• Has Blofeld finally succeeded in infiltrating the British media? Why is the British press so determined to undermine B25? These are the questions a number of 007 fans have been asking in recent days, given the latest coverage of the [...]

    By Published On: June 10th, 2019
  • A key plot concept appears to have been leaked by a British newspaper. (Warning: possible spoilers ahead). The showbiz gossip columnist Baz Bamigboye, in his latest weekly page in the UK's Daily Mail newspaper (May 31st), has revealed that genetic [...]

    By Published On: May 31st, 2019
  • Spy novelist and Ian Fleming expert Jeremy Duns has published a fascinating new short study of the influence of author Dennis Wheatley on the 007 creator. Entitled A Spy Is Born: Dennis Wheatley and the Secret Roots of Ian Fleming's James [...]

    By Published On: May 29th, 2019
  • Its a wrap! The first stage of location shooting on Bond 25 has now been completed. Employing a lovely photographic view of the Island, Bond 25 director Cary Fukunaga has revealed via his Instagram account that the Jamaica filming leg [...]

    By Published On: May 13th, 2019
  • One of the great things to observe during the first week of filming for B25 in Jamaica was the return of James Bond's CIA buddy Felix Leiter, played by Jeffrey Wright. Leiter is a recurring character in the Ian Fleming books [...]

    By Published On: May 7th, 2019
  • The Bank Holiday weekend in Britain has a nicely 'Bondian' and Jamaican feel to it. Not only has production commenced on the latest EON 007 movie in Jamaica, but actor Toby Stephens is back as Ian Fleming's James Bond in [...]

    By Published On: May 4th, 2019
  • Craig's last mission? The James Bond co-producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson gave a detailed interview to the showbiz writer Baz Bamigboye during the B25 launch event held at the Goldeneye villa in Jamaica. The session drew out their [...]

    By Published On: April 27th, 2019
  • So now we know. After lots of rumours and some false-starts, Bond movie number 25 is gearing into action in truly great fashion. Key details were released to the media on 25th April from 'Goldeneye' in Jamaica, the iconic location where [...]

    By Published On: April 25th, 2019
  • The long wait is nearly over. Official sources have confirmed that 'Bond 25: The Announcement' will take place today (Thursday, 25th April). The Bond 25 Live Reveal 'from an iconic location' will take place at 13.10 pm British Time, where [...]

    By Published On: April 24th, 2019
  • As the late Ian Fleming might say, 'Welcome to Jamaica, Mr. Craig. I've been expecting you'. According to our man at Station 'K' in Kingston, Jamaica, 007 star Daniel Craig and the B25 crew have now landed on the beautiful Caribbean [...]

    By Published On: April 23rd, 2019
  • The British press carried a number of reports on Sunday, 14th April, that the acclaimed British screenwriter Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who penned the award-winning BBC TV series Fleabag and also Killing Eve, has undertaken dialogue work on the script for Bond 25. Waller-Bridge [...]

    By Published On: April 15th, 2019
  •   Double-0 heaven and counting! In just one's year's time, on April 8th 2020, Bond 25 will be released to an eager world. Anticipation has risen to new levels in recent weeks when the production made use of locations in [...]

    By Published On: April 8th, 2019
  •   She was the other Golden Girl, Tilly, the sister of Jill Masterson, and set out to avenge the death by gold-painted suffocation of her sister at the hands of Auric Goldfinger. The JBIFC are very sad to report the [...]

    By Published On: April 1st, 2019
  • It's Double-O Go! Although principal photography with Daniel Craig as 007 is yet to begin, some preliminary production shooting on Bond 25 has already commenced this week in Norway. A 'B25' crew, with a large number of support vehicles and filming [...]

    By Published On: March 27th, 2019
  • The Oscar-nominated stage and film actor Ralph Fiennes, who has played Gareth Mallory (MI6 boss 'M') in the last two James Bond movies, has made some brief comments about the next entry in the EON franchise, Bond 25, and he [...]

    By Published On: March 16th, 2019
  • As well as production taking place in its traditional studios at Pinewood in the UK, there are good indications that the new James Bond movie, no. 25 in the iconic series, will make use of at least (00)3 other countries in [...]

    By Published On: March 11th, 2019
  • Both Ian Fleming and James Bond aficionados will be very pleased: Bond movie no. 25 plans to shoot in Jamaica. In many ways it is the Caribbean Island that gave birth to James Bond, as it was 007 creator Ian [...]

    By Published On: March 8th, 2019
  •   A regular is back, while a potential candidate for a female role is now out. The JBIFC recently recorded rumours that a new name had emerged as part of the speculation over casting for key roles in Bond 25. According [...]

    By Published On: February 22nd, 2019
  • There has been some official news on the upcoming new James Bond film. In a brief update from EON, placed on their official website on 15th February, it was announced that the release date for Bond 25 has been changed [...]

    By Published On: February 17th, 2019
  • The JBIFC is very sad to report the death of the acclaimed stage and screen actor Albert Finney, who has passed away aged 82. Finney, who rose to acting fame as one of the 'New Wave' of British actors of [...]

    By Published On: February 9th, 2019
  • An interesting report from a local news website in southern Italy appears to indicate that Bond 25, which starts principal photography with Daniel Craig as 007 in just a few weeks time, will make use of some Italian locations, including the [...]

    By Published On: February 4th, 2019
  • With just weeks to go before Bond movie no. 25 goes before the cameras at Pinewood Studios, interesting reports have appeared in the British and U.S. media indicating that 007 actor Daniel Craig is back on the strict training regime [...]

    By Published On: January 28th, 2019
  • It is nearly fifty years since James Bond movie no. six, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (OHMSS), hit the big screen and gave us, albeit briefly, a new face to 007 and possibly one of the most faithful film versions [...]

    By Published On: January 14th, 2019
  • At last: a New Year and a new Bond film. Number 25 in the EON series commences production very soon. We have been itching to write that for ages! What do we know about the new 007 movie so far? [...]

    By Published On: January 7th, 2019
  • Bond is Back! Break out the Vodka Martinis. It has become something of a tradition that Christmas-time in the past in the UK has regularly seen a James Bond movie as part of the TV festivities. This year will continue [...]

    By Published On: December 22nd, 2018
  • In a major piece of surprise news for 007 fans, new director Cary Fukunaga has confirmed that French actress Lea Seydoux, the leading Bond woman in Spectre, will return for the as-yet-untitled Bond 25. Key members of the Craig-era MI6 support team [...]

    By Published On: December 7th, 2018
  • In some of his first direct comments on Bond 25 since his appointment, Cary Fukunaga has spoken in a bit more detail about how he might helm the new 007 movie. Speaking in Los Angeles to the Inquirer.net website, the new [...]

    By Published On: November 19th, 2018
  •   As many Bond aficionados know, during the late 1950s 007 creator Ian Fleming collaborated with Irish film producer Kevin McClory and playwright Jack Whittingham on a proposed first James Bond movie. A collection of copy correspondence from 1959-60, written to [...]

    By Published On: November 17th, 2018
  • A fascinating new book, Ian Fleming and Operation Golden Eye: Keeping Spain out of World War II, penned by historian Mark Simmons, explores the various Allied operations and schemes created to keep Franco's Spain and Salazar's Portugal out of World [...]

    By Published On: November 5th, 2018
  • James Bond co-producer Barbara Broccoli has firmly ruled out any Dr.Who-style gender reinvention of Ian Fleming's iconic secret agent 007 and reminded people that Bond is very much male. In an interview given to the UK's Guardian newspaper (published on [...]

    By Published On: October 6th, 2018
  • Cary Fukunaga has been announced as the new director of Bond movie no. 25, which will now commence principal photography a few weeks later than originally planned. As the JBIFC revealed on 28th August, despite the departure of Danny Boyle, [...]

    By Published On: September 20th, 2018
  • Bart for Bond? In our last Bond 25 news update, the JBIFC noted that the award-winning British TV director and documentary maker Bart Layton is one of the possible contenders for the currently vacant director's seat on the next 007 [...]

    By Published On: September 17th, 2018
  • Since the recent surprise departure of Danny Boyle as director due to 'creative differences', the producers of Bond movie no. 25 have been busy searching for a replacement, somebody who is prepared to step in at short notice. According to the latest [...]

    By Published On: September 9th, 2018
  • Double-0 Heaven! Many congratulations are in order to James Bond star Daniel Craig and his award-winning actress wife Rachel Weisz, who are said to be 'very happy' at the birth of their new baby girl. It is their first child [...]

    By Published On: September 1st, 2018
  • Despite the doom and gloom that has been around in the media about Bond 25 since it was announced that Danny Boyle had stepped aside from the director's chair, as far as the JBIFC understands it EON hopes to be [...]

    By Published On: August 28th, 2018
  • Danny Boyle will no longer be the director of Bond 25, which was due to start filming in early December. In a brief announcement released from EON this evening (Tuesday, August 21st) at around 6.10pm GMT, it was stated: 'Michael [...]

    By Published On: August 21st, 2018