The Bond Blog
Total Film’s 21 exclusive limited-edition Bond covers, featuring every 007 film in the series, was just the start.
Gearing up for the 22 November release of Quantum Of Solace, Daniel Craig’s second outing as 007, The Bond Blog celebrates the world of 007 with the ultimate guide to the heroes, the villains, the girls, the gadgets, the quips, the stunts and more...
Check in every day for fresh new updates on Quantum Of Solace and a regular deep-cover look-back into Bond’s past.
Remember, if you missed one of Total Film’s Bond covers, you can buy any of the magazines at www.myfavouritemagazine.com or grab the full set for a cool discount...
30 April 11:18am
The Best Bond Quips
Master of the witty retort and owner of the sharpest tongue in the service. Bond bites back.
Check back for updates on Quantum Of Solace soon!
29 April 11:58am
The Men Who Made Bond
The sounds, the settings, the looks, the lifestyle... These are the five guys who set the Bond blueprint.
28 April 10:24am
The Unknown Stuntman - Gary Powell Q&A
The Casino Royale stunt chief tells TF how he took Bond back to basics
25 April 11:36am
Mission 21: Bond Facts
21 things you didn’t know about the world’s greatest superspy
24 April 12:28pm
I'll have a PPK please, Bob
Before Sean Connery ever dreamed of a double-O number, another blockbusting actor played Bond. His name’s Holness, Bob Holness.
23 April 15:18pm
Goldfingered
A day at Pinewood celebrating Bond’s finest hour? Count us in! Total Film reports on an all-star Goldfinger reunion...
23 April 10:46am
Casino Royale Royal Premiere
Leicester Square has a Thunderball as Bond-mania sweeps into London
22 April 14:12pm
Bond Dossier - Sean Connery
Age when cleared for duty: 32
21 April 12:32pm
The Bond Girl - Halle Berry
The first Oscar-winning Bond girl reveals to Total Film how she’s going to be “a formidable match” for 007.
18 April 11:12am
Breaking The Ice
A History of the Cold War in 10 easy factoids. Do pay attention, 007...
17 April 11.32am
Favourites
The stars and production team of Casino Royale talk about their fave bond, bond film and bond girls...
16 April 11:47am
The Anatomy Of A Stunt
The Die Another Day crew reveal how they pulled off the movie’s icy car-chase highlight with only a minor prang...
15 April 10:29am
Bond Villain 2 - Rick Yune
As Zao, the twisted North Korean general with the diamond-studded face.
14 April 11:50am
James Bond For A Day
After an ill-advised 007 DVD marathon, Our Man In Hackney steps out with his License To Be Very Ill...
11 April 11:30am
Bond? Bah!
What’s it like to be a real-life Bond? Our secret source in the MI6 told us... And thankfully didn't kill us.
11 Apr 9:34am
News: Bond in fresh action shots
“Dear diary, today I went bus-surfing…”
10 April 15:09pm
Classic Bond Movie Moments!
9 April 11:09am
The Quip And The Dead
For every elaborate Bond-movie death, there’s an almost-as-painful pay-off line. Don’t believe us? Well, let’s line up 20 of the best...
8 April 12:51pm
Bond Villain 1 - Toby Stephens
As nefarious entrepreneur, Gustav Graves.
08 Apr 9:47am
News: More Bond pics surface
007 looks a little rough…
7 April 12:48pm
Inspecting Gadgets
The staff of London’s Spycatcher store talk us through their bestselling undercover clobber…
4 April 12:07pm
Milkman, Lifeguard, Coffin Polisher, Bond. James Bond.
Arguably the most universal of the Brit stalwarts, Sean Connery talks exclusively about success, romance, Avengers, acshents, and how he definitely won’t but probably maybe might yet return as the archetypal Martini-swigger...
3 April 11:16am
Explosive action, outrageous gadgets and Pierce Brosnan
You’d expect no less from Bond’s 19th outing, The World Is Not Enough. And this time 007’s joined by Robert Carlyle’s pain-impervious super-baddie and Denise Richards as the world’s most improbable nuclear expert...
2 April 11:45am
Robert Carlyle - Bond Baddie
"He doesn't fear death. That's the crux... there are no animals or cats."
01 Apr 5:10pm
Rumour Mill: Sean Connery - Bond villain?
Plus: watch a new Quantum Of Solace featurette!
1 April 13:49pm
Bond Does Disco
You’re an increasingly high-profile composer. You’ve just scored Stargate, and Emmerich and Devlin’s Independence Day, and you’re set to rejoin said monster-makers for Godzilla. What modest noodlings do you squeeze in between? A couple of life-long ambitions, if you’re David Arnold.
And in today's feature, check out the 3 minute clip of behind the scenes footage available that we have from Quantum Of Solace!
31 March 11:11am
Spy Tech
Fact or science-fiction? Total Film quizzes Science Museum curator David Rooney on the viability – and availability – of some of 007’s handiest gadgets.
28 March 11:13am
Bond Never Dies
The 18th Bond movie in 35 years is the most ambitious of them all – and also looks likely to be the most successful. Yet its production was riddled with tension, rows and controversial hair styling. Garth Pearce, author of The Making Of Tomorrow Never Dies, brings us his exclusive on-set report.
27 March 11:06am
Running Free - Sebastien Foucan Q&A
The Parkour founder talks to TF about fighting 200 ft up with Daniel Craig
26 March 11:02am
George Lazenby: The Wildcard
The Aussie 007 who walked out after one movie.
25 March 2:10pm
My Favourite Bond
Four Bond-loving film-makers reveal which 007 flick they like best.
20 March 10:45am
Bond Dossier: Roger Moore
Age when cleared for duty: 45
20 March 9:24am
More behind the Bond scenes
Peek behind Quantum Of Solace’s curtain
19 March 2:07pm
Quantum Of Solace release date confirmed
Halloween parties to have James Bond theme!
19 March 11:21am
Total Film On Set
... of Die Another Day!
18 March 11:02am
Thunderbrawl
Sixteen henchmen. One ring. So who is the hardest of the Bond bruisers? Nothing that a fight can’t answer...
17 March 11:44am
The Straight Shooter - Timothy Dalton
Bond Number Four reflects upon the challenges of making such a well-known role your own.
14 March 11:08am
The Living Highlights
The Bond franchise’s luminaries share their 007 recollections with Total Film.
13 March 11:28am
One Take Is Not Enough
Wake up, get out of bed, drag a comb across your head. Discover what happens during a day on the set of The World Is Not Enough. And don’t forget your wet suit...
12 March 11:16am
Bond Dossier: Pierce Brosnan
Age when cleared for duty: 42
11 March 11:35am
Bondomania!
32 facts, gaffes, double agents and almost bonds!
10 March 12:36pm
The Lost Ending
Warhead’s script promised a combustible climax...
7 March 11:17am
Spy Harder
Die Another Day – the 40th anniversary Bond movie – promises to be huge. Total Film shadowed the production for eight months. And everybody was expected to talk...
6 March 1:44pm
Now Olga's doing Vanity Fair
More Bond girl pictures online!
6 March 12:36pm
Bond Dossier: Timothy Dalton
Age when cleared for duty: 43
5 March 11:31am
New Bond girl does Loaded shoot
Olga Kurylenko? In a bikini? WHAT?
5 March 11:18am
The Playboy - Roger Moore
Tied at the top with Connery as a seven-time Bond – from 1973’s Live And Let Die to 1985’s A View To A Kill – Roger Moore used arched eyebrows and quippy double entendres to put his own indelible stamp on the 007 franchise.
4 March 11:26am
Spook Who's Talking
Five ex-spies on movie vs real-world espionage action...
3 March 11:57am
Face To Face With...
Neal Purvis & Robert Wade: Die Another Day Writers
Also check out the Quantum of Solace behind the scenes featurette in the Face To Face With... feature!
3 Mar 2008 9:29am
News: Quantum of story
MGM reveals the new Bond’s plot details...
29 Feb 2008 11:21am
A Shot In The Dark
A new Bond. A new beginning. And all bets are off. Daniel Craig raises the stakes and takes 007 back to reality with Casino Royale...
28 Feb 2008 10:45am
Bond Dossier: George Lazenby
Age when cleared for duty: 30
27 Feb 2008 11:26am
The Lost Bond
Described as ‘Star Wars underwater’, Warhead is one of the great unfilmed scripts – so good it tempted a retired Sean Connery to return as 007. Total Film steals the file on the Bond film that got away...
26 Feb 2008 11:06am
The Icon - Sean Connery
The first and, many say, the best, Connery set the gold standard for every subsequent actor to slip into the tux. But his relationship with the role wasn’t always a happy one...
25 Feb 2008 11:18am
In Search Of 007
We all know what Bond is like on screen but who exactly is Ian Fleming’s 007?
22 Feb 2008 10:45am
Bond By Numbers
Brace, please, for a burst of pub quiz-owning 007 stats-facts...
21 Feb 2008 9:28am
Rating Bond
We couldn’t be bothered to re-review all the Bond films again. So, we’ve applied a bit of science – well, rudimentary maths – to work out which is best...
The story so far...
15 Feb 2008 4:49pm
News: Doug Liman wants to direct James Bond
From Bourne to Bond?
13 Feb 2008 4:43pm
Rumour Control: Al Pacino in Quantum Of Solace?!
Will he be the big bad barking at Bond?
12 Feb 2008 11:13am
News: Shilpa Shetty is the latest Bond girl
According to MI6 and imdb...
11 Feb 2008 11:58am
News: New Bond pics online
Even super-spies have to hail a cab sometimes...
29 Jan 2008 9:55am
News: Fresh Bond pics!
See the 007 poster...
24 Jan 2008 2:14pm
Bond update: Bond 22 cast talk!
More secrets from the heroes and villains of Quantum Of Solace…
24 Jan 2008 1:47pm
Bond update: Quantum Of Solace plot details!
Bond’s mission of revenge…
24 Jan 2008 1:29pm
News: Bond 22 title revealed!
But what the hell does it mean?
