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March 7, 2012
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Plenty has been going on with Skyfall this month, as you can see by the number of news items in this month's newsletter. Also, Paul Kyriazi released "How to Live The James Bond Lifestyle" on Kindle and an exhibition celebrating half a century of big screen Bond was announced at The Barbican starting July. And if you visit the website make sure you hit the Facebook LIKE button at top or bottom of each article, click the +1 button if you have a Google + account, or share using Twitter or Stumbleupon. Until next time, PS Remember to follow us on on Twitter and/or Facebook ! All change in the recording studio as Bond franchise gets a new composer for Skyfall:
When production of the 23rd movie in the James Bond series began, many made the not unreasonable assumption that long time collaborator David Arnold would once again provide the score. Having worked with the franchise for 14 years and provided the soundtrack for five 007 adventures, Arnold seemed like the obvious choice to compose the [...] Read more...
Heineken and James Bond sign global SKYFALL partnership:
Amsterdam, February 8, 2012 - HEINEKEN today announced that it has extended its 15 year partnership with the James Bond franchise. It will introduce an unprecedented and innovative global marketing campaign to support the launch of the new film SKYFALL. This is the 23rd film in the James Bond series, and the 6th consecutive James Bond film [...] Read more...
Scenes for new James Bond film Skyfall shot near Buachaille Etive Mor in Highlands [The Daily Record]:
The Skyfall second unit was in Scotland yesterday to shoot a chase involving James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5. Two DB5s were driven along the A82 near the peak of Buachaille Etive Mor. The Daily record notes: Staff working on the latest movie in the 007 franchise shot on Highland locations in Glencoe and nearby Dalness [...] Read more...
A beautiful day in the Scottish Highlands: Skyfall clapperboard photo:
The latest clapperboard photo from the official 007 Twitter account from filming in Scotland today. Read more...
James Bond star Daniel Craig in Glencoe filming new movie Skyfall [The Daily Record]:
Daniel Craig was photographed in Scotland yesterday, where the production crew has been located for a few days and two Aston Martin DB5s seen filming on the open road. This was the first time Craig, who was joined by Judi Dench, had been spotted during filming in Scotland, which also involved Ben Collins, formerly The [...] Read more...
Skyfall photos: Hankley Common “Monastery” set:
Two photos of a set built for Skyfall on MOD land at Hankley Common were uploaded by a Twitter user yesterday showing a "Scottish Monastery" that seems to fit in with the images from the shoot in Scotland last week. It also tallies with a story we published last month that members of the Skyfall crew had arrived in nearby Elstead. Read more...
Video: Skyfall filming Vauxhall Bridge:
Skyfall was shooting on location in London today, when Vauxhall Bridge, next to the real life MI6 headquarters, was closed to traffic. The scene involves Judi Dench being chauffeured in a Jaguar driving towards M6 HQ. You can watch a video of the scene on YouTube: Please upgrade your browser Read more...
Skyfall photos: filming on Vauxhall Bridge:
Photos from filming at Vauxhall Bridge on February 12th 2012. Read more...
Bond girls Naomie Harris & Berenice Marlohe tell us about making Skyfall with Daniel Craig [ITN]:
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How to Live the James Bond Lifestyle now available on Kindle:
Paul Kyriazi’s “How To Live The James Bond Lifestyle” has been extensively updated and released today as a Kindle ebook. Paul has added 110 pages of new content based on the studies and experiences he has had since its last incarnation as an eight CD audio seminar, as well as feedback from other JBLS “agents”. [...] Read more...
Judi Dench sees James Bond actor hit by car [The Sun]:
An extra was hit by a car during the filming of a high speed car chase at Millbank on Saturday, according to The Sun, which says: Director Sam Mendes was in the black Mercedes, which had a camera mounted on its roof. He was left “shaken up” by the incident. The injured man was treated [...] Read more...
Turkish sailing boat to feature in Skyfall?:
Yesterday an email was sent out by Matt Sherman who runs The James BondList with some intriguing information. In the email Matt says: I’ve been tipped off that just under $12,500 U.S. will get you one week’s charter on the 56-meter long “Regina,” the fantastic “gulet” (traditional two-mast sailing vessel) reserved by EON Productions for SKYFALL filming in the Turkish Riviera [...] Read more...
How the James Bond films have reinvented themselves over time:
When Pierce Brosnan was dropped from the role of James Bond the producers took a big risk in moving away from the established 007 formula and rather than keep the existing timeline of the Bond franchise, they followed the Batman movies to revisit Bond’s early years, long before he had become the smooth secret agent with a licence to kill with a taste for tuxedoes and Martinis. Read more...
Room full of mystery: clapperboard photo from Skyfall:
The latest Skyfall clapperboard photo has been uploaded to the official 007 twitter account this evening. It is not known where the photo was taken; since Daniel Craig and members of the cast and crew moved to Turkey last week it is likely to be from there. Also, photos from Pinewood have been geotagged; this [...] Read more...
Naomie Harris and John Logan in the media:
Actress Naomie Harris and screenwriter John Logan have recently spoken to the press about their involvement in Skyfall. When Harris was asked by Total Film whether she was a goodie or baddie, she replied: “My character would like to see herself as a female Bond but I don’t think anyone’s really a match for Bond.” [...] Read more...
Sam Mendes’ first SKYFALL videoblog due tomorrow morning:
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 which began [...] Read more...
Sam Mendes’ First SKYFALL Videoblog:
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. Read more...
The Stinger:
James Bond is known for his discerning taste in matters of food and drink, but, occasionally, he takes advice from a companion, whether that be M’s thought on wine or a field agent’s opinion of the local hooch. An example of such a drink is The Stinger, which Bond first drinks in Diamonds are Forever.
Bond obviously has a taste for the drink, as, in Thunderball, he orders another one, this time to accompany after-dinner coffee with Leiter at the Nassau Casino. This mix of Brandy and Creme de Menthe is often seen as a good digestif. Read more...
Skyfall to be released in IMAX Theatres:
Press release: Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that the long-awaited next chapter in the famed James Bond franchise, SKYFALL, will be released in IMAX® theatres simultaneously with the film’s international release on Oct. 26, and its domestic release on Nov. 9, 2012. This is the first IMAX [...] Read more...
All aglow on the Skyfall set today: clapperboard photo from Skyfall:
The latest clapperboard photo from the set of Skyfall was uploaded to the official 007 twitter account today; once again it gives away little. Read more...
Dame Judi Dench admits she hates to see herself acting on screen [Mail Online]:
Dame Judi Dench was photographed in Tower Hill again on Saturday while shooting scenes for Skyfall. According to the Mail Online, which also has photos: The actor was wrapped up warm in a big black coat as she stood around between filming shots of the action movie. Daniel Craig, who plays Bond, was not on [...] Read more...
Land Rover Defender to star in 2012′s new Bond film [Car Magazine Online]:
A Land Rover Defender is set to feature in a chase sequence involving Naomi Harris, according to Skyfall co-producer Andrew Noakes, who is quoted in an article by Car Magazine Online. ‘We are really going to test that car,’ says Noakes, ‘do things to it it’s not normally designed for. Some of the stuff is so hairy [...] Read more...
Barbican to stage an exhibition to mark 50 years of James Bond films [guardian.co.uk]:
An exhibition celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the James Bond films is set to open at London’s Barbican Centre in July. EON Productions has allowed unprecedented access to the Bond archives and will take up two floors of the centre. An article in the Guardian says: Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond Style promises to showcase five [...] Read more...
50 Years of Bond Music:
2012 sees the 50th anniversary of the most enduring film franchise in cinema history. By the golden anniversary of 1962’s Dr No, there will have been 23 James Bond adventures featuring six 007s, countless Bond villains, hundreds of beautiful Bond girls and almost two dozen of the most instantly recognisable theme songs in cinema history. [...] Read more...
New Technocrane Makes its Debut on Bond Film [Below the Line]:
A new crane made its debut on Skyfall recently, when it was used to shoot a night scene at Pinewood Studios. Technocrane’s Supertechno 100 was chosen as its 100-foot reach made it the only camera crane with sufficient height and reach for the shots. According to Below the Line: The Supertechno 100 enabled the camera to [...] Read more...
Video: Preparation for Skyfall filming in Turkey:
Please upgrade your browser Video of preparations taking place in Turkey for the Skyfall location shoot (via The007Bond on Twitter). Read more...
Naomie Harris says being a Bond girl is ‘beyond my dreams’ [Telegraph]:
Naomie Harris spoke briefly about Skyfall today while presenting an award at the First Light Awards 2012, saying that she had never dared to dream of becoming a Bond girl when she first started out as a young actress. According to the Telegraph: Harris revealed at the First Light Awards 2012 at the BFI Southbank: [...] Read more...
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