Sam Mendes

Sam Mendes has NOT turned down Bond 26

July 19th, 2023 by

Dodgy journalism results in 2013 story being shared as current news. It pains me to write this story as I absolutely shouldn’t have to. A news story originating in the Time of India (I won’t link as it will only encourage them) has it that Sam Mendes was offered the directing gig for Bond 26. […]

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Sam Mendes is done with Bond & says next 007 actor will be unexpected

May 30th, 2016 by

Saturday saw director Sam Mendes gave a talk at the Hay Festival in which he spoke about his experiences of working on stage and screen. And part of that was about directing the two most recent Bond films. Mendes has worked in both theatre and film and won best director Oscar for American Beauty (1999), his […]

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Daniel Craig and Sam Mendes talk SPECTRE [video]

November 12th, 2015 by

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Sam Mendes has finished with Bond

November 9th, 2015 by

Sam Mendes is unlikely to do another Bond movie after SPECTRE. Having tied all Daniel Craig’s films together the director says he has now “finished a journey”. Following the release of Skyfall Mendes was initially reluctant to return to make another Bond film. He was subsequently persuaded to do so by Daniel Craig, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G […]

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The action of SPECTRE [Video]

September 23rd, 2015 by

“The tradition for Bond is always real stunts, real action, real explosions…”, says Director Sam Mendes in the latest behind the scenes video about the action sequences in SPECTRE. The opinions expressed in the article are those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the website owner.

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Sam Mendes says SPECTRE to be his last Bond

July 20th, 2015 by

Sam Mendes was recently interviewed by the BBC for a programme about cricket, in which he also talked about James Bond and SPECTRE. The programme, View from the Boundary: Sam Mendes, was broadcast on BBC 5 Live radio and for another 28 days you can listen online or download it as a podcast. In the interview he […]

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Sunday night shoot for SPECTRE in London [VIDEO]

May 18th, 2015 by

There hasn’t been much SPECTRE related news of late for the simple reason that filming has mainly taken place behind the closed doors of Pinewood. However, that changed on Sunday night when the production team was out in London to shoot a sequence. Click the link below to reveal video footage of last night’s shoot: […]

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New SPECTRE photos released online

March 2nd, 2015 by

Today the official 007 social media channels shared two photos that can also be seen in the current issue of Empire magazine. The first shows Dave Bautista as Mr Hinx, gun in hand, while the second shows director Sam Mendes giving instructions to Léa Seydoux (Dr Madeleine Swan) either in Austria or at Pinewood. Photos: SPECTRE […]

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Sam Mendes discusses SPECTRE [video]

February 26th, 2015 by

Sam Mendes says he returned to James Bond for SPECTRE because of the story, adding that the plot is driven by Bond. He also says that he wanted to develop the new characters he introduced in Skyfall – M, Q and Moneypenny.     The opinions expressed in the article are those of the author. […]

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Bond 24 set to start shooting on 6th December

September 14th, 2014 by

According to a report on our friends at MI6 today, Bond 24 is due to start shooting on 6th December 2014. The report says that Sam Mendes will assemble the cast for a readthrough of the script in late November and also that casting for the Bond girls and villain is currently taking place. UPDATE: […]

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