The last two weeks have seen some spectacular car chase action being filmed for SPECTRE on the streets of Rome, as sequences have been carefully planned out and shot over consecutive evenings for a kind of high-speed 'duel' between [...]
The latest issue of the popular and glossy MI6 Confidential magazine, no. 29 in the series, is now on sale, and devotes considerable space to the early stages of the new James Bond adventure SPECTRE, as well as celebrating the [...]
The new issue of the best-selling British movie magazine Empire (April, 2015), which has just hit retail outlets in the UK and USA, offers a special preview and articles on the new James Bond adventure SPECTRE, together with an eye-catching Daniel [...]
The Italian leg of shooting on the new 007 adventure SPECTRE has now swung into full action, with scenes already shot at a famous Museum location and some early work started on the complex car-chase sequence in Rome. [...]
Super-cool James Bond star Daniel Craig and beautiful Italian actress Monica Bellucci attended a special SPECTRE press and photocall today (Wednesday, 18 February, 2015) in Rome. The afternoon photocall took place at Rome's City Hall. At one point [...]
The famous French stage, film and TV actor Louis Jourdan, who very sadly died on Saturday 14 February, 2015, in California, USA, was, of course, most familiar to 007 fans as the villain Kamal Khan in Roger Moore's sixth EON Bond [...]
Bond is back! In a press release dated 12th February, the official James Bond site has released the first footage from the new 007 adventure SPECTRE, including a still of Daniel Craig as Bond in action in the mountains of [...]
With the latest 007 movie now in production and a new James Bond novel in the pipeline, interest in the the world of James Bond and Ian Fleming remains as popular as ever, especially in those individuals who perhaps inspired the [...]
The Austrian media have carried some photos of the latest SPECTRE filming from Austria, where the main unit have been shooting some dramatic action scenes in the Alpine snow in the small village of Obertilliach. Under the thoughtful [...]
James Bond arrived in Austria earlier this week for some SPECTRE filming in the beautiful snowy Alps. After two days of filming in the small village of Altaussee, the Bond crew then moved on to Solden for some [...]
After daytime shooting took place for SPECTRE on Monday on the River Thames, and also on the same day in the evening in the Notting Hill area (see the JBIFC's earlier reports), Tuesday December 16 saw 007 return to [...]
As the JBIFC reported on Monday (December 15), some sequences for SPECTRE were shot on the River Thames during Monday morning, just outside the real-life MI6 headquarters near Vauxhall Bridge, with Daniel Craig and Rory Kinnear. Later that same day, [...]
“Excellent choice, Mr. Bond” Belvedere, the world’s original luxury vodka, is delighted to collaborate with Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment to promote SPECTRE, the highly anticipated 24th installment of the James Bond series, due [...]
The new James Bond film SPECTRE, now in week 2 of principal photography, commenced location shooting in central London last week, and this continued today as 007 star Daniel Craig, together with Rory Kinnear (who plays MI6 Chief-of-Staff [...]
Two new issues have just been published of the glossy and very popular MI6 Confidential magazine, a must-have publication for dedicated 007 fans, and both are now available to purchase through the JBIFC. Issue no. 27 offers a reassessment of Roger Moore's [...]
As many James Bond fans know, Sony Pictures Entertainment recently experienced a serious attack by hackers on their computer system and some early draft storyline information and copies of private e-mails have been illegally placed on the internet. EON Productions issued [...]
The beautiful Italian actress Monica Bellucci, who will join French actress Lea Seydoux as one of the two new Bond women in SPECTRE, was given a detailed profile in the UK's Sunday Times newspaper last Sunday (December 7). Bellucci, who [...]
Actor Ben Whishaw, who is making a welcome return as MI6 gadgets expert 'Q' in the new James Bond movie SPECTRE, gave a brief interview to online journalist Emmeline Saunders, of the website 'Heatworld', at the special press call held at [...]
Fascinating news has emerged that the mysterious character 'Mr. White' will be returning in SPECTRE, the next James Bond movie, which started principal photography at Pinewood Studios, in England, today (Monday, December 8). Mr. White, played by the award-winning Danish [...]
The Film Sam Mendes is following Skyfall (2012), the most critically and commercially successful Bond film to date, with another high octane 007 adventure with Daniel Craig returning to the role for the fourth time. Also returning to the series [...]
So now we know. In a special press call held live from the 007 Soundstage at Pinewood Studios, in England, director Sam Mendes revealed this morning (December 4) the long-awaited title of the new James Bond movie: SPECTRE. Speaking with EON producer Barbara Broccoli standing alongside [...]
You know the name, and you know the number. And soon you will know the title. MGM and EON Productions announced today (2nd December) that the official title for the 24th James Bond film will be announced via live stream [...]
With just a very short while to go until we find out some exciting key details about the title and stars of the next James Bond movie on Thursday 4th December, a combination of Austrian, Italian and British media outlets [...]
It looks like Christmas has come early for 007 fans with the dramatic news that archetypal Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld may be back for Bond 24, which starts shooting in early December. Although it must be stressed that this [...]
Some intriguing casting news about Bond 24 has emerged from a UK media source. According to the Daily Mail newspaper (Friday, November 14), the award-winning German-Austrian actor Christoph Waltz has been given a key role in the next 007 adventure, [...]
All the indications are that Daniel Craig's next 007 movie, no.24 in the smash-hit franchise, will have some truly spectacular sequences, including some snow-bound settings and also an exciting car chase along city streets. But have you ever wondered about what happens [...]
Now pay attention, 007. The artistic work of production designer Sir Ken Adam, famous for his iconic designs for the James Bond movies in the 1960s and 1970s and for numerous other non-Bond films, is to be celebrated in a special exhibition in [...]
One of the most popular images accessed by visitors to the JBIFC's facebook site over the last year has been the now famous black-and-white still of Roger Moore posing beside the ominous looking sign warning that 'Trespassers Will Be Eaten'. What is the [...]
The UK's Daily Mail newspaper has claimed that the award-winning French actress Lea Seydoux has been signed to play a femme fatale in the new James Bond movie, which will be no.24 in the smash-hit 007 film series. According to [...]
Eyes only, 007. A press release issued on October 7th by Dynamite Entertainment, a leading publisher of English language comic books and graphic novels, has revealed that the company has been granted worldwide rights to publish brand new visual adaptations [...]
The JBIFC is very sad to report that the actor and acclaimed dancer Geoffrey Holder, who played the highly memorable role of Baron Samedi in Roger Moore's debut 007 movie Live and Let Die (1973), has died, aged 84, in [...]
In a press release issued by Ian Fleming Publications on 1st October, it was announced that the best-selling author and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz has been commissioned to pen the next official James Bond novel, and is already hard at work [...]
James Bond is back! Fans of Roger Moore's portrayal of James Bond 007 in the 1970s are in for a real treat. The historic Genesis Cinema in London is holding a special screening and Q&A event to help celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the [...]
There was an intriguing bit of tongue-in-cheek speculation last week about a possible villain in a future 007 movie. According to a press report in the UK, actor Al Pacino, who was honoured with a British Film Institute (BFI) Fellowship on Wednesday [...]
The JBIFC is very sad to report the death of actor Richard Kiel, aged 74, on September 10 in California. Richard played the very tall steel-toothed henchman 'Jaws' in two James Bond movies, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and [...]
There was a nostalgic look back at the 1970s and early 1980s period of the 007 franchise when Sir Roger Moore was reunited with leading members of the 'Bond family' from that period for a special BBC Radio programme. Sir [...]
