The JBIFC is very sad to report that Sir Ken Adam, designer extraordinaire, has passed away. In a statement released on 11th March, the Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said: 'The Bond family mourns the passing of [...]
The JBIFC were very sad to learn of the death, at the age of 90, of the distinguished music producer and composer Sir George Martin, who was often known as the 'Fifth' Beatle. Sir George passed away on Tuesday, 8th [...]
One of the most popular and frequently visited news articles the JBIFC has put up in recent years concerns the little-known screen treatment that was produced for a film that was never made: a third Timothy Dalton James Bond adventure. Yes, [...]
Double-O Heaven! The Aston Martin car company, which is so heavily associated in the public's mind with the James Bond film series, unveiled its fantastic new DB11 model in early March. Aston Martin, of course, supplied a specially built DB10 [...]
James Bond star Daniel Craig joined his co-stars and other members of the SPECTRE production team for a special press call held in London yesterday (October 22nd), and offered his views on his 'bond' with Bond. The press event, held [...]
Contains minor spoilers BEEN HERE BEFORE The 24th Bond film from Albert R. Broccoli’s Eon Productions is the best 007 adventure for a generation. Every penny of the reported $300 million budget appears on screen not only visually but creatively [...]
Truly spectacular, 007! The special UK press screening of the new James adventure SPECTRE, which took place yesterday (Wednesday), has led to a wave of early reviews in the British press and on TV, and the overwhelming verdict is that this is one [...]
Now pay attention, 007. It was a case of Sam meets Sam recently. The latest official video log from the SPECTRE production team was released on the evening of October 20th, focusing on singer Sam Smith's theme song Writing's on [...]
The new edition of British GQ (Gentleman's Quarterly) magazine for November, 2015, which has just been published in the UK, is a SPECTRE special, with coverage of the visual side of the new 007 movie, together with an interview with [...]
The sad news has been announced that the author and screenwriter Christopher Wood has died, aged 79. He was writer on two Roger Moore Bond movies, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979). He also penned two James Bond novelizations based [...]
Naomie Harris, who was Miss Eve Moneypenny in Skyfall and reprises the role again in the upcoming SPECTRE, was a very special guest at the launch party of the Sony technology 'Made for Bond' campaign, held in central London. The James [...]
Double-O heaven! Sam Mendes had a particular vision of how to mount a spectacular race in the streets of Rome, and the behind-the-scenes story of how it was filmed in the eternal city is just one of the great articles in [...]
Bond is back - on the Box. TV chatshow host and movie commentator Jonathan Ross, who is also a major 007 aficionado, will host a James Bond SPECTRE special for the UK's ITV-1 television channel on October 17th. In the [...]
After the breathtaking foot-chase and mid-air helicopter sequences shot in Mexico City earlier this year, set against the backdrop of the Dia del los Muertos ('Day of the Dead') festivities, James Bond is returning to the thriving metropolis for another [...]
With the new James Bond film SPECTRE due to hit UK cinema screens later this month, a detailed tie-in interview with 007 star Daniel Craig has been published in the 'Culture' section of the Sunday Times (October 4th). Interestingly, at [...]
In an excellent boost for the upcoming new James Bond film, due for its exciting World Premiere in London later this month, the theme song to SPECTRE, titled Writing's on the Wall, sung by Sam Smith, has gone straight to [...]
Now, pay attention, 007: the flow of SPECTRE-related magazines continues to build and could soon take over the globe! The popular British sci-fi and cult entertainment magazine Starburst for October 2015, for example, devotes a section of its latest issue to [...]
With only weeks to go before the premiere of the 24th James Bond film, the UK's Mail on Sunday (27th September) turned its 'Event' weekend magazine into a special SPECTRE collectors edition, carrying over 50 pictures and 27 pages connected with [...]
The superb new issue of the popular British movie magazine Empire, which has just appeared in retail outlets in the UK, is a must-have SPECTRE special edition, with no less than 39 pages devoted to 007 and his world. It is also guest-edited [...]
A new Vlog has been released on the official James Bond site which explores some of the spectacular action sequences in SPECTRE, and it provides an excellent preview of some breathtaking thrills and spills from the sequences filmed in Austria, [...]
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Bond is Back - at the Royal Albert Hall! In a press release issued on 16th September, EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Sony Pictures announced that SPECTRE will see its World Premiere taking place at the Royal Albert Hall in central [...]
In breaks between assignments, and leaving aside for a moment his favourite newspaper, what books does James Bond prefer to read? This is one of the fascinating questions posed in a recent article in the Sunday Times (13 September), when the newspaper [...]
The new James novel Trigger Mortis, penned by Anthony Horowitz, has received some very good reviews from the critics, who have generally praised the new story as one of the best attempts so far at capturing the spirit and style [...]
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After many months of speculation, British singer Sam Smith has confirmed that he has recorded the main theme song for the new 007 adventure SPECTRE. The track is called Writing's on the Wall and is due for release later this [...]
On the eve of the publication of his new James Bond novel, Trigger Mortis, author Anthony Horowitz spoke about his lifelong passion for the world of James Bond, and explained how all this helped him write the new 007 adventure. Speaking [...]
We've been expecting you, Mr. Bond. The latest official SPECTRE poster was released on 3rd September, showing Daniel Craig in a pleasingly traditional James Bond tuxedo pose with gun across his chest. The eye-catching new poster, which is the first [...]
The latest issue of the glossy style magazine Esquire contains a new interview with 007 star Daniel Craig, who looks back on his decade as Bond and also responds to some questions about SPECTRE, the latest entry in the popular EON [...]
Blofeld's Volcanic Lair, Stromberg's Atlantis Base, Drax's Space Station... plus gadgets galore from 'Q'. You know the names, and you know the designs. But how much do you know about the designers themselves? The James Bond films are not only [...]
Newspaper readers in the UK were able to enjoy an exclusive extract from the new James Bond novel Trigger Mortis, written by Anthony Horowitz, when it was printed in the Mail on Sunday 'Event' supplement (30th August). The latest 007 author [...]
Now pay attention, 007. The new issue of the popular British movie magazine Total Film (October, 2015), which has just hit retail outlets, contains a 10-page exclusive feature on the making of SPECTRE, with interviews with the 007 star Daniel [...]
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From a View to a Thrill! An official press release from EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and SONY Pictures has given details on the arrangements for the advance box-office ticket sales for SPECTRE. And it's a case of double seven for 007: at [...]
As the first big-screen 007, Sir Sean Connery, reaches his 85th birthday, and a special programme is shown on BBC-4 in celebration (Sean Connery - In His Own Words), the JBIFC helps blow out the candles by looking back briefly over his astonishing [...]
The latest official SPECTRE production Vlog, released on 13 August, provides some tantalising glimpses of the characters played by Monica Bellucci and Lea Seydoux, together with reflections on their roles by director Sam Mendes. Bellucci, who plays the mysterious widow [...]
Bond expert Christopher Frayling has penned a new essay on the world of the James Bond villains: 'No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die'. The essay sets out Frayling's thoughts on how the 007 villains have reflected the anxieties of their [...]
The new issue of the popular British movie magazine Total Film (September, 2015), which has just appeared on retail shelves, has a special 6-page feature covering the expanded Bond 'universe'. The magazine's special series 'The Bigger Picture' discusses the Bond [...]
