James Bond News

James Bond’s secret weapon comes to Diss [Diss Express]

August 16th, 2010

Little Nellie is going to make an appearance at a vintage car and motor bike rally to be held in Diss on Sunday 23rd August according to an article in the Diss Express. The gyrocopter featured in You Only Live Twice starring Sean Connery and while the film itself draws a mixed response from fans, [...]

James Bond’s secret weapon comes to Diss [Diss Express]

‘The Music of Bond’ concert at the Royal Albert Hall

August 15th, 2010

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates Britain’s most popular secret agent as guest West End vocalists thrill you with the theme songs that form such an essential part of the ‘Bond experience’. Featuring favourite highlights from Goldfinger, Licence To Kill, The Spy Who Loved Me, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, Dr. No, From [...]

‘The Music of Bond’ concert at the Royal Albert Hall

A Rescue of MGM Studios on Horizon With Spyglass [Wall Street Journal]

August 11th, 2010

MGM may be about to reach a deal that will take it into a pre-packaged bankruptcy deal that will mean it could be back on its feet before the year end. The article states:
Spyglass Entertainment is nearing a deal to run Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. once the beleaguered film studio finishes restructuring a roughly $4 [...]

A Rescue of MGM Studios on Horizon With Spyglass [Wall Street Journal]

Bond screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz dies aged 68 [BBC]

August 4th, 2010

Tom Mankiewicz, who wrote the screenplays for Diamonds Are Forever, Live And Let Die and The Man With The Golden Gun, has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 68. As well as credits for three Bond films, he also contributed to The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, although he was uncredited.
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Bond screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz dies aged 68 [BBC]

Blood Stone trailer released

July 31st, 2010

The official trailer for forthcoming Activision game Blood Stone is now available to view online and reveals some of the action in which players can expect to be involved.
One of the highlights features a car chase in an Aston Martin DBS, and elsewhere action sequences include 007 parachuting to a motor yacht and the voice [...]

Blood Stone trailer released

James Bond Producers Worried by Indefinite Delay [ABC News]

July 27th, 2010

Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson are unhappy at MGM’s prospective buyers according to an article published on ABC News. It goes on to say:
Broccoli and Wilson also continue to push for Sony Pictures to be involved. The studio was behind the production, marketing and distribution of 2008’s “Quantum of Solace.”
The [...]

James Bond Producers Worried by Indefinite Delay [ABC News]

Daniel Craig on Bond 23 – 'I want to get going on it as quickly as possible' [Empire Magazine]

July 26th, 2010

According to reports from Comic Con in San Diego where he was promoting “Cowboys And Aliens”, Daniel Craig responded to a fan’s question regarding Bond 23 by saying “Bond is on hold, but all I can say is I want to get going on it as quickly as possible.”
The quote appears first on Empire [...]

Daniel Craig on Bond 23 – 'I want to get going on it as quickly as possible' [Empire Magazine]

Icahn renews Lionsgate push [New York Post]

July 23rd, 2010

The proposed merger between Lions Gate and MGM aren’t going at all smoothly thanks to Carl Icahn’s hostile takeover bid of Lions Gate. According to an article in the New York Post:
Merger talks between Lionsgate Entertainment and MGM are not going well, sources close to the situation said.
Lionsgate, the producer of the “Mad Men” series, [...]

Icahn renews Lionsgate push [New York Post]

007 : Blood Stone theme – Joss Stone and Dave Stewart – I'll Take It All Credits Sequence [YouTube]

July 19th, 2010

The theme from 007: Blood Stone, the forthcoming video game from Activision is now available to watch in high definition at YouTube, featuring the song I’ll Take It All by Joss Stone and Dave Stewart.

The game is due to be released later this year on a variety of platforms.

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007 : Blood Stone theme – Joss Stone and Dave Stewart – I'll Take It All Credits Sequence [YouTube]

Producers confident work on Bond 23 will resume soon [MI6]

July 17th, 2010

When Michael G Wilson unveiled the latest James Bond video game, Blood Stone, yesterday in London he went on to say that  also that he expected pre-production work on Bond 23 to resume shortly, according to a report on MI6, which reports Wilson as saying:
“Both Barbara and I are convinced that we’ll be bringing you [...]

Producers confident work on Bond 23 will resume soon [MI6]