The Forum game reached its conclusion, special thanks to Kris for his work compiling the songs and to everyone who participated. (Cheers!) And the Winner is: A View To A Kill: He’s Dangerous (John Barry) FINAL CHART: 23 – Quantum of Solace: A Night at the Opera (David Arnold) 22 – Skyfall: The Chimera (Thomas…
An extract from a 1952 draft of the first Bond novel, Casino Royale revealed that the novelist had another name in mind for his most famous creation. “Ian’s first idea was to give James Bond an assumed name as his cover,” niece Kate Grimond told the Sunday Times of London (Grimond’s family owns the draft).…
Michael France, 1962-2013 Screenwriter Michael France was found dead by his sister Friday morning. Our deepest condolences go out to Michael’s family and friend for their sad loss.. Special thank to “Napoleon Solo” for posting the story. Discuss this in our forum. tampabay.com ST. PETE BEACH — Hollywood screenwriter and Beach Theatre owner Michael France…
Good news for Bond fans in the USA subscribed to Amazon Prime, now though the end of April there are 13 Classic Bond movies available free through Amazon Prime Streaming. The movies are available in HD for playback on Kindle Fire HD, Xbox 360, PS3, Roku or other HD compatible devices Check Out Your Favorite…
Classic Bond moderator Krisatos has created a new forum elimination game centering on the incidental music of the Bond series, Doctor No to Skyfall. Please be sure to check it out! Unsung Bond on Spotify Incidental music elimination game by Kristatos » 04 Apr 2013 10:27 am I have finally compiled the Spotify playlist…
Bond director Martin Campbell (age 70) will be directing the remake of cult classic Blakes 7 for the SyFy channel. Some of our staff are not so sure about remaking this series, how do you feel about the potential Battlestar Galactica treatment for Blakes 7? discuss in our forum. Deadline.com—FremantleMedia is launching sales here in Cannes on the…
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Bummed out to get the complete Classic Bond collection you’d be forced to buy the 50th Bond collection, well fret no more. Digital Bits revealed October 2nd, 2012 Best Buy, Target and Wal-mart will each get 3 of the missing Bonds titles as exclusives. Target will get: A View to a Kill, The Living…
via press release: ENCORE’S “THE BOND COLLECTION” THIS JULY – 19 BOND CLASSICS FEATURED NIGHTLY DURING BOND MONTH ON ENCORE  Original Bond Stars Include Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan  Bond Girls, “Magic City” Star Olga Kurylenko and Eva Green (Dark Shadows) Included In Featurettes Throughout Uncut/Commercial-Free…
The internet is awash with people outraged by EON selling out Bond to Heineken. So much so EON is dedicating valuable time and energy to try and put down these open acts of rebellion. So far the lukewarm rebuttals have only added to the aggravation, the mainline of defense (or chief excuse) is the ballooning…
Yes we are all about the books today. Ian Fleming Publications announced William Boyd as the new Bond novelist. Boyd will be taking Bond back to the sixtys, supposedly with they style and flare of Ian Fleming. OK, at this point a lot of you are wondering a.) haven’t we already been down this road…
The Classic Bond forum had an elimination game featuring everybody’s favorite author and his alter ego. The final results: 21 – Agent 007 in New York 20 – Quantum of Solace 19 – Live and Let Die 18 – The Hildebrand Rarity 17 – The Man With the Golden Gun 16 – Casino Royale…
Oh noes! The sky is falling!!! No Skyfall novelization. What has the world come to!?!?! Not that this should come as much of a surprise, the current neo-Bourne reboot has not had novelizations for either entry. The last Bond movie to have a tiein book was Die Another Day ten years ago. There are various…
It’s a M related spoiler which most paying attention to the development of Bond 23 have suspected for a long time. Fist a little bit of casting news The Daily Mail reports the lovely Tonia Sotiropoulou is being touted as a new Bond Girl, she had tired out for the role of Severn, for which…
Oops! Our mistake. That  picture is from Harry Potter. And here I was about to say at least EON is being original. Essentially imagine the same picture except substitute Skyfall Lodge. You can follow this link for more spoilers and pictures Special Thanks to “Kristatos” Discuss this in our forum
After all the trouble with a certain wildlife photographer you’d think EON would be a little more cautious in Turkey. As it turns out a group of Turkish High Schoolers easily bypassed security and got close enough to film part of the fight scene. The teens were apparently caught when one of them tried to…
No real surprise that Sean Connery was tops in the CBS 60 Minutes/ Vanity Fair poll of American’s favourite Bond. What is surprising is how low the current actor in the role ranks with Americans. (Connery 56%, Brosnan 10%, Moore 9%, Craig 7% ) In the minds of most movie aficionados there is only one…
by Jillian Fennimore wickedlocal.com From Russia with Love. Goldfinger. Thunderball. Next weekend, the Somerville Theatre is hosting a James Bond 007 movie extravaganza, featuring some of Ian Fleming’s finest work over the past 50 years. Tickets now on sale. All access passes are available for $40.Try and get that kind of hookup at Loews! Friday,…
New controversy has fans upset with the 50th anniversary Blu-ray advisement, namely the lack of Sean Connery who defined the role of James Bond 007. To answer your question first, yes we did notice the lack of Connery the other Bonds in the advert when we first posted the Blu-ray set news. However as…
Movie icon Burt Reynolds weights in on James Bond. Once considered by the studio & Guy Hamilton as a replacement for Sean Connery. Burt talks to GQ about Cubby Broccoli approaching him for the role, his refusal and later regret. In Bond lore there is another legend about Cubby resisting the studio’s pressure to hire…