Danny Graydon over at Variety has tried to squeeze some answers out of EON, Sony, and the creators for details of JAMESBOND22. While they've kept mum on the exact story details for the upcoming sequel, they did talk about the character itself and what w...
Contrary to some previous films, JamesBond will not be traveling as much to exotic locations in BOND22, says director Marc Forster. Well, unless you consider the inner psyche to be exotic. The director spoke to the Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung and MI...
In an unexpected move, the next JamesBond adventure Quantum of Solace is getting pushed out of its normal November theatrical bow and will be hitting some markets on Halloween, a full week ahead of its set November 7 date. The press release from Sony say...
In a recent interview with The Trades, Robert Wade and Neal Purvis talk about the upcoming Bond flick, Bond22."With the way 'Casino Royale' ends, you know there’s still unfinished business for Bond," says Wade. "He may say, 'Th...
The new official title for the next adventure of 007 is now called Quantum of Solace, which was taken from a collection of short stories published by source author Ian Fleming back in 1960. While at a press conference for the new reveal, Sony a...
In March of 2007 Casino Royale wasreleased on Blu-ray. It was the only JamesBond film, out of the 20 that preceded it, to be released on the new format. This was not surprising to me. Having been raised on Bond and working at various video stores...
The latest JAMESBOND, actor Daniel Craig, has told the Daily Express that the producers would like more humor interjected into the next Bond film (currently titled BOND22). Craig re-invented the 007 character in last year's CASINO ROYALE with ...
The release date for BOND22, the sequel to CASINO ROYALE, has penciled in it's release date as May 2, 2008.Daniel Craig will reprise his role as a British secret agent for Columbia Pictures. The story is as of yet unknown.Producers Michael G. Wilson and...
When Timothy Dalton appeared in LICENCE TO KILL, which was destined to be his swan song as JamesBond – with no one, not even the actor himself expecting Pierce Brosnan to replace him in the next film six years later – he was proud of what had been accomp...
Actress Gemma Arterton has been confirmed as a JAMESBOND22 girl, reports Empire Online. There's no word yet on how big a role she will play in the next 007 adventure or even if she's the main "Bond girl" in the film. Also, if you don't mind kn...
Columbia Pictures and MGM have signed Marc Forster to direct the 22nd JamesBond film.
Forster direcetd FINDING NEVERLAND, STRANGER THAN FICTION and has recently wrapped THE KITE RUNNER.
He will begin working soon with Paul Haggis to rewrite...
For years, JamesBond fans bemoaned the seemingly endless cycle of `special edition` 007 laserdiscs. It seemed that, as soon as they bought a deluxe laserdisc of, say, From Russia With Love, yet another `special edition` would be announced. This annoying ...
We've already had our confirmations that actress Gemma Arterton would be one "Bond girl" in the next adventure of the franchise. Now, we have our confirmation that Olga Kurylenko (Hitman) will be another and possibly the lead girl for Bond22. H...
In a press conference kicking off shooting for the latest JamesBond film (the 20th, and as yet untitled), Pierce Brosnan seemed to put to rest rumors a new Bond will be hitting screens with the 21st Bond film. "Yes, I will do another one," Brosnan ...
If I may wax nostalgic for a moment, I can still recall the very first JamesBond movie that I sever saw…actually the first three Bond movies…it was sometime in the late 60’s or early 70’s and my mom took me and my brothers to th...
With the debut of the 19th JamesBond film, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, it seems fairly ludicrous to have ever wondered if 007 could still be relevant in the 1990s. Three films and $700 million into the final decade of the 20th Century, the answer is pretty ...
Raymond Benson remembers the exact day he became hooked on the adventures of Britain’s greatest secret agent, JamesBond. `My father took me to see Goldfinger when I was 9 years old,` the 44-year-old Benson says, fondly recalling the life-changing trip t...
If there was any one person who would be able to describe the world of JamesBond, it would been the late screenwriter, Richard Maibaum. Beginning with the first 007 film, DR. NO, he had played an integral role in shaping the life of the super spy, having...
So, the Emmy nominations were announced last week and instead of going on a big, giant rant about it I thought I'd just break it down to what's good and what's bad about this year's nominations.Is that cool with you guys? Good, because it's my column, my ...
The JamesBond franchise struck box office gold with DIE ANOTHER DAY, garnering the largest opening in its 40-year history. HARRY POTTER was bumped to second, but still had enough magic to draw in considerable sales. Ice Cube's sequel, FRIDAY AFTER NEXT d...
As Daniel Craig continues to take the Bond franchise by storm, it's easy to forget that 007 hasn't always been at his best. Sexism, racism, embarrassing cultural trends… the series' durability has preserved them all for future generations to point ...
Hitting video stores across the country last week was ROD STEELE: YOU ONLY LIVE UNTIL YOU DIE, a JamesBond spoof whose title character is dubbed as follows: "More class than Bond... More hip than Powers... And dumber than Smart." Today, writer-director R...
When Sideshow announced a year ago that they had obtained the JamesBond license to make 12" action figures, toy-minded 007 fans around the world emitted a collective shriek of joy that would have paralyzed Ernst Blofeld himself. The JamesBond franchise ...
Paul Haggis has talked about why he didn't get the gig for directing Bond22 (follow up to CASINO ROYALE) and why Marc Foster gets the chance for it. Basically, it comes down to scheduling conflicts. Haggis may have wrote the recent Daniel Craig starring ...
While Daniel Craig attended the GOLDEN COMPASS press junket in London, some press had a chance to pose some questions his way. Two freelance reporters, Heather Newgen & Edward Douglas, wanted to clear the air with Craig on past JAMESBOND22 news. Whi...
If there is a gold standard for JamesBond films it has to be Goldfinger. It is the quintessential JamesBond in which all others are held in comparison. It has the guns, gadgets, villains and babes that will forever be the benchmark for James Bon...
Electronic Arts announced that it has closed a deal with MGM Interactive that will see the video game publisher be able to use the JamesBond license all the way through to 2010. The deal allows EA to make Bond video games based on any of the pre-existin...
A talking point surrounding the release of any new JamesBond film is often the title song and this week it was announced that Chris Cornell, who was previously involved in groups such as Soundgarden and Temple of the Dog, has written and will perform "Yo...
Second Unit Director, Dan Bradley, has been hired for JAMESBOND22, says The Hollywood Reporter. According to the trade, Bradley plotted out and directed the acclaimed fight sequences/car chases as the stunt coordinator and second unit director for ...
JAMESBOND 20 now looks to be starting up relatively soon, and contrary to recent rumors, will star Pierce Brosnan.Regarding rumors of actor Gerard Butler being up for the role of 007, Eon has dashed them, with a spokesperson for the production company de...
Electronic Arts and JamesBond have ended their relationship. MGM and EA had a deal which was supposed to run through at least 2010, but have instead decided to call it quits.Activision is set to take the place of EA and become the publisher of one of th...
Is Austin Powers teaming with JamesBond? Technically, no, but...According to the UK's Daily Express, Pierce Brosnan may be on board the coming AUSTIN POWERS 3: GOLDMEMBER project. The actor is said to be set to play a role that parodies 007, though one w...
The estate of Ian Fleming is honoring the fiftieth anniversary of the first JamesBond book, CASINO ROYALE, by creating a new award for thriller writing named after the iconic British author. Starting later this year, the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award wi...
According to Variety, the new title for the latest JamesBond book is Double or Die. The title was voted upon after readers chimed in with a nationwide ballot. Names that got rejected were Nemesis and The Deadlock Cipher.The book, written by C...
The world is in danger from a power-crazed maniac with minions all over the world. The only one who can save mankind is the world’s greatest secret agent: a man who laughs at danger, is skilled in the deadliest of martial arts and comes armed with the mos...
Fans won't just see a new 'Spider-Man 3' trailer with 'Casino Royale' on November 17th, but Sony Pictures is probably attaching another trailer with 'Ghost Rider' as well on February 16th. Look out for new 'Spider-Man 3' posters around the release of the ...
Producer Kevin McClory's latest attempt at legally wresting some control of the JAMESBOND franchise has been shot down. McClory, who came into partial ownership of the character due to a lawsuit settlement on his script collaboration with Bond creator Ia...
JAMESBOND 20, not the film's official title as you can imagine, may very well have a villain. According to a piece in Britain's Daily Express (bounced to here through DarkHorizons.com) Brit actor Nigel Havers (EMPIRE OF THE SUN) has been cast as so...
While talking at a press session for his latest film, IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, Oscar winning writer Paul Haggis talked a little about his work on JAMESBOND22. He's been keeping mum on the overall plot theme of the next 007 adventure but he did reveal how ...
Q: DID YOU EVER PICTURE YOURSELF AS BOND? PB: As Bond? No, I didn`t. I read, and have read, that it was my life ambition to play this role, and I dreamt of playing this role—which is complete untruth. I grew up watching the Bond movies, and they certainly...
In THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, Richards follows in the tradition of amusingly named women (Pussy Galore, Holly Goodhead, et al) with her portrayal of Christmas Jones—not a doctor of medicine, by the way, but a nuclear physicist. Considering her youthful good...
Release Date: November 7, 2008 Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony), MGM Director: Marc Forster Screenwriter: Paul Haggis, Robert Wade, Neal Purvis Cast: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, Jesper Christe...
Lee Tamahori recently chatted up CINESCAPE's own Andrew Osmand about what drew him to directing this November's new JamesBond film, DIE ANOTHER DAY and how Pierce Brosnan's Bond differs from those of years gone by. "I got tired of Bond during the Roger ...
BOND22 has moved it's release date to November 7, 2008.Columbia Pictures confirmed that the film would move to the new date rather than stay put at the originally planned date of May 2, 2008.Sony Pictures Entertainment vice chairman Jeff Blake said the s...
According to the newspaper El Pais (reported online by Commander Bond), director Marc Forster has switched filming locations for JAMESBOND22 over the past two weeks. The director and producers began shooting the next Bond film in Siena, Italy where...
Minor Spoiler Warnings ahead, readers. We've already heard an inkling about this by way of director Paul Haggis saying the next film, JAMESBOND22, begins two minutes after CR ended. Still, the actor who portrayed middleman Mr. White, Jesper Christensen,...
Today's issue of USA Today has provided us all with the first look of Daniel Craig in JAMESBOND22 (Current working title). The film's first glimpse shows superspy Bond on a balcony overlooking the Madonna dell'Assunta Palio di Siena horse race...
Marc Forster, Paul Haggis and the JAMESBOND22 team certainly seem to be raking in the frequent flyer points before filming even begins. MI6 is reporting the creators behind the next installment have made an agreement with Panama officials to s...
JamesBond will drive an Aston Martin again in the next 007 film, as announced on Thursday by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Eon Productions, and Aston Martin. The 20th installment of the longest running and most successful franchise in cinema history, produc...
Empire Online has confirmed the Fox News story on actor Mathieu Amalric playing the next villain in BOND22. Mathieu Amalric recently finished work and received critical praise in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. The confirmed cast for the next&nbs...
Creative differences have stalled negotiations with Roger Michell (Notting Hill, Changing Lanes) who was in talks to direct BOND22. The negotiations have now fallen through and the film is once again searching for a director.The film is the planned sequ...
Penguin Publishing is stepping in where many JamesBond fans have been hoping someone would tread. As many Bond fans have known for awhile, it's been tough to get the original Ian Fleming written Bond books over the last few years. But now, Penguin Publis...
MGM has won the long-running legal battle with screenwriter Kevin McClory over JamesBond. In a decision handed down Friday in Los Angeles, U.S. District Court Judge Edward Rafeedie dismissed the last remaining elements of McClory`s claim that he was the ...
As expected, Halle Berry's X-MEN 2 schedule obligations have been worked out, allowing the actress to take part in the coming JAMESBOND 20.According to the official JAMESBOND movie website, Berry will take on the role of "Jinx," a character the site pro...
After taking in $4.10-million this weekend, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH has now reached a cumulative domestic gross of $105.35-million, making it the third highest grossing film in the JamesBond series, behind GOLDENEYE and TOMORROW NEVER DIES. (Keep in mind...
JamesBond star Pierce Brosnan is putting the finishing touches on a contract to star in THE MATADOR, a thriller that's scheduled to film this fall. In the picture Brosnan would play a hitman who, while he's in Mexico City, suffers a breakdown. While hi...
In what seems like a prophecy fulfilled, actor Desmond Llewelyn, who played Q in the JamesBond series, is dead barely a month after the release of the latest 007 opus, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. In the film, Bond`s gadget master introduces his intended rep...
Before Sam was murdered he told Molly he'd love and protect her forever. This week our Prize Closet contains 2 copies of Ghost: Special Edition. To be eligible to win one, just send an email to which includes your name and address to DVD Shopping Lis...
The Sun newspaper is reporting, per an unnamed source, that British actor Daniel Craig has been chosen to be the new JamesBond. Craig has starred in various art-house films along with being in bigger films like LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER.The 37-year-old has...
JamesBond shot to the top of the box office this weekend. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, the 19th 007 epic, earned $37.2-million according to MGM studio estimates. Showing in 3,165 venues, that made for an impressive per screen average of $11,754. Riding not f...
ThisIsLondon.com is reporting that Daniel Craig will be named as the newest JamesBond this week. Later this week, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson are supposedly going to announce Craig, 37, is the sixth Bond and that he will star in CASINO ROYALE....
David Arnold's and Chris Cornell's title song for the new JamesBond film, CASINO ROYALE, has been on various places on the Internet, including the quickly growing YouTube community web site where its featured in the film's trailer. The title of the song ...
In an article appearing in Entertainment Weekly this week, Pierce Brosnan says he learned that his :services" as JamesBond would no longer be required. "One phone call, that's all it took!" Brosnan told EW. The actor says, the producers had originally as...
Perhaps you've stumbled upon some recent online rumors that claim to be culled from the script for the coming 20th JAMESBOND movie. Don't believe them.While talking to the BBC, a spokesperson for the Bond production company, Eon Prods., debunked those ti...
The next installment in the JAMESBOND series (currently titled "Bond22") will not be returning to the Barrandov Studios in Prague, Czech Republic. They filmed their last installment, CASINO ROYALE, at the studios. According to Variety, Eo...
Audiences had franchise fever this weekend, as the top four movies are all based on bonafide box office gold. As expected, JamesBond's 20th film, DIE ANOTHER DAY came out on top, generating enough sales to become the largest Bond opening ever. HARRY POTT...
U.K. director Roger Michell is currently in negotiations to direct the follow-up to the upcoming film CASINO ROYALE. The follow up has a working title of BOND22 and is supposedly based on an idea from original Bond producer Michael WIlson. No writer ha...
Reuters is reporting JamesBond will once again drive an Aston Martin. His car in CASINO ROYALE will be the Aston Martin DBS. Daniel Craig visited the Aston Martin headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, last week to check out his new ride.The carmaker sta...
VARIETY reports that Pierce Brosnan confirms he'll be returning a fifth time to the big Bond screen as, well, you know: Bond, JamesBond. The fourth Bond film with Brosnan, DIE ANOTHER DAY, premieres in London on November 18.Brosnan "would like to think t...
While talking to Zap2It, Ratner revealed that Pierce Brosnan had called him regarding the BOND 20 directing gig. Ratner explained, saying, "(Brosnan) called me and said I want you to direct the movie. He said he was a huge fan. Unfortunately, he has nothi...
Official production began Thursday and yet we already have some new set photos emerging online. Check them out, courtesy of Just Jared and PurePeople.com. JJ provided photos of 007 (Craig) filming at the Water Gardens in London while PP provided photos of...
In "Bond, JamesBond" news, Moviehole is reporting via a scoop, that Julian McMahon will not be the next 007.Per their "indside" info, "McMahon's new reps blew the deal for him by demanding an outrageous amount of money; this foul-up was made even more em...
A new JamesBond book has been announced as coming out in 2008 from British author Sebastian Faulks. The book has been approved by the Ian Fleming estate (the original author died in 1964) and it will be released in what would have been Fleming's 100th ye...
The rumors have been thick in recent weeks that Sir Thomas Sean Connery would be returning from his retirement in order to reprise his Henry Jones Sr. character in Indiana Jones 4. If you keep up with said news, you would have found out those rumors are n...
Little by little, more possible story details are coming out about the production of Bond22 by way of production shoot schedules and small quotes from people associated with the project. Last week, star Daniel Craig had a very short quote to the press hi...
The JamesBond films haven`t been `films` since FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. Or, to put it more precisely, they have become `JamesBond films,` a sort of genre unto itself with a well-established formula and a level of audience expectation that cannot be ignor...
Because no nemesis of 007 can go without a true henchman at his side to do some dirty work. Commander Bond reports that Swiss actor Anatole Taubman has been cast as that henchman for the new BOND22 villain, which will be played by Mathieu Amalric. The si...
And I do mean briefly...Still, while the actor confirmed that Bond22 will be picking up 2 minutes after CR, he did add on another sentence about the possible storyline. That brief bit gives us all a clue that Mr. White may indeed be working for a ch...
Look for lots of JAMESBOND collectible figures to turn up, starting in 2002.The Sideshow toy company has confirmed rumors that they have acquired the rights to create 12" collectible figures that will tie into the 40th anniversary of the JAMESBOND film ...
Things are finally starting to heat up on the 20th JAMESBOND movie with word that MGM now has a strong candidate to direct the film. According to Variety, that helmer is New Zealand director Lee Tamahori, whose films include ONCE WERE WARRIORS and ALONG ...
According to a rumor via MI6.co.uk, Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral) may be in line to write the sequel to CASINO ROYALE.MI6 also says that Neal Purvis and Robert wade are no longer attached to the project. Purvis and Wade wrote CASINO ROYALE...
Actor Jeffrey Wright, who played CIA agent Felix Leiter in Casino Royale, will reprise the role in Bond22, reports Variety. He will be joining Daniel Craig, Mathieu Amalric, Giancarlo Giannini and Anatole Taubmann. Filming is scheduled to begin today at ...
Judi Dench gave her approval to new Bond Daniel Craig. She told Reuters, "You will have to wait and see" how she treats Craig as JamesBond in their first screen encounter in CASINO ROYALE.Dench went on to add, "The chemistry happens the moment you meet ...
YAHOO! Entertainment news runs a Reuters story covering building anger in South Korea over DIE ANOTHER DAY, the most recent JamesBond film. Protests over the weekend prompted 10 of the 50 cinemas in Seoul that have been showing the film to drop it.Tensio...
John Cleese is talking about his work as Q in the latest JamesBond film, DIE ANOTHER DAY, which will be his first solo appearance as the gadget man. His first outing in the role of Bond's equipment master was beside legendary Bond fix-it man Desmond Lle...
This week is loaded, so let’s get right into our Prize Closet – which is also loaded.
In keeping with John Wayne Month, we have two copies of the new deluxe edition of True Grit, courtesy of Paramount. To be eligible to win one, just se...
Reports have been surfacing of an upcoming interview with 007 actor Pierce Brosnan in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly that, if true, would seem to mark the end of his portrayal of Ian Fleming's super-spy.Brosnan is reportedly quoted as saying by EW ...
Over the decades that the JamesBond film series has been around, dozens of actresses have been cast as "Bond girls". Now, for the first time, there's going to be an interactive Bond girl, and it's AMERICAN PIE cutie Shannon Elizabeth. Elizabeth will le...
Imagine, if you will, our hero being buried in an avalanche of snow during a harrowing ski chase in the Swiss Alps; plunging off a 5,000-foot precipice while evading a team of KGB assassins; being thrown from a plane sans parachute during a savage midair ...
After speculation ricocheting back and forth over the last few months of shooting comes word Madonna, on the film's last production day, shot a cameo in the new JamesBond film DIE ANOTHER DAY. Reps for Madonna, who is singing the title song, originally s...
It appears that the producers of the JamesBond film franchise are looking to their recent past for one of the key ingredients to shape the franchise's future. GOLDENEYE director Martin Campbell is in negotiations to direct the 21st 007 film for MGM, and ...
One of the biggest lures or perks in going to San Diego Comic Con is the exclusive toys. All through the year leading up to the San Diego Comic Con I covered the International Toy Fair debuts and the New York Comic Con toy exclusives. Many of thes...
The 007 fans had been going into overdrive for the past few days as rumors swirled that Pierce Brosnan wouldn't be back to play British superspy JamesBond in the twenty-first 007 film, due out in November 2005. According to the gossip, the hunt would com...
Toy versions of JamesBond have been sporadic over the years, despite the fact that the character has existed in a variety of incarnations for about four decades now. And quality action figure versions of 007 have been downright rare, which is why Sidesho...
Some viewers have proclaimed that the 21st official JamesBond movie is the best ever. I’ll try to explain here why they’re not so correct in this view, but first I’ll tell you where I agree with them. The first three 00...
Sony Pictures has (finally) cast Mads Mikkelsen to play Bond's nemesis Le Chiffre in CASINO ROYALE.In Fleming's book, JamesBond matches wits with Le Chiffre while playing high-stakes baccarat. Chiffre, also known as the "Number" or the "Cipher," is a ban...
[In Part One of our retrospective interview, Peter Hunt discussed his tenure as an editor on the first three JamesBond films: DR. NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, and GOLDFINGER. In Part Two, Hunt discusses the three remaining films on which he worked: THUNDER...
I always knew Pierce Brosnan could play JamesBond. Back in the `80s, when his name was first mentioned in connection with the role, there was some grumbling from the hardcore 007 fans who were worried that they would be getting another Roger Moore, with ...
...vember:
JAMESBOND22 (November 7, 2008)
MADAGASCAR 2 (November 7, 2008)
(Note: Once again, I bet that changes. Why would they want to compete?)
THE WOLFMAN (November 14, 2008)
HARRY POTTER & THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE (November 21, 2008)
BOLT (N...
YAHOO! NEWS runs a Reuters report that North Korea continues to finger the latest JamesBond film, DIE ANOTHER DAY, as a culprit in the increasing tension between the United States and the isolated country."The film represents the real intention of the U....
MGM has released six new "personality posters" to promote the upcoming 20th JamesBond film, DIE ANOTHER DAY. This story is about pictures and not words, so click on the surrounding images, and take a look. Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think ...
Summer is over. Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” is the last official movie of the summer. Some will say that Hollywood actually went out with a bang with “Superbad”, but this humble moviegoer will say that Hollywood went out wi...
I'm curious as to whether MGM---producers of the JamesBond franchise--- will see eye-to-eye on this one. Universal Pictures has picked up a new family action-comedy spec centering on spies. What's the title of this spec? It's aptly called Family Bond, re...
Yesterday, our resident "Trekspert" Mark Altman gave us the first half of his well-informed opinion regarding the best 35 Treks of all time. Today, he completes the list with numbers 18-35.18. THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER (Star Trek): Can computers someday repla...
JamesBond fell slightly short of estimates for its opening weekend box office take. MGM`s THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH took in $35.5-million in its first three days, easily taking the Number 1 spot. The weekend`s other wide debut, Paramount`s SLEEPY HOLLOW, r...
Like most of the year until now, C.S.I. rules the TV top ten, raising this week in total viewers with a new episode. Close at its heels are the last two entries in STEPHEN KING'S ROSE RED mini-series. Just behind that, almost 40 years after its thea...
Genre:Adventure/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio:20th Century Fox.Production Company:1492 Pictures.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards/"Mr. Fantastic"); Michael Chiklis (Benjamin J. Grimm/"The Thing"); Jessica Alba (Susan "Sue" Sto...
The teaser poster for the new JamesBond film DIE ANOTHER DAY has been revealed on the film's official site. Without further delay, check it out by clicking the pic above. DIE ANOTHER DAY, staring Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry, opens November 22.
Ian Fleming would be 100 years old were he alive today. He's not alive, but his greatest creation--Bond, JamesBond--is very much so. Friday’s Quantum of Solace will mark the 22nd time in 46 years of celluloid adaptations that 007 will likel...
With Thanksgiving being the holiday celebrated for a lot of people, it was a week where most families gather together to eat some turkey, try to find digestive room for even more tasty pie and then pass out before they have to think about survivin...
Michael Praed is quite proud of himself, for reasons only a parent would understand. He had just returned to his home in England to see his son and daughter in their local school`s Nativity play. `They were fantastic!` the proud father beams, just begging...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSEric Serra's score for BULLETPROOF MONK, the Chow-Yun Fat martial arts fantasy by first-time feature director Paul Hunter released last week on DVD, is a pleasing mix of synth-ocated rhythms and sampled Asian textures. The sound...
Greetings, and welcome to another edition of "Readers Take Aim" on this week's COMICSCAPE. Last week, I asked everyone to send me their thoughts on BATMAN BEGINS, particularly those that didn't care for the film. It seems counterintuitive to welcome disag...
Dame Judi Dench is claiming that Pierce Brosnan will return as JamesBond in the next 007 film.Dench, who plays "M," told the New York Post that despite the tests that were made with different actors, Brosnan will do the role again.Only time can tell with...
We have to talk about V FOR VENDETTA. We can't ignore it. There's no way we can pretend this controversial Molotov cocktail of a comic book adaptation hasn't landed in theaters. Of course, I will run your e-mails on the subject next week, but I have to cl...
October 1, 2003 — Marvel Studios Producer Kevin Feige states in the most recent issue of Wizard Magazine that the latest draft of 'Iron Man' may remind viewers of some old favorites. "It's very promising", says Feige of the Al Gough/Miles Millar penned sc...
All right, everyone knows that in recent history the best Bond game was GOLDENEYE. The Gameboy game isn't really comparable, and neither is the racing game. I'm talking about the first person shooters. TOMORROW NEVER DIES was a poor excuse for a game even...
After months of the "no name" treatment, JamesBond's 20th adventure finally has a title: DIE ANOTHER DAY. The official press release confirmed the highly anticipated title: "MGM and producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions anno...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONDisney will release the soundtrack to its Summer CGI animated feature, CARS, on June 6th. The CD includes the obligatory assemblage of pop songs (new tunes by Sheryl Crow, James Taylor, Brad Paisley; new recordings of road classi...
The JamesBond phenomenon gets a new lease of life – in the form of the new Bond, Daniel Craig – in director Martin Campbell's Casino Royale, for which composer David Arnold returns with an exciting original score. Exclusively to iTunes, So...
Before his death, Bernard Lee appeared as M in all the JamesBond films from DR. NO (1962) to MOONRAKER (1979). Lois Maxwell lasted even longer, continuing with the series until 1985`s A VIEW TO A KILL; after that, the casting of Timothy Dalton as a new, ...
A spokesman for Daniel Craig told The Stateman that Craig is not going to be the next JamesBond. This followed a story that was put out by The Sun claiming it was nearly a done deal for the actor to take over the role of Agent 007.The Statesman tried to ...
Well kids, here we are with another comic movie column. For those of you that never leave the house and still think your copy of SPAWN #1 is worth $80, BATMAN BEGINS opened on Wednesday last week. Critics have rightfully praised it as both an engaging cha...
It's the middle of the 21st century, and secret agents of the Eurozone and the US are out to get their hands on a time machine being offered for sale by a Mr. Baskerville, a man who doesn't appear to exist. The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Fitz, and Anji her...
Here's a little tip from me to you: All holiday TV movies follow the same formula so don't bother watching them.They all go like this: Joe Blow just doesn't know the true meaning of Christmas. Joe is always too busy working to spend time with his family o...
OPINION: First of all, you're probably wondering why this week's comics reviews are so far out of date. Well, there's a good explanation for that, and it all has to do with an itty bitty hurricane named Ivan. I've occasionally mentioned the fact that I'm ...
Reality bites for THE MOLE II: THE NEXT BETRAYAL. ABC put the low-rated show on the bench until January after only three episodes. Geez, that really sucks for the five or so people who watched it. Now they have to wait months before finding out who the mo...
To get the big question out of the way right here, yes, Daniel Craig is JamesBond. The Bond franchise is lucky to have him. In turn, Craig is lucky that Casino Royale, the film in which he makes his vivid 007 debut, is also the installment in the series ...
In each and every toy line there used to be a play set. A headquarters, command center, bunker or a castle that was the crowing achievement in your toy collection. It was the beating heart of your adventures and it was on your holiday/ birthday wi...
For the newest JamesBond extravaganza, producer Michael G. Wilson and star Pierce Brosnan wanted to move the character of 007 in a more dramatic direction-while still serving up fast-paced action, exotic locales, and beautiful women. With an established ...
MGM's JamesBond collection has become the gem of their entire home video line, and rightfully so. Each entry in the series, which now includes every film in the 007 series, boasts top-notch digital transfers and extensive in-depth DVD extras. On approach...
It’s a good Tuesday on this the first week in November as we’ve got a handful of series sequels, a couple promising, original new novels, and a Star Trek Enterprise guide in this Penguin Group- and Wizards of the Coast-dominated Weekly Book...
If you have ever seen a John Woo film and read most of what`s written about them, you`d think that they`re about guns. Hands lovingly caressing revolvers or stroking pump-action shotgun barrels, Woo`s heroes tap dance upon the fence between psychotic rel...
Sony Pictures has confirmed Daniel Craig will be the new JamesBond.In typical 007 style, the actor rode up the River Thames on a power launch to a news conference, escorted by Royal Marines boats. He posed for pictures near the Tower Bridge. At a news co...
For a little while, DIE ANOTHER DAY looks as though it's preparing to do something new with the 40-year-old JamesBond film formula. While our hero has been captured and tortured often before, this is the first time he's gotten locked up for 14 whole mont...
JamesBond has become such a cinematic icon that, like when you first fall in love, it`s difficult to remember a time that the character wasn`t in your life, a point driven home by the 19th film in the series, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. And yet there WAS su...
Agent 007 may like the art of the chase when it comes to his Bond girls but in Quantum of Solace, much like other Bond films, he will find himself going up against another beautiful but deadly vixen bent on bringing him down. There's a new behind-the-scen...
This Week’s RecommendationSIt should come as no surprise that the score for HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, released last week on Warner Bros. (83574-2), is based largely on material from the first HARRY POTTER movie. Because of scheduling confli...
Sony Pictures has brought in Oscar winning screenwriter Paul Haggis to once again work on the script for the follow up to CASINO ROYALE.
Haggis is doing a rewrite on the tenatively titled BOND22, whose first drafts were done by Neal Purvis and Robert Wa...
Since the next 007 adventure is already cruising into first place in some oversea territories, we're approaching the waning days of MGM marketing for Quantum of Solace. Still, on election eve, they did manage to sneak in three new TV spots which have now ...
This column may still seem long, but it's a lot shorter than it could've been. You might notice that there's no animation titles in the list this week. That's because all those anime DVD titles are now over in our ANIME AVALANCHE companion column! Check i...
Well, you probably won't get them in time for Xmas or Hanukah, but we've got some nice stuff in the old Prize Closet for you this week. To win a prize, just send an email containing your name and address with the designated subject line to me at psycho@ps...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSLike its first volume, the soundtrack to KILL BILL Vol. 2, released last week by Maverick (48676-2) is an effectively eclectic collection of diverse music from a wide variety of different sources. Three choice bits of dialog fro...
This Week’s RecommendationSWhile Christopher Lee’s recent comment that Paul Giovanni’s music for THE WICKER MAN “is probably the best music I’ve ever heard in a film” may be a little exaggerated, taking into account the wealth of superb orchestral film mu...
Highlighting this week’s new releases is Two to the Fifth the latest Xanth novel from Piers Anthony, the thirty-second book in the long-running fantasy series. You can read an excerpt by visiting here: Two to the Fifth Excerpt.
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In celebration of Halloween week the Book Buzz is leading off with the week’s new releases and horror and inviting you to share with Mania’s readers the scariest book you ever read! Just use the comments below to tell us the book ...
The curious vibe given off by Quantum of Solace stems from its dependence on a previous JamesBond film for its energy. That would be Casino Royale, of course, the 2006 sucker punch which revitalized the franchise and established Daniel Craig as t...
2006 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECAP
By far the best soundtrack release of 2007 was certainly the majestic, 3-CD release of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: The Complete Recording – but that’s a revived archival score, and we&...
What They SayA nose for fine scents has made super-sexy Najica Hiragi’s world famous as a perfume designer, but it’s her nose for finding trouble has made her equally infamous as a secret agent who fights to save the world from depraved crimin...
The latest full trailer for Quantum of Solace has appeared online for MGM and Columbia Pictures courtesy of Yahoo Movies. The next adventure of 007 stars Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, Jesper Chr...
"My philosophy is and I'm sure Dan and Bryan are probably sick of me saying this, but think of it closer to the JamesBond series in right now they're making 'Casino Royale.' Is it Bond 20? JamesBond 19? I don't know. It's a new chapter in the story," sa...
The World Is Not Enough, the 19th official JamesBond film, scored big at the box office when it was released late last year, but it was hardly the breakthrough film its makers would have us believe. This special edition DVD presents the film with a beaut...
In discussing the 10-year journey director Baz Luhrmann undertook to produce his trilogy of cinematic experimentation STRICTLY BALLROOM, ROMEO + JULIET and MOULIN ROUGE the filmmaker pondered what the next decade would hold in store for his career. Whil...
Having already evaluated the best fantasy soundtracks of 1999 and assessed the best fantasy scores of the 1990, it’s time to cast an ear back over the last hundred years of fantasy, horror, and science fiction film music. Which scores were the trendsetter...
Christian Bale as Batman by Essex
Christian Bale's name has been bandied about by fanboys with alarming fervor, recently, connecting him to the role of Batman in the upcoming Batman/Superman film. Moviehole recently chat...
Gulf Times reports Pierce Brosnan has said he has every sympathy for his successor, Daniel Craig, after his first 007 stunt went wrong. Craig had his teeth knocked out during a fight scene for CASINO ROYALE. Brosnan stated, "I had my face sliced open by a...
There have been 5 actresses whom took up the role of Jane Moneypenny in the Bond franchise of films (both affiliated and non-affiliated) but none portrayed the character longer then thespian Lois Maxwell who began the role with 1962's Dr. No and ended her...
The Hollywood Reporter has released its review of CASINO ROYALE and here are a few highlights:
"Casino Royale, JamesBond is back. Back to his roots as Ian Fleming's driven, bare-knuckled, rough-around-t