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October 5th is James Bond Day!

It has been announced that October 5th, 2012 will be Global James Bond Day, a day-long series of events for 007 fans around the world.

Commenting on Global James Bond Day, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, producers of SKYFALL, said, “We are absolutely thrilled to be celebrating James Bond’s golden anniversary on film with this special day of events for Bond fans around the world.”

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Bond50: Blu Ray Update.

I’m sure many of you are wondering about the Special features contained on the upcoming James Bond Blu Ray Boxset? Well, digitalbits have gave us a major update regarding the apparent lack of extras on the new boxset. It seems that all the special features from the previous DVD releases will be carried over to this set, with a few exceptions.

We’ve confirmed with our sources at 20th Century Fox that nearly all special feature content from the previous Special Edition Blu-rays and DVDs will carry over to the new BD releases. The only exceptions are the Mission Control menu-based content from the previous DVDs, many items from Charles de Lauzirika’s original 2003 Die Another Day: Special Edition and 5 items from the 2008 Casino Royale: Collector’s Edition BD (The Art of the Freerun, Catching a Plane: From Storyboard to Screen, Storyboard Sequence: Freerun Chase, Filmmaker Profiles and Bond Girls Are Forever). So if you have those discs and want to retain all the bonus content, definitely keep them.

We’ve also confirmed that the 11 classic Bond titles previously released on Blu-ray will be available widely again on 10/2, the same day as the box set. We already know that Walmart will have 3 of the never-before-released titles as BD exclusives that day: Diamonds Are Forever, Octopussy and GoldenEye. We’ve now OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED exactly what we suspected, which is that BestBuy will have On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, You Only Live Twice and The Spy Who Loved Me as BD exclusives on 10/2, and Target will have A View to a Kill, The Living Daylights and Tomorrow Never Dies as BD exclusives. So that’s our Bond news for today. Again, that’s official.

You can read the article here.

That’s all for now folks. The Blu Ray Boxset will be released on September 24th, and the new James Bond adventure ‘Skyfall’ will hit cinema screens a month later.

Special thanks to ‘clublos’ for the alert.

Moore: “Craig is the best Bond.”

Roger Moore, star of 7 James Bond movies has revealed his favourite James Bond actor is indeed current Bond star Daniel Craig. The 84 year old actor, and author of Bond on Bond, has applauded Daniel Craig’s acting ability, “I loved Casino Royale and Daniel Craig. He is a wonderful actor, certainly the best actor to play Bond. I have never been guilty of method acting, or even acting if you want to argue a point.”.

As Quantum of Solace, Craig’s second Bond outing, left a sour taste in the mouths of some Bond fans, Moore has stated that he hopes that James Bond latest adventure will be a touch on the lighter side. “I believe that Skyfall is going to have a lot more humour in it than Quantum of Solace did, something I’ll be pleased to see.”

You can read the rest of the interview here. Bond on Bond is released October 4th.

BOND50 Blu Ray boxset reviewed in Total Film.

Along with a free Skyfall poster, the current issue of Total Film (October 2011), have rated and reviewed the James Bond 50th Anniversary Blu Ray Boxset, as well as the individual films in the set. Released late September, the Blu Ray boxset has received a 5 star review for both in presentation and extras. Read on to reveal what Total Film have rated the first  22 James Bond films.

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Skyfall advanced screening coming in aid of Cancer Support

On Thursday 25th October 2012, the Kilmarnock Odeon will be hosting an advanced screening of Skyfall in aid of Cancer Support Scotland. Priced at £22 a ticket, the screening will begin at 8pm and be preceded by a night of Bond themed entertainment.

You can read the full article here, or head over to the ODEON  website and book your tickets now.

GoldenEye to get Steelbook Exclusive

Play.com have confirmed via Facebook that Goldeneye is getting an exclusive steelbook. In a competition to win the Bond 50 Blu Ray Boxset, Play.com have also asked fans to vote for their favourite steelbook artwork, the first being a new edit of Pierce Brosnan standing behind the gunbarrel, and the latter being the theatrical poster artwork. You can vote for your favourite here, as well as entering for a chance to win the Boxset.

Michael G Wilson & Barbara Broccoli: Bond 50 Interview

Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli discuss Bond on Blu Ray, the pressure of taking over an extremely popular franchise, the involvement of Martin Campbell, the Bond formula and Cubby Broccoli, as the Bond 50 Blu Ray release set gets nearer.

Casino Royale/Quantum of Solace Blu Ray Double Pack coming

Fans waiting for the promised collectors edition of Quantum of Solace might have just a small glimmer of hope on the horizon, as Amazon has listed that a double pack of Daniel Craig’s first two James Bond films will be available October 2nd. News of an apparent collectors edition has been making the rounds since 2009, with director Marc Forster previously confirming his involvement. However, news of the recent Bond50 BluRay collection put doubt in the mind of Bond fans, as not many new special features have been confirmed for the set. I must stress now, that this could be just reissue of two previously released editions. However, nothing is confirmed yet either way, so try not to get too excited. Check the Amazon page here.

20th Century Fox Blu Ray Re-Release

20th Century Fox are planning a re-release for 11 already available Bond Blu Rays (Excluding Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace) and have supplied  new cover artwork, with no new special features, as far as we can tell.

Availble October 2nd, Dr No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, Live And Let Die, The Man With The Golden Gun, For Your Eyes Only, Licence To Kill, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day are available to pre-order now, from the FOX Website. Click here to Pre Order and see the individual artwork.

Thank you very much to CBn Member ‘lechero’ for the alert.