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Hi - I've had a bit of a nightmare month and so editing the newsletter at the last minute and a day late so. End of sob story but you'll have to excuse even more typos than usual!

I did manage to write a guest post about Bond's drinks for Iconic Alternatives though, which you can read here. The site is great at recommending budget alternatives for clothing, watches and accessories from movies and 007 is well represented.

Something else I did for a bit of fun was have a t-shirt printed with the MI6/SIS logo similar to the long sleeved short Bond wears while getting into shape in Skyfall. It's now my standard gym shirt.

A couple of people on Instagram asked where I'd got it, so I set it up online. It's pretty low cost (around $19 or €17/£15) and printed to order locally to minimise delivery costs. 

Click here if you'd like to get hold of one too.

News

We received the sad news that David Hedison, who played Felix Leiter opposite both Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton, died in Los Angeles aged 92.

Aston Martin celebrated their proud association with James Bond at the 1007th F1 Grand Prix with 007 livery at the British Grand Prix. 

Is Eon Productions set to launch Q Branch branded products? In July it emerged that Danjaq has applied to register Q Branch as a trademark.

Issue #51 of MI6 Confidential is now shipping worldwide. It naturally covers the Bond 25 launch event and includes an article by me on Jamaica.

Bond 25

As usual if you want to avoid anything related to Bond 25 skip this section. 

Cary Fukunaga reported to have brought in former collaborator for musical duties. Anyone hoping for David Arnold’s return to the Bond franchise any time soon are likely to be disappointed after IndieWire reported that Dan Romer has been brought on board Bond 25 by Cary Fukunaga.

The town of Gravina di Puglia has been added to the Italian locations to where Bond 25‘s cast and crew will head in the summer. The town’s mayor confirmed the news.

We also learnt via our friends at James Bond Norway that main title designer Daniel Kleinman is back for Bond 25, while the Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye revealed a major Bond 25 spoiler (don't read it if you don't want to know).

And Bond 25 returned to Scotland as the second unit started shooting at location near Aviemore in the Highlands.

Features and podcasts

Javier E. Trujillo reviews James Bond 007 #4, Dynamite’s new comic book series. 
 

My thoughts in the new 007 Collection of “resort wear” by Orlebar Brown.

 

I take a look at the filming locations in Quantum of Solace, a film in which 007 travels from Italy to the UK and to Haiti, Austria, Bolivia and Russia.

Meanwhile there are a couple of new episodes of the James Bond & Friends podcast. You can listen by following the links below:

Episode 0016: Powered By Explodium

Episode 0017: Holographic Roger Moore

Episode 0018: Stepping on Rakes

Episode 0019: Derek Meddings’s Salt Shaker
Episode 0020: Lounging Around With Goldfinger

You can also subscribe on Apple Podcasts. And if you like what you hear...

...please leave a review!
 

OK, that's all for now! Hopefully next month's newsletter will be business as usual. 

See you then!

David Leigh
The James Bond Dossier

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