❄️🎄🎁 James Bond News: December 2019
Published: Tue, 12/03/19
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Hi - Well, we got a teaser to the teaser trailer yesterday.
You can watch all 14 seconds of it here, including a motorbike and Aston Martin DB5 both of which were filmed in the Italian town of Matera.
If you want to get our latest t-shirt inspired by what we know of filming in Italy then it's available below, as is our hugely popular MI6 Logo tee.
The full teaser trailer is coming tomorrow and so I'll let you know when that is live. Keep an eye on your inbox if you don't follow things closely on social media.
Of course the shopping season has now begun in earnest. If you're looking for ideas for yourself or to buy for a Bond fan then take a look at our James Bond Gift Guide.
Check out our new article looking at the Morocco filming locations from SPECTRE, starting with the medina in Tangier.
OK, all that said, let's get on to this month's news!
No Time to Die
Breaking news: No Time to Die character posters released.Click here to see all 6 of them
The Hollywood Reporter has a feature on Ana de Armas & Lashana Lynch and how they are helping modernise the franchise.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge talked about No Time to Die and Fleabag in a BBC interview. Writer of the moment Phoebe Waller-Bridge told the BBC that she was brought in because the filmmakers “were just looking for tweaks across a few of the characters and a few of the storylines”.
Titan Books announces No Time to Die: The Making of the Film to be published in April in collaboration with Eon Productions.
The new model Defender is one of four models from Land Rover to be used in filming. The new Defender, will appear in a chase sequence and has been tested by the 007 expert stunt team.
When Daniel Craig appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote Knives Out the conversation naturally turned to No Time to Die. Craig discussed working with writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Rami Malek, but also confirmed that No Time to Die to be his final Bond.
Other news
Bollinger hosted an event at the Hôtel de Crillon to mark 40 years with 007. To celebrate this landmark anniversary, guest of honour Michael G Wilson, producer of the James Bond
films, was joined by an exclusive list of invitees.
Reviews
We've got a number of reviews for you this month.
Javier E. Trujillo reviews issue #006 of Dynamite’s new comic book series. Bond is back on the trail of Oddjob! What secrets will he come across?
Lots of people love James Bond. But how many have actually been Bond? The Many Lives of James Bond offers the largest ever collection of original interviews with actors who have played
Bond in different media, as well as in-depth interviews with many of the diverse artists involved.
Javier E Trujillo reviews the new audio production of the classic novel Passport to Oblivion starring George Lazenby as Dr Jason Love.
Eoghan Lyng reviews The Many Lives of James Bond by Mark Edlitz. Roger Moore was louche, George Lazenby brittle, two brilliant men with very different attitudes,
philosophies and approaches to how James Bond could and should be presented.
MI6 Confidential
Two more issues of MI6 Confidential were released in November. Don't forget you can sign up for the complete 2020 season of five issues and pay for just four plus delivery.
#52: That’s a wrap : It’s often said a reputation precedes a man. It is undoubtedly true in the case of Maurice Binder. An artist in all the senses of the word, Binder’s
design defined the Bond titles for two generations of cinemagoers.
#53: OHMSS at 50: 2019 was a bumper year for James Bond film anniversaries, but none more poignant than the 50th year of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
James Bond & Friends podcast
- Episode 0030: A Security Risk
- Episode 0031: Judi Dench Earth II
- Episode 0032: Previously On James Bond 1/2
- Episode 0033: Previously On James Bond 2/2
That's all for now. Once the teaser trailer is released tomorrow I'll send you details.
Until then!
David Leigh
The James Bond Dossier
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