007 Magazine’s new issue is out

Our buddy Graham Rye’s 007 Magazine has a new issue out, and it deals with the Daniel Craig era of James Bond films. The issue is devoted to Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace and suggests “Bond 23″‘s ultimate title may be Property of a Lady. The latter is a title of a 007 short [...]

Craig says Quantum of Solace may not have been that good

Daniel Craig has acknowledged that Quantum of Solace, well, may not have been the best James Bond movie. At least this how he described it in an interview with the U.K. newspaper The Telegraph: After a period of not doing it, Craig will soon be doing it again – a prospect he’s genuinely excited by: [...]

Daniel Craig says Bond 23 will be a `classic Bond’

Daniel Craig, in an interview with Cowboys And Aliens director Jon Favreau, ventured into a few comments about Bond 23. Among them: – “I read the script the other day and I’m more excited about this than Casino (Royale),” the actor said, “because we’ve got a classic Bond movie plus lots of other things.” – [...]

A 007 actor and his fanboys

If you were to believe rabid fans of Daniel Craig and his two films as James Bond, this video would be quite significant: The video was taken during the premier of Cowboys and Aliens. To those who believe Daniel Craig is the *very best* James Bond ever (never mind Connery, never mind Moore, never mind [...]

The hair salon for 007 fans?

Two readers included the video link below in response to posts. Since they’re so eager to share, we just thought we’d make a separate post. Presumably the proprietor is a fan of the Daniel Craig version of 007

Daniel Craig briefly talks about Bond 23 to IGN

Daniel Craig, while promoting the upcoming Cowboys and Aliens movies, did a little ducking and weaving when asked by IGN about Bond 23. “You’ll just have to wait and see,” Craig told IGN. Director Sam Mendes “is so on top of this, it’s great.” The interviewer asks if traditional elements will be back while having [...]

Peter Graves’ unanswered Call to Danger

Call to Danger was an idea that refused to go away. It never became a series but it affected one show that did. The notion behind Call to Danger was that the U.S. government would maintain information on citizens with unusual abilities and talents. Such people would be enlisted to provide help for investigators on [...]

New York compares Rupert Murdoch to 007 villains

New York magazine’s editor, Adam Moss, and its star essayist, Frank Rich, engaged in a dialogue on the publication’s Web site about the unfolding phone hacking scandal involving News Corp. and its chief executive, 80-year-old Rupert Murdoch. Inevitably, there were comparisons between the media mogul and the adversaries of a certain gentleman agent. Here’s the [...]

Hawaii Five-O season 11 DVDs go on sale Sept. 20, CBS says

CBS has started running ads saying the Hawaii Five-O season 11 DVD set will be out on Sept. 20. Here’s one of them: For the ad, CBS uses the 1:30 version of Morton Stevens’s theme music from the 1968 TV movie pilot. Anyway, we we’ve noted before, season 11 includes appearances by one-time TV spies [...]

Bond 23′s cast is coming together — or is it?

Supposedly, Bond 23′s casting is coming together. But if you to check out the source of this information, prepare to be a little frustrated. A Web site called ScreenCrave says Javier Bardem and Ralph Finnes are definitely joining Bond 23′s cast. However, THE POST ON SCREENCRAVE doesn’t have any original reporting. Instead, it cites another [...]