A couple of weeks ago I published an article on how I saw Skyfall shaping up following the release of the teaser trailer. However, since it didn’t cover all the ground I planned, I decided to write a follow up. Whatever my personal preferences, it’s highly unlikely that anyone involved at a senior level on Skyfall reads this […]
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As part of our celebrations of 50 years of James Bond movies we takes a look at the original James Bond, Sean Connery. Sean Connery’s relationship with the James Bond franchise is a curiously appealing one. Most critics would argue convincingly that Sean Connery’s success and acceptance by the public would have been impossible without […]
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Raymond Benson announced today on his Facebook page that his 1984 book on the James Bond phenomenon is to be republished in January 2012. Initially available in ebook format, it will also be punished as an audiobook as well as in paperback. According to The Book Bond blog: It will be released first as an […]
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When I first saw this news I discarded it immediately without taking a look at the evidence. However, a report on WhatCulture! appears to show that a number of domains have been registered on behalf of Sony using the name Skyfall; while Skyfall could be the title of any Sony produced film, a number of […]
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James Bond fans heading for Scotland’s Boat Show at Kip Marina are in for a treat with one of three baost used in filming of Quantum of Solace, as well asa range of Aston Martins. According to an article on Inverclyde Now: A SUPERBOAT specially made for a James Bond movie will make a star […]
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In the film version of Casino Royale James Bond and Vesper stay in Hotel Splendide in an unidentified town in Montenegro. While there does turn out to be a Hotel Splendide in Montenegro, it is a concrete highrise rather than the neo-baroque design of the film. The real Hotel Splendide is located in Becici, on […]
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In 1981 John Gardner was asked by Glidrose Productions (now Ian Fleming Publications) to write a series of new James Bond novels. The former Royal Marine had been a successful author since the 1960s, firstly with a series of light hearted thrillers and later with more series spy novels. Gardner’s first James Bond book was […]
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It’s hard to believe, but Forrest Gump trumped James Bond as the greatest character in the history of the movies in a poll by ABC News and People magazine. Out of more than half a million films made by Hollywood the character portrayed by Tom Hanks ranked top in the biggest ever poll of moviegoers… […]
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Ian Fleming Publications announced today details of Project X according to The Globe And Mail, which until today had existed only as a countdown timer on the IFP website that expired at midnight. “Project X” is the working title of a new James Bond continuation novel written by American author Jeffery Deaver, due to be […]
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In The Book of Bond, Kingsley Amis (writing as Lt-Col Bill Tanner after the Chief-of-Staff in Fleming’s novels) describes Bond’s library saying that it should be modest and that more extensive collections go with “serious criminal tendencies”. While Amis believed that Bond’s library was limited to a handful of books there is no evidence that […]
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