James Bond News

Last night saw the Aston Martin DB10 in action on the streets of Rome, with roads used for filming closed to the public between 9 pm and 6 am this morning. The video above shows some of the preparations prior to filming commencing, plus a look at a DB10 with camera and lighting gear attached.

Filming of a high speed car chase through the streets of Rome was reportedly disrupted at the weekend thanks to Rome’s cobblestones and potholes. Speeds were limited to just 70 km/h despite the producers paying for the roads used in the shoot be repaired, resulting in less than satisfactory results for the filmmakers. The SPECTRE shoot […]

The video shows three Aston Martin DB10s on location in Rome for the SPECTRE shoot.

Photo: shared via official 007 Twitter feed. For a slideshow of the SPECTRE photo-call today in Rome with Daniel Craig and Monica Bellucci click the link below via Italian news site Republicca. The two can be seen posing on a balcony with the Roman Forum and the Coliseum as a backdrop.

Daniel Craig arrived by Range Rover for the photo call in Rome earlier today with an excited Italian media looking on, followed shortly after by Monica Bellucci. You can see of the pair posing for the press here.

The last day of filming on Sölden, Austria, was marred yesterday by an accident that saw SPECTRE‘s 2nd Unit Assistant Director Terry Madden with multiple fractures. According to the Hollywood Reporter a truck veered off the road and into a barn, injuring Madden, who has worked on every Bond film since For Your Eyes Only (1981). […]

Wealthy Russian tourists are prepared to pay £739 (€1,000) per day for flats overlooking the street in which Sam Mendes is expected to film a night-time car case for SPECTRE, according to the Mirror. The article states that the car chase along Rome’s Via Nomentana will take four nights to shoot and locals with well positioned homes are […]

NOTE: Since this story was published I’ve been told the shoot had nothing to do with SPECTRE and Whishaw was filming a BBC drama called London Spy. Thanks to Ben Whishaw News on Twitter. Ben Whishaw, who plays Q in SPECTRE, was spotted filming on Vauxhall Bridge this weekend, just days before the first unit is […]

The sad news has been announced that Louis Jourdan, who played the villainous Kamal Khan in Octopussy (1983), died on Saturday at the age of 93. During the Second World War the French TV and cinema actor was involved in the printing and distribution of anti-German leaflets in France and after the war starred in a number […]

While the the Mirror’s story about SPECTRE being prevented from shooting on Rome’s Ponte Sisto appears be be untrue, with preparations continuing for a rumoured stunt sequence, there is perhaps a seed of truth in the story. It turns out the SPECTRE crew has been barred from shooting at the cimitero monumentale del Verano, an […]