James Bond News - July 2012
Published: Tue, 07/03/12
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July 3rd, 2012 Hi With filming completed on "Skyfall" there is little news while we wait for the next trailer to be revealed. However, that doesn't mean we have no new articles for you.As you'll see below there, as usual we've got the usual mix of news, opinion and other articles to keep you busy. If you like anything in particular, don't forget to let me know or share it with your friends via social media. Until next time,
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Press release: In SKYFALL, to be released in autumn of 2012, James Bond will take to the screen for the 23rd time with Daniel Craig again assuming the role of the world’s favourite secret agent. And once again, 007 will wear an OMEGA Seamaster. To celebrate its seventh performance in a supporting role in a [...] Read more...
Video: ‘Skyfall’ costume designer Jany Temime on dressing 007:
Skyfall costume designer Jany Temime discusses suiting up Daniel Craig, Tom Ford suits and how to dress 007 in way that is both classic but at the same time with a contemporary touch. Read more...
‘Skyfall’: where is it all heading? Part 2:
A couple of weeks ago I published an article on how I saw Skyfall shaping up following the release of the teaser trailer. However, since it didn’t cover all the ground I planned, I decided to write a follow up. Whatever my personal preferences, it’s highly unlikely that anyone involved at a senior level on Skyfall reads this [...] Read more...
Boyd’s Bond Is A Changed Spy [News Tank]:
James Bond continuation author William Boyd was recently at the Telegraph Hay Festival where he chatted about his forthcoming novel, due to be published next year. In contrast to Jeffrey Deaver’s Bond novel, Carte Blanche, Boyd will place 007 back in 1969. Speaking to News Tank he said: “He is a middle-aged man, a middle-aged spy, [...] Read more...
James Bond – a character to die for [Telegraph]:
Next month sees the opening of an exhibition at the Barbican to commemorate fifty years of James Bond on the big screen. The exhibition’s curaters, Bronwyn Cosgrave and Lindy Hemming, who was costume designer on several of the Bond films, have had unprecidented access to the archives of EON Productions and exhibits include “original outfits, [...] Read more...
The Gillette Slim Adjustable Razor from ‘Goldfinger’:
How product placement in the James Bond movies is not a modern phenomenon Read more...
5 Reasons Why Skyfall Might Be The Best James Bond Film Ever [What Culture]:
When the film is released on October 26th in the UK and November 9th in the US all will finally be revealed but I am confident that this will be the best of the series so far and a hell of a way to celebrate the momentous 50th Anniversary. That’s the conclusion made by a [...] Read more...
Ian Fleming’s 007 novels to be released unabridged by BBC in September:
For Your Ears Only… Bond is back with an all-star cast from the cream of British acting talent Read more...
A 007 tie-in that really stinks: James Bond gets his own fragrance:
A video above released via 007.com last night showing photographer Greg Williams behind the scenes on a shoot for the "official James Bond fragrence for men" to be produced to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the James Bond films. Read more...
Beyond Carte Blanche – The Other Drinks from the New Bond Book:
We’ve already covered the signature drink from the latest Bond book, Carte Blanche, but, in true Fleming style, the story is packed full of the finer details on a host of other drinks; some enjoyed by Bond and some by other characters. A few of these drinks are Stolichnaya Martinis; further details on these can [...] Read more...
CineEurope: 4 minutes of ‘Skyfall’ footage shown in Barcelona:
Bérénice Marlohe appeared in Barcelona yesterday while attending CineEurope, where new footage of Skyfall was shown. The Hollywood Reporter writes: Marlohe, who described landing the role as Bond girl Severine as “a dream come true” introduced four minutes of specially-prepped footage from Sam Mendes’ Skyfall during this year’s CineEurope. Skyfall is billed as the first [...] Read more...
Corgi to release 50th anniversary Aston Martin DB5:
The official 007 website has announced that Corgi will be releasing a new version of its famous model Aston Martin DB5 to coincide with both the 50th anniversary of Dr No and the release of Skyfall later in the year. The 1:36 scale replica has remained a constant favourite with collectors since the original version, [...] Read more...
EON Productions looking to sign writers for next two movies:
According to an article in Variety (Savvy lawyers rock the biz), EON Productions is already working on signing writers for Bond 24 and Bond 25, which may tie in with Sony Pictures desire to release new films every two years from now on. The article takes a look at “50 attorneys whose recent deals and [...] Read more...
Skyfall: the clapperboard cut:
During principal photography for Skyfall a number of clapperboard photos was shared via the official 007 social media channels. In fact, unless we’ve missed any, Bond 23 had a total of 23 clapperboard photos released either intentionally, or (more likely) by coincidence. Anyway, we haven’t seen anyone else do this, so I thought it would be [...] Read more...
Sony smartphone campaign to coincide with ‘Skyfall’:
Mobile Today published an article yesterday in which they claimed, somewhat unsurprisingly, that Sony plans on a promotional campaign tied in to Skyfall to push its new smartphone in conjunction with a (presumably) UK network operator: Sources claim that the manufacturer has linked up with Sony Pictures and inked an exclusive deal with a network operator that could see the new [...] Read more...
50th anniversary poker sets released by Cartamundi:
Playing card manufacturer Cartamundi has launched three new poker sets to tie in with the 50th anniversary of Dr No. The three sets are a compact poker set containing 150 chips, a wooden poker set with 200 chips (shown below) and a luxury aluminium set with 500 chips, all of which are available from Amazon.co.uk and [...] Read more...
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