Double-o Heaven! The new issue of the popular UK sci-fi and fantasy magazine Starburst for March 2020 is an eye-catching No Time To Die special, celebrating the 25th entry in the EON franchise with ten glossy pages of thoughtful coverage. In [...]
Bond and beyond. James Bond actor Daniel Craig has been interviewed for the new April, 2020, edition of British GQ magazine, and also features prominently on the front cover. He reflects on his past career, his tenure as 007, and [...]
All time high. The new March, 2020, edition of the UK's best-selling movie magazine Total Film contains a glossy celebration of the new 007 movie No Time To Die, now due to hit cinemas later this year. With a choice [...]
Toby Stephens has returned as 007! He played James Bond for the ninth time in a BBC Radio-4 adaptation of Ian Fleming's The Man With The Golden Gun, directed by Martin Jarvis, who was also the voice of Fleming, and [...]
Where next for 007? Naturally, as this appears to be Daniel Craig's farewell, there is bound to be curiosity about any new direction for the EON franchise. The 'culture' section of the UK's Sunday Times (March 8th) devoted four pages to [...]
This will come as no surprise. The James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have announced that, after 'careful consideration and thorough evaluation of the global theatrical marketplace', the release of the 007 movie No Time To Die, [...]
Recent Bond villains have come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from the bleeding-eye ruthlessness of Le Chiffre to the state-building schemes of Dominic Greene or the technological hacking skills of Raoul Silva. And, over the course of 24 on-screen [...]
Nobody does it better. The new April 2020 issue of the popular and best-selling British cinema magazine Empire, which has just hit retail shelves in the UK, includes a special bonus magazine entitled Bond: The Ultimate Celebration, with an introduction by [...]
For our ears only. One of the eagerly-anticipated aspects of a new Daniel Craig 007 thriller is the new title track and any clues it may offer to the new adventure. The new theme song for No Time To Die, [...]
All time high. As anticipation rises for the release of the 25th James Bond movie and Daniel Craig's final turn in the role, collectors of 007 coverage in printed magazines are already experiencing that special 'buzz' that comes with each [...]
007 and counting. As we eagerly await the 25th entry in the iconic franchise, No Time To Die, the James Bond producers have given some thoughts on the Daniel Craig five-film 007 era. The leading U.S. showbiz entertainment journal Variety recently published [...]
Live and Let High! As excitement builds for the 25th James Bond movie, starring Daniel Craig in his final instalment in the smash-hit franchise, the 007 producers have now confirmed both the main singer and the soundtrack composer for No Time To [...]
One of the exciting highlights of the new James Bond movie No Time To Die will be Cuban-Spanish actress Ana de Armas, who will play Paloma, a CIA agent. We predict a big future for de Armas, who captured the [...]
After a number of weeks of rumours on social media, the U.S. screen-trade journal Variety appears to have confirmed (unofficially) that the German film score composer and record producer Hans Zimmer has taken over soundtrack composing duties on No Time [...]
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Collectors of James Bond printed magazine material have been given an excellent New Year present in the shape of previews of No Time To Die in two of the UK's leading film magazines. The new issue of Total Film magazine [...]
The JBIFC is very sad to report that French actress Claudine Auger, who played Domino opposite Sean Connery's James Bond in Thunderball (1965), has passed away, aged 78. She died in Paris on 19th December, 2019. Born Claudine Oger on [...]
There were very enthusiastic media responses to the release of the new teaser trailer to No Time To Die, which was made available on Wednesday, 4th December. The overwhelming critical view is that the teaser trailer was a thrill well [...]
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Double-O Heaven! Can you feel the excitement? Wednesday 4th December saw the eagerly-anticipated release of an official teaser trailer for No Time To Die, Bond movie no.25 in the smash-hit EON franchise, and - within just minutes - it rapidly became one of [...]
Bond is well and truly back! In an early Christmas present for 007 fans, the eagerly anticipated first teaser trailer for No Time To Die is officially released on Wednesday 4th December, 2019. A brief 'teaser' for the teaser has [...]
Bond on Blanc. Daniel Craig, who recently completed principal photography on his fifth and final adventure as 007, the 25th in the iconic EON series, has spoken about the ups and downs of being in the public eye as an actor, [...]
Ian Fleming was once called the Man with the Golden Pen, and he was certainly a prolific letter writer, as well as a highly successful journalist and thriller-writer. This is confirmed again in new revelations about the author, which provide [...]
The new edition of the popular British cinema magazine Empire has a preview of the new 007 movie No Time To Die, inviting its readers to 'Brace yourself for the most emotional and bruising Bond yet'. The December, 2019, issue [...]
James Bond star Daniel Craig, who recently completed principal photography on the 25th 007 movie, No Time To Die, has given a new interview where he reflects on his latest role as a detective and also offers some thoughts on his time as [...]
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All good things come to an end, including a James Bond film in production. After a long period of dedication to detail and sheer hard work, principal photography on No Time to Die concluded on Friday, 25th October, 2019, with [...]
Will it be 003 for 007? In a brief but intriguing report, a British red-top tabloid newspaper, the Daily Mirror, has claimed that the ending of the new 007 adventure No Time To Die is 'so top secret' that even James Bond [...]
Former 007 George Lazenby is returning to the world of espionage. As James Bond aficionados around the globe celebrate an amazing 50 years of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Lazenby has delighted his many fans with the news that [...]
Now pay attention, 007. Albert R. 'Cubby' Broccoli and Harry Saltzman were arguably the most successful producing partnership in cinema history, who defied sceptics by placing Ian Fleming's 'unfilmable' fictional secret agent James Bond onto the big screen, creating a juggernaut [...]
It's here! To celebrate Global James Bond Day, the first official teaser poster for No Time To Die has been released, with Daniel Craig looking rugged and full of purpose, as he wears a tuxedo and glances ahead. There has [...]
Young Bond author Charlie Higson gave a special talk on 'James Bond and the Cold War' on Thursday evening, 3rd October, and the JBIFC sent along a spy to listen to what was said. The talk took place as part [...]
Are preliminary plans already being laid for Bond 26? This is the intriguing hint delivered in a story by showbiz gossip columnist Baz Bamigboye. Writing about Phoebe Waller-Bridge in his regular column in the UK's Daily Mail newspaper (27th September), [...]
The third smash-hit James Bond movie, Goldfinger, was premiered 55 years ago this month, in September, 1964. Regarded by many critics as one of the best entries in the 007 series, the film embodied a hugely successful combination of action, humour, [...]
James Bond star Daniel Craig, along with his co-star Lea Seydoux and No Time To Die director Cary Fukunaga, took a photocall in sunny Italy on Monday morning (9th September). Having just arrived in the country, the trio posed for [...]
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The long-awaited title to the 25th James Bond film was revealed by the 007 producers today (20th August, 2019): No Time to Die. In a press release issued via the official Twitter account of the producers, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. [...]
Now pay attention, 007. It has been called the 'Most Famous Car in the World', and has become so strongly associated in the public mind with the James Bond film series that the car has retained a presence even in [...]
What did Bond 1 really think about Bond 3's interpretation of 007? After he had completed Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and stepped aside from the role that turned him into a global star, Sean Connery remained notably reluctant to comment [...]
The Annual James Bond Day this year will include a special screening of (00)3 James Bond 007 adventures at the BFI (British Film Institute) in central London, together with some special guests to introduce the movies, including David Arnold (pictured). [...]
