James Bond News - September 2012
Published: Tue, 09/04/12
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September 4th, 2012 Hi Well, we've now got a little less than 2 months before "Skyfall" is released in the UK, and as the premiere approaches the publicity machine is starting to gear up.Of course, it's a month until "Global James Bond Day" on October 5th, announced to coincide with the 50th anniversary of "Dr No". Will you be doing anything special that day? Anyway, please find the most recent articles and news from The James Bond Dossier. I hope you enjoy it and, as always, please get in touch by email or social media channels if you want to make YOUR voice heard. Until next time,
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Marvin Hamlisch: ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ composer dies:
Marvin Hamlisch, composer of many film scores including The Spy Who Loved Me, has died in Los Angeles on Monday following a short illness, according to his family. In addition to Roger Moore’s third outing as James Bond, for which he penned “Nobody Does It Better”, Hamlisch worked on more than 40 film scores including The Sting. [...] Read more...
Sky announces new 007 channel in HD:
Sky Movies recently grabbed the rights to show all the James Bond films in HD, breaking ITV’s monopoly on the franchise going back to 1975. However, Sky has just announced that it will launch a dedicated 007 channel in October to show all 22 films without breaks. Sky has secured the rights for just a [...] Read more...
Skyfall: Bond On Set:
The official 007 website has an interview with photographer Greg Williams, who is returning for “Skyfall: Bond On Set”, his fourth book of behind the scenes photographs from the James Bond films that started with Die Another Day. In the interview he discusses how his work differs from the unit photographer, working with Sam Mendes [...] Read more...
James Bond as a lone operator:
One of the issues I have with the more recent James bond films, say since Goldeneye onwards, is now rather than 007 operating as a lone agent out on his mission – just like in the books – he instead has come to rely upon his boss, M, much too often. Read more...
New ‘Skyfall’ poster:
This afternoon a new poster for skyfulSkyfall has been released, which you can see above. One of the things that strikes me about it is how the cast is presented as an ensemble, rather than just James bond on his mission, perhaps with a girl at his side. The girls are there should, sure, but [...] Read more...
Individual character posters for ‘Skyfall’:
Earlier I posted a new Skyfall poster released by Sony, but it turns out there were four more individual character posters too. They are the same shots as the ensemble character poster but each is backed by the 007 logo and release details below. Read more...
Designing 007 – a review [James Bond Memes]:
Edward Biddulph who is behind James Bond memes and has contributed to this website recently visited “Designing 007″, the exhibition currently taking place at the Barbican in London celebrating 50 years of cinematic James Bond. He comments that Ian Fleming has not been left out of the exhibition, although the area devoted to him and [...] Read more...
Sony Xperia T is James Bond phone in Skyfall [CNET UK]:
James Bond will be using at Sony Xperia T in Skyfall, according to a news report on CNET UK. The phone has a 4.3 inch screen at 720 pixel resolution and 16 GB RAM for music and videos, as well as accepting a Micro SD card. Read “Sony Xperia T is James Bond phone in [...] Read more...
Coca-Cola Zero releases Skyfall campaign continuing its partnership with the James Bond franchise [The Drum]:
Coca-Cola has revealed artwork for its Skyfall campaign for Coke Zero that includes the Skyfall logo and a silhouette of James Bond standing in front of a gunbarrel while apparently staring at a huge bottle of Coke Zero. Coke’s campaign will rolled out across cinema and television, as well as outdoor advertising, a social media campaign [...] Read more...
Little Nellie – the Wallis WA-116 autogyro:
After identifying the area in Japan where the Ning-Po was unloaded in You Only Live Twice (1967), James Bond plans on scouting the mountainous area by air and tells Tiger Tanaka, head of the Japanese secret service, to “contact M. Tell him to send Little Nellie, repeat Little Nellie. Also tell him to send her [...] Read more...
Skyfall’s London locations [video]:
Please upgrade your browser Director Sam Mendes talks about the challenges of shooting in London, while Daniel Craig says that being a Bond film meant they were able to access places that would be out of bounds to other films. Craig goes on to say that he and Mendes wanted to make the film very [...] Read more...
James Bond 50th anniversary auction at Christie’s planned:
London auction house Christie’s is planning an auction of James Bond memorabilia donated by EON Productions and former cast and crew to benefit UNICEF. Forty lots will be offered for auction between September 28th and October 8th in an online auction, while an invitation only off-line auction will take place on October 5th, the 50th [...] Read more...
New ‘Skyfall’ poster revealed:
Yet another Skyfall poster has been revealed by Sony Pictures, this time with Daniel Craig on his back while aiming his Walther PPK. The poster is a similar design to a cardboard design that has been appearing in UK cinemas recently. Read more...
Bond 50 interview with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson:
Please upgrade your browser The current producers of the James Bond films talk about how the imminent Blu-ray release of the entire Bond catalogue is good for the fans and viewable in the best possible quality at the present moment. Broccoli talks about some of the iconic moments in Dr No and how they try [...] Read more...
MI6 Confidential #16 and #17 now available:
MI6 Confidential, the full-colour magazine celebrating the world of James Bond 007, returns with its sixteenth and seventeenth issues. Issue #16 takes a journey back to James Bond’s beginnings with this special collector’s issue of MI6 Confidential, celebrating the first 007 film, Dr. No, as it marks its 50th anniversary in 2012. Collected amongst these [...] Read more...
Everything Or Nothing: The Untold Story Of 007 [press release]:
Back in November 2011 at the Skyfall press conference held in London, producer Michael G Wilson mentioned that a new documentary would be released as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of cinematic James Bond. Until now no details have been forthcoming, however yesterday a press release was issued that covers the documentary, entitled “Everything [...] Read more...
Vote for your favourite James Bond car:
To celebrate both the release of Skyfall in October, as well as the 50th anniversary of James Bond on the big screen, Auto Express is asking readers to vote for their favourite car from the Bond movies ever. They have compiled a short list of 20 of the most popular cars from the films, naturally [...] Read more...
Global James Bond Day announced for October 5th:
EON Productions today announced that October 5th will be Global James Bond Day, celebrated by a full day’s 007 related events. Events announced include a charity auction run by Christie’s of London, a global survey to discover which are the favourite James Bond films worldwide, and a film retrospective by New York’s Museum of Modern [...] Read more...
Sony confirms Experia T as 007′s new mobile phone:
Sony today issued a press release confirming that their new flagship mobile phone, the Xperia T, would be used by James Bond in the forthcoming movie, Skyfall. As well as having an HD screen and superior camera, the phone is equipped with Sony’s Walkman software for users to enjoy their music in high quality. I’m [...] Read more...
Sam Mendes speaks to Empire Magazine:
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 [...] Read more...
MOMA James Bond film retrospective in October:
As part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the James Bond films it was recently announced that the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MOMA) would be holding a retrospective of the 22 films in the EON Productions film series. Yesterday a press release was published on the official 007 website giving [...] Read more...
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