James Bond News - February 2013
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5th February 2012 Hi Wow, it's February already and the award season is upon us!Next weekend it's the turn of the BAFTAs, but at the end of the month it's the big one - the Oscars takes place on February 24th. If you're not already following us on Facebook or Twitter maybe is time to do so. We'll let you know what is going on pretty much as it happens and you can interact too. I hope you enjoy this month's news, if you have anything you'd like to say to me then please get in contact. Until next time,
David Leigh PS If you don't already follow our social media channels you can find us on Twitter and CNN names Scotland as top worldwide destination thanks to Skyfall:
Scotland has been named the number one tourist destination in the world by CNN Travel, following the scenes in and around James Bond’s ancestral home at the end of Skyfall. Scotland finished ahead of locations such ad Rabat in Morocco, Kosice in Slovakia, and other destinations to secure the top spot in CNN’s list of [...] Read more...
Picks of the week – 4 January 2013:
After taking a weeklong break from “Picks of the Week” due to the holidays combined with me simply forgetting, here are the best stories shared through social media: GQ names Daniel Craig the year’s most stylish man Javier Bardem on how he brought a personal touch to Skyfall villain Former Bond Timothy Dalton: ‘Skyfall Deserves [...] Read more...
Activision’s licence revoked?:
Gamers have reported that Activision’s 007 titles are being pulled from online gaming sites across multiple platforms. The action has prompted the rumour that Activision has cancelled it’s licence that was due to expire in 2014. Given the poor reception of the recent games, the rumour does seem likely, especially after Eurocom closed its doors [...] Read more...
007 to be celebrated at Oscars:
A sequence celebrating 50 years of James Bond on the big screen is to be televised during the Oscars show, according to a press release published on the Oscars website. The press release gives little else away, other than nominations being announced on January 10th, with the award ceremony on February 24th. Of course, this [...] Read more...
Skyfall box office update following first weekend of 2013:
Skyfall‘s latest figures are estimated to be $1,023,300,000 worldwide according to the latest update from Box Office Mojo. The update includes the first weekend of 2013, with the US figure now standing at $296,900,000 and the rest of the world contributing $726,400,000. When ticket price inflation is taken into account Skyfall falls into third place in [...] Read more...
New book from Len Deighton examines Bond’s arrival on the big screen:
Amazon recently recommended to me a new book by The Ipcress File author Len Deighton, writing about the James Bond phenomenon from his own personal experince of knowing both Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory, which was a little bit of a surprise since its publication doesn’t seem to have been announced at all. The book, [...] Read more...
Skyfall nominated for 8 BAFTA awards:
Skyfall has been nominated in nine categories for the BAFTA awards, which will take place at the Royal Opea House in London on February 10th. The categories Skyfall has been nominated are as follows: Outstanding British Film Sam Mendes, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan Supporting Actor Javier Bardem Supporting [...] Read more...
Skyfall nominated for 5 Oscars:
Skyfall has been nominated for Oscars in five different categories it was revealed earlier today, which according to our friends at HMSS beats the previous Bond record; The Spy Who Loved Me was nominated in three categories. The Oscars website reveals that Skyfall was nominated in the following categories: Original song Adele Cinematography Roger Deakins [...] Read more...
The 4-Hour 007?:
I’ve been a fan of Timothy Ferriss ever since he published The 4-Hour Work Week back in 2007, and while I can understand why he might not be to everyone’s taste, his books do actually make you stop and think about things that you may have been taking granted for years; that can never be [...] Read more...
Daniel Craig triple pack James Bond Blu-Ray collection available in February:
Daniel Craig’s three James Bond films are to be released in the UK as a Blu-Ray triple pack collection on February 18th, according to information on Amazon.co.uk. Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace are to be packaged up with Skyfall in the triple pack, which is likely to prove popular with James Bond fans upgrading their DVD [...] Read more...
All About Bond review:
Just before Christmas I received a review copy of All About Bond, with contributions by a variety of people such as Godfrey Smith, who worked with Ian Fleming at the Sunday Times, Goldfinger actress Honor Blackman and GQ Editor Dylan Jones. Read more...
Picks of the week – 11 January 2013:
Here are the week’s top picks we’ve shared on our social media channels, judged by response from followers or own personal interest. This week much of the talk was about the Oscars and other showbiz awards: Oscars ceremony to pay tribute to 50 years of James Bond films A special sequence will be shown during [...] Read more...
Skyfall closes in on $300M in US:
Skyfall closed the weekend just short of $300 million in the US market, with a worldwide box office of $1,032,863,000, according to figures from Box Office Mojo. The film is coming to the end of its big screen run as the DVD and Blu-Ray release date of February 18th approaches, and worldwide the only major market remaining [...] Read more...
Adele wins Golden Globe for Skyfall:
Adele was last night awarded the Golden Globe trophy for Best Original Song for Skyfall at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Expressing surprise at the award, she thanked a whole list of people including Sam Mendes, Daniel Craig and boyfriend Simon Konecki. You can watch a video of Adele’s acceptance speach on MTV by clicking [...] Read more...
Interview with Skyfall sound re-recording mixer Greg Russell [Video]:
Please upgrade your browser Sit down with the drink of your choice and watch this 37 minute interview with Greg Russell who has been nominated, along with Scott Millan and Stuart Wilson, for the sound mixing Oscar. He discusses hearing about the nomination and working on Skyfall, his first Bond movie. Read more...
Skyfall shell casings converted into unique jewellery for Judi Dench:
Judi Dench’s role in Skyfall was her biggest of all her Bond appearances and she seems to have relished her action scenes including using a firearm for the first time ever judging by a report appearing on the Mail Online. Although Skyfall will be her last Bond film she kept the shell casings she fired in [...] Read more...
Skyfall receives Film of the Year nomination at British Film Awards:
Skyfall has been nominated Film of the Year in the Evening Standard British Film Awards. The lack of nominations in any major category at the Oscars and other awards has disappointed many commentators, so this may make up for some of that. The latest Bond film is up against independent films Sightseers and Berberian Sound [...] Read more...
Thomas Newman deserves an Oscar for Skyfall according to Slate:
Thomas Newman deserves to win an Oscar for his Skyfall score, according to Slate. I’d argue that David Arnold is the sound of the modern Bond films and Newman was a mistake for Skyfall; just listen to the sweeping theme of Casino Royale, while Arnold’s score for Quantum of Solace is one of the only [...] Read more...
Skyfall premieres in China with cuts:
Skyfall finally premiered in China on Wednesday, the last major territory for it to conquer. According to a report in Hollywood Reporter the film has a number of cuts, including – for some reason – the removal of the scene that shows Ola Rapace’s character shooting a security guard in the lobby of a Shanghai [...] Read more...
A look at ‘The Book of Bond’ by Kingsley Amis [Video]:
In this video we take a look at The Book of Bond, written by Kingsley Amis and published in 1965 under the pseudonym Lt-Col William Tanner. Read more...
Ian Fleming drama planned by Sky Atlantic:
Sky Atlantic is planning a drama based on the life of Ian Fleming, according to the Radio Times and other media sources. The series, titled simply Fleming, will be in four parts and star Dominic Cooper as the author and journalist who worked in Naval Intelligence during the second world war and spent every winter [...] Read more...
Picks of the week – 18 January 2013:
We’re at the end of another week and so it’s time to take a look at the social media highlights of the week, this time staring Quentin Tarantino, Adele, Sean Connery and Judi Dench, while Aston Martin celebrates 100 years. Skyfall Shoots Ahead As The Critics’ Choice For Best Action Movie Quentin Tarantino: Why Skyfall [...] Read more...
Lord Mountbatten`s James Bond-style pen gun now on auction:
A gold plated pen that hides a secret pistol given to Lord Mountbatten, the last viceroy of India, is set to be auctioned in March in by Holt’s Auctioneers of London. It was given to Mountbatten, the uncle of the Duke of Edinburgh, by the Maharaja of Jodhpur in 1948 and is expected to raise [...] Read more...
Skyfall breaks $300M in US:
Skyfall broke through $300 million at the US box office this weekend, according to estimates from Box Office Mojo, to end on $300,937,000 to make a total of $1,034,437,000 worldwide, with the film just about to open in China. Worldwide Skyfall is now the eleventh biggest grossing film never, some nine million behind Pirates of [...] Read more...
$5.1 Million opening day for Skyfall in China:
Skyfall added another $5.1 million to its box office receipts in Chine on Monday when it went on general release its last remaining major territory, 14% ahead of The Dark Knight Rises. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Sony sources say that films that open on Monday, such as the latest Bond and Batman movies, usually [...] Read more...
Double O Seven James Bond: A Report:
Many years ago my family used to spend the summer with friends who owned an old farmhouse in the hills near Manresa in Catalonia. When they bought the house it was quite derelict, but a great deal of time, effort and, no doubt, expenditure turned it into something quite special. The house is miles from [...] Read more...
Adele to Perform Skyfall at Oscars:
It has been confirmed that Adele will perform Skyfall at the Oscars, as had been rumoured. The song has been nominated form Best Original Song and the Oscars ceremony will be the first time the singer has performed it live since giving birth. She previously attended the Golden Globes, where she was awarded the trophy [...] Read more...
Picks of the week – 25 January 2013:
This week’s favourites from our social media channels. The news on 007 is getting far less frequent as the days go on and the last few days have been dominated by the announcement that Adele will perform at the Oscars. Given that this can only continue, this weekly feature will cease until the build up [...] Read more...
Skyfall now 8th highest grossing film of all time:
Skyfall is now the eighth biggest film of all time in terms of box office takings after its opening week in China. The latest figures from Box Office Mojo put the Bond film on $1,077.8, just behind The Dark Knight Rises. The current split is $301,252,887 in the United States and $776,500,000 in the rest [...] Read more...
MI6 Confidential #19 – Billion Dollar Bond:
MI6 Confidential, the full-colour magazine celebrating the world of James Bond 007, returns with its nineteenth issue. Whilst pundits’ predictions of Skyfall’s success definitely rang true, the 23rd Bond adventure surely surpassed even the most optimistic auspices, both in terms of substance, and box office success. This issue celebrates that success, with a look at the global promotion [...] Read more...
The James Bond Dossier by Kingsley Amis:
Kingsley Amis was a big fan of Ian Fleming’s 007 books and sat down in 1964 with the aim of writing a 5,000 word article about the Bond phenomenon, which at the time was based mainly around the books. The author soon found that his modest idea had morphed into something far larger because, as [...] Read more...
Oscars Promo: The Oscars Celebrate James Bond [Video]:
This 30 second promo for the Oscars shows Pierce Brosnan as James Bond trying to order a martini. Read more...
Tricked out DB5 comes up for sale at £3 million:An Aston Martin DB5 equipped with hidden machine guns, revolving number plates and a rear bullet reflector among it additional extras went on sale recently for £3 million. The car was supplied to the film makers to promote Thunderball (and equipped with some of the Goldfinger gadgets) but was never seen on screen. The price [...] Read more...Dennis Gassner awarded for work on Skyfall by Art Director’s Guild:Dennis Gassner was last night awarded the award for contemporary film by the Art Director’s Guild at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Earlier in the evening Gassner was jointly awarded the guild’s Cinematic Imagery Award along with Ken Adam, Peter Lamont and Allan Cameron for their work on the Bond films. Read more... Skyfall overtakes Batman at box office:Skyfall has now overtaken The Dark Knight Rises at the box office to become the seventh biggest earner of all time according to the latest figures on Box Office Mojo. The figure for the 23rd James Bond film now stands at $1,093.5 million after its opening in China, with The Lord of the Rings: Return [...] Read more...
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