February 6th, 2019
by David Leigh
MGM/Annapurna yesterday announced that they have revived the United Artists brand in its centenary year. Yesterday MGM and Annapurna issued a press release announcing that they are to revive the United Artists name. The move comes as they expand their existing US theatrical distribution joint venture. The move means Bond 25 will be released under […]
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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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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 20th, 2018
by David Leigh
Bond 25 director reveals where he’s at with the script and who may or may not return. Filipino news site Inquirer.net has an interview with Bond 25 director Cary Joji Fukunaga. In it they quiz him about various aspects of his career, including the next Bond movie. In the interview Fukunaga touches on his first experience of […]
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October 30th, 2018
by David Leigh
Cary Fukunaga recently sat down with IndieWire. Naturally the discussion covered 007. We’re still more than four months away before filming gets underway on Bond 25. Beyond Daniel Craig reprising the role of 007 the only other thing confirmed by Eon Productions is Cary Fukunaga will direct. IndieWire published an interview with the director yesterday in which […]
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October 5th, 2018
by David Leigh
CEO reveals Aston Martin lined up for next James Bond film. In the week that Aston Martin began trading on the London Stock Exchange, the CEO confirmed the marque would appear in Bond 25. In a television interview with CNN Andy Palmer said: I can confirm that Aston Martin will be collaborating in the next chapter […]
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September 20th, 2018
by David Leigh
A first look at the work of Bond 25 director Cary Joji Fukunaga. In August 2018 Eon Productions made the shock announcement that Danny Boyle had left the production of Bond 25. While the short news release didn’t go into detail the media started speculating like wild about who would take over from Boyle and […]
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