Chris Corbould: Engineering Skyfall’s Underground Tube Train Crash
In Skyfall, villain Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem) derails a London Tube train, which James Bond avoids as it crashes through masonry in an underground tunnel….
Inside ‘Once Upon A Spy’, Peter Morgan’s Abandoned Bond 23 Script Treatment
Before Skyfall hit theaters and became the first billion-dollar Bond film, Peter Morgan, the man behind The Crown, co-wrote “a shocking story” for Bond 23 with prolific Bond screenwriters…
Heart of Stone: Female Bond-Clone References Moonraker, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and Other Bond Films
Heart of Stone is the latest spy film to jump on the James Bond bandwagon. For those wanting to see a female James Bond, then…
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How Editor Peter Hunt Saved ‘From Russia With Love’
James Bond’s licence to kill came close to expiring on his second big screen adventure. During the post-production of From Russia With Love, editor Peter Hunt…
5 Facts (& 2 Rumors) About Danny Boyle’s Abandoned James Bond Movie
Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) was announced as the director of Bond 25 in May 2018. EON Productions reportedly loved the pitch from Boyle’s…
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Black Widow’s Plot Inspired By James Bond Films ‘Moonraker’ And ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’
Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) finally got her own standalone Marvel film with Black Widow, and who knew the ex-KGB agent was a fan of the James…
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The Bizarre Similarities Between ‘Batman & Robin’ And ‘Die Another Day’
Is it a coincidence that the worst Batman movie shares similarities with the worst James Bond movie? Probably, because EON Productions, the production company behind…
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Goldfinger’s Laser: How Movie Serials Influenced Bond’s Near Castration–And Why It Replaced Dissection By Buzzsaw in Ian Fleming’s Novel
The third James Bond film, Goldfinger, turned agent 007 into a global phenomenon. His popularity had built over the two previous films but it had…
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‘The Living Daylights’: Old School Miniature Effects Helped Give The Hercules Cargo Plane Sequence An Epic Scale
The standout action sequence in The Living Daylights involves a Lockheed Hercules C-130 cargo plane that is certainly put through its paces, and then some….
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Octopussy’s Flight Risk: The Full Story Behind the Acrostar BD-5J Microjet And The Coolest James Bond Opener Ever
After being dropped from Moonraker, the Acrostar BD-5J microjet made a big impression in Octopussy. Learn how stunt pilot J.W. “Corkey” Fornof, director John Glen, and special effects…
