James Bond News - September 2014
Published: Tue, 09/02/14
Hi
I hope you had a great August and managed to get away from work for a week or so and spend some time relaxing.
I'm still on holiday for another week, so will keep this introduction brief, but remember you can choose to receive weekly or daily news bulletins instead of this monthly newsletter if you prefer:
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This month marks the 50th anniversary of "Goldfinger", which we plan on celebrating throughout the month, and we'll update the site with news on Bond 24 and more as it happens.
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Below find the latest news and features from The James Bond Dossier.
007 event in Sweden in September
To celebrate their tenth anniversary and to highlight James Bond in Sweden, our friends From Sweden with Love are hosting a unique charity event in Stockholm in support of UNICEF. The event will take place over the weekend of 19th to 21st September and will feature many Bond film cast and crew, marking the first […]Read more...
2nd Annual Meeting for Spanish James Bond fans in Madrid
Archivo 007 is celebrating its 2nd Annual Meeting on the 16th and 17th of August, a national event which gathers together James Bond fans from across Spain. This second event is taking place again at the Hotel NH Alonso Martínez in Madrid. Joan Casanovas, Archivo 007 founder, explains “After the success of the last year edition, […]Read more...
Adele turns down Bond 24 theme
British music paper NME is reporting on a story that appeared in The Sun stating Adele has turned down the opportunity to record the theme to Bond 24 and the producers are looking at other choices that include Sam Smith. The Mirror seems to be the first to put forward Smith as a likely choice, […]
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50 years since the death of Ian Fleming
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Ian Fleming at the early age of 56 after suffering a heart attack brought about by a lifetime of heavy smoking and drinking. Without Fleming our lives would be far poorer, as without him Bond would never have been born. Whether you are a fan of […]Read more...
A reader’s story: From bland to Bond
If you’ve signed up to receive the monthly newsletter from The James Bond Dossier you may remember a short series of welcome emails in which I tell you a little about me and how I got interested in James Bond (and if you haven’t joined yet you can do so here). Many new subscribers often reply […]Read more...
Rumour: Lea Seydoux considered for role in Bond 24
Last week website Schmoes Know published an article claiming they’d had a hot tip that Blue is the Warmest Color actress Lea Seydoux was in the running for the main female role in Bond 24. The anonymous source is “very trusted”. They also cited a previous article from March, in which they quoted a casting […]Read more...
MI6 Confidential #26 – Unseen Bond
More than two years ago MI6 Confidential set themselves a challenge: to track down an array of 007 paraphernalia that never made it to mainstream media and present it for our readers in an ‘unseen’ edition to the magazine. Today they proudly present the first, but perhaps not last, ‘Unseen’ issue, and it features some […]Read more...
Sam Smith denies Bond 24 involvement
In a video interview with music paper NME, Sam Smith has denied the recent rumours that he was in the running to record the theme song for Bond 24. The story appeared last week in The Mirror and was jumped upon by the UK press and The Sun later added that Adele had turned down […]Read more...
Bond actor Shane Rimmer publishes first novel
Star Wars, Doctor Who, James Bond, Superman and Batman, share two things in common; they are some of the best loved and successful TV and film franchises in the world, and Shane Rimmer has been in all of them. Rimmer, still remembered by millions as the voice of Scott Tracy from Thunderbirds and who appeared […]Read more...
A reader’s story: an introduction to 007
James Bond means many things to many people and each has our own unique experience of Bond. Last week we looked at Paul’s story of how he was inspired to upgrade his wardrobe and lifestyle by 007, that many can relate to. Recently I received an email relating the story of how another reader was […]Read more...
Dezer Collection selling Lotus Esprit submarine
Do you have a spare $1 million to spend on your Bond collection? If so you might be interested in the Lotus Esprit submarine currently on sale by the Dezer Collection. The car, one of six built for filming the underwater sequence in The Spy Who Loved Me, is not drivable but is one of […]
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Rumour: Bond 24 skidoo chase planned for Austria
Daniel Craig and the Bond 24 production team is set to spend three days shooting in Obertilliach if reports in Austrian media are to be believed. Bezirks Blätter says that a skidoo chase is planned for the Alpine village and that another mock village is to be built nearby. There is not much to go […]
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Casting call for Bond 24 henchman
007 podcasters James Bond Radio appear to have achieved quite a scoop with their announcement that they had received word direct from the casting agency working on Bond 24 that they are now looking to fill the henchman role. POTENTIAL SPOILERS BELOW The henchman, named Hinx, is described as being in the tradition of Oddjob […]Read more...
Defending ‘Quantum of Solace’
Quantum of Solace, the 22nd of EON Productions’ James Bond adventures, was released in late 2008. Hot on the heels of Casino Royale, it broke opening records in the UK and went on to $168 million in the US, which made it the second highest grossing in the series, a million more past the prior […]Read more...
50 years of ‘Goldfinger’
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Goldfinger, the most iconic Bond film and still often used as a benchmark for the series. To celebrate the film’s half centenary The James Bond Dossier is dedicating September to a series of articles about the third 007 adventure. The third 007 outing premiered in at the Odeon Leicester Square […]Read more...
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