Entries Tagged as 'Quantum of Solace'

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

World Premiere of Quantum of Solace

The world premiere of Quantum of Solace takes place later today at London’s Leicester Square. Attended by Princes William and Harry, the premiere takes place at 6 pm at the Odeon Leicester Square and will be followed by the first public screening of the film as part of the London Film Festival. Among the stars [...]

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

BBC News: Daniel Craig’s quantum leap

Daniel Craig may be a man of many talents, but he also has the power of prophecy, writes Tim Masters, Entertainment reporter for BBC News. “I’m going to get hurt,” he said at the press launch for Quantum of Solace in January – just after filming on his second outing as 007 had commenced. And [...]

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Press Association: New Bond film to get royal premiere

Princes William and Harry will meet stars of the new 007 film as they attend their first royal premiere, writes The Press Association. The Princes will be in London’s Leicester Square for Quantum of Solace, the 22nd film in the Bond series. On the red carpet will be James Bond actor Daniel Craig, Bond girls [...]

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

The Times: Finally… it’s time for the Quantum of Solace premiere

After a year of feverish anticipation, a teasing high-octane trailer and a run of positive early reviews, Quantum of Solace will finally receive a royal unveiling tomorrow night at the London Film Festival, writes Veronica Schmidt for The Times. Prince William and Prince Harry will attend the world premiere of the latest Bond instalment, which [...]

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

The Scotsman: Does this mean Bond’s past his sell-by date?

THE name is Bond… James Bond. Now, might I interest sir in the new Sony Eriksson mobile phone?”, writes Stephen McGinty in The Scotsman. It seems 007 now has more than a licence to kill; he has a licence to sell, and a very lucrative one. Quantum of Solace, the 22nd “official” outing of Britain’s [...]

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Autoblog: Gold-plated Aston Martin DB7 on show after Quantum of Solace

Aston Martin makes some of the most beautiful cars in the world. Take, for instance, the critically-acclaimed DB7. Based on the Jaguar XJS platform, styled by Ian Callum and introduced to an extremely excited market in 1994, it was the firm’s most successful car ever and it is still recognized as a breathtaking design, writes [...]

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Telegraph: Necklace with a starring role

In Quantum of Solace, it’s not a gizmo or Q invention that holds the key to the plot, but a piece of jewellery reports The Telegraph. Having designed two sets of earrings and a loveknot necklace for Eva Green’s Vesper Lynd (above) to wear in the casino scene for Casino Royale, jeweller Sophie Harley was [...]

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Electricpig: Sony Ericsson licensed to kill a fifth of handset range

Sony Ericsson is cutting a fifth of its handset range after announcing its first quarterly net loss in more than five years according to Electric Pig. It blamed losses on consumers buying fewer handsets. But is James Bond really to blame? The company is already slashing 2,000 jobs in a cost-cutting programme, which may now [...]

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Motor Authority: Bond star Daniel Craig lands lifetime deal with Aston Martin

Being James Bond has its perks, and one of them is getting an open invitation from Aston Martin’s bosses to drive any car he pleases, according to an article by Ralph Hanson in Motor Authority. Since part of the job description for Daniel Craig, the actor that plays Bond in the new film Quantum of [...]

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

FirstShowing.net: Marc Forster Can Only Handle One Bond at a Time

Earlier today I attended a full day of press interviews with the cast from Quantum of Solace and as I still revel in the excellence of the film tonight, I thought I’d bring you an interesting quote today from director Marc Forster, writes Alex Billington for FirstShowing.net. This is somewhat of a teaser to the [...]