January 2nd, 2017
by David Leigh
The Miss Moneypenny actress has been recognised for her services to drama in the New Year Honours List. Naomie Harris was one of several actors recognised in the New Year Honours List announced last week. Harris, who played Eve Moneypenny in Skyfall and SPECTRE, is to be awarded an OBE for services to drama. Two […]
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May 12th, 2015
by David Leigh
Cashmere specialist N Peal has once again been chosen to dress 007 in SPECTRE after the brand appeared in the action scenes at the end of Skyfall. Two N Peal sweaters are expected to be worn by Daniel Craig, the first of which appears on the teaser poster shown above, while the other can be seen in […]
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April 22nd, 2015
by David Leigh
While a number of revelations were made about Sony Pictures, films projects, talent and studio executives following the Sony hack last year, Wikileaks’ decision to host the hacked emails means the media is once again able to go through the metaphorical trash digging for dirt. Yesterday the Mirror published an story, which has been widely repeated, that […]
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December 18th, 2014
by David Leigh
It was revealed this week that Belvedere vodka would be one of the promotional partners for SPECTRE, although the amount they are paying for that privilege has not been disclosed. The brand is looking to use 007 to create global brand awareness and promote itself as a premium product. Of course, Belvedere is not the […]
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August 12th, 2014
by David Leigh
If you’ve signed up to receive the monthly newsletter from The James Bond Dossier you may remember a short series of welcome emails in which I tell you a little about me and how I got interested in James Bond (and if you haven’t joined yet you can do so here). Many new subscribers often reply […]
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July 11th, 2014
by David Leigh
Sam Mendes attended an event at Windsor Castle on Tuesday night organised by Films Without Borders, in which he spoke about how the Olympics changed his approach to editing Skyfall, as well as Bond 24. Interviewed by Films Without Borders supporter Prince Edward, Mendes spoke about his first experience of Bond in Live And Let […]
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July 9th, 2014
by David Leigh
The arrival of July finds many of us counting down the days to our summer holidays and so in this article we look at some simple ways to update your summer wardrobe with some 007-style panache.
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June 3rd, 2014
by David Leigh
The latest issue of Empire Magazine looks at the 301 greatest movies of all time, placing Skyfall in 45th place. Empire spoke to John Logan about his involvement in the Bond films, describing Skyfall as “the best time I’ve ever had working on a movie” and saying that he had wanted to be true to Ian Fleming’s […]
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January 27th, 2014
by David Leigh
Last night saw the Grammy Awards take place in Los Angeles, the annual ceremony to recogise outstanding achievement in the music industry. Althout it seems forever since Skyfall was on our screens, the 23rd James Bond film still managed to pick up two more awards for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Thomas Newman) and […]
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January 18th, 2014
by David Leigh
Skyfall and Bond 24 screenwriter John Logan has spoken briefly about the next James Bond film while on a press tour for forthcoming TV show Penny Dreadful. Apart from saying that he can’t reveal too much (no surprise there), he told IGN that he hopes to build on the work done on Skyfall in updating […]
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