The Spy Command

By Bill Koenig

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A blog about James Bond-007 and The Other Spies

Episode Date
About how genre entertainment runs out of time
May 16, 2024
Sherwood, Higson to discuss writing 007 novels
May 15, 2024
The least sexy James Bond movie vehicles
May 13, 2024
About 'saving cinema'
May 12, 2024
Anthony Lawrence, veteran TV writer, dies
May 08, 2024
About Benson's best 007 continuation novel
May 07, 2024
Michelle Yeoh receives top U.S. civilian honor
May 04, 2024
The FBI and an almost quaint practice
May 03, 2024
U.N.C.L.E. script: The wheels start to come off
May 01, 2024
Sherwood describes her new 00-agent book
Apr 25, 2024
Ungentlemanly Warfare comes in at No. 4 at U.S. box office
Apr 21, 2024
Ungentlemanly Warfare a plus for Ritchie, Cavill
Apr 19, 2024
TWINE's 25th: A transition for Bond
Apr 15, 2024
Tabloids, amnesia, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Apr 13, 2024
Robert MacNeil's spy footnote
Apr 12, 2024
Evolution of China in spy entertainment
Apr 11, 2024
Wolfgang, Thaufauf, Bond fan, dies
Apr 09, 2024
1965: Perry Mason enters the Cold War
Apr 08, 2024
60th anniversary of the Ford Mustang
Apr 07, 2024
Marvel may be gender-swapping the Silver Surfer
Apr 04, 2024
Lynn Loring, actress turned executive, dies
Apr 02, 2024
MGM's 100th anniversary and its spy impact
Apr 02, 2024
Licence to Kill's 35th: 007 falters in the U.S.
Apr 01, 2024
About those pricey 007 Store items
Mar 27, 2024
Dick Tracy shows how Annie became an orphan
Mar 26, 2024
IFP announces a partnership with Penfold
Mar 23, 2024
A wish for Bond 26
Mar 21, 2024
Reasons to not get excited about ATJ being the next 007
Mar 20, 2024
The Sun claims Taylor-Johnson offered 007 role
Mar 19, 2024
New Bond audiobook projects announced
Mar 17, 2024
Moonraker's 45th: When outer space belonged to 007
Mar 11, 2024
About tabloids and amesnia
Mar 07, 2024
E-book details script development of 007 films
Mar 02, 2024
Golden Gun's 50th: The unloved Bond?
Mar 01, 2024
1974: Live And Let Die at the Oscars
Feb 29, 2024
Ex-studio exec describes how GoldenEye defied odds
Feb 27, 2024
Jonny Quest's 60th: Espionage gets animated
Feb 24, 2024
Foundation preserves old TV recordings
Feb 23, 2024
Pamela Salem, NSNA's Moneypenny, dies
Feb 22, 2024
About those 'entitled' 007 fans
Feb 19, 2024
Belated review: Argylle (2024)
Feb 17, 2024
70th anniversary of CBS Casino Royale
Feb 17, 2024
Bond 26 questions: The fuzzy future edition
Feb 16, 2024
This month's non-news about Bond 26
Feb 16, 2024
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'s 60th anniversary
Feb 15, 2024
60th anniversary of Le Carre on U.S. TV
Feb 14, 2024
Alec Mills and how Bond films used to work
Feb 13, 2024
Two major comic book 60th anniversaries
Feb 10, 2024
About that pricey 007 book
Feb 08, 2024
Chicago museum to have 007 exhibit
Feb 07, 2024
About spy movies at the box office
Feb 06, 2024
Goldfinger's 60th: Adapting the golf match
Feb 05, 2024
Argylle gets mixed news at the U.S. box office
Feb 04, 2024
Goldfinger's 60th: 'That buzz saw must go'
Feb 02, 2024
Goldfinger's 60th anniversary: The golden touch
Feb 01, 2024
Argylle generates bad reviews
Feb 01, 2024
Vaughn, Cavill talk Bond during Argylle publicity tour
Jan 31, 2024
Ian Fleming Publications announces 2024 projects
Jan 30, 2024
Sam Rolfe's centenary
Jan 29, 2024
Argylle's hype machine gears up
Jan 25, 2024
Laurie Johnson, composer for Strangelove, Avengers, dies
Jan 22, 2024
About that Mission: Impossible title change
Jan 19, 2024
Holy Bat-anniversary
Jan 12, 2024
Amazon slashes jobs at streaming unit, THR says
Jan 11, 2024
Amazon slashes job at its stream unit, THR says
Jan 10, 2024
Forgotten TV: The New Perry Mason
Jan 10, 2024
Bond 26 questions: The Nolan edition (redux)
Jan 09, 2024
Forgotten TV with major music talents
Jan 07, 2024
About 007 parental advisories, trigger warnings
Jan 05, 2024
1964: The year the spycraze began
Jan 03, 2024
The Wild Wild West/Avengers mashup
Jan 03, 2024
2008: Roger Moore discusses his Bond career
Jan 01, 2024
Happy New Year 2024 from The Spy Command
Dec 31, 2023
Why Zack Snyder is wrong about James Bond
Dec 28, 2023
2023 high points for The Spy Command
Dec 26, 2023
Expanded LALD, Octopussy soundtracks announced
Dec 24, 2023
Happy holidays 2023 from The Spy Command
Dec 23, 2023
A sampling of Paul Baack art
Dec 21, 2023
2023 spy entertainment's 'in memoriam'
Dec 19, 2023
Belated obituary: Jerome Coopersmith
Dec 18, 2023
Stephen Kandel, versatile television writer, dies
Dec 17, 2023
Barbara Feldon discusses her career
Dec 15, 2023
Dick Van Dyke's visits to spy land
Dec 13, 2023
The Sun claims there's another Bond candidate
Dec 10, 2023
1967: Telly Savalas in 2 movies from TV shows
Dec 07, 2023
Bond 26 questions: The future edition
Dec 06, 2023
William D. Gordon: Actor-writer-producer
Dec 06, 2023
Author evaluates post-Fleming continuation novels
Dec 05, 2023
New book explores The FBI television series
Dec 01, 2023
Director says 007 films take breaks, build anticipation
Nov 28, 2023
CBS lets loose with 007 tropes during football game
Nov 26, 2023
When Marvel movies went off the rails
Nov 25, 2023
Comic writer says his version of Bond will be closer to novels
Nov 24, 2023
Bond 26 questions: Nolan-AP interview edition
Nov 22, 2023
Nolan tells AP there's 'no truth' that he'll direct Bond 26
Nov 22, 2023
Cover for Sherwood's 2nd 00-novel introduced
Nov 20, 2023
1975: Clint Eastwood does a spy film
Nov 18, 2023
10th anniversary of Eon getting Blofeld back
Nov 15, 2023
Notes about 007: Road to a Million
Nov 14, 2023
The Marvels gets off to a weak start
Nov 12, 2023
Robert Butler, veteran TV director dies
Nov 11, 2023
Reality show adds 007 tropes to a familiar genre
Nov 10, 2023
On Her/His Majesty's Secret Service
Nov 09, 2023
Happy 85th, Jim Steranko
Nov 06, 2023
Bond 26 questions: Nothing is happening edition
Nov 05, 2023
Bond 26 questions: Nothing is happening edition
Nov 05, 2023
ICYMI: Not much happening with Bond 26
Nov 04, 2023
About Eon's social media accounts
Nov 03, 2023
Marvel runs aground
Oct 29, 2023
007-themed reality show to have theater preview
Oct 27, 2023
The Guardian critiques M:I 7's financials
Oct 25, 2023
Ian Jacklin describes the drive to restore a 007 icon
Oct 24, 2023
Mission: Impossible 8 delayed to 2025
Oct 23, 2023
About truth and public relations
Oct 22, 2023
About Eon, Broccoli and Bond 26
Oct 21, 2023
Broccoli says again Bond 26 work hasn't started
Oct 21, 2023
Matthew Vaughn talks Bond, Argylle
Oct 19, 2023
As time passes, more 007 collections get sold
Oct 16, 2023
Another Bond collection auction is scheduled
Oct 16, 2023
18th anniversary of Eon getting its mojo back
Oct 14, 2023
Q the Music returns this weekend
Oct 13, 2023
About some YouTubers
Oct 13, 2023
Phyllis Coates, a tough Lois Lane, dies at 96
Oct 12, 2023
The Spy Command's list of (not really) spoilers
Oct 09, 2023
WGA members ratify contract agreement
Oct 09, 2023
About why Thrush is not an acronym
Oct 07, 2023
How film Bond may parallel cinema Batman
Oct 06, 2023
007 reality show trailer debuts
Oct 05, 2023
What's up for Global James Bond Day 2023?
Oct 04, 2023
Argylle trailer debuts
Sep 28, 2023
Argylle apparently is a real thing
Sep 27, 2023
Argylle apparently is a real thing
Sep 27, 2023
Surviving stars of the 1960s spy craze
Sep 27, 2023
David McCallum, an appreciation
Sep 26, 2023
David McCallum, U.N.C.L.E.'s cool Russian, dies at 90
Sep 25, 2023
Bond 26 questions: The WGA settlement edition
Sep 25, 2023
WGA reaches tentative settlement with studios
Sep 25, 2023
Bond 26 listing shows up on IMDb
Sep 24, 2023
For now, cinema Bond remains in the past
Sep 21, 2023
Nolan watch: Oppenheimer passes the $900M mark
Sep 20, 2023
1973: Jann Wenner appears in a Daredevil comic book
Sep 19, 2023
David McCallum at 90
Sep 19, 2023
UPDATE: Eon's drive for 'respect'
Sep 14, 2023
Questionable ethics choices by popular heroes
Sep 10, 2023
1964: Harry Saltzman plays hardball with Kevin McClory about Thunderball
Sep 07, 2023
Sotheby's to conduct Fleming auction
Sep 07, 2023
Ian Fleming Publications unveils covers for new editions of 3 Bond continuation novels
Sep 05, 2023
September 2013: Filming starts on a movie version of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Sep 04, 2023
Actress Gayle Hunnicutt dies
Sep 03, 2023
Graham Rye apparently selling off 007 stuff
Sep 02, 2023
Greatest villain of the spy craze?
Sep 01, 2023
Higson discusses James Bond character on X
Aug 31, 2023
Leigh Chapman: From acting to writing
Aug 30, 2023
Film Bond's biggest enemy: Demographics
Aug 28, 2023
Aston Martin's year so far in Formula ONe
Aug 27, 2023
2010: MGM says it plays to jump-start the 007 film series
Aug 25, 2023
The resilient 007 fan
Aug 21, 2023
State of the Bond franchise, summer 2023
Aug 15, 2023
About that No Time to Die production budget
Aug 13, 2023
Ian Fleming Publications announces new printings of 3 Bond continuation novels
Aug 12, 2023
1975: Sean Connery (briefly) discusses his work on the 007 films
Aug 11, 2023
Mission: Impossible 7 fails to break out
Aug 08, 2023
Sharon Farrell dies at 82
Aug 05, 2023
Credit oddities on television shows
Aug 04, 2023
Edward Hume, major QM contributor, dies
Aug 03, 2023
What a pure Christopher Nolan James Bond film would be like
Aug 03, 2023
Michigan theater to show two 007 films
Aug 01, 2023
Major Matt Mason? Really?
Jul 27, 2023
Title of Kim Sherwood's 2nd 00-novel is announced
Jul 25, 2023
Bond and the new cinema conventional wisdom
Jul 24, 2023
Christopher Nolan provides a Rorschach Test about directing a Bond movie
Jul 21, 2023
Mission: Impossible 7 and the difficulty of saving cinema
Jul 16, 2023
Bond 26 questions: Industry uncertainty edition
Jul 15, 2023
About Indiana Jones, 007, and other aging heroes
Jul 15, 2023
About, Indy, 007, and other aging heroes
Jul 15, 2023
Bond 26 questions: Industry uncertainty edition
Jul 15, 2023
Phoebe Waller-Bridge denies being considered to direct Bond 26
Jun 28, 2023
Nancy Kovack talks about being in the spycraze
Jun 23, 2023
Nancy Kovack talks about being in the Spy Craze
Jun 23, 2023
007 film items up for auction
Jun 21, 2023
Documentary reignites the Lee-Kirby debate
Jun 20, 2023
Revisiting issues about Christopher Nolan directing a Bond film
Jun 19, 2023
About politics in Fleming's Bond stories
Jun 17, 2023
Argylle to get a theatrical release, The Hollywood Reporter says
Jun 16, 2023
John Romita, an appreciation
Jun 14, 2023
John Romita, major Marvel artist, dies
Jun 14, 2023
Washington Post criticizes revisions to novels
Jun 12, 2023
Amazon says Citadel Will Be OK
Jun 12, 2023
Remember all this 'news' about Bond 26?
Jun 11, 2023
Happy 86th birthday, Luciana Paluzzi
Jun 10, 2023
About decades-old 'spoiler alerts'
Jun 09, 2023
U.N.C.L.E. script: A future Oscar-winning writer tries a turn
Jun 07, 2023
Citadel ends its first season
Jun 03, 2023
The Wild West West now on Amazon Prime
Jun 02, 2023
An obscure Bond fan gathering in 2008
May 31, 2023
Charlie Higson delivers a James Bond oasis in 2023
May 31, 2023
The 115th anniversary of the birth of Ian Fleming
May 27, 2023
Tina Turner dies at 83
May 24, 2023
Bond (and his rights holders) try to decide what to do next
May 22, 2023
Jim Brown, football star and actor, dies
May 19, 2023
Ray Austin, stuntman and TV director, dies
May 19, 2023
Mission: Impossible 7 releases a new trailer
May 17, 2023
60th anniversary of the end of Ian Fleming with U.N.C.L.E.
May 14, 2023
Update on Spy Command audio posts
May 14, 2023
Paul Playdon, spyfi writer, dies
May 13, 2023
About continuity in James Bond continuation novels
May 12, 2023
An early 15th-anniversary post for The Spy Command
May 07, 2023
RE-POST: What happened with Quantum of Solace’s script?
May 05, 2023
Kathleen Kennedy doesn’t read the room
May 04, 2023
On His Majesty’s Secret Service debuts
May 04, 2023
WGA goes on strike
May 02, 2023
Citadel tries a new twist on the independent spy agency
Apr 30, 2023
On His Majesty’s Secret Service makes a splash
Apr 28, 2023
007 reality show turns to Succession star Cox
Apr 24, 2023
Higson says his and Sherwood’s 007 stories are separate
Apr 22, 2023
Outcomes from Bond 26’s delay spur other efforts
Apr 21, 2023
IFP unveils cover to Higson’s adult Bond novel
Apr 19, 2023
Villeneuve is mentioned as a Bond 26 director
Apr 17, 2023
Remember when Bond was going back to the ’60s?
Apr 16, 2023
About those recent Bond casting comments
Apr 14, 2023
Literary James Bond reaches 70
Apr 13, 2023
Temptations following in Fleming’s footsteps
Apr 12, 2023
U.N.C.L.E.’s end: A footnote
Apr 07, 2023
An old friend of mine tells me ‘something smells’
Apr 03, 2023
Quantum’s 15th: Impact still felt on 007 franchise
Apr 01, 2023
IFP coming out with Higson adult Bond story
Mar 31, 2023
High-end 007 tour is unveiled
Mar 30, 2023
Twilight of the JFK-Hefner era of U.S. Bond fandom
Mar 27, 2023
How Marvel began to struggle
Mar 25, 2023
Marvel, once invincible, becomes mortal
Mar 20, 2023
A look back at The Spy Who Loved Me novel
Mar 19, 2023
Notable birthdays for women of the spycraze
Mar 15, 2023
IFP releases designs for 70th edition paperbacks
Mar 13, 2023
Bond 26 questions
Mar 12, 2023
Washington Post argues for Skyfall as 2012’s best picture
Mar 11, 2023
Topol dies at 87
Mar 09, 2023
About that No Time to Die writing credit
Mar 07, 2023
About a certain No Time to Die anniversary
Mar 05, 2023
Amazon to come out with a spy show
Mar 03, 2023
Never Say Never Again’s 40th: Battle of the Bonds round 2
Mar 02, 2023
Octopussy’s 40th: Battle of the Bonds, round 1
Mar 02, 2023
IFP says Bond story alterations in line with Fleming’s wishes
Feb 27, 2023
Bond stories being edited for racial issues, Telegraph says
Feb 26, 2023
Reminder: Eon said Bond films wouldn’t come out as often
Feb 25, 2023
Ying and the yang about entertainment
Feb 24, 2023
Broccoli seeks to cool down Bond 26 speculation
Feb 23, 2023
A Hawaii Five-O scribe dies
Feb 20, 2023
A generation confronts its mortality
Feb 18, 2023
Gerald Fried, Emmy-winning composer, dies
Feb 18, 2023
Stella Stevens dies at 84
Feb 17, 2023
New e-book versions of Fleming stories released in U.K.
Feb 17, 2023
Raquel Welch dies at 82
Feb 15, 2023
What does ‘James Bond will return’ mean for Bond 26?
Feb 13, 2023
Can baccarat be dramatic?
Feb 10, 2023
Burt Bacharach dies at 94
Feb 09, 2023
About James Bond fandom
Feb 06, 2023
Return of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’s 40th anniversary
Feb 05, 2023
RE-POST: The hero’s last stand
Feb 04, 2023
Goldfinger’s ‘secret sauce’
Feb 01, 2023
Live And Let Die’s 50th: The post-Connery era truly begins
Feb 01, 2023
Real life catches up to (some) futuristic tropes
Jan 27, 2023
Wait, what? Really?
Jan 26, 2023
Rewatching The Avengers Part II
Jan 25, 2023
FRWL’s 60th: The dancer in the main titles
Jan 23, 2023
From Russia With Love’s 60th conclusion: Legacy
Jan 22, 2023
From Russia With Love’s 60th Part III: Desmond Llewelyn
Jan 21, 2023
From Russia With Love’s 60th Part II: John Barry
Jan 20, 2023
From Russia With Love’s 60th Part I: The difficult sequel
Jan 18, 2023
55th anniversary of the end of U.N.C.L.E. (and ’60s spymania)
Jan 15, 2023
Re-Watching The Avengers Part I
Jan 13, 2023
James Bond Radio podcast ends
Jan 12, 2023
Eon Productions posts 2021 financial results in U.K. filing
Jan 09, 2023
The unheralded James Bond anniversary
Jan 09, 2023
IFP unveils 70th-anniversary logo
Jan 04, 2023
Puck News (sort of) joins The Sun on Taylor-Johnson
Jan 03, 2023
A look back at a Bond continuation story
Jan 01, 2023
Bond cultural reference: Terry and the Pirates
Jan 01, 2023
Happy New Year 2023 from The Spy Command
Dec 31, 2022
Barbara Walters dies, her interviews included Connery
Dec 31, 2022
Henry Cavill: The U.N.C.L.E. footnote
Dec 29, 2022
State of the Bond franchise: Year-end 2022
Dec 28, 2022
A history of Christopher Nolan as next Bond director
Dec 27, 2022
Happy holidays 2022 from The Spy Command
Dec 23, 2022
Ian Fleming Publications prepares for a big 2023
Dec 22, 2022
Michael Reed, OHMSS director of photography, dies
Dec 20, 2022
Tom Cruise teases his next Mission: Impossible film
Dec 19, 2022
Daniel Craig: The Long Goodbye Part Infinity
Dec 17, 2022
Bond 26 questions: The Henry Cavill edition
Dec 16, 2022
Cavill out as Superman, DC, actor announce
Dec 15, 2022
Ex-MGM executive talks about working with Eon
Dec 12, 2022
About those 007 stories in The Sun
Dec 11, 2022
Bond 26: On His Majesty’s Secret Service
Dec 09, 2022
Cavill back as Superman? Not so fast, THR says
Dec 08, 2022
Licence to Kill treatment: Conclusion
Dec 03, 2022
MGM watch: Amazon tightens its grip on Leo the Lion
Nov 30, 2022
When even escapist stories have dark edges
Nov 26, 2022
Craig still involved with 007 promotions
Nov 24, 2022
About that Daniel Craig LAT interview
Nov 20, 2022
Licence to Kill treatment: A bumpy flight
Nov 18, 2022
One of Marvel’s oldest characters makes his movie debut
Nov 14, 2022
Sam Mendes makes his case Bond film case
Nov 13, 2022
1965: NYT Observer column declares 007 a bungler
Nov 12, 2022
RE-POST: What 007 and Batman have in common
Nov 12, 2022
Kevin Conroy, voice of Batman in cartoons, dies
Nov 11, 2022
Haggis found liable in civil rape case, NYT says
Nov 11, 2022
Mendes, Arnold to participate in 007 music programs
Nov 10, 2022
A look at some directors of the spy craze
Nov 06, 2022
Footnote to the cinematic 007’s 60th anniversary
Nov 03, 2022
Sean Connery Foundation announced
Nov 02, 2022
Off-beat ideas for Bond 26 (and beyond)
Nov 01, 2022
Sherwood says she has completed her 2d 007-universe novel
Oct 31, 2022
Will Bond 26 avoid M:I 7 and 8?
Oct 30, 2022
Ernest Lehman bio: Salute to a screen great
Oct 27, 2022
When will Eon start looking forward?
Oct 25, 2022
Henry Cavill says he’s back as Superman
Oct 24, 2022
More about Elon Musk as the new Hugo Drax
Oct 23, 2022
A few thoughts about the 1960 spy craze
Oct 21, 2022
Mad marks its 70th anniversary
Oct 20, 2022
Licence to Kill treatment: Boom!
Oct 17, 2022
Angela Lansbury in 1960s spy stories
Oct 14, 2022
Licence to Kill treatment: MI6 or MI5?
Oct 11, 2022
What should happen for Bond 26
Oct 07, 2022
IFP to republish Ian Fleming stories, books
Oct 05, 2022
Bond music documentary: Some recycled material
Oct 05, 2022
American actor Robert Brown dies
Oct 03, 2022
Eon Bond actor No. 007: Let’s get on with it, shall we?
Oct 02, 2022
Some basic facts about Craig being cast as 007
Sep 30, 2022
Broccoli says Purvis & Wade will probably work on Bond 26
Sep 30, 2022
Cinema Bond at 60
Sep 30, 2022
MGM watch: Epix to be renamed MGM +
Sep 28, 2022
Is it 60 years of Bond or 15 years of Craig?
Sep 23, 2022
Bond 26 questions: The Variety interview edition
Sep 22, 2022
Producers talk to Variety about casting next Bond
Sep 21, 2022
Happy 89th birthday, David McCallum
Sep 19, 2022
IFP teases an announcement for Oct. 5 (err, 5-Oct.)
Sep 15, 2022
Mendes muses to Baz about Bond films
Sep 14, 2022
Queen Elizabeth dies; her links with Bond
Sep 08, 2022
How No Time to Die divided Bond fandom
Sep 06, 2022
Ernest Lehman biographer discusses the writer’s spy films
Sep 05, 2022
Licence to Kill treatment: Bond meets Q
Sep 04, 2022
The return to ‘timeshifting’ with literary Bond
Sep 02, 2022
Reviews arrive for Double or Nothing
Aug 31, 2022
Bond 26 questions: The lot of noise edition
Aug 28, 2022
Licence to Kill treatment: Bond meets Sanchez
Aug 27, 2022
Pinewood names a sound stage after Connery
Aug 25, 2022
Licence to Kill treatment: Blackjack
Aug 23, 2022
Licence to Kill treatment: Pam changes her hair color
Aug 22, 2022
An excerpt of Double or Nothing is published
Aug 20, 2022
Tom Palmer, ace Marvel inker, dies
Aug 19, 2022
Licence to Kill treatment: Pam’s backstory
Aug 19, 2022
Graham Rye talks about his relationship with 007 films
Aug 15, 2022
WB to distribute MGM movies internationally, Deadline says
Aug 15, 2022
Licence to Kill treatment: Bond buys a boat
Aug 14, 2022
Licence to Kill treatment: Karate chop
Aug 13, 2022
Olivia Newton-John dies at 73
Aug 09, 2022
Licence to Kill treatment: Krest ‘brays with laughter’
Aug 07, 2022
Double or Nothing contest announced
Aug 06, 2022
Licence to Kill treatment: A knock on the door
Aug 06, 2022
1988: Licence to Kill treatment Part II
Aug 06, 2022
1988: Treatment for Licence to Kill Part I
Aug 04, 2022
Bill Russell’s appearance on spy television
Jul 31, 2022
Bond concert scheduled for Oct. 4 in London
Jul 28, 2022
As U.K. celebrates Bond, U.S. fans are green with envy
Jul 25, 2022
The Gray Man’s mishmash
Jul 23, 2022
Pinewood submits expansion plan
Jul 21, 2022
‘Code Name Theory’ continues
Jul 19, 2022
Russo brothers look to create a spy franchise
Jul 17, 2022
Script bible for James Bond Jr.
Jul 15, 2022
Terence Young accused of sexual harassment on Dr. No
Jul 13, 2022
Monty Norman dies at 94
Jul 11, 2022
MCU treads water (?) with new Thor film
Jul 10, 2022
Skyfall’s 10th anniversary: Brief return to Bondmania
Jul 06, 2022
Happy Independence Day 2022
Jul 06, 2022
State of the Bond franchise: Mid-2022
Jul 01, 2022
Bond 26 questions: The how long (?) edition
Jun 29, 2022
Broccoli says Bond to be reinvented, Baz reports
Jun 29, 2022
Cover for Double or Nothing unveiled
Jun 28, 2022
Oswald the Rabbit makes his (sort of) MCU debut
Jun 26, 2022
The Johnny Williams era of television
Jun 26, 2022
Broccoli, Wilson receive British medals
Jun 24, 2022
Paul Haggis arrested on sexual assault charges
Jun 20, 2022
McCallum: 2015 Illya was ‘ridiculous’
Jun 19, 2022
Alan Caillou: Colorful writer-actor
Jun 18, 2022
Broccoli, Wilson to receive BFI award
Jun 17, 2022
Espionage in the NFL
Jun 17, 2022
NTTD’s reactions from its co-stars
Jun 15, 2022
Saudis latest to evoke comparisons to Goldfinger
Jun 12, 2022
Pierce Brosnan figures into Black Adam trailer
Jun 11, 2022
Die Another Day’s 20th: Eon discovers CGI is hard
Jun 11, 2022
A few thoughts about With a Mind to Kill
Jun 07, 2022
Tomorrow Never Dies’s 25th: Jigsaw puzzle
Jun 01, 2022
The Spy Who Loved Me’s 45th: 007 rolls with the punches
May 27, 2022
A sampling of With a Mind to Kill reviews
May 25, 2022
Mission: Impossible 7 (and Bond) questions
May 23, 2022
Mission: Impossible 7 trailer officially released
May 23, 2022
Mission: Impossible 7 trailer leaks
May 22, 2022
Observations of a No Time to Die rewatch Part II
May 19, 2022
Observations of a No Time to Die rewatch Part I
May 18, 2022
About getting around WGA writing credits
May 15, 2022
NTTD crew member criticizes Fukunaga, MI6 HQ reports
May 14, 2022
The Times provides a preview of Horowitz’s new Bond novel
May 13, 2022
Danny Boyle talks about Bond 25
May 10, 2022
FROM THE ARCHIVES: First attempt at a Thunderball script
May 09, 2022
Dr. Strange 2 has a big opening weekend
May 09, 2022
George Perez dies at 67
May 07, 2022
The Living Daylights at 35: A short-lived new era
May 06, 2022
A new book about Dr. No is scheduled
May 02, 2022
Broccoli: Decision on new Bond will ‘take some time’
Apr 30, 2022
Neal Adams dies at 80
Apr 29, 2022
M:I 7 gets a title as part of CinemaCon preview
Apr 29, 2022
Bond 26 questions: The MGM shakeup edition
Apr 27, 2022
MGM film execs favored by Eon to depart studio, Variety says
Apr 27, 2022
Can Dr. Strange restore Marvel’s momentum?
Apr 26, 2022
Bond fan Elon Musk agrees to buy Twitter
Apr 25, 2022
More 60th: What was happening in 1962?
Apr 24, 2022
Broccoli & Wilson to receive award
Apr 21, 2022
Another 60th: Hope and Crosby provide 007 a `Road’ map
Apr 19, 2022
REVISIT: A Bond tour of NYC
Apr 18, 2022
State of the Bond franchise: Spring 2022
Apr 15, 2022
You Only Live Twice’s 55th: Mixed legacy
Apr 14, 2022
20th anniversary of 007’s swan song on ABC
Apr 12, 2022
Bond event scheduled in June for the Bahamas
Apr 11, 2022
About that John Hodge script for Bond 25
Apr 09, 2022
Nehemiah Persoff, veteran character actor, dies
Apr 06, 2022
1972: 007 debuts on U.S. Television
Apr 04, 2022
Daniel Craig contracts COVID-19
Apr 02, 2022
Casino Royale’s 55th anniversary: Oh no, 007!
Apr 01, 2022
No Time to Die wins best song Oscar
Mar 28, 2022
Eon confirms plans for Bond-themed reality show
Mar 27, 2022
Bond questions: The reality show (?!) edition
Mar 25, 2022
Bond reality show in the works, Variety says
Mar 25, 2022
Cruise’s M:I, like NTTD before it, is in ‘the barrel’
Mar 24, 2022
Clapton submitted track for Licence to Kill genuine, MI6 says
Mar 22, 2022
About Bond’s Oscar prospects
Mar 21, 2022
The other Fleming 60th anniversary
Mar 20, 2022
Bond 26 questions: MGM’s new owner edition
Mar 17, 2022
Amazon says it has completed MGM deal
Mar 17, 2022
European regulators approve Amazon-MGM deal
Mar 15, 2022
No Time to Die wins 2 BAFTA awards
Mar 13, 2022
Dr. No script Part V: Meeting the villain, Bond woman
Mar 12, 2022
Dr. No script Part IV: Killing Professor Dent in triplicate
Mar 11, 2022
Dr. No script Part III: A friendship is forged
Mar 10, 2022
Dr. No script Part II: Bond memes make their debut
Mar 09, 2022
Dr. No’s script Part I: The story takes shape
Mar 08, 2022
Batman, despite pandemic, remains a box office draw
Mar 07, 2022
Broccoli & Wilson complain about lack of Craig nominations
Mar 04, 2022
The Batman goes even darker
Mar 04, 2022
Some thoughts about U.S. Bond marketing
Mar 02, 2022
A belated review of Spider-Man No Way Home
Feb 28, 2022
Importance of score & editing (Bond edition)
Feb 24, 2022
Eon’s long goodbye with Daniel Craig
Feb 22, 2022
Bond crew members overlooked by the Oscars
Feb 21, 2022
007 film series to be subject of symposium
Feb 20, 2022
Craig tells Colbert what it’s like to get a CMG
Feb 17, 2022
Hard reboots vs. continuations
Feb 16, 2022
1982: Bond’s big Oscar moment
Feb 12, 2022
How Bond 26 may be affected by London studio moves
Feb 09, 2022
Bond 25 questions: The Oscars edition
Feb 08, 2022
No Time to Die receives 3 Oscar nominations
Feb 08, 2022
Skyfall cited as example of censorship in China
Feb 06, 2022
The Spy Command, James Bond Dossier talk NTTD
Feb 06, 2022
No Time to Die scores BAFTA nominations
Feb 03, 2022
Financial behind the scenes of Dr. No, Part III
Feb 03, 2022
Financial behind the scenes of Dr. No Part II
Feb 02, 2022
Decoding The Man Who Knew Too Much
Feb 01, 2022
Financial behind the scenes of Dr. No Part I
Feb 01, 2022
More details available about new Sherwood novel
Jan 31, 2022
Dr. No’s 60th-anniversary conclusion: Legacy
Jan 29, 2022
Dr. No’s 60th anniversary Part V: Ken Adam’s magic
Jan 28, 2022
Dr. No’s 60th anniversary Part IV: `The Elegant Venus’
Jan 27, 2022
Dr. No’s 60th anniversary Part III: `A pretty rough diamond’
Jan 26, 2022
Dr. No’s 60th anniversary Part II: The $40,000 man
Jan 25, 2022
Dr. No’s 60th anniversary Part I: The odd couple
Jan 24, 2022
Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 delayed again
Jan 21, 2022
Michael G. Wilson turns 80
Jan 21, 2022
On 007’s 60th, will Harry Saltzman be the forgotten man?
Jan 21, 2022
Evolution of spy entertainment 1960s-present
Jan 20, 2022
Bond 21-25 questions: Assessing the Craig era edition
Jan 20, 2022
Bond 25 questions: The NTTD script edition
Jan 19, 2022
United Artists Releasing makes a NTTD script available
Jan 19, 2022
007 Store sells…a teddy bear?
Jan 17, 2022
Footnote to Fleming’s involvement with U.N.C.L.E.
Jan 16, 2022
Broccoli: No steps toward selecting new Bond
Jan 12, 2022
Biography about writer Ernest Lehman to be published
Jan 11, 2022
The 355 flops as spy movies struggle to find an audience
Jan 09, 2022
Bond 25 questions: Final box office edition
Jan 07, 2022
About genre movies fighting for Oscars love
Jan 05, 2022
Bond questions: The New Year edition
Jan 01, 2022
Happy New Year 2022 from The Spy Command
Dec 31, 2021
Ralph Fiennes rips off a SPECTRE scab
Dec 30, 2021
Bond 25 questions: 007 vs. Spidey at the box office
Dec 27, 2021
The King’s Man stumbles in U.S. debut
Dec 26, 2021
Spider-Man passes NTTD for No. 1 non-Chinese movie
Dec 23, 2021
Happy holidays 2021 from The Spy Command
Dec 23, 2021
2021’s spy entertainment “In Memoriam”
Dec 21, 2021
Spider-Man No Way Home Becomes No. 1 2021 U.S. release
Dec 20, 2021
Spider-Man No Way Home gets off to hot start
Dec 17, 2021
Bond questions: The new continuation novel
Dec 16, 2021
With a Mind to Kill is title of new Bond novel
Dec 16, 2021
Bond questions: 2022 (and beyond?)
Dec 12, 2021
Official NTTD podcast takes a victory lap
Dec 11, 2021
George Perez announces terminal cancer diagnosis
Dec 08, 2021
Author discusses her James Bond fashion book
Dec 06, 2021
Bond 26 questions: Bond’s return
Dec 06, 2021
NTTD advances to $763M global box office
Dec 05, 2021
Bond questions: The Wrap edition
Dec 03, 2021
Broccoli & Wilson say (yet again) no Bond spinoffs
Dec 03, 2021
Diamonds’ 50th: Rodney Dangerfield of 007 films
Dec 01, 2021
Bond 25 questions: What’s up with the U.S.?
Nov 28, 2021
NTTD passes $758M in global box office
Nov 28, 2021
RE-POST: Robert Towne channels 007 for U.N.C.L.E.
Nov 25, 2021
Bond 26 questions: The ‘next iteration’ edition
Nov 24, 2021
Variety suggests NTTD still is unprofitable
Nov 22, 2021
No Time to Die passes F9 in global box office
Nov 21, 2021
Bond 25 questions: No Time to Die’s box office crown
Nov 21, 2021
When is a character’s appearance ‘official’?
Nov 20, 2021
Arthur Weingarten, TV writer-producer, dies
Nov 19, 2021
MGM takes a No Time to Die victory lap
Nov 19, 2021
NTTD to be 2021’s box office champ, Puck says
Nov 18, 2021
What’s left of Fleming for future Bond films?
Nov 17, 2021
About that 1997 unsold Five-O pilot
Nov 17, 2021
Bond films: Does ‘Fleming content’ matter anymore?
Nov 16, 2021
Bond 25 questions: The box office edition (updated)
Nov 15, 2021
No Time to Die passes $150M in U.S., $700M globally
Nov 14, 2021
John Pearson, Fleming biographer, dies
Nov 13, 2021
Purvis & Wade say #MeToo didn’t affect their work
Nov 12, 2021
Watching No Time to Die at home
Nov 10, 2021
No Time to Die goes past $667.5 million mark globally
Nov 07, 2021
Bond 25 questions: The VOD edition
Nov 06, 2021
NTTD to debut on VOD in U.S. next week, Screen Rant says
Nov 06, 2021
No Time to Die’s Oscar push is underway
Nov 05, 2021
Questions about IFP’s new Double O novels
Nov 05, 2021
IFP announces new series of Double O novels
Nov 04, 2021
British broadcaster claims Bond is not a fantasy
Nov 04, 2021
Film and literary 007: Is there a plan going forward?
Nov 03, 2021
No Time to Die footnote edition
Nov 02, 2021
No Time to Die passes $600M in global box office
Oct 31, 2021
RE-POST: The blog’s obit for Paul Baack from 2017
Oct 28, 2021
U.N.C.L.E. script: The Never-Never Affair
Oct 26, 2021
Where No Time to Die went wrong financially
Oct 25, 2021
RE-POST: A sample of Fleming’s U.N.C.L.E. correspondence
Oct 25, 2021
NTTD passes $500 million global mark
Oct 24, 2021
Vulture highlights ‘hidden costs’ of NTTD delays
Oct 23, 2021
About the ties between British and American Bond fans
Oct 22, 2021
A few quirks in the development of No Time to Die
Oct 21, 2021
NTTD production designer spills a few secrets
Oct 20, 2021
James Bond, the Doctor Who fan
Oct 20, 2021
Leslie Bricusse, prolific songwriter, dies at 90
Oct 19, 2021
Live and Let Die script: More mayhem
Oct 19, 2021
Bond 26 questions: The (eventual) search for a new Bond
Oct 19, 2021
Bond 25 questions: The box office edition
Oct 18, 2021
About that No. 1 spoiler for No Time to Die
Oct 17, 2021
The blog’s final grade for No Time to Die
Oct 17, 2021
Bond 26, etc.: The real question going forward
Oct 17, 2021
No Time to Die falls 56% in its second U.S. weekend
Oct 17, 2021