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An article published by The People today reports that Michael G Wilson has told them that he’d like to sign Daniel Craig for a five picture deal following Skyfall. The article says: “Filming has gone very well so far and I’d love Daniel to surpass Roger’s record and do eight pictures. Daniel’s been an absolute [...]

Syd Cain, who worked on five of the James Bond films as Art Director and Production Designer, died yesterday at the age of 93. According to an obituary published by MI6: Broccoli hand-picked their first Bond crew largely from his experience with Warwick Films, and selected Cain as his Art Director on “Dr. No”, where [...]

The sad news of John Barry’s death from a heart attack has been announced this morning on the BBC website. The short article notes: His arrangement of Monty Norman’s James Bond theme led to him composing scores for 11 films in the series, among them Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice. Read Composer John Barry [...]

Don Black, who has written the lyrics for a number of James Bond theme songs is to receive an award on behalf of Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI), the body responsible for US performing rights. The article notes: “The songwriting award honours European songwriters and publishers for their success over the past year on US radio [...]

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. Read [...]

An article on Bondstars.com have announced the death of Alan Hume, who worked on The Spy  Who Loved Me , For  Your Eyes Only, Octopussy and A View To A Kill. “We are very sad to announce the death of veteran cinematographer Alan Hume. For those of you who were lucky to meet Alan at [...]

Collectors of James Bond memorabilia may be interested in a 1:1 replica of the Scaramanga’s golden gun from The Man With The Golden Gun. The replica is produced by Factory Entertainment and components have been cast and machine from metal and plated in 19 ct gold. Just like the original it can be assembled and [...]