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Tom Brittney: Is This Bond’s Mystery Fourth Man?
The race to become the next James Bond has narrowed to three actors — Jack Lowden, Callum Turner and Josh O’Connor — in Denis Villeneuvre’s…
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Jack Lowden: The Everyman Who Would Be Bond
Jack Lowden is now the top contender to play replace Daniel Craig as James Bond for Denis Villeneuve’s reboot. The Scottish actor is one of…
Tesla “Flying” Roadster is Built on Real James Bond Tech
If Q demonstrated the new Tesla Roadster to James Bond, he might say it is packed with all the “usual refinements” but also has “some…
California’s AG Loses to Paramount: Inside the Paramount / Warner Bros. Discovery Merger — And Why Ellison May Still Leave California
On the afternoon of Wednesday, 5 August, David Ellison called his twelve-person Executive Leadership Team to a lunch meeting on the Paramount lot. He opened…
The Untold Story of The Persuaders!: Cars, Glamour, Conflict and James Bond
Robert S. Baker had wanted to make a buddy picture for years. While producing The Saint, he tested the idea in “The Ex-King of Diamonds,”…
Stella Rimington: MI5’s First Female Spy Chief Inspired Judi Dench’s M
Judi Dench played James Bond’s boss, M, in eight Bond films from GoldenEye (1995) to SPECTRE (2015). Casting a woman as Bond’s boss was a…
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The Truth About Pierce Brosnan’s Hiring and Firing as James Bond
In 1994, five people sat down at MGM/UA to settle who would play James Bond next. Two wanted Timothy Dalton back. Two wanted somebody else….
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“Let’s Go Fishing”: The Mid-Air Plane Heist That Launched Licence to Kill — and the Star Who Wouldn’t Stay on the Ground
In Licence to Kill, James Bond’s best friend and DEA agent Felix Leiter is about to get married. But on the way to the church,…
The Living Daylights Cargo Net Fight: How Bond’s Wildest Aerial Stunt Was Filmed
At 6,500 feet above the Mojave Desert, clinging to a cargo net at 100 knots, BJ Worth gave a signal. The signal was simple. But…
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James Bond’s Bobsled Chase: How an Abandoned, Repurposed Bob Run & Stunt Accidents Rewrote OHMSS’s Finale
In Ian Fleming’s 1963 novel, the bobsleigh chase that closes On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is over almost as soon as it begins. As Piz…
