JAMES BOND
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11 December 2025
Groundbreakers: Icons of our Time, is a special new auction celebrating major cultural figures and achievements of the 20th–21st centuries. Spanning natural history, cinema, music, literature, fashion, sport and technology, Groundbreakers spotlights the very best of the modern era.

Included in the auction is LOT #25 an original 1962 quad-crown poster (30" X 40") for the first James Bond film Dr. No, featuring iconic artwork by Mitchell Hooks. Adding to the line-up of 32 lots is the Aston Martin DB12, Goldfinger 007 Special Edition. The full hammer proceeds from this lot are being donated to charity, divided equally between Into Film, National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, The London Screen Academy and UK Time’s Up. [SOLD for £571,500]

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9 December 2025
007 MAGAZINE looks back at the making of Thunderball, released 60 years ago as the fourth entry in the long-running EON Productions James Bond film series. Originally planned as the first 007 film in 1961, Thunderball was shelved when litigation engulfed the property. Four years later, it emerged as a co-production with Kevin McClory, who had won the film rights after a bitter court battle with author Ian Fleming. The release of Thunderball in 1965 cemented Bond’s global dominance and remains a landmark in the franchise’s history.

“Here Comes The Biggest Bond Of All!”

13 November 2025
After an absence of six years, James Bond returned returned to the big screen with the Premiere of GoldenEye at Radio City Music Hall in New York on November 13, 1995. To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the release of GoldenEye, 007 MAGAZINE looks back at the production of Pierce Brosnan's debut in which the actor took Ian Fleming's Secret Agent to new heights of international success after losing the role to Timothy Dalton in 1986. Pierce Brosnan’s four-film tenure went on to revitalise the franchise for a whole new generation of fans.

“You Know The Number”

12 November 2025
La-La Land Records, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Universal Music Enterprises proudly present a remastered and expanded limited edition vinyl LP re-issue of composer John Barry's original motion picture score to Moonraker. The 1979 film stars Roger Moore as James Bond in his fourth turn as 007 and is produced by Albert R. Broccoli and directed by Lewis Gilbert.

Oscar^® winning composer John Barry continues to bring his creative mastery to the Bond franchise with a thrilling, often romantic score that not only takes 007 around the world… but propels him into outer space. Shirley Bassey returns for her third Bond title song featuring lyrics by Hal David. Produced by Neil Bulk, remixed by Mike Matessino from high-resolution digital transfers of 2” tapes provided by MGM, and mastered by Doug Schwartz, Moonraker blasts off like never before!

This remastered 2XLP score presentation, pressed on 180 Gram coloured vinyl, also contains additional music, including an early version of the title song with lyrics and vocals by Oscar^® and GRAMMY^® winner Paul Williams. The handsome gatefold jacket includes an 8-page booklet featuring liner notes by renowned journalist and author Jon Burlingame and sharp art design by Jim Titus.
Limited Edition of 700 Units “Operation Orchid” Variant available exclusively from La-La Land Records
Limited Edition of 300 Units “Deep Space” Variant available exclusively from 007 Store

7 November 2025
Lee Tamahori, the director of Pierce Brosnan's fourth James Bond film Die Another Day (2002), has died at the age of 75.

Born in Wellington, New Zealand on June 17, 1950, to a Māori father and British mother, Tamahori [pictured left with Halle Berry] began his career as a commercial artist and joined the film industry in his native country in the late 1970s. After working as a boom operator for Television New Zealand and Assistant Director on a handful of feature films, Tamahori progressed to First Assistant on Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983). The acclaimed prisoner-of-war drama set in Java during WWII was directed by Nagisa Ōshima, starred David Bowie, and largely filmed in New Zealand. After directing several TV dramas, Lee Tamahori made his feature film debut with Once Were Warriors (1994), a gritty depiction of a violent Māori family. Once Were Warriors was a critical success becoming the highest-grossing film ever released in New Zealand, and won the New Zealand Film Award for Best Director.

After moving to Hollywood, Tamahori directed the period crime drama Mulholland Falls (1996), which was not well received critically or commercially, but his next film The Edge (1997) starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin, written by acclaimed American playwright and author David Mamet, was a huge international hit. Given his background Tamahori was an unusual choice when he was assigned to direct the first James Bond film of the new millennium in July 2001. Although Die Another Day (2002) was not well received by fans and critics, it went on to become the most successful film of the franchise up to that point, and is still the sixth highest-grossing James Bond film (unadjusted for inflation) after the five starring Daniel Craig.

PROPSTORE Online Entertainment Memorabilia Auction
London December 5-7, 2025
Several significant and unusual James Bond props and costumes are featured in the live auction including James Bond's Throwing Knife from On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), miniature figures of Roger Moore and Christopher Walken from For Your Eyes Only (1981) and A View To A Kill (1985), Cinematographer Alec Mills’ bound Shooting Scripts, several costumes from the Daniel Craig films, plus Safin's (Rami Malek) SFX Mask seen in No Time To Die (2021). Also offered are a pair of Sony CRT-20 FM Wireless Mics from Aki's (Akiko Wakabayashi) Toyota 2000GT, and Volcano Base Countdown Clocks and SPECTRE Hard Hat from You Only Live Twice (1967).

Many of the items have never been offered in auction before.

PREVIEW OF IMPORTANT LOTS & RESULTS

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31 October 2025

French actor Tchéky Karyo, who played Russian Defence Minister Dimitri Mishkin in GoldenEye (1995), has died at the age of 72.

Born Baruh Djaki Karyo in Istanbul, Turkey on October 4, 1953, he was raised in Paris, France, and began his acting career on stage in classical and contemporary plays. Karyo became a character actor in French films in the 1980s, and was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actor for his role in La Balance (1982). In 1990 Karyo appeared in La Femme Nikita directed by Luc Besson, followed by several American films, often portraying a French character. These included Michael Bay's directorial debut Bad Boys (1995), and later opposite Mel Gibson in The Patriot (2000). In 2014 and 2016, Karyo appeared as Julien Baptiste in the acclaimed BBC One/Starz drama series The Missing, receiving critical praise for his performance as a French detective. Karyo reprised the role in a spin-off series, Baptiste in 2019 and 2021.

26 October 2025

007 MAGAZINE looks back at the making of Spectre, released 10 years ago as the 24th entry in the long-running EON Productions James Bond film series. After a lengthy and troubled production Daniel Craig’s fourth 007 outing finally hit cinema screens in October 2015 – three years after the blockbusting Skyfall, which by then had grossed over $1.1 billion at the global box-office.

“Writing's On The Wall”

3 October 2025

To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Pierce Brosnan's debut as James Bond, GoldenEye (1995) is being re-released in UK cinemas from Friday October 3, 2025.

When a deadly satellite weapon system falls into the wrong hands, only Agent 007 can save the world from certain disaster. Armed with his license to kill, Bond races to Russia in search of the stolen access codes for “GoldenEye”, an awesome space weapon that can fire a devastating electromagnetic pulse toward Earth. But 007 is up against an enemy who anticipates his every move: a mastermind motivated by years of simmering hatred. Bond also squares off against Xenia Onatopp, an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon.

007 MAGAZINE REDUX EDITIONS #28 • #29 • #30

30 September 2025
The famed Italian film poster artist Renato Casaro has died at the age of 89. In 1953, at age 18, Casaro found a job as a staff artist at Studio Favalli, a famous design and art studio of Rome's film industry, and at the age of 21 opened his own art studio. In 1965 Renato Casaro was hired by renowned Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis to design the posters for The Bible: In the Beginning directed by John Huston. Casaro later worked on many other films for De Laurentiis including Flash Gordon (1980), Conan The Barbarian (1982) and Dune (1984). However, it will be his work on the two 007 films that went head-to-head at the box-office in 1983, for which he will be best-remembered by James Bond fans.

The US release posters for Octopussy (1983) featured artwork by Daniel Goozee (1943-2024), but for the UK and European release his backgrounds were replaced by new figures and an action montage by Renato Casaro, who also repainted the main figures of Roger Moore and Maud Adams seen some other international posters. Casaro also painted the superb artwork of Sean Connery [pictured left] seen on German posters for Never Say Never Again (1983).
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Octopussy 40th Anniversary 1983-2023
Never Say Never Again 40th Anniversary 1983-2023