Reunion Of James Bond Film Stars At STARCONUK Show

James Bond fans take notice. The STARCONUK show, which is set for 23-24 September 2006, will feature over 40 stars from the 007 films.

STARCONUK is incorporated with the London Autograph Show. ‘The collectors show with a difference.’ The show will include autograph sessions, dealer stands with thousands of items, (memorabilia, anime, manga) photograph sessions, guest talks, screenings, and more.

Over 40 stars from the James Bond films will be appearing. The list includes:

• Shirley Eaton (Goldfinger)
• Britt Ekland (The Man With The Golden Gun)
• Maryam D’abo (The Living Daylights)
• Julian Glover (For Your Eyes Only)
• Caroline Munro (The Spy Who Loved Me)
• Burt Kwouk (Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice)
• Maud Adams (The Man With the Golden Gun, Octopussy, A View To A Kill)
• Mary Stavin (Octopussy, A View To A Kill)
• David Meyer (Octopussy)
• Tony Meyer (Octopussy)
• Carole Ashby (Octopussy, A View To A Kill)
• Caroline Bliss (The Living Daylights, Licence To Kill)
• Lana Wood (Diamonds Are Forever)
• Virginia Hey (The Living Daylights)
• Eunice Gayson (Dr. No, From Russia With Love)
• Martine Beswick (From Russia With Love, Thunderball)
• Mollie Peters (Thunderball)
• Jenny Hanley (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)
• Tania Mallett (Goldfinger)
• Thomas Wheatley (The Living Daylights)
• Madeline Smith (Live And Let Die)
• John Moreno (For Your Eyes Only)
• Joe Robinson (Diamonds Are Forever)
• John Wyman (For Your Eyes Only)
• Albert Moses (The Spy Who Loved Me, Octopussy)
• Jan Williams (Goldfinger)
• Valerie Leon (The Spy Who Loved Me, Never Say Never Again)
• Earl Cameron (Thunderball)
• Terence Mountain (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)
• Shane Rimmer (You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, The Spy Who Loved Me)
• George Leech (Assorted James Bond films)
• Norman Wanstall (Assorted James Bond films)
• Cheryl Anne (Octopussy)
• Kate Gayson (GoldenEye)
• Alkis Kritikos (For Your Eyes Only)
• Alison Worth (For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy)
• David Decio (Die Another Day)
• Derek Lyons (The Living Daylights, GoldenEye)
• Christine Hewett (Die Another Day)
• Terry Sach (Moonraker, A View To A Kill)
• Jerry Baker (The Spy Who Loved Me, A View To A Kill, The World Is Not Enough)
• Barrie Holland (Moonraker)
• Noel Hawkins (A View To A Kill)
• Stephen Fitzalan (A View To A Kill)
• Richard Bonehill (Octopussy, A View To A Kill, The Living Daylights)

STARCONUK
23-24 September 2006
Grandstand Exhibition Centre
Kempton Park Racecourse
Sunbury-On-Thames
Middlesex, TW165AQ
phone 08702 67 67 69 for details

Click here to visit the official STARCONUK website for all the details.

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New Edition Of 'Ian Fleming's James Bond: Annotations and Chronologies'

Released in early 2005 was ‘Ian Fleming’s James Bond: Annotations and Chronologies for Ian Fleming’s Bond Stories’ by John Griswold. Officially approved by Ian Fleming Publications, Ltd, with a preface by Andrew Lycett and a foreward by Zoë Watkins, the book contains detailed annotations and chronologies for the Ian Fleming 007 adventures.

As of July 2006, the original edition of this book has gone out of print according to John Griswold’s website. The new edition contains new illustrations by George Almond, clearer translations, and an addtional foreward by Raymond Benson. It also features a new cover.

The book is published by Authorhouse and is 476 pages in length. It can be ordered at amazon.com for $29.95 and at amazon.co.uk for £23.26.

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The John Griswold CBn Interview

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Casino Royale – Official Website Report #14

The official Casino Royale website blog has been updated by ‘Yarborough.’ Coverage this time centers on the train sequence in the film and Bond girl Eva Green.

The Pendolino, the train which is featured in the film, will be the location of the introduction to the leading lady of the film: Vesper Lynd (Eva Green). According to the report, the train will be traveling to the Casino Royale in Montenegro in the film and will be the site of several ‘verbal sparring matches’ between Green’s Vesper and Daniel Craig’s James Bond.

‘Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson really helped me with the character. They talked me through the story, which is quite complicated on the first reading…’ says Green of the role. ‘She’s [Vesper] quite complex and it’s difficult to see through her. That’s why I think James Bond gets attracted to her, because he can’t really see through her.’

Read the entire report here on the official James Bond website.

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Casino Royale is the 21st James Bond 007 film produced by franchise holders Eon Productions. The MGM/Columbia Pictures production began shooting in January and is due for release worldwide on 17 November 2006. Casino Royale will premiere on 14 November in London. Starring Daniel Craig as James Bond; locations include the Czech Republic, the Bahamas, Italy and the UK.

The film co-stars Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Tobias Menzies, Ivana Milicevic, Clemens Schick, Ludger Pistor, Claudio Santamaria, and Isaach De Bankole.

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Casino Royale Deluxe Poker Set

A new Casino Royale tie-in product has been revealed on Play.com: the James Bond Casino Royale Deluxe Poker set.

‘Even 007 himself would want one of these deluxe poker sets! Featuring a beautifully carved wooden case with Casino Royale embossing, 2 poker decks (one black one red), 200 branded Casino Royale chips and a dealer button this really is the suavest poker set around.’

Tieing in with one of the key sequences of the newest James Bond film, this poker set includes:

• Wooden case with Casino Royale imprint
• 2 Casino Royale poker decks: one black, one red
• Texas Hold’em rules
• 200 branded Casino Royale chips: $5 x 75, $25 x 75, $100 x 25, $500 x 25
• Dealer button
• Weight: 4.3kg

Due for release on 2 October 2006, it can be pre-ordered for £59.99 (delivered) from Play.com.

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'The Science Of James Bond' Now Shipping

The Science of James Bond: From Bullets to Bowler Hats to Boat Jumps, the Real Technology behind 007’s Fabulous Films by Lois H. Gresh and Robert Weinberg is shipping early from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk.

Set for a 25 August 2006 (as well as 6 September in the UK) release, the book can currently be ordered now for a discounted price of $9.72 in the US and £7.19 in the UK.. It is published by Wiley Publishers and is 224 pages in length.

The book, which features an introduction by past literary 007 author Raymond Benson, covers the science of James Bond: the gadgets, cars, and technology. Trivia lists and questions of ‘possible or impossible,’ according to Wiley Publishers are asked throughout. The full description follows:

While many people dream about Bond’s sartorial, gambling, and sexual skills, they also dream about his gadgets: the Walther PPK gun, golden guns, ray guns, and rocket-firing cigarettes; spy shaving kit, poisonous shoes, homing device buttons; Geiger counter wrist watch, television wrist watch, buzz saw wrist watch; decoders, voice synthesizers, cameras, decapitating tea trays, killer hookahs, moonbuggies, underwater propulsion devices, mini-jets, and cars cars cars. And that’s just a small glimpse at the vast array of super-science gadgets issued by Q Division to Agent 007. This book is about the gadgets, the science, the cars, and the technology. How realistic are James Bond’s adventures and all the equipment that goes with them? How believable is Jaws, who chews through metal? Just how easy is it to crack into all those top-secret facilities to save the world? Is James Bond rooted in science, or are his adventures and the technology that fills them science fiction?

This book answers the question that moviegoers find themselves asking after watching the newest Bond movies — possible or impossible? Most chapters are wrapped around a Bond gadget — whether it’s his cars, his explosives, or his super secret messages. Other chapters delve into the origins of Mr. Bond – the world of real spies – or the plausibility of a memorable villains’ psychopathic plans. (Could you, in fact, build a headquarter inside a volcano?) Whether Bond’s adventures are in the air or under sea, our authors discover if there’s fact behind the fiction.

There are plenty of movie trivia lists (“Who was the best James Bond?”, “The Bond Cars,” “The 00 Secret Agents”), as well as an introduction by Raymond Benson, the author of several 007 novels. Benson is a Bond addict who, like this book’s reader, wonders if a gondola can turn into a hydrofoil. Additionally, simple diagrams explain several difficult concepts, such as lift (on a chapter about flying cars).

Wiley Publishers

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The Blades Library Book Club: Licence Renewed

Welcome back to The Blades Library Book Club – the place for quality discussions of the books of James Bond!

Every two months a James Bond 007 novel is chosen for the club members to read. A thread is posted in the club forums listing locations on where you can find the novel. Discussions about the book will go on as the book is read and when it is finished. Another thread will be created so that club members can post their review and give a rating on the current book.

All fans of the Literary Bond are eligible for membership. All you need to do to sign up is register on the CBn Forums (it’s free and only takes a minute) and then post your name in the sign up thread.

The Book Club’s Sixteenth Book

Currently we are progressing though the James Bond 007 novels in chronological order, since quite a number of members are using the club as an opportunity to read the books for the very first time. The club has just finished all fourteen of the Ian Fleming novels as well as the one-time-only Bond novel by Kingsley Amis, Colonel Sun. The club will be moving onto the John Gardner era, starting with his first: Licence Renewed.

Obtaining The Book

Ordering online should be fairly easy. Licence Renewed can be ordered online (although in used condition) from the following sources:

• Amazon.co.uk
• Amazon.com
• Bookfinder.com
• eBay

Discuss other places to buy Licence Renewed or where you got your copy in this thread.

Discuss The Book While Reading

Want to talk about the book while reading it? Post a new thread in The Blades Library.

Review And Rate The Book

After you have finished reading Licence Renewed, you can discuss it with other club members in The Blades Library, and give the book your personal rating out of five in this thread.

If you have any questions or suggestions just post them in a new thread. Happy reading.

*New* Archive Of All Past Read Books

Additionally, club members can review or comment on any of the past read books in the club any time they want. Click here for the full archive of the past read books in the club.

Previous Books Read

• Colonel Sun: June 2006 – July 2006
• Octopussy & The Living Daylights: April 2006 – May 2006
• The Man With The Golden Gun: February 2006 – March 2006
• You Only Live Twice: December 2005 – January 2006
• On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: October 2005 – November 2005
• The Spy Who Loved Me: August 2005 – September 2005
• Thunderball: June 2005 – July 2005
• For Your Eyes Only: April 2005 – May 2005
• Goldfinger: February 2005 – March 2005
• Doctor No: December 2004 – January 2005
• From Russia, With Love: September 2004 – November 2004
• Diamonds Are Forever: July 2004 – August 2004
• Moonraker: May 2004 – June 2004
• Live and Let Die: May 2003 – June 2003
• Casino Royale: March 2003 – April 2003

James Bond Reunion At Collectormania 10

Collectormania 10 is set to run from Friday 29 September 2006 through Sunday 1 October.

For 007 fans, the real draw at this years event will be a reunion of several stars from past James Bond films. The list includes:

• George Lazenby (James Bond, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)
• Yaphet Kotto (Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big, Live And Let Die)
• Madeline Smith (Miss Caruso, Live And Let Die)
• Martine Beswick (Zora & Paula Caplan, From Russia With Love & Thunderball)
• Caroline Munro (Naomi The Spy Who Loved Me)
• Burt Kwouk (Mr. Ling & SPECTRE #3, Goldfinger & You Only Live Twice)

Featured at Collectormania 10 are over 300 dealer stalls and displays where fans can get autographs, take photographs, and more. There are guest talks, competitions, and parties.

Collectormania 10 is located at Middleton Hall, thecentre:mk, Midsummer Arcade, Central Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK9 3BA (Just off Junction 14 of the M1. Only 1 hour drive from London or Birmingham).

Show times are 9 AM – 6 PM on Friday and Saturday and 10 AM – 5 PM on Sunday. Admission is free. Click here for full details.

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Casino Royale is Unmissable and Uncovered by Time

The fall line-up of movies draws closer and closer every day, and that means more and more public awareness of the newest 007 flick, Casino Royale.

Time has a new article about the films, TV shows, and more that can’t be missed this upcoming season, and the 21st James Bond film has made the list.

‘He’s rough around the edges [and] less refined than he becomes later in life,’ according to star Daniel Craig. Given more freedom to make the character his own, he is still nonetheless ‘Bond. I’m not screwing around with this iconographic figure.’

Click here to read the entire article.

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The film co-stars Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Tobias Menzies, Ivana Milicevic, Clemens Schick, Ludger Pistor, Claudio Santamaria, and Isaach De Bankole.

Casino Royale is the 21st James Bond 007 film produced by franchise holders Eon Productions. The MGM/Columbia Pictures production began shooting in January and is due for release worldwide on 17 November 2006. Casino Royale will premiere on 14 November in London. Starring Daniel Craig as James Bond; locations include the Czech Republic, the Bahamas, Italy and the UK.

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'James Bond, The Spy I Loved' By Christopher Wood

Here’s a treat for fans of the 007 films The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.

Christopher Wood, screenwriter of the above mentioned films, and author of the novelizations James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me and James Bond And Moonraker will be releasing a new book this autumn – reports Dr. Shatterhand’s Botanical Garden.

Entitled James Bond, The Spy I Loved, the book will cover Wood’s move to Eon Productions and his work as a screenwriter on two of the biggest films in the series. It is due for release in September 2006.

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Demolition Of '007 Stage' Confirmed

It was previously announced back in late July, that the famous ‘007 Stage’ would need to be demolished and rebuilt. Today, the BBC News confirms that the demolition will be going forward.

A date has not been set for the demolition and estimates of the damage cost are too early to tell. A Pinewood representative said: ‘The inside will be cleared and rebuilding work will begin as quickly as possible. It will be knocked down.’

The cause of the fire, which required at least eight fire engines, is yet to be determined. An investigation has been completed and a formal report is expected in two to three weeks.

This is the second time the stage will be needed to be rebuilt because of fire damage. It was previously destroyed during the filming of Ridley Scott’s Legend. It was rebuilt in time for the 1985 Bond film, A View To A Kill.

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Casino Royale is the 21st James Bond 007 film produced by franchise holders Eon Productions. The MGM/Columbia Pictures production began shooting in January and is due for release worldwide on 17 November 2006. Casino Royale will premiere on 14 November in London. Starring Daniel Craig as James Bond; locations include the Czech Republic, the Bahamas, Italy and the UK.

The film co-stars Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Tobias Menzies, Ivana Milicevic, Clemens Schick, Ludger Pistor, Claudio Santamaria, and Isaach De Bankole.

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