Bond is back as new Skyfall pictures hit the web.

Empire Online have officially released a selection of Skyfall pictures used in their Exclusive Magazine preview.

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Empire Magazine shows James Bond back in Action!

As the publicity machine for Skyfall prepares to go into meltdown, Empire magazine was the first on the scene to give us a mouthwatering preview of Daniel Craig’s third outing of James Bond.

As well as taking the front cover, James Bond returns in the October Edition of Empire Magazine, complete with an exciting batch of brand new photo’s which is enough to send any Bond fan into non stop excitement. Pictures include Bond and Patrice fighting on top of a train, Bond ready for action in an exciting two page spread, Bond and Severine sitting in the Floating Dragon Casino, complete with Bonds signature Vodka Martini, which is enough to convince anyone that thinks Bond is sticking to Heineken when he returns on October 26th. CBn doesn’t want to ruin all the surprises, though. Many more pictures are included, as well as an exciting article and maybe just a small snippet of dialogue from the film.

The October Edition of Empire is on sale RIGHT NOW. So head out and grab a copy to satisfy your Bond needs.

Vote for your favourite James Bond film!

In celebration of Global James Bond Day, coming October 5th, the official James Bond Facebook page has asked fans to vote for their favourite James Bond movie of all time. You can click here to vote now. The results will be officially unvieled on October 5th. In the meantime, join the CBn forums today, and discuss the world of James Bond in the run up to Global James Bond day and the eagerly ancipated 23rd James Bond film ‘Skyfall’.

Skyfall’s Xperia T. Bonds new Phone.

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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James Bond hosts Saturday Night Live

“The Huffington Post” has these news for you: DANIEL CRAIG will host the legendary “Saturday Night Live” on October 6. Musical guest is “Muse”. Coincidence or a hint at the possible performer of the “Skyfall” title song? Well, the Adele rumors seem to remain pretty insistent. In any event, this is Craig´s first time as SNL-host. Surely, he will show his funny bone. And poke fun at 007? Steve Martin did it before in the famous sketch with Sting. Who will join Craig as a secret surprise guest?

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/29/seth-macfarlane-host-snl-season-premiere-frank-ocean_n_1839097.html

TIFF Bell Lightbox giving ‘Designing 007’ royal treatment

The Toronto Film Festival yesterday announced three film programmes and a whole series of school and public workshops that will surround the North American premiere of ‘Designing 007 – 50 years of Bond style’.

‘Shaken, Not Stirred: Bond on film’ will explore the evolution of 007 through five decades of film history, from ‘Dr. No’ to ‘Quantum of Solace’.

‘Bond vs. Blofeld’ will show the six films in which Bond battles his arch-enemy in one marathon.

Finally, ‘Beyond Bond: The Other Secret Agents’ will take a look at the countless secret agents that came in Bond’s wake in Europe, Asia and the United States.

Here is the press release:

August 28, 2012

NEWS RELEASE

 

JAMES BOND AT TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX THIS FALL

Three film programmes and public and school workshops to accompany the

North American premiere of major James Bond exhibition

 

Toronto — Noah Cowan, Artistic Director, TIFF Bell Lightbox, announced today three TIFF Cinematheque film programmes that will run parallel to Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style, the exhibition that will have its North American premiere at TIFF Bell Lightbox, running from October 26, 2012 to January 20, 2013. Titled after Bond’s famous preference for martini preparation, Shaken, Not Stirred: Bond on Film will offer audiences an exciting on-screen journey through five decades of James Bond action and adventure inviting them to watch the evolution of 007 from the first James Bond film Dr. No (1962) to Quantum of Solace (2008). Curated by Jesse Wente, Head of Film Programmes, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Bond vs. Blofeld (October 26 – October 27) will feature the six films from the series in which Bond battles his arch-nemesis, criminal mastermind Ernst Stavro Blofeld in a back-to-back marathon screening from Friday, October 26 at 7p.m. until Saturday, October 27 at 1p.m. Curated by Colin Geddes, International Programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival, Beyond Bond: The Other Secret Agents will launch on November 9. This sidebar programme will focus on the wave of spy films from Europe, Asia and the US that sprang up in response to the enormous international popularity of the Bond series. A series of public and school workshops, as well as additional exhibition highlights and the attendance of John Glen, director and editor of several James Bond films, were also announced. continue reading…

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.

‘Everything or Nothing’ Coming October 5th.

‘Comingsoon’ have reported that a new James Bond Documentary will be making it’s way to our screens on October 5th. Everything Or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007, focuses on Albert R Broccoli, Harry Saltzman and Ian Fleming, and is described as a ‘ thrilling and inspiring narrative behind the longest running film franchise in cinema history’. Click here to read the full story.