James Bond News - November 2014
Published: Tue, 11/04/14
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We're now counting down the days until Bond 24 starts production, which is due to get underway on December 6th.
We can expect a press conference around that date, and as a subscriber to this newsletter I'll let you know when and where it happens, and what is said, although you may receive the December newsletter before that press conference takes place anyway.
Don't expect too many details, but we may get confirmation of principal cast and possibly a title.
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New Bond comics announced by Ian Fleming Publications
Press Release: Ian Fleming Publications is very proud to announce our new partnership with Dynamite Entertainment, a leading publisher of English language comic books and graphic novels, who have worldwide rights to produce comic books, digital comics and graphic novels starring James Bond. 007 will re-live the exploits that have thrilled and captivated fans for over […]Read more...
Review: Catching Bullets by Mark O’Connell
Can you imagine that soon after watching your first James Bond film you learnt your grandfather worked for Eon Productions? That’s exactly what happened to Mark O’Connell, who relates his story in Catching Bullets, reviewed here. Published back in 2012 in the lead up to Skyfall, I’d been meaning to get a copy of Catching Bullets by Mark […]Read more...
007’s Slazenger golf sweater from ‘Goldfinger’ reissued
Slazenger has teamed up with “Conduit Cut” tailor Anthony Sinclair to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Goldfinger with a reissue of the iconic golf sweater worn by Sean Connery in the third 007 film. The sweater is made from Merino wool and available as a limited edition complete with authentic period logo and comes complete with a presentation box, ideal to […]Read more...
Birthday of cinematographer Freddie Young [1902]
Freddie Young, who was responsible for the cinematography on You Only Live Twice, was born on 9th October 1902 in London. Young was the first British cinematographer to film in CinemaScope, and as well as his work on 007 he worn the cinematography Oscar three times for Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Ryan’s Daughter, […]Read more...
Bond 24 headed for Compania region of Italy? [Audio]
Click the play button to listen to the audio report above. Reports on MI6 and local Italian media suggest that Bond 24 will not just be shooting in Rome. The story is unconfirmed though at the moment.Read more...
Lea Seydoux reportedly cast as new Bond Girl [Audio]
Click the play button to listen to the audio report above. New post by 007dossierRead more...
Listen to ‘Thrilling Cities’ on BBC radio
Back in 1959 Ian Fleming was commissioned by the Sunday Times, where he was foreign manager, to write a a series of articles for the newspaper about the worlds most exotic cities and bringing a touch of James Bond to the newspaper. He toured the world in order to do this, visiting the Far East, […]Read more...
‘Batman’ film editor signed for Bond 24 [Audio]
Click the play button to listen to the audio report above. According to a report on MI6 this morning film editor Lee Smith, who has worked with Christopher Nolan on the Batman trilogy and a number of other films, is signed up to be the film editor on Bond 24. The report says that several […]Read more...
Bond 24 henchman signed according to Latino Review [Audio]
Click the play button to listen to the audio report above. Bond 24 has a villainous henchman, if a report by Latino Review is to be believed this morning. Back in the summer it was revealed that filmmakers were looking for a henchman in the tradition of Odd Job and Jaws and the character, named […]Read more...
Birthday of Sir Roger Moore [1927]
The third actor to play 007 in the official Eon series, Roger Moore, was born on 14th October 1927 in Stockwell, London, the son of a policeman. Moore took over after Sean Connery left the series for the second time following Diamonds Are Forever, playing Bond in a very different way to Connery’s portrayal. Although […]Read more...
Birthday of Ben Whishaw [1980]
Ben Whishaw, who was introduced as gadget master Q in Daniel Craig’s third outing as 007, was born on 14th October 1980. Prior to Skyfall, Whishaw appeared in Layer Cake, also staring Daniel Craig and played Sebastian Flyte in a film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, as well as a variety of other roles in film, […]Read more...
Bond Lifestyle Rituals: How to get fit in less than 15 minutes a day
Despite all the hard drinking, heaving smoking and rich foods eaten by James Bond, he is still required to maintain a high level of fitness for his missions. Below you’ll learn how he stays fit and what we can learn from 007 to increase our own fitness. 007’s fitness routine Although Ian Fleming doesn’t provide much in the […]Read more...
Julius W Harris (Tee Hee in ‘Live And Let Die’) died on this day in 2004
Julius W Harris who played Tee Hee Johnson in Live And Let Die died on 17th October 2004 in California aged 81. Harris had worked as a nurse and a bouncer in the jazz clubs of New York before winning his first screen role in Nothing But a Man (1964). He later appeared in blaxploitation movies such as Superfly […]Read more...
Bond 24 requires helpers in Austria [Audio]
Click the play button to listen to the audio report above. An advert in an Austrian newspaper has requested 150 helpers with good English for six weeks between November and February for a “big winter production in Osttirol”.Read more...
Dr No actor Joseph Wiseman died on this day in 2009
Joseph Wiseman, who appeared as the very first Bond villain in Dr No (1962), died on 19th October 2009. Although Wiseman preferred to be remembered for his stage career, he is best known for playing Dr Julius No after coming to the attention of Harry Saltzman in the film Detective Story (1951).Read more...
Episode 2 of ‘Thrilling Cities’ now available on BBC website
The BBC has uploaded episode 2 of its three part serialisation of some of the cities described by Ian Fleming in his Sunday Times series and later book, Thrilling Cities. After covering Hong Kong in the first episode, this week’s episode takes a look at Tokyo from the unique perspective of the creator of 007. […]Read more...
Birthday of composer Thomas Newman [1955]
Composer Thomas Newman, brought into the 007 fold by Sam Mendes for Skyfall, was born on 20th October 1955 in Los Angeles, replacing house composer David Arnold. Newman has a long history with Mendes, scoring the director¡s first feature film American Beauty, followed by Road to Perdition, Jarhead and Revolutionary Road and has many more feature […]Read more...
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Birthday of director Martin Campbell [1943]
Martin Campbell, who directed Goldeneye and Casino Royale and hence introduced both Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig as 007, was born on 24th October 1943 in New Zealand. Campbell’s other work includes directing episodes of the cult British TV series The Professionals, while film work includes two Zorro films with Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, as […]Read more...
Birthday of actor Mathieu Amalric [1965]
Mathieu Amalric, who played Dominic Greene in Quantum of Solace, was born on 25th October 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. As well as his role as the villain in Daniel Craig’s second 007 film, Amalric appeared in Munich, while drawing critical acclaim for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, based on the memoir of Jean-Dominique Bauby, in which he depicted […]Read more...
Birthday of 007 producer Harry Saltzman [1915]
Harry Saltzman, who co-founded Eon Froductions and Danjaq with Cubby Broccoli, was born on 27th October 1915 in Sherbrooke, Canada. Legend has it that Saltzman ran away from home at the age of 15, eventually joining a travelling circus for a number of years. In 1932 he moved to Paris to study, but instead started picking talent […]Read more...
Death of Quarrel Jr actor Roy Stewart [2008]
Roy Stewart, who played Quarrel Junior in Live And Let Die died on 27th October 2008 in London. Before becoming an actor, Stewart owned a gym in London, worked as a stuntman and opened a Caribbean restaurant. Much of his acting career was on the small screen, notably in a number of early episodes of Dr […]Read more...
Episode 3 of ‘Thrilling Cities’ now available on BBC website
The final episode from the BBC’s three part serialisation of some of Ian Fleming’s Sunday Times travelogue and book, Thrilling Cities, is now available to listen to on the BBC website. Following on from Tokyo and Hong Kong, episode three moves from the Far East to the United States, where Fleming visited Chicago and New […]Read more...
Bond Lifestyle Rituals: the cold shower
It can be a bit of a shock at first but there are a variety of benefits to following James Bond’s example and regularly taking a cold shower. Let’s take a look at them below. A couple of weeks ago, in Bond Lifestyle Rituals: How to get fit in less than 15 minutes a day, I […]Read more...
Poster for “Shoot To Kill” released
With the new Young Bond book by Steve Cole just days away, a new poster for Shoot To Kill has now been uploaded to the official Young Bond Facebook page. The book will be released on 6th November and is avbailable to pre-order from Amazon UK now. Pre-order Shoot To Kill from Amazon UK Read more...
Austrian Hotel leaks Bond 24 booking [Audio]
Click the play button to listen to the audio report above. A hotel in Tuffbad revealed on Facebook that it is booked for Bond 24 crew, staff to take English classes.Read more...
Q-Branch: James Bond Podcast #5
The long awaited episode 5 is now available! This time we talk about Ian Fleming’s first novel, Casino Royale. You can listen online above, or download it from iTunes and get every episode as soon as it is released.Read more...
Bond 24 script further tweaked by Jez Butterworth
After being revealed that Robert Purvis and Neal Wade were back to sort out John Logan’s draft of the Bond 24, it has now been revealed in an article by the New Yorker that playwright, screenwriter, and film director Jez Butterworth has been further polishing the script. The article also mentions he did the same job […]Read more...
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