Sam Mendes

The Independent features a profile of Skyfall director Sam Mendes, noting he is a lifelong Bond fan. Making his debut with American Beauty,Skyfall is Mendes’ sixth feature film and with each he takes pains to avoid a signature style. Read the full article here The opinions expressed in the article are those of the author. […]

In an interview with Time Out, Sam Mendes discusses Skyfall, telling the interviewer that when he started working on the project he was surprised at how opinionated he was about how to make a good James Bond film. Mendes finishes the interview by saying that he enjoyed the experience enough to make another Bond film. However, he […]

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. The opinions expressed in the article are those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the views […]

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.

The October issue of Empire Magazine has just been released containing extensive coverage of Skyfall. Director Sam Mendes is quoted as saying that Javier Bardem’s character, Silva, will be larger than life and a real match for 007. He also says that he considers the character to be one of the greats and giving something […]

Co-producer Michael G Wilson and director Sam Mendes talk about the Aston Martin DB5 in Skyfall in this video posted to YouTube today. The video also includes some scenes from the film as well as behind the scenes footage.

Back in April much of the media hysterically reported that James Bond would drink Heineken in Skyfall and was ditching his traditional looking martini. As we reported at time, just because of the Heineken product placement deal, it was unlikely that he wouldn’t drink a vodka martini too. Now director Sam Mendes has gone on […]

007.com has this morning released a 90 second video blog by Sam Mendes, in which he briefly discusses his relationship with the James bond films through Casino Royale, the Sean Connery era and Skyfall.

The official James Bond website, 007.com, will be posting a worldwide exclusive from 0700 GMT this Wednesday: Sam Mendes’ first SKYFALL videoblog. Says SKYFALL director Mendes in the video: “The roots of my doing this Bond movie start way before anybody approached me because, like everyone else, I have my own personal relationship with Bond […]

We recently reported on funeral scenes shot at Greenwich, which featured a number of hearses. However, the Royal British Legion has accused the film makers of being cynical. According to the Telegraph: The scenes, which feature the bodies of eight servicemen killed overseas being repatriated and driven in a funeral cortege past hundreds of mourners […]