, […]

Despite hopes for more SPECTRE received a single Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. Sam Smith performed the SPECTRE theme song, Writing’s on the Wall, which he co-wrote with  Jimmy Napes. The pair recently picked up a Golden Globe for the song. Smith and SPECTRE are up against the following for the award: Earned It by The Weeknd (Fifty Shades of Grey) Simple Song […]

The latest box office figures for SPECTRE put its worldwide takings at $872 million, up from $864 million at end of the first weekend of 2016. Adding just $400,000 domestically, the film added another $3.2 million internationally over the weekend. That puts its cumulative take at $198 million in the US and Canada and $673 million internationally. […]

Last night British singer Sam Smith and co-writer Jimmy Napes picked up a Golden Globe for Writing’s on the Wall, the theme song for SPECTRE, at an award ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The duo beat off artists such as Ellie Goulding and Brian Wilson to take the award for Best Original Song.  Writing’s on the Wall is […]

The official 007 website and social media channels today announced dates for SPECTRE to be available via HD download and DVD/Blu-Ray. Order online from Amazon: UK: DVD | Blu-Ray | Amazon Instant Video US: DVD | Blu-Ray | Amazon Instant Video In the US SPECTRE will be available to own on Digital HD from 22nd January, with […]

Just before Christmas Radiohead singer Thom York confirmed his band had in fact written a theme song for SPECTRE that was rejected in favour of Sam Smith’s song Writing on the Wall. While it is not really news any more, you can listen to Radiohead’s song above. What do you think?

In December the big news was the latest Star Wars movie and its colossal box office take. While SPECTRE finished its North American run, it continues to play internationally.  While I didn’t provide an update last week due to taking some time off over Christmas and New Year, here are the figures for the last fortnight. For […]

British broadsheet The Independent is reporting that Christoph Waltz is contracted to return as Ernst Stravro Blofeld in two more Bond films under one condition. The article quites the usual unnamed sources speaking to The Star, saying Waltz will return in Bond 25 and Bond 26 provided Daniel Craig returns as 007. While The Star […]

SPECTRE added another $7.8 million to its worldwide take this weekend to put it on a total of $836 million globally. That puts it well behind Skyfall’s $1.1 billion take, but as mentioned before, that benefited from exception circumstances. The big box office news of the week though was the new Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, […]

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