Skyfall News

The latest James Bond news including 007 films, books and merchandise.

Adele awarded MBE at the Palace

December 20th, 2013 by

Skyfall singer Adele was yesterday awarded an MBE at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The Prince of Wales made the award for services to music (which since she is a singer amounts to showing up for work). She has enjoyed massive success with her first two albums and knocked Madonna off her pedestal for the the […]

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Skyfall special effects specialist awarded BAFTA for lifetime contribution

December 6th, 2013 by

Steve Begg has recently received a BAFTA award for lifetime contribution to the craft. Having entered the industry from school, in his 31 years in the industry he has worked on special visual effects for blockbusters that include Skyfall and Batman. His work on Skyfall included the shot of Silva, played by Javier Bardem, removing […]

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Skyfall suit to be auctioned this week

November 30th, 2013 by

Auction house Christie’s is to offer a suit worn by Daniel Craig in Skyfall as part of an online only auction of items from film and music. The auction, titled Pop Culture, will feature 100 lots that include costumes and props, as well as photos, original artwork and other items and expected to range in […]

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Daniel Craig hopes for “old irony” in Bond 24

August 26th, 2013 by

Daniel Craig and wife Rachael Weisz, who are appearing together on Broadway in Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, were recently interviewed (separately) by Vulture.com and, naturally, one of the subjects that came up with Craig was James Bond. He talks briefly about Skyfall, in particular the use of humour, and says that he’d like more of the […]

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Skyfall becomes UK’s biggest earning film

July 24th, 2013 by

Skyfall has become the UK’s biggest earning film ever after taking £102.8 million at the UK box office, overtaking previous top earners Avatar and Titanic on £94.0 million and £80.1 million respectively. 2012 turned out to be the third best year for box office admissions in forty years according to British Film Institute figures, which […]

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Daniel Craig drives DB5 for Aston Martin centenary celebrations at Nurburgring

May 20th, 2013 by

Daniel Craig made a surprise appearance at the Nurburgring at the weekend where he drove the Skyfall Aston Martin DB5 on a lap to celebrate Aston Martin’s centenary. Craig reportedly climbed into the DB5, with licence plate BMT 216A, after arriving by helicopter and joined a parade of 100 Aston Martins for a lap of […]

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Skyfall helps boost Sony into profitability

May 10th, 2013 by

Sony posted its first annual profit in five years, it was announced on Wednesday, helped in part by the massive success of Skyfall. Profits were pegged at $458 million for the year ending March 31st compared with a loss of $5.7 billion the previous year. The turnaround in Sony’s fortunes have come about from the […]

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Barbara Broccoli discusses Bond 24 and unwinding between the films

May 8th, 2013 by

Barbara Broccoli recently spoke to The Times about how she “decompresses” between Bond films by working on stage productions. Although she says little about Bond 24, she does admit that topping Skyfall will be a challenge. The article notes that she and Michael G Wilson wield a lot of power in what is “traditionally a […]

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Skyfall leads explosive growth in download rentals from Sky Movies

May 3rd, 2013 by

Figures released by British satellite broadcaster Sky, which is part-owned by Rupert Murdock’s Newscorp, reveal Skyfall led a 37 percent increase in the number of rentals from Sky Movies in the first three months of 2013 compared with the same period last year. The company says 400,000 customers have rented Skyfall from Sky Movies so far, with […]

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Signed Skyfall whisky raises £9,600 for charity

April 20th, 2013 by

A bottle of a whisky that appeared in Skyfall and signed by Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem and Bérénice Marlohe sold at auction for £9,635 at Sotheby’s. The bottle of The Macallan 1962 was donated to the charity auction by the owners of the Scotch distillery and is similar to the bottle seen on screen in […]

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