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The A1 Bond timeline On March 24, 2025, Amazon completed a transaction with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson where the retail tech giant gained creative control over the James Bond film franchise. What follows is…

I updated the A1 Bond timeline to note gossip reports that Jeff Bezos wants to get his wife into Amazon's first 007 film spycommandfeatures.wordpress.com/the-a1-bond-...

Robert Shaw, who played Donald Grant in From Russia with Love, was born in Lancashire on 9th August 1927 #JamesBond #dates #OTD

Robert Shaw, who played Donald Grant in From Russia with Love, was born in Lancashire on 9th August 1927

#JamesBond #dates #OTD

UPDATE: About fans making public 007 predictions The names have been removed. UPDATED FROM A SEPTEMBER POST Twelve seconds. One day we must develop a faster-working venom. (Blofeld in From Russia With Love). Some James Bond fans would not meet Bl…

From the archives: UK tabloids are awful about 007 films, but Bond fans are just as bad hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/01/u...

Trailer for 2nd season of 007: Road to a Million debuts Amazon Prime posted a trailer for the second season of 007: Road to a Million debuted this week. You shouldn’t draw too many conclusions from a trailer that runs a little over a minute. Still…

A trailer for season 2 of 007: Road to a Million is now out hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/t...

Marlyn Mason, born Aug. 7, 1940. She was a guest star in two UNCLE episodes. A friend arranged for her to autograph this after the death of my mother.

YouTube video by The 007 Files Being James Bond: Joseph Darlington on 007's Skills and Legacy

ICYMI: The 007 Files podcast returns with an interview with Joseph Darlington (YouTube version) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQp2...

Too bad there isn't a John(ny) Williams Anthology volume (1958-1968). Yes, there are bits of that period out there. I have a Lost In Space CD featuring Williams' scores for the 1965-68 series.

Amazon Bond questions: August update editon The Spy Command · Episode

Audio version of today's post about Amazon Bond 1 questions open.spotify.com/episode/6OxA...

Amazon Bond questions: August update edition Momentum continues toward the first James Bond movie from Amazon. The end of July saw one major announcement. Still, the blog has questions. Who is Steven Knight? Amazon announced July 31 that Knig…

Amazon Bond questions: August update edition hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/a...

Being James Bond: Volume one – second edition published today | The James Bond Dossier Joseph Darlington’s updated how‑to guide returns to help Bond fans live more like 007. Published today, Being James Bond: Volume One – Second Edition by Joseph Darlington continues its mission to tran...

Being James Bond: Volume one – second edition published today www.thejamesbonddossier.com/news/being-j...

Being James Bond: Joseph Darlington on 007's Skills and Legacy | The James Bond Dossier Being James Bond author Joseph Darlington on updating his book for a new era and where 007’s headed under Amazon. S3 E001: The 007 Files returns for its third season as Bill Koenig is joined by co-hos...

Being James Bond: Joseph Darlington on 007's Skills and Legacy www.thejamesbonddossier.com/podcast/the-...

The 007 Files Film History Podcast · Updated Monthly · The 007 Files podcast dives deep into the world of James Bond, blending expert analysis with casual conversation. Co-hosted by David Leigh, author of The Compl...

New episode of The 007 Files. We chat with Joseph Darlington of Being James Bond podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Audio version of today's post about Mission: Impossible did at the box office this year creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

Some Mission: Impossible box office notes As Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning winds down its theatrical release, here are a few numbers to keep in mind. The latest figures via Box Office Mojo indicate the eighth Tom Cruise M:I movi…

Some Mission: Impossible box office notes hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/s...

Coming Saturday: The 007 Files podcast returns from a break. We chat with Joseph Darlington of Being James Bond about his expanded volume 1 and brand-new volume 2.

Farewell My Lovely (sorry I left off the last two letters)

Compare 1942's Murder, My Sweet with 1975's Farewell My Love. Both are based on the same novel. The former came out a few years after the book. The latter about 3 decades later and done an overt period piece. I enjoy both but by the end of the latter, I was tired of the DiMaggio references.

Audio version of today's post about Steven Knight being hired to write Amazon's first 007 movie creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

Steven Knight to write Amazon’s 1st 007 film Screenwriter Steven Knight has been hired to pen the script for Amazon’s first James Bond film, the tech giant announced on Thursday. Here’s an excerpt from the news release: Steven Kni…

Steven Knight to write Amazon's first 007 film hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/31/s...

007: Road To A Million returns in August | The James Bond Dossier Brian Cox returns as The Controller — but can series 2 of 007: Road To A Million rescue the Bond brand from a reality-TV tailspin? When Amazon unveiled 007: Road To A Million in 2023, it promised to r...

007: Road To A Million returns in August www.thejamesbonddossier.com/news/007-roa...

Reality show adds 007 tropes to a familiar genre 007: Road to a Million is, essentially, the James Bond Junior of the 2020s. James Bond Junior was a syndicated children’s cartoon show that added Bond tropes. It aired in the early 1990s duri…

From the archives, 2023: Reality show adds 007 tropes to a familiar genre hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2023/11/10/r...

YouTube video by sfinthecity Chrysler Theatre - Season 3.24 "Runaway Bay" (1966) Carol Lynley, Robert Wagner, Lola Albright

An episode of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater with a writing credit for Tom Mankiewicz (listed as Thomas F. Mankiewicz). It includes recycled music by John(ny) Williams from an earlier episode of the series www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8yT...

007: Road to a Million season 2 coming in August Season 2 of the Amazon reality show 007: Road to a Million is scheduled to debut Aug. 22, Amazon announced on its website. The first season of the Bond-themed reality show made its debut in 2023. N…

Season 2 of 007: Road to a Million coming in August hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/30/0...

Epilogue: It did indeed arrive.

Some of us never got the 2003 release. According to an email my wife gets, the new release will be delivered to my mailbox today.

Fantastic Four’s opening comparable to Superman’s UPDATED JULY 28: Final opening weekend figure for Fantastic Four: First Steps was $117.6 million, according to Exhibitor Relations. ORIGINAL POST, JULY 27: Fantastic Four: First Steps had an openin…

Updated with final weekend figures: hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/27/f...

Fantastic Four’s opening comparable to Superman’s Fantastic Four: First Steps had an opening weekend comparable to the recent Superman movie. The FF generated an estimated domestic weekend of $118 million, according to Exhibitor Relations Co., whi…

Fantastic Four's opening box office weekend comparable to Superman's hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/27/f...

I plan to do so.

My copy of the expanded OHMSS soundtrack was supposedly shipped on July 21. It still hasn't arrived.

Tampa-area theater showing GoldenEye this weekend GoldenEye’s poster A Tampa-area theater (which has a special connection) is showing Goldeneye, the 1995 James Bond movie, this weekend. The Beach Theatre in St. Pete Beach, Florida, had sched…

Florida theater showing GoldenEye this weekend hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/t...