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Issue s7 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 007

moonraker - science fiction or science fact

  • Illustrations and concepts from Moonraker
  • Rarely seen photography from the extensive model unit shoot at Pinewood
  • An exhaustive production history based on access to shooting documents and scripts
  • Insights and memories from crew members
  • And much more...
Issue s6 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 006

sean connery - a james bond journey

  • An exhausitive account of the man, and his view on the character he made famous
  • Hundreds of stills from the sets of his seven Bond films
  • Chapters cover Connery before, during and after his time as Bond
  • Over 20 tributes from Connery's friends and collaborators
  • And much more...
Issue s5 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 005

john glen's ultimate bond - director's diary

  • John Glen's memories of the pre-produciton process, including recces in China
  • Rarely-seen art from pre-production
  • Dozens of behind the scenes stills from Glen and other collectors
  • Script history and last-minute character changes
  • And much more...
Issue s4 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 004

john glen's all time high - director's diary

  • John Glen's memories of Sir Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Kabir Bedi, Louis Jordan, and more
  • Rarely-seen concept art from pre-production
  • Dozens of behind the scenes stills
  • The casting of Octopussy, including the girls who were considered for the titular role
  • And much more...
Issue s3 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 003

casino royale - the peter lamont portfolio

  • Dozens of illustrations, pre-visualizations, 3D renders, models and more from the design process
  • Exclusive introduction by director Martin Campbell
  • Peter's memories of casting Daniel Craig
  • Never-seen photography from pre-production, global location scouting, recces, and set construction
  • And much more...
 

Standard Issues

Issue 71 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 71

kill bond now

december 2023

  • Rosamund Pike on playing the MI6 double agent
  • The two women who tried to end 007’s first big screen mission
  • The spy-fi career of Luciana Paluzzi
  • How Famke Janssen took Xenia’s advice
  • And much more...
Issue 70 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 70

bond at 70

october 2023

  • Continuation authors explain the lasting appeal of 007
  • The history of Ian Fleming Publications
  • Kathleen Pettigrew, the likely inspiration for Miss Moneypenny
  • Johanna Harwood, the original Bond screenwriter, discusses adapting Fleming
  • And much more...
Issue 69 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 69

names is for tombstones

july 2023

  • Introducing the third man to play 007 back in 1973
  • The production history of Live And Let Die
  • Voodoo and tarot collide in Bond’s magical realist outing
  • A conversation with the director of The Other Fellow documentary
  • And much more...
Issue 68 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 68

the luck of the irish

april 2023

  • A look back at Brosnan’s audition for Bond in 1986
  • An alternate sequence for Casino Royale
  • How John Gavin landed and lost the role of a lifetime
  • The actor and director eyed by Cubby Broccoli to make back-to-back Bonds
  • And much more...
Issue 67 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 67

in deep water

december 2022

  • Bond’s waterborne action in books and on screen
  • VFX supremo Chris Corbould on the Matera chase
  • A production history of Die Another Day, on its 20th anniversary
  • Author Kim Sherwood discusses her new book
  • And much more...
Issue 66 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 66

musical notes

november 2022

  • Steve Mazzaro on scoring No Time To Die
  • Stories from scoring the Connery- and Lazenby-era films
  • Daniel Kleinman’s visual effects for the 007 titles
  • 007 aficionados and filmmakers sound off about their favourite cues
  • And much more...
Issue 65 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 65

blurring the lines of reality

july 2022

  • ILM’s invisible art that enhanced No Time To Die
  • Creating QDAR and Heracles
  • 007’s musings on death by David Leigh
  • Shooting stills with photographer Nicola Dove.
  • And much more...
Issue 64 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 64

behind the scenes with the second unit

may 2022

  • Alexander Witt, second-unit director, reflects on No Time To Die
  • Anthony Horowitz talks us through researching and writing ‘With a Mind to Kill’
  • cast and crew speak about No Time To Die's shock ending
  • stunt supervisor Oliver Schneider talks Bond
  • And much more...
Issue 63 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 63

the release and reception of no time to die

dec 2021

  • report from the royal premeiere red carpet
  • uncovering the history of Bond's iconic gunbarrel motief
  • tracking No Time To Die at the box office
  • an early look at pre-visualization materials from No Time To Die
  • And much more...
Issue 62 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 62

we all have our secrets

oct 2021

  • stunt and effects teams talk fights, chases, and explosions
  • from Norway to the Faroe Islands via Italy and London
  • designer Suttirat Anne Larlarb on Bond fashion
  • creating Safin’s creepy mask
  • And much more...
Issue 61 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 61

'80s bond

sep 2021

  • John Glen names his seven most influential figures
  • the Fleming estate relaunched literary 007 in 1981
  • behind the scenes of the Paris car chase
  • the President honoured Bond in a 1983 documentary
  • And much more...
Issue 60 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 60

diamonds at 50

sep 2021

  • SPECTRE Pre-vis
  • original publicity materials for Diamonds Are Forever
  • the success of Connery's return to the Bond box office
  • The Lotus Espirt promoting the Spy Who Loved Me
  • And much more...
Issue 59 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 59

art in bond

apr 2021

  • Bond's Britain
  • Play GoldenEye 007 on Xbox 360
  • Art in Bond
  • James Bond Jr - a beginner's guide
  • And much more...
Issue 58 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 58

a legend begins

december 2020

  • Casting Connery
  • A Difficult Man to Cover Up
  • "Bond, James Bond"
  • Both Hands on the Wheel
  • And much more...
Issue 57 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 57

women of the '80s

november 2020

  • Casting the Leading Ladies of the 1980s
  • The Poolside Girls of For Your Eyes Only
  • Maud Adams & Kristina Wayborn Remember Octopussy
  • The Party Girls of A View To A Kill
  • And much more...
Issue 56 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 56

alchemy

september 2020

  • How to Win at Golf – By Cheating
  • Honor + Sean = Double Dynamite
  • Sadism for the Family
  • A Roll in the Hay
  • And much more...
Issue 55 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 55

all in the wrist

august 2020

  • How Victory Games earned a licence to publish 007 themed role-playing games
  • Construction supervisor Steve Bohan reflects on his 007 adventures
  • From 2001 to Moonraker, designer John Fenner remembers his work on Bond and with Kubrick
  • The origins of Bond’s particular recipe for scrambled eggs
  • And much more...
Issue 54 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 54

never say never

may 2020

  • Martin Campbell reflects on his second 007 adventure
  • The return of the classic villain’s lairs in No Time To Die
  • Ana De Armas’ road to No Time To Die
  • Make-up artist Paul Engelen’s brushes with 007
  • And much more...
Issue 53 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 53

the greatest adventure

november 2019

  • Original 1969 Publicity materials from O.H.M.S.S.
  • 007's frozen eploits
  • On Goldfinger's trail through France and Switzerland
  • Lazenby's cameo in U.N.C.L.E.
  • And much more...
Issue 52 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 52

that's a wrap

november 2019

  • The Bond 25 kick-off event in Jamaica
  • Charting the road to production for Bond 25
  • Ian Fleming and Jamaica
  • When Bond visited Jamaica for Live and Let Die and Dr. No
  • And much more...
Issue 51 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 51

home away from home

july 2019

  • The Bond 25 kick-off event in Jamaica
  • Charting the road to production for Bond 25
  • Ian Fleming and Jamaica
  • When Bond visited Jamaica for Live and Let Die and Dr. No
  • And much more...
Issue 50 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 50

dalton on bond

april 2019

  • The Die Another Day abandoned sequence that almost included Michele Yeoh
  • Visit the city that never sleeps following Fleming’s Bond
  • Celebrating 30 years of Licence To Kill
  • A snapshot of the massive media coverage in Japan for Licence to Kill
  • And much more...
Issue 49 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 49

adventure, writ large

april 2019

  • Model supervisor Brian Smithies talks Tomorrow Never Dies
  • The stunt work of Bond 18's pre-titles
  • Guy Hamilton's real-life spy adventures in Norway are revealed
  • Richard Schenkman revisits his 1978 meeting with Derek Meddings
  • And much more...
Issue 48 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 48

quantum cues

december 2018

  • An interview with the James Bond theme composer
  • A look back at David Arnold’s last Bond score
  • The many connections between Paul McCartney and 007
  • The politics of Latin America explored in Quantum of Solace
  • And much more...
Issue 47 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 47

learning from the masters

october 2018

  • Putter Smith and Bruce Glover reminisce
  • Curious and rare behind the scenes photos from Diamonds Are Forever
  • The men behind the new Casino Royale graphic novel
  • Christopher McQuarrie talks Mission: Impossible
  • And much more...
Issue 46 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 46

007 is dead

june 2018

  • Anthony Horowitz on handling 007 the second time
  • Rex Stout, his creation Nero Wolfe and the Fleming connection
  • Part two of our analysis of 007’s female comic strip companions
  • Fleming, Bond and golf
  • And much more...
Issue 45 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 45

for your eyes only

april 2018

  • Impressions from the cast and crew as For Your Eyes Only hit screens
  • Archaeological Bond
  • Art director Alan Tomkins on the importance of creating a believable world
  • The funky cab driver, Arnold Williams, talks Live And Let Die
  • And much more...
Issue 44 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 44

third time's a charm

march 2018

  • Pierce Brosnan hit his stride in 1999
  • Desmond Llewelyn and John Cleese discuss the beloved ‘Q’
  • UA exec Jeff Kleeman remembers the fast-paced Brosnan era
  • Robbie Coltrane enjoyed his expanded role in The World Is Not Enough
  • And much more...
Issue 39 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 39

thunderball

april 2017

  • The scripting of Thunderball
  • Meet the designer behind Vesper’s iconic Love Knot
  • Cast and crew reflect on the biggest Bond of all
  • Producers interviewed on the brink of Bondmania
  • And much more...
Issue 36 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 36

chris corbould's vfx from spy to spectre

august 2016

  • Award-winning special effects supervisor Chris Corbould
  • Pre-production for OHMSS in Switzerland
  • The late director Guy Hamilton remembered
  • The NASA advisor who worked with EON to keep Moonraker grounded
  • And much more...
Issue 35 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 35

special visual effects

may 2016

  • SPECTRE's visual effects
  • The work and life of the late Ken Adam celebrated
  • Steve Cole on his second Young Bond adventure
  • John le Carré\'s Night Manager is a slick new miniseries
  • And much more...
Issue 33 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 33

daniel craig talks spectre

november 2015

  • Around The World With SPECTRE
  • Daniel Craig on his commitment to the 007 role
  • Broccoli & Wilson praise their team
  • Léa Seydoux plays coy about Madeleine's influence on Bond
  • And much more...
Issue 32 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 32

spectre second unit

october 2015

  • Behind the scenes with the SPECTRE second unit
  • Rare photos from the Licence To Kill Key West shoot
  • Author Donald Westlake and his Bond 18 treatment
  • Celebrating 50 years of Thunderball
  • And much more...
Issue 31 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 31

bond reloaded

august 2015

  • An exclusive interview with director Martin Campbell
  • The publicity and premiere for GoldenEye
  • Cinematographer Phil Meheux on setting the tone
  • Filming the action for Pierce Brosnan's debut
  • And much more...
Issue 30 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 30

monorail trilogy

april 2015

  • The 'monorail trillogy': the Bond films of Lewis Gilbert
  • Sir Ken Adam reflects on designing Bond
  • A tribute to the late, great Jaws actor, Richard Kiel
  • Fleming's connection with the author/screenwriter, Roald Dahl
  • And much more...
Issue 29 of MI6 Confidential, James Bond Magazine

issue 29

snowbound

february 2015

  • An early look at the production of Bond 24, now known as SPECTRE
  • The master villain, Blofeld, and his organisation on screen
  • When the Thunderball producer, Kevin McClory reflected on 007 in 1979
  • The complete history of Roger Moore\'s final outing as Bond
  • And much more...

reloaded a

  • Casino Royale - On location with Gary Powell & Alexander Witt and the second unit
  • Ian Fleming - His reports on location in Istanbul for From Russia With Love
  • My Word Is My Bond - Roger Moore exclusive interview
  • The Midas Touch? - Sean Connery on the Goldfinger script
  • And much more...

reloaded b

  • James Bond's Mirror Image - An exclusive interview with actor Robert Davi
  • High Kicks with Sir Roger Moore - Training and filming the kung fu stunt scenes
  • For King And Country - An exclusive interview with author Charlie Higson
  • Designing O.H.M.S.S. - Syd Cain recollects creating Blofeld's mountain lair
  • And much more...