Bond 50

Ken Adam, the makers of Scaramanga’s Golden Gun and others talk in this short documentary, Designing Bond’s World. The opinions expressed in the article are those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the website owner.

Playing card manufacturer Cartamundi has launched three new poker sets to tie in with the 50th anniversary of Dr No. The three sets are a compact poker set containing 150 chips, a wooden poker set with 200 chips (shown below) and a luxury aluminium set with 500 chips, all of which are available from Amazon.co.uk and […]

The official 007 website has announced that Corgi will be releasing a new version of its famous model Aston Martin DB5 to coincide with both the 50th anniversary of Dr No and the release of Skyfall later in the year. The 1:36 scale replica has remained a constant favourite with collectors since the original version, […]

Next month sees the opening of an exhibition at the Barbican to commemorate fifty years of James Bond on the big screen. The exhibition’s curaters, Bronwyn Cosgrave and Lindy Hemming, who was costume designer on several of the Bond films, have had unprecidented access to the archives of EON Productions and exhibits include “original outfits, […]

The Los Angeles branch of BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) is to screen all 22 James Bond films thoughout June, according to a post on their website. The article states that the entire series is to be screened from June 8th onwards and ties in with the 25th and 50th anniversaries of […]

A new video has appeared on 007.com featuring three generations of Bond girls appearing together at the Canne Film Festival.

PRESS RELEASE: All the Bonds.  All the girls.  All the action.  All in high-definition.  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment mark James Bond’s monumental golden anniversary with the release of BOND 50, the complete Bond experience showcasing all 22 classic films on Blu-ray together for the first time ever, neatly packaged into one […]

Although an early reviewer labelled Ian Fleming’s books “sex, snobbery and sadism”, an article in The Independent re-evaluates 007’s relationship with food and drink. The article asks whether rather than being a snob he was instead a prototype foodie, loving to eat local, fresh produce wherever he finds himself in the world and dismissive of […]

Variety’s look at 50 years of James Bond films includes an article on the cars of James Bond, including the Aston Martin DB5 that will appear, once again, in Skyfall. The article discusses how Aston Martin was ditched in favour of BMW for three films, noting: Germany’s BMW locked down a pricey three-picture product placement […]

Variety is taking a look at 50 years of James Bond on the big screen. One article takes a look at John Barry in which it quotes David Arnold: “John Barry uniquely, single-handedly, created the spy genre of music,” says David Arnold, composer of the past five Bond scores. “In his initial arrangement of the […]