James Bond

By M The article tells the story of how the museum’s founder, Peter Nelson, found the Lotus Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me on a scrapyard in the Bahamas.  In addition to the Lotus, the museum has on display the tuk-tuk from Octopussy, the speedboat from Live and Let Die, the parahawk from The Wor...

By M Spy Movie Outer London Tour On this seven hour bus tour you’ll visit over 15 James Bond locations between London and Oxfordshire, as well as places linked with the life of Bond author Ian Fleming. You’ll also get a taste of the real world of espionage where fiction meets reality.

By M While the article comments on what we already know – that development on Bond has started with Peter Morgan, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade hired to write the script – it makes no mention of what the studio’s collapse would mean for the film.

By M Daniel Craig recently appeared on the Regis and Kelly Show, where he discussed his current Broadway role in A Steady Rain. If you fast forward to the 4 mins 40 seconds you’ll hear a little more about the plans for Bond 23. Daniel Craig recently appeared on the Regis and Kelly Show, where he disc...

By M The James Bond Aston Martin DB5 displayed at a car show Few cars get close to the style and class of an Aston Martin, but thanks to its appearance in Goldfinger the DB5 has been elevated to mythical status. The standard DB5 coupe came with a 3,995 cc straight-6 engine with a top speed of 145 [...]

By M Joseph Wiseman, who appeared as the original Bond villain opposite Sean Connery, died on Monday at the age of 91. Wiseman was born in Montreal in 1918, moving to the United States with his family as a boy. He had a long career in theatre, first appearing on Broadway in “Abe Lincoln in Illinois”...

By M Although the film series has inextricably linked 007 with Aston Martin, in Ian Fleming’s books James Bond’s personal car was always a Bentley, one of three mentioned in the book series. While a Bentley did make its way into the films – a 1939 4-litre Bentley Vanden Plas Tourer is seen at the b...

By M The latest edition of MI6 Declassified is now available, including an in-depth look at the making of You Only Live Twice. It also features: • Exclusive interview with Robert Davi on his role as Sanchez in Licence To Kill • Making You Only Live Twice – an exhaustive account of the fifth EON pro...

By Q-branch staff In Dr No – both the novel and the film – James Bond is met with orders from the armourer to hand over his Beretta .25 semi-automatic. In its place he recommends switching to the Walther PPK, a 7.65 mm semi-automatic pistol “with a delivery like a brick through a plate glass window.” While Bond woul...

By M The watch was recently on display at the Imperial War Museum in London, featured in an exhibit on the life and work of Ian Fleming. Fionn Morgan, Ian Fleming’s stepdaughter, states “Ian would have enjoyed the idea of displaying his own Oyster Perpetual as part of an exhibition of James Bond...

By M A while ago I saw on the Absolutely James Bond forum a project by Corvus Watches to produce a watch strap like the one worn by Sean Connery in Goldfinger. What is interesting about the strap is that it was previously believed to be black and grey; however, when the Blu-Ray version was released...

By M The Cubby Broccoli season continues in May with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Diamonds are Forever, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, A View to Kill, The Living Daylights, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, Casino Royale, Quantum of Sol...

By M The line-up of Bond girls includes: Margaret Nolan (Dink, Goldfinger) Gloria Hendry (Rosie Carver, Live and Let Die) Alison Worth (Pool Girl/Octopussy Girl, For Your Eyes Only/Octopussy) Ivana Milicevic (Valenka, Casino Royale (2006)) Rachel McDowall (Anna, Quantum of Solace)

By M The November issue of In Style magazine features an interview and photo shoot with the Ukrainian model and actress Olga Kurylenko, who plays Bond girl Camille in the forthcoming Quantum of Solace. On her co-star Daniel Craig

By M This latter fact fits well with more information from Paul Haggis, when in another interview he stated that Bond 22 would start 2 minutes after the end of Casino Royale - presumably the interrogation of Mr White in the pre-titles, while also breaking the hardly unexpected news that the sc...

Young Bond author Charlie Higson talks to Martin Amis about his father Kingsley's interest in Bond. In addition to writing Colonel Sun (under the pseudonym Robert Markham), Kingsley Amis also wrote The James Bond Dossier and The Book of ...