MI6.co has a good wrap up of the current news on Bond 22, which begins filming this week. There’s info on the casting, including villains and Gemma Arterton, locations, and more.

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The first Felix Leiter would have been 87 years old today.

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After weeks of rumors, Marc Foster has confirmed the casting of French actor Mathieu Amalric as the main villain of Bond 22, and Swiss actor Anatole Taubman as the main second villain.
Hat tip to CBn.

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A reminder: autographed copies of The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book are available. Please pity the poor author. Also, they’re great gifts and people love them.

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This is all over the RSS feeds; it’s been on the CNN site, everywhere.
A FORMER Bond girl turned vicar is helping hard-up families in Merseyside build new homes in a pioneering skill-swap scheme.
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Rev Shannon Ledbetter is masterminding the £1.9m project that will see a series of houses built in an area blighted since the [...]

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In the novel Casino Royale, Bond thinks about his preference for dating married women, because they have similar needs to keep things simple and have a life apart from him. In the movie Casino Royale, which, of course, sought to get back to Fleming’s roots, Daniel Craig’s Bond expresses a similar sentiment:
Vesper Lynd: Am I [...]

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Nice interview here with Roger Moore.
First, he tells us something that many of us believed; that Daniel Craig is a very fine James Bond:
“I have seen Daniel Craig in a number of films. He is a thundering good actor. The movie (’Casino Royale’) showed me that he is one hell of an athlete,”
In regard [...]

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Christmas comes but once a year.
Have a merry one.

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This is interesting stuff. I haven’t previously followed it closely, but more and more information is emerging about Ian Fleming’s role as a real life spy during World War II. It explains the credible feel of the novels even when plot elements are absolutely ridiculous.
The current news is about a woman who, after her step-father’s [...]

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Here’s the headline: Starring role for Aston
Great, right? We’ve been hearing for a week or two that the Aston Martin is definitely back for Bond 22. It’s not a major news story, as far as I’m concerned; I mean, it’s more or less the default—the real news would be if it weren’t back.
But here’s the [...]

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