About those pricey 007 Store items
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by The Spy Commander
1d ago
Newest offering from the 007 Store This week, the 007 Store announced the sale of James Bond-themed Faberge eggs. They don’t resemble the Faberge eggs seen in Octopussy (1983). Rather they are “inspired” by the 13th James Bond movie. Price: £ 115,200 (more than $145,000). Here’s part of the description: Introducing the Fabergé x 007 Octopussy Egg Objet – Numbered Edition, a precious collector’s piece, hand crafted from 18k yellow gold, green guilloché enamel, diamonds and blue sapphires, in a limited edition of 50 (only 1 available for immediate delivery). This is the first in a series ..read more
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Dick Tracy shows how Annie became an orphan
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by The Spy Commander
3d ago
The current storyline in the Dick Tracy comic strip explains how Little Orphan Annie became an orphan in the first place. The current Tracy creative team of Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger revealed on March 9 that Annie’s parents were Harold and Winifred Gray, a pair of FBI agents. Despite Annie’s birth (as depicted in a flashback sequence on March 20), the couple pursue a case to prevent the kidnapping of Daddy Warbucks. Annie’s parents leave her at an orphanage in the March 25 strip, intending to get the baby back later. In real life, the Little Orphan Annie comic strip was created by Haro ..read more
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IFP announces partnership with Penfold
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by The Spy Commander
5d ago
Bond with his caddie Hawker in the film version of Goldfinger (1964) To mark the 65th anniversary of the publication of Ian Fleming’s Goldfinger novel, Ian Fleming Publications today announced a partnership with Penfold. Bond, in his golf match with Auric Goldfinger, played a Penfold golf ball. To play up that angle, IFP is coming out with products from Penfold. One is a golf journal, the other is a writer’s pouch. Here is an excerpt from the announcement. The Ian Fleming Golf Journal is handbound and made in Stamford, England. Keep track of your golf rounds and stats, and write your own sto ..read more
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A wish for Bond 26
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by The Spy Commander
1w ago
Who knows what Bond 26 has in store. This week, a British tabloid got a lot of publicity for saying a certain actor has the inside track for the role. Here’s a wish for Bond 26: After more than a decade of deconstructing James Bond during the Daniel Craig era, can we start building him back up? Throughout Craig’s tenure, we’d hear how everything is all set for Bond to be Bond again. We can now have Bond do anything! Yet, with every Craig movie, the deconstruction continued. Finally, with No Time to Die, Bond had a wife, a kid, and got killed at the end. That’s the ultimate deconstruction. Bar ..read more
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Reasons not to get excited about AJT
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by The Spy Commander
1w ago
Aaron Taylor-Johnson The Sun, the U.K. tabloid, which has floated various possibilities for actors to play James Bond, caused a stir this week when the tabloid claimed Aaron Taylor-Johnson had been offered the part. But there are reasons to be cautious. Director? The original story in The Sun made no mention of a director. Some previous Bond films (Peter Hunt with On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, John Glen with The Living Daylights, Martin Campbell with GoldenEye and Casino Royale) were onboard before a Bond actor was cast. There has been no confirmed director for Bond 26. Script? The very fi ..read more
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The Sun claims Taylor-Johnson offered 007 role
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by The Spy Commander
1w ago
The Sun is back on its Aaron Taylor-Johnson kick. The tabloid said Monday night that Taylor-Johnson, 33, has been offered the role of James Bond by Eon Productions. The Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid, citing “insiders,” said Eon is waiting to hear back from the actor. The Sun also said Bond 26 “is on course to start shooting this year” and that “a script was now being worked on.” Over the past two years, the tabloid has gone from saying Idris Elba was being considered (June 2022), to saying Taylor-Johnson was a “surprise frontrunner” to play Bond (November 2022) to saying Cillian Murphy, 47, wa ..read more
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New Bond audiobook projects announced
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by The Spy Commander
1w ago
New audiobook editions of three James Bond novels are coming out in the U.S. starting next week and in the U.K, in 2025, Ian Fleming Publications announced. The first to come out is a new audio version of You Only Live Twice, Ian Fleming’s 1964 novel, IFP said. It is due out on March 19 and will be issued by HarperCollins. The release coincides with the 60th anniversary of the novel’s publication. An excerpt from the announcement: In celebration of its 60th anniversary, the first new recording to be released in the US will be You Only Live Twice, available on March 19th. Voiced by E ..read more
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Moonraker’s 45th: When outer space belonged to 007
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by The Spy Commander
2w ago
Moonraker poster Adapted and updated from a 2014 post. June marks the 45th anniversary of Moonraker, a James Bond movie fans either like or despise. Producer Albert R. Broccoli sought to make the most extravagant Bond film ever. (Broccoli likely would not image the $300 million or so spent on 2021’s No Time to Die).  The film’s first-draft script was too big even for the ambitions of the veteran producer. Twin mini jets, a jet pack and a keel hauling sequence were removed in subsequent drafts. Some of the ideas would be used in the next two films in the series, For Your Eyes Only and Oc ..read more
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About tabloids and amnesia
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by The Spy Commander
3w ago
In sports, athletes need to forget when they mess up and move on. So it is with British tabloids writing about James Bond films. The Sun, Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloid, is a perfect example. June 12, 2022: The Sun claims Idris Elba “is now being considered” to play James Bond “after ranking highly in market research tests.” Oh, really? Nov. 27, 2022: The tabloid claims Aaron Taylor-Johnson “is a surprise frontrunner to become the next James Bond after he took part in a top-secret screen test.” This story kicked off Aaron Taylor-Johnson fever for a time. Dec. 10, 2022: The Sun now claims th ..read more
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E-book details script development of 007 films
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by The Spy Commander
3w ago
Promotion for Scripting 007 A new e-book, Scripting 007, examines script development of the Eon Productions series of James Bond movies. The e-book, by Clement Feutry, runs more than 1,300 pages. Scripting 007 traces various treatments and draft screenplays for each film. It can be downloaded free of charge. Here’s part of a description: You know the name, you know the number, but do you know… How it was planned to pit Bond against Goldfinger’s twin brother on several occasions? What exactly was in the script for the canceled spin-off about the character of Jinx, envisioned after Die An ..read more
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