October 16th, 2012
by David Leigh
Following up on a lead takes James Bond to Haiti, where he learns that environmentalist Dominic Greene is plotting to overthrow the Bolivian Government in exchange for a plot of land. Followed by Bond, Greene heads to Austria, making a deal with the CIA to turn a blind eye to the coup; they assume the […]
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October 16th, 2012
by David Leigh
MTV recently interviewed Daniel Craig about Skyfall and when they asked him about the timetable for Bond 24 he replied: “I think they’d like to [speed up the timetable], and I think that would be the plan. That was too long last time. […] As long as we’ve got the script and we’re ready to […]
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October 5th, 2012
by David Leigh
Screenwriter John Logan, producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, director Sam Mendes, and actors Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes and Albert Finney all talk briefly about 50 years of James Bond on the silver screen.
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September 17th, 2012
by David Leigh
A new poster of Skyfall was released this morning, announced via the official 007 twitter account. The poster, above, shows Daniel Craig wearing a blue dinner suit and holding a Walther PPK against the background of the gunbarrel and a London skyline that includes the union flag. This is the best Skyfall poster released so […]
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September 8th, 2012
by David Leigh
According to our friends at MI6, Daniel Craig has signed for two more 007 films after the release of Skyfall. The news appears to have come from an unnamed inside source. Sony, as has previously been reported, is keen to release future James Bond films every two years, however that is dependent on EON Productions […]
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September 8th, 2012
by David Leigh
A new video blog provided by 007.com on YouTube has Sam Mendes talking about filming in Turkey. He says that Skyfall shows the best of Turkey without falling into cliche, and how they have tried to capture Istanbul as it is today, as an every changing and developing city. The video shows some beautiful long shots of some of the city’s highlights, as well as behind the scenes footage of the pre-title sequence. He later adds that opening sequence is ambitious and varied.
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August 21st, 2012
by David Leigh
Yet another Skyfall poster has been revealed by Sony Pictures, this time with Daniel Craig on his back while aiming his Walther PPK. The poster is a similar design to a cardboard design that has been appearing in UK cinemas recently.
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August 1st, 2012
by David Leigh
Back in May when the Skyfall teaser trailer was released I felt rather disappointed, rather at odds with much of the James Bond fan base, who were overwhelmingly positive about it. However, the new trailer gives us much more to go on and my reservations of the time have now been replaced with something much more positive, so here I’m going to take a look at the thoughts that come to mind.
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July 30th, 2012
by David Leigh
It had been strongly rumoured for several months that Daniel Craig would appear in a short film alongside the Queen that would be screened at the opening of the London Olympics. While many of the rumours turned out to be spot on, the film turned out to be rather surreal in many respects.
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May 25th, 2012
by David Leigh
Back in October I made 23 short videos about “Bond 23” as Skyfall was known back then. In the videos I discussed what I’d like to see in the new film and what I’d prefer for the filmmakers to avoid. Now that the first teaser trailer has been released and filming is approaching a close, […]
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