The Spy Command

The Sun, despite previous misfires about the next James Bond movie, still caused a stir with a story about Sydney Sweeney being a contender to be the female lead for Amazon's first 007 movie.

The new Superman had good news and bad news at the box office: It was No. 1 at the U.S. but its international results were so-so.

Denis Villeneuve has begun filming Dune 3. So when will he be able to gear up for the first James Bond movie made under Amazon creative control?

The latest attempt at a Superman feature film comes out this week. It's courtesy of director James Gunn, who helmed three Guardians of the Galaxy movies for Walt Disney Co.'s Marvel Studios.

The former wife of one-time 007 George Lazenby, 85, says the actor is suffering from dementia.

The Ian Fleming Foundation has a new president and vice president.

So when did new Bond director Denis Villeneuve actually see his first James Bond movie?

People have pleaded for years for Denis Villeneuve to direct a James Bond film. Finally, he's getting his chance.

Amazon MGM said it has selected Denis Villeneuve, who helmed two recent Dune films, to direct Amazon's first 007 movie.

Naturally, the blog has questions about reports last week about contenders to direct the first Amazon Bond movie.

Efforts to secure a director for the first Amazon James Bond are accelerating, according to reports.

Jack Schwartzman (1932-1994) was a major figure in James Bond film history who is not well remembered today.

Tom Cruise and Daniel Craig had an enormous impact on Mission: Impossible and James Bond. Who did it better?

Next year's novel where a retired James Bond instructs kid would-be secret agents is generating some interesting reactions.

Ian Fleming Publications has commissioned new novels where a retired James Bond teaches “a new generation of teenage spies,” The Sunday Times reported.

A new 007 video game from IO Interactive is ready to come out. How will it stand up to recent video game efforts?

There have been some false starts since Amazon took creative control of James Bond movies.

Ian Fleming began serializing its new Felix Leiter novel on Tuesday. The IFP website has the first chapter as a free sample.

Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning is projected to come in second at the U.S. box office for the Friday-Sunday weekend.

Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning, despite a long running time, mostly moves quickly and will keep audiences in their seats.

What if Albert R. Broccoli waited for Harry Saltzman's six-month Bond option to expire and try to grab the rights himself? Here are reasons that might not be a good idea.

Alan J. Porter's The James Bond Lexicon has discovered details of another unmade 1950s 007 film project.

Journalist Jeremy Duns has found an Ian Fleming-penned pilot script for a proposed television series to be called James Gunn — Secret Agent.

One of the most unusual entries in the 1960s spy craze, The Prisoner, is available on the Amazon Prime streaming service.

We look back at the family model (Eon) vs the corporate model (Marvel). Neither worked out that well.

An upcoming novel, 221B On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Mark D. Ellis, puts Sherlock Holmes in the employ of British Intelligence.

The book Being James Bond, by Joseph Darlington, will have an expanded version in August.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Thunderball. Like it or not, it was a significant part of the 1960s spy craze.

With Amazon taking control of the creative control of the cinema 007, Friends of Eon are going away.

Since Amazon gained creative control of the cinema James Bond, 007 social media changes seem to be changing.

Artist Robert McGinnis (1926-2005) sometimes varied with his poster illustrations compared with James Bond movies.

The Oscars plan to introduce a stunt category, beginning with movies released in 2027, Deadline: Hollywood reported.

Robert McGinnis illustrated memorable James Bond movie posters. But he was a lot more than James Bond.

Thunderball will be shown during this month's TCM Classic Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Amazon MGM is getting started on its first James Bond film, the studio said Wednesday night at the CinemaCon gathering in Las Vegas.

For nearly four years, the evidence that something was amiss in plain sight with the cinema James Bond, That evoked a Sherlock Holmes story. The clues were there for those willing to see them

Ian Fleming Publications said it will publish a novel by author Raymond Benson featuring the James Bond supporting character Felix Leiter.

Amazon signaled it's now fully in control of the future of cinema James Bond by naming Amy Pascal and David Heyman as producers of the next 007 movie.

Amazon today named Amy Pascal and David Heyman as the new producers of James Bond movies.

Since March 1, multiple outlets have claimed scoops about who may lead the cinema Bond once Broccoli and Wilson are out of the way.

The Sun (remember those guys?) says Amazon wants Bond 26 by the end of 2027.

With Black Bag, Steven Soderbergh showed again why he is an important cinema voice.

Black Bag, a spy film with a cast including Bond film actors, finished No. 3 at the U.S. box office this weekend with an estimated $7.5 million.

The Feb. 20 announcement that Amazon will soon gain creative control blew out of the water what some James Bond experts have been saying.

Did Eon Productions, and its parent company Danjaq, ever have a succession plan?

Jeff Bezos, chairman and founder of Amazon, intervened personally to ensure the company would gain creative control of the James Bond film franchise, The Hollywood Reporter said.

The Bond film franchise is on the cusp of a major change.

Many Bond fans were unhappy with the Bond tribute at the 2025 Oscars.

Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, $1 billion richer thanks to Amazon, bid adieu to Bond at the 2025 Oscars.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of GoldenEye, a movie that ensured James Bond would continue. The anniversary is ironic given how Amazon is poised to take creative control of the franchise.

Barbara Broccoli of Eon Productions rejected Christopher Nolan directing Bond 26, Variety reported.