To Bond or not to Bond? Despite recent reports that the French-Canadian director Denis Villeneuve is being lined up as the possible director for Bond 25 in 2018-19, the situation now appears more complex than many people assumed. On the [...]
Is the French Canadian director Denis Villeneuve being lined up as possible director for Bond 25? A report by the showbiz writer Baz Bamigboye in the UK's Daily Mail newspaper (September 22nd), has claimed that the director of the eagerly [...]
From Austria With Love: further details have been revealed about the new James Bond Experience in Solden. Called '007 ELEMENTS', the Experience is a new James Bond cinematic installation built inside the summit of the Gaislachkogl Mountain in Solden. According [...]
From Le Mans champions to the big-screen James Bond's favourite car and on to today's supercars, a beautifully produced new book, Aston Martin DB, written by motoring expert Andrew Noakes, will be a must-have buy both for 007 fans and more [...]
Live and let high! James Bond actor Daniel Craig, who recently confirmed he will play 007 for a fifth time, has received very good reviews in the UK press for his performance as safe-cracker Joe Bang in director Steven [...]
With the very exciting news that Daniel Craig will indeed play 007 for the fifth time, there was widespread coverage of his confirmation of his return as Bond in the UK's media, as well as some great headlines around the [...]
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Hold on tight - the 007 rumour roller-coaster for Bond 25 has already started! The British newspaper the Sunday Mirror (30th July) has claimed, in what it calls an 'exclusive', that the next James Bond movie, number 25 in the franchise, will [...]
Bond is back! In a brief but very welcome press release issued on Monday, 24th July, 2017, EON Productions have officially confirmed that the 25th 007 adventure in the franchise will be released in 2019. The movie will be released [...]
The recent screening of the third Sean Connery James Bond movie Goldfinger by the UK's ITV-4 channel (on 21st July) drew appreciative comments by reviewers in the weekly TV listings in British newspapers, and one critic was full of praise [...]
Thirty years ago this summer, new James Bond actor Timothy Dalton was introduced to cinema audiences around the globe in his debut 007 movie The Living Daylights (1987), which was premiered at the famous Odeon cinema in London's Leicester Square. [...]
The new issue of All About History, the popular history magazine published in the UK, briefly explores James Bond creator Ian Fleming's role in World War Two, as part of a general article on the 'Spies That Won WWII'. Clearly [...]
It was really great to see For Your Eyes Only back on the big screen alongside The Spy Who Loved Me, as part of a very fitting tribute to the late Sir Roger Moore. In many ways, For Your Eyes Only [...]
To Bond or not to Bond? The acclaimed Shakespearean stage actress and British film star Dame Judi Dench, who very briefly reprised her role as 007's MI6 boss 'M' in Spectre, spent 60 minutes being interviewed before an audience at The [...]
Bond was back at the Nene Valley Railway in early June. Fond memories of the late Sir Roger Moore (1927-2017), together with various accounts of the role played by former Bond star Pierce Brosnan, were very much in people's minds [...]
The very sad loss of Sir Roger Moore (1927-2017) has been keenly felt across the movie world and especially amongst Bond fans. His passing has led to a number of tribute articles in the media on his Bond films, including serialisation in the [...]
Many of the biographers of Ian Fleming have come to appreciate in recent years the full extent to which the James Bond author drew inspiration for his spy novels from various incidents and people from the real-life world of espionage, [...]
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Bond is Back! To celebrate the life of Sir Roger Moore, the main studio MGM, the film restoration experts Park Circus, and EON Productions have announced in a joint statement that there will be special screenings of two of his 007 [...]
A number of beautiful and talented women worked with Sir Roger Moore on his seven smash-hit James Bond films, and three of his leading ladies have shared their thoughts about him in tribute. What comes across very strongly is the [...]
With the sad passing of Sir Roger Moore and the numerous tributes that have been paid to him from the world of showbiz and entertainment, the remaining 007 actors have all paid their own very heartfelt tributes to James Bond [...]
Sir Roger Moore gave numerous interviews over the years, and many of his comments were delivered with his tongue firmly in his cheek. But there were also times when some of his real thoughts about his life and film career [...]
KEEPING THE BRITISH END UP Sir Roger Moore obituary It is with great sadness that the global James Bond fan community has learned of the death of Sir Roger Moore at his home in Switzerland at the age of 89. [...]
It is with very great sadness that the JBIFC learnt today, along with his many friends and fans across the globe, that Sir Roger Moore has died at the age of 89, following what his family announced was a [...]
The JBIFC is very sad to report the death of acclaimed singer Chris Cornell, who was found dead on Wednesday evening (May 17th). The 52-year old co-wrote (with Bond composer David Arnold) and recorded 'You Know My Name', the main theme [...]
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While the world waits for some firm news about Daniel Craig and his participation in Bond 25, those who are eager to see the 007 star back in action on the big screen should look out for his new heist comedy, [...]
The fifth smash-hit EON James Bond movie, You Only Live Twice (1967), celebrates its fiftieth birthday this year, and - as a contribution to this - the JBIFC takes the opportunity to briefly explore the role of the main baddie in [...]
One of the highlights of the last James Bond film Spectre in 2015 with Daniel Craig was the presence of 'Mr. Hinx', a tough and towering henchman who seemed impervious to pain and, while working for Ernst Stavro Blofeld's organisation, gave [...]
Golden high! The latest issue of the popular British movie magazine Total Film carries an interview with former four-times James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan, in which he offers some interesting reflections on his 007 films, as well as his thoughts [...]
The JBIFC is very sad to report that actor Clifton James, who played Sheriff J.W. Pepper in two James Bond movies during the 1970s, has passed away, aged 96. He died on Saturday, 15th April, in Gladstone, Oregon, USA, due [...]
As interesting (but unconfirmed) rumours have emerged that 007's American buddy Felix Leiter could be back in Bond 25, the JBIFC takes the opportunity to briefly explore Ian Fleming's real-life relationship with the American intelligence services. Fleming biographers have long been [...]
Former 007 actor Pierce Brosnan, who played Ian Fleming's spy in four smash-hit EON movies, has declared that the current 007 Daniel Craig should keep playing James Bond into his fifties, even though there will come a point when it is time [...]
With the UK's ITV-1 channel airing the second 007 adventure on Sunday 2nd April, the JBIFC takes a brief look at the key villains in the movie, a set of people who helped establish the iconic Bond film formula for those [...]
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It was a case of many happy returns this month to the former two-times James Bond star Timothy Dalton, who turned an amazing 71 years of age on March 21st, 2017. The ever-busy star of stage, film and TV shows absolutely [...]
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How well do you know the creator of 007? There was a rare but welcome re-screening of the BBC-TV docudrama Ian Fleming: Bondmaker on the evening of Thursday, 23rd March. The biographical production about the life and career of the author of [...]
Many happy returns, Ursula! This month sees the beautiful Swiss actress Ursula Andress celebrate her 81st birthday (she was born in Berne, Switzerland, on March 19th, 1936). She was, of course, the first main Bond woman in an EON 007 movie. [...]
Licence renewed! In some dramatic James Bond news, a British newspaper columnist has exclusively revealed that the veteran Bond scriptwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade have been contracted to pen the storyline for the next James Bond movie, which will [...]
Is 007 trying to outwit Ernst Stavro Blofeld and his white cat? Current James Bond star Daniel Craig recently teamed up with the online giving platform 'Omaze' to create a very special promo film for their new partnership. And this [...]
