How well do you know James Bond, the swashbuckling, cocktail-sipping superspy? Take a look through the some interesting and rather surprising facts and figures about James Bond. Who has starred in the most James Bonds films, who has drunk the most Vodka Martinis, who is the most profitable James Bond actor, how many actors have […]
While the work of Ian Fleming was fiction, the Hollywood story kept true to Fleming’s portrayal of James Bond, especially his love of expensive cars. Fitted with fantastic gadgets like smoke from the exhausts, machine guns in the headlights or off-set sunroof for ejecting passengers: it can only be James Bond’s cars. In April 2020 […]
Know all the secrets of everyones favourite swashbuckling, cocktail-sipping superspy 007, here are 11 things you probably didn’t know about James Bond. Having spent over 50 years as a cultural phenomenon, defeating plans for world destruction and riding on insane vehicles — and along the way, he’s had more than his fair share of weird […]
Developed by digital artist/designer and illustrator Mike Mahle, this collection of alternative James Bond posters takes iconic elements from the 007 films over the years and utilises them within each poster. I didn’t want to depict certain scenes or characters, but rather just create a conceptual design.” Mike Mahle Mike said, “In 2012–2013 I worked […]
In this article, we will discover the most memorable, iconic and sometimes crazy world of James Bond gadgets from inside Q Branch. With twenty-four movies released through five decades, Bond has seen and used his fair share of incredible gadgets. It all started with the Geiger Counters and Cyanide Cigarettes in Dr No through to […]
In this article, we will discover the best James Bond Villains. With twenty-four James Bond movies released through five decades, Bond has met his fair share of villains. Who are the most memorable and iconic villains of the series, here are my favourite, who are yours let us know in the comments below. Le Chiffre […]
In 1962, a production company owned by Harry Saltzman and American Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli, called Eon Productions released the first movie adaption of an Ian Fleming novel, Dr. No which starred Sean Connery as British Secret Service Agent, 007. James Bond has been played by six different actors over the years, you can find […]
James Bond a pop culture icon born out of Ian Fleming’s spy novels and introduced to movie fans in 1962 with the release of the first 007 film, Dr No. Sean Connery, the first actor to play James Bond, embodied the role of the spy who thwarts international baddies in service to Her Majesty. He […]
In this article, we discover the history of James Bond. With twenty-four James Bond movies and twelve novels released through five decades, we have seen James Bond sometimes depicted differently in Ian Flemings’ novel to his on-screen persona. Discover Ian Fleming’s vision as his ideal James Bond and the basis of the character in the […]
Commander James Bond is a Senior Operational Officer with British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). He is the most valuable member of the ultra-covert elite force within Her Majesty’s Secret Service known as the Double O branch. Known by his code number OO7, the members of which are literally licensed to kill in the performance of […]
Madame Tussauds in London have for the first time put the wax figures of all six James Bonds, with five completely new wax 007s joining the existing figure of Daniel Craig. To coincide with the release of Spectre in 2015, Madame Tussauds put the complete line-up of Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan […]
Alain Bossuyt, an Illustrator and Graphic Designer from Lille, channels Bass par excellence in these movie posters that act both as posthumous tribute to Bass and spot-on conceptual re-imagining of what would have happened if Saul Bass had ever worked on the legendary Bond films.
DANIEL CRAIG BIOGRAPHY Born on 2nd March 1968 in Chester, Cheshire, England, UK Like fellow Bond star, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig was brought up reasonably modestly, however in neighbouring country, England, rather more precisely, Prescot, near Liverpool. The son of a steel erector and an art teacher, Craig soon became known for his acting […]
Pierce Brosnan entered show business as a teen runaway, working with the circus as a fire eater. He gained somewhat more conventional experience as a member of an experimental London theater workshop before making his stage debut in a 1976 production of Wait Until Dark. Brosnan’s theatrical breakthrough came from playwright Tennessee Williams who chose the handsome young actor to create the role of McCabe in the British premiere of his Red Devil Battery Sign.
TIMOTHY DALTON BIOGRAPHY Born on 21st March 1946 in Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK At a consistently lean 6’2,” green-eyed Timothy Dalton may very well be one of the last of the dying breed of swashbuckling, classically trained Shakespearean actors who have simultaneously forged successful careers in theatre, television and film. He has been comparison-shopped […]
ROGER MOORE BIOGRAPHY Born on 14th October 1927 in Stockwell, London, England, UK Roger Moore was born on October 14th, 1927, in London. Growing up in a middle class family did not keep him from following his dreams of sketching and art. At the age of 15, Moore was offered a job in an […]