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Hi - Well this last month has been pretty busy. It's hard to believe we're nearly halfway through the year already. So here we go!

On the plus side May saw the publication of a new James Bond novel by Anthony Horowitz and there's a new James Bond cookbook by Edward Biddulph. But on the downside were the accusations by a number of women about Cary Fukunaga being a sexual predator.

We also have Danny Boyle finally talking about his reasons for quitting Bond 25, the article on No Time to Die's Jamaican locations is now free to view and there's a new article on the additional music in No Time to Die available currently to Patreon subscribers only. 
 

News

We recently reported on comments made by Danny Boyle’s long term writing partner, John Hodge, regarding their sudden exit from the 25th James Bond film back in August 2018. Now Danny Boyle has broken his silence. The Trainspotting director talks about how the producers lost confidence in his vision for Bond.
Danny Boyle opens up about his departure from Bond 25
 

 

No Time to Die is the first James Bond film to be released in the MeToo era and made a point of steering clear of many of the elements that many found troublesome. At the time of release director Cary Fukunaga was praised by Lashana Lynch for his approach to the women in the film. But now the director of Bond’s #MeToo metamorphosis is accused of multiple misdemeanours. 
Cary Fukunaga falls under MeToo spotlight


Bond fans with a culinary bent will be thrilled by Edward Biddulph’s latest 007 cookbook, Double-O Dining, which incudes more than 100 recipes. Double-O Dining takes you on a culinary journey through the James Bond books and films to uncover the secrets of the food that the world’s most famous fictional spy and his companions and adversaries eat during their adventures.
New James Bond cookbook published

 

Features

A look at all the Jamaican locations used in No Time to Die. After the film’s launch event on 25th April 2019 at Goldeneye filming commenced at Port Antonio three days later. Here we look at all locations in detail, complete with a map (now free to all).
No Time to Die: Jamaican locations
 

A look at the third and final James Bond novel by Anthony Horowitz. With a Mind to Kill takes place after the events of The Man With The Golden Gun and is directly influenced by events that occur in Ian Fleming’s final Bond novel.
Review: With a Mind to Kill

 

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Whether or not you are a fan of the score by Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro, some of the more interesting music in No Time to Die is by other artists. The 25th James Bond movie uses a number of additional tracks, particularly in the scenes set in Jamaica and Cuba and listed in the end credits. He we look at those in detail not found anywhere else.
Additional music in No Time to Die (Patreon only)

That's it for this month. If you've got any questions ot comments I'd love to hear from you. Otherwise I'll be back in early July with the next issues of the newsletter.

See you then!
 

David Leigh
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