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About Eon's expanding non-Bond portfolio
Eon Productions has an expanding non-James Bond folio. Will that have an impact on the 007 film series?
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Eon, Amazon MGM planning Chitty Chitty Bang Bang remake
Eon Productions, Amazon MGM working on a remake of the 1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang musical, Deadline: Hollywood reported.
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John Cork working on project for IFF
John Cork, who directed extras for James Bond video releases in the 1990s to 2000, says he’s working on a project “under the sponsorship” of the Ian Fleming…
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Future of Bond? Sony releases 8 minutes of ATJ film
Aaron Taylor-Johnson has been promoted as the next film 007. Sony just released the first eight minutes of ATJ's latest movie.
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'When the legend becomes fact, print the legend'
The notion that Daniel Craig wrote much of Quantum of Solace by himself remains despite evidence to the contrary.
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Daniel Craig: The long goodbye (to Bond)
Five years after filming his final scene as James Bond, Daniel Craig is still doing a farewell tour.
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UPDATE: About fan predictions concerning 007 films
Over the past eight years, a number of fan predictions concerning 007 films have not come true.
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Expanded Golden Gun, Moonraker soundtracks go on sale
Expanded two-disc sets of soundtracks for The Man With the Golden Gun and Moonraker are now on sale, La-La Land Records says.
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Highlights of an U.N.C.L.E. livestream
A livestream provided behind-the-scenes details of 1983's The Return of the Man From U.N.C.L.E.
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James Bond and Jaguar
Jaguar, subject of a controversial ad campaign that debuted recently, has a history with James Bond -- both in the literary and film areas.
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Vic Flick, guitarist, dies at 87
Vic Flick, who played electric guitar on the original 1962 recording of the James Bond Theme, died this month. He was 87 and had suffered from Alzheimer’s…
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About M:I 8's financial challenge
With a $400 million production budget, it might be an impossible mission for Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning to turn a profit during its theatrical…
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Mission: Impossible 8 title and trailer revealed
The teaser trailer for Mission: Impossible 8 is now out. So is the movie's new title.
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Merry Saltzman, who planned a 007 musical, dies
Merry Saltzman, a daughter of Eon Productions co-founder Harry Saltzman and who wanted to make a 007 stage musical, has died.
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More 1960s spy cameo appearances
The blog received suggestions for more examples of behind-the-camera personnel who made cameos/guest appearances in spy entertainment.
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November is a big month for Broccoli, Wilson
Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson will get an Irving G. Thalberg award this month, the same award their father/stepfather won in 1982.
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Thunderball's unsung hero: Ivan Tors
When Eon Productions needed expertise to film underwater for Thunderball, the maker of James Bond films turned to Ivan Tors and his crew.
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A look at some 1960s TV cameos
In the 1960s, behind-the-camera professionals showed up in cameos for popular television shows such as Mission: Impossible, The Man From UNCLE and Batman.
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Alf Kjellin: Busy actor-director
Alf Kjellin, a Swedish-born actor-director had an impact on the 1960s spy craze.
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An upcoming video game may address a Bond problem
This week, the developers of an upcoming James Bond video game provided a preview. The effort may address a major 007 problem -- aging fan demographics.
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007 Store announces Christmas gifts
The 007 Store has announced a series of Christmas gifts for sale, some relative cheap (a pet bow tie) to very expensive.
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About Eon's U.K. regulatory filing
Some observations about the U.K. regulatory filing that Eon Productions made this week.
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Eon provides a look at its 2023 finances
The bottom line for Eon Productions is it makes money even when it is not making James Bond movies.
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The Guardian shows it needs to learn 007 history
The Guardian decries the idea of an animated James Bond-related series. It apparently forgot Eon engaged in such a project (James Bond Jr.) in the early 1990s.
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Dick Powell: From actor to mogul
Dick Powell began as a musical star and then reinvented himself as a tough character. He then started Four Star, a busy television production company.
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Bond 26 questions: The miscellaneous edition
The Spy Command has questions after the publication of an interview with an Amazon MGM Studios executive.
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Amazon MGM chief says Bond is doing fine
The head of Amazon MGM Studios said in a British newspaper interview that everything is going just fine with the James Bond film franchise.
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Jay J. Armes, Five-O's 'Hookman,' dies, NYT says
Jay J. Armes, a colorful private investigator who also played the title character in a 1973 episode of Hawaii Five-O, The New York Times said.
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Announcing The 007 Files podcast
A new podcast, The 007 Files, is making its debut on Global James Bond Day.
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Goldfinger soundtrack re-issued
A new edition of Goldfinger's soundtrack has been re-issued for the movie's 60th anniversary, La-La Land Records said.
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The Mission: Impossible curse
A "curse" afflicted three key crew members of the Mission: Impossible television series.
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Barbara Broccoli has a new non-Bond project
Barbara Broccoli, the leader of Eon Productions, is co-producing a play that will have a run on Broadway, Variety reported.
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Jeffrey Westhoff discusses his YA spy novels
Author Jeffrey Westhoff discusses his young adult spy novels as well as commenting on Ian Fleming, Roger Moore and other topics.
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State of the Bond film franchise September 2024
Well, there’s still interest in James Bond movies despite little progress in a new one actually being made.
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World of Reel on Bond 26's director
The World of Reel website is 0-for-3 when it comes to who will be directing Bond 26.
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Author blends westerns with thrillers
Author Bob Madison, who often writes under the pen name Scott McCrea, has an upcoming novel that blends the Western and thriller genres.
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Edward Berger says he's not directing Bond 26
Another one bites the dust. Edward Berger, subject of speculation he'd be directing Bond 26, says no way.
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About fans making public 007 predictions
Over the last eight years, Bond fan groups have had a rock record with 007 predictions.
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Broccoli meets Qataris in Venice, Deadline says
Barbara Broccoli, chief of Eon Productions, met with Qatari officials on Monday night in Venice, the Deadline: Hollywood website said.
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Bond 26: Is the British press getting restless?
The Times follows The Telegraph in doing a story about the lack of Bond 26 news.
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September: Month of the 60th anniversaries
Goldfinger, Jonny Quest, and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. all came out within a few days in September 1964.
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How long Bond film gaps became normal
Thirty years ago, a long gap between James Bond movies was unheard of. Today, it's the new normal.
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Bond 26 questions: The stay calm edition
Here's why to stay calm after this week's Bond 26 story from The Telegraph.
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Telegraph says B26 takes small steps forward
The U.K. Telegraph this week as part of a long article suggested Bond 26 may have taken some baby steps forward.
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Survey of Bond 26 reports
Here are some of the greatest hits of stories concerning Bond 26.
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A quick calculation for Bond 26's timetable
If the Daniel Craig/Barbara Broccoli becomes reality, here's how it may affect Bond 26.
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About those Bond 26 delays (?)
Eon's Barbara Broccoli wants to work -- AGAIN -- with Daniel Craig on a modern remake of Othello.
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2010: Behind the scenes of a 007 musical performance
One Bond fan attending a Detroit Symphony Orchestra performance of 007 music told an orchestra official that he was a "close, personal friend" of Eon's Wilson…
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How one U.N.C.L.E. story became personal
How one Man From U.N.C.L.E. story became personal for me.
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IFP apologizes to Feirstein
Ian Fleming Publications posted an unusual apology to 007 screenwriter Bruce Feirstein.
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About the debate (?) about Connery's last 007 film
What was Sean Connery's final 007 film? Eon says one thing, reality says another.
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Demographics: For some 007 fans, the end
Bond film fans who've been around since the start are dying off.
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Steve Oxenrider, Bond collector, dies
Steve Oxenrider, 74, a long-time James Bond collector, died this week, according to a Facebook by his husband.
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EXPANDED: 60th anniversary of Fleming's death
A few thoughts on Ian Fleming on the 60th anniversary of his death.
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Tom Cruise does an 'homage' to 007 2012 Olympics
Tom Cruise on Sunday took part in the closing ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics in a segment that evoked (copied?) the opening ceremonies for the…
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Goldfinger's peculiar geography
Goldfinger (1964) gets an A for entertainment but an F for geography.
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Deadpool & Wolverine: End of an era
Deadpool & Wolverine isn’t so much a movie as a series of gags and breaking the fourth wall, along with the occasional dramatic scene.
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Rethinking release dates of Bond films
There’s a natural tendency to use release years only in calculating the time between James Bond films. But when you take into account month and year, things…