September 27th, 2021
by David Leigh
Short segment on BBC Radio 4 devoted to No Time to Die features interview with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson. James Bond is always big news in the UK so there is no surprise about the current media coverage ahead of the premiere tomorrow. This morning Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson appeared on […]
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September 25th, 2021
by David Leigh
British broadcaster interviewed the star and producer of No Time to Die ahead of the premiere on Tuesday. With days to go before the world premiere of No Time to Die, Sky spoke to both Daniel Craig and Barbara Broccoli. Craig says he is happy the producers “held their nerve” and held out for a […]
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January 16th, 2020
by David Leigh
Variety recently spoke to the Bond producers about No Time to Die and the Bond series in an in-depth interview. When talking about Daniel Craig leaving the series after No Time to Die Broccoli tells the interviewer: I’m in total denial. I’ve accepted what Daniel has said, but I’m still in denial. It’s too traumatic […]
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October 8th, 2018
by David Leigh
Broccoli says it’s better to create new female characters than change Bond’s gender. Barbara Broccoli recently spoke with The Guardian while promoting Nancy, released on 12th October. Among the various points she touched upon was rebooting Bond as a female. Now, those stories make good headlines for the tabloids. But why would Eon Productions risk alienating […]
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December 16th, 2017
by David Leigh
Barbara Broccoli speaks at length about working on the 007 films and Bond 25. Bond co-boss Barbara Broccoli doesn’t often speak publicly so when she does it’s worth taking notice. She’s just recently spoken at length to THR Podcast, in which she discusses her experiences working on the Bond films. She also talks about Daniel […]
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November 17th, 2017
by David Leigh
Bond 25 will “hopefully” announce director early next year according to Barbara Broccoli. Irish pubic broadcaster RTÉ spoke to Barbara Broccoli yesterday about the Blake Lively spy thriller The Rhythm Section. Broccoli is producing the film, due for release in 2019, currently shooting in Ireland. However, as well as discussing the merits of filming in Ireland, […]
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July 24th, 2017
by David Leigh
This evening Eon Productions announced via the official 007 website the release date of the next James Bond film. The announcement confirms what was already expected. That rather than a three year gap between films, Bond 25 will be released a full four years after SPECTRE (2015). The US release is pegged at 8th November […]
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July 13th, 2017
by David Leigh
Variety has reported that Eon Productions is to produce a spy thriller based a book by Mark Burnell. But what does that mean for Bond 25? According to yesterday’s article, indie studio IM Global is to finance The Rhythm Section based on the first of Burnell’s four Stephanie Patrick novels. Blake Lively is to star as the […]
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May 11th, 2017
by David Leigh
Barbara Broccoli told other filmmakers attending a dinner in LA that she is “not sure” when the next Bond film will start shooting. A report in Page Six says that on Tuesday she attended a dinner at Chateau Marmont, describing Broccoli as “the blockbuster franchise’s prolific producer”. That’s prolific as in eight Bond films in 22 years […]
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April 4th, 2017
by David Leigh
An article published by Page Six earlier today claims Barbara Broccoli has “just about persuaded Daniel Craig” to return for another James Bond movie. Although the report does seem plausible it is not confirmed. While Page Six may not prove to be reliable the article claims “multiple sources” have told them that Broccoli has made progress. She has […]
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