James Bond News #160: 🍾January 2022

Published: Tue, 01/11/22

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It’s quite incredible to think that in the year that the James Bond movies celebrate their 60th anniversary this website has been online for 20 years.

The site was first launched on a subdomain sometime in January 2002 - sadly the exact date is lost in the sands of time.
 
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For the first few years it was called For Your Eyes Only, only switching name and domain in March 2005, at which point it became The James Bond Dossier.

I started it soon after moving to Barcelona, when I had plenty of time of my hands. The initial idea was to cover the books only using The Book of Bond: Or Every Man His Own 007 as an inspiration. While that book takes an amusing look at Bond’s habits and lifestyle it doesn’t go into the kind of depth I was looking for.

So, here we are a full two decades later. During that time we have had Pierce Brosnan’s last outing as 007 and the Daniel Craig era. We’ve had several continuation novels, comics and the whole idea of the James Bond Lifestyle. Numerous writers have contributed to the site over the years and I started a monthly newsletter. And over that time we’ve seen the rise of social media with the births of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
 

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There is still plenty of work left to do on the website and perhaps one day I’ll consider it actually finished.

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News

The release of No Time to Die leaves us rather in limbo for news. The tabloids persistently report on the actor or that actor becoming the new face of 007. But I think it's unlikely we'll get an announcement any time soon. 

Who knows when we'll get a new film. Maybe for the 70th anniversary of the franchise. Or perhaps they'll hold out for the 75th (just kidding!).

But that doesn't mean to say nothing is happening in the world of 007...

The title and synopsis of Anthony Horowitz’s third official James Bond novel were released by Vintage in December. 

Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of Eon Productions’ James Bond series next October, Apple TV+ has announced a documentary looking at the music from the films. The Sound of 007 will cover all aspects of the music from the films.


Features

Regular contributor Javier E. Trujillo takes a look at James Bond: Himeros #1, Dynamite's 2021 comic book series.



James Bond & Friends podcast

The latest episodes of James Bond & Friends are now available on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere. You can listen to the most recent episodes I'm on below:

 

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If you're a Patron subscriber of Trainee Agent or above you get access to the following articles. They are first drafts of what will eventually be published on the website, but you get access right now. Look out for more new content over the next few weeks.

That's all for now. I hope you're doing well and managed to avoid omicron so far.

See you next month!

David Leigh
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