• 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), [...]

    By Published On: September 29th, 2019
  • 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, [...]

    By Published On: September 23rd, 2019
  • The new 007 baddie Rami Malek has received some interesting coverage in the UK's press in the last week, based on comments he made recently about B25 while in New York promoting his TV series Mr. Robot. In interview profiles published in [...]

    By Published On: July 8th, 2019
  • It is now an astonishing 30 years since Timothy Dalton's second, and final, James Bond movie, Licence to Kill, hit the big screens. Often seen by its critics as a failure (it performed less well than expected in key U.S. [...]

    By Published On: June 17th, 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 007 and counting... As pre-production work begins to take shape on Bond movie no. 25, director Danny Boyle has chosen art production designer Mark Tildesley as his production designer on the new 007 movie, which is due to commence filming later [...]

    By Published On: July 22nd, 2018
  • The name's Boyle, Danny Boyle. It is the news that many of us expected, but it is very nice to now have it confirmed. In a press release issued by EON Productions on the morning of 25th May, 2018, it [...]

    By Published On: May 25th, 2018
  • 007 and counting... As the months tick down to the planned start of principal photography on the next entry in the EON franchise, the question of who will be appointed director on the new Bond movie has become more and [...]

    By Published On: March 17th, 2018
  • On 22nd February the JBIFC reported that news had emerged that Danny Boyle was being considered as a possible director for Bond movie number 25 in the iconic series, which is due to hit cinemas in late 2019. A new [...]

    By Published On: March 9th, 2018
  • Some fascinating news has emerged that the award-winning British director Danny Boyle, who has helmed films such as Slumdog Millionaire and the two Trainspotting movies, is a possible candidate for directorial duties on Bond no. 25. A report in the U.S. movie trade [...]

    By Published On: February 22nd, 2018
  • 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 [...]

    By Published On: July 25th, 2017
  • 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 [...]

    By Published On: March 10th, 2017
  • From JB to GB! Back in January, 2014, the JBIFC exclusively revealed that the James Bond screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who came up with the central story theme for Skyfall and, more recently, also worked on Spectre, had been working [...]

    By Published On: February 19th, 2017
  • You read it here first. Back in January, 2014, the JBIFC exclusively revealed that the James Bond screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who came up with the central story themes and main title for Skyfall and, more recently, also worked [...]

    By Published On: April 14th, 2016