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4 June 2026
La-La Land Records have announced a 10th anniversary remastered and expanded 2-CD re-issue of renowned composer Thomas Newman’s original motion picture score to the James Bond film, Spectre. Produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, the 2015 film stars Daniel Craig in his fourth turn as James Bond 007 and is directed by Sam Mendes, returning for his second film in the series.
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Noting his brilliant work on Skyfall (2012), it’s no surprise Thomas Newman  was recruited for another epic Bond mission, and he delivers above and beyond – scoring Spectre with a rich orchestral depth that mines fresh, emotional dimensions of drama, suspense, action and mystery, all the while honouring the classic Bond music traditions. Expanded with never before released music, this is a revelatory presentation of Newman’s expertly crafted score. Included as well, is Sam Smith's powerful Oscar-winning song, ‘Writing's On The Wall’.

Produced by Neil S. Bulk and mastered by Doug Schwartz from Simon Rhodes's original 24-bit digital stereo mixes, this is a special 2-CD release, limited to only 5,000 units. The two hour “Score Presentation” presents the music in chronological film sequence while the “Additional Music” section showcases unique Original Soundtrack Album edits as well as an alternate cue and a source cue. Featuring sharp art direction by Dan Goldwasser the release also includes exclusive, in-depth liner notes by journalist and author Jon Burlingame. Sold exclusively at 007Store and la-la land Records for the first 90 days of release.

28 May 2026
On the 118th anniversary of his birth, Ian Fleming Publications announce three new publishing projects coming in 2026. Each take us further into the worlds of Felix Leiter, teenage James Bond and Ian Fleming himself.

Following the success of last year’s paperback and eBook release of Bond continuation author Raymond Benson’s new Felix Leiter spin-off novel, The Hook and the Eye will now receive an audiobook edition. Read by narrator Stuart W. Howard it will be available worldwide via all audiobook platforms from August 5, 2026. With a new audio drama edition of the first YOUNG BOND title, SILVERFIN, coming in the autumn from Big Finish productions, a full colour paperback reissue of Danger Society to be published on September 3, 2026, gives fans the opportunity to delve deeper into the world of Charlie Higson’s YOUNG BOND. November 18, 2026, will see the publication of a brand-new hardback of Ian Fleming: The Notes by John Pearson. This legendary book has only previously been available as a very limited edition but will now be available online at the Ian Fleming Shop, and at all good bookshops. For fans of James Bond and Ian Fleming, these are the meticulous biographical notes that John Pearson made in 1965 while researching Ian Fleming.

John Pearson [pictured left] occupies a unique role in the world of Bond. He has the distinction of being James Bond’s only authorised biographer and his celebrated work, The Life of Ian Fleming was the first book about Fleming ever to be published. Ian Fleming: The Notes is a book about writing a book. It charts not only Fleming’s life but Pearson’s own journey while investigating his subject. Compelling, insightful, irreverent and written in John Pearson’s inimitable style, it includes fascinating details, letters and interviews that never made it into the finished biography.

17 April 2026
La-La Land Records announce a remastered and expanded Limited Edition vinyl LP re-issue of composer John Barry's original motion picture score to the ninth 007 film The Man With The Golden Gun. Following his stellar debut in Live And Let Die (1973), Roger Moore returns in The Man With The Golden Gun (1974), a film that would also mark the return of Oscar^® winning composer John Barry to the franchise, providing his first score for Moore’s 007. The composer accompanies the globe-trotting adventure with yet another accomplished work – with 007 motifs, familiar and new, blended within an irresistible meld of classic orchestra, rock and jazz. With lyrics by Don Black, the bombastic title song is brought to life by iconic Scottish singer Lulu. Expanded beyond previous vinyl editions and with highly enhanced audio quality, The Man With The Golden Gun is unleashed like never before within this deluxe presentation.

10 April 2026
English model and actress Jan Williams, who played Grant's masseuse in From Russia With Love (1963), has died at the age of 87.

Although her career was more focussed on modelling rather than acting, Jan Williams did make an uncredited appearance as a passenger in Carry On Cruising (1962), and several TV shows including 13 episodes of The Rag Trade (1962), The Human Jungle (1963), Two of A Kind (1966) with Morecambe & Wise, two episodes of the 1966 Doctor Who story The Ark starring William Hartnell, and also appeared in the ITC thriller series Man In A Suitcase starring Richard Bradford, in the episode Castle In The Clouds (1968) [pictured below centre].

Jan attended Graham Rye's 1992 convention celebrating 30 years of James Bond held at Pinewood Studios, where she was photographed in Pinewood's gardens at the exact spot where she filmed her scene as Grant's masseuse with Robert Shaw in From Russia With Love (1963) [pictured left]. She also appeared at The James Bond 007 International Fan Club 7th Christmas Lunch held at Café de Paris in London on November 22, 1999, where 200 Club members celebrated the opening of the new James Bond film The World Is Not Enough at a morning preview, and the re-publication of Graham Rye’s all-new pictorial edition of his book The James Bond Girls. The event was also attended by special ‘Bond Girl’ guests Martine Beswicke [From Russia With Love (1963) & Thunderball (1965)], Molly Peters [Thunderball (1965)], and powerboat champion Sarah Donohue who doubled Maria Grazia Cucinotta (Cigar Girl) in The World Is Not Enough (1999).

4 April 2026
A Stuntman's Early Adventures

LUKE G. WILLIAMS reviews Paul Weston's new book Falling Into Film, which examines the stuntman's early career, which includes chapters devoted to his work on The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979) starring Roger Moore as James Bond 007.

Falling Into Film Review

1 April 2026
Ian Fleming Publications have announced a brand-new adult James Bond novel from multi-million copy bestselling YOUNG BOND creator Charlie Higson. KING ZERO will be published in the UK on September 24, 2026, by Penguin Michael Joseph.

Le Chiffre. Dr No. Goldfinger. James Bond has faced them all. But now the world is changing, and even 007 has no idea what’s coming for him…

It starts with a murdered agent in the Saudi desert. Only a traitor could have known enough to bring him down. But even James Bond can’t guess at the secret that was worth killing him to keep.

As Bond follows the trail across the globe, he doesn’t realise the countdown has already begun. And hiding in the shadows is a man with more power than he could ever have imagined.

Prepare for a villain unlike any before. Prepare for KING ZERO.

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31 March 2026
To celebrate the 55th anniversary of the release of Diamonds Are Forever (1971), La-La Land Records have announced a remastered and expanded 2-CD re-issue of renowned composer John Barry’s original motion picture score to the seventh James Bond film.

Composer John Barry continues on his mission of creating classic Bond music, unleashing another epic orchestral wonder, pulsating with thematic motifs, and swirling all the film’s thundering action, spycraft and sensuous romance into an intoxicating, exhilarating knockout of a score. Included within this 2-CD set is the iconic title song ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ by Barry and lyricist Don Black performed by Shirley Bassey in English and Italian! Expanded beyond previous soundtrack editions, Diamonds Are Forever sparkles like never before within this deluxe presentation.

Produced by Neil S. Bulk, mixed by Chris Malone and mastered by Doug Schwartz, the release has been sourced from the original 1" 8-track analog scoring masters. The “Score Presentation” reflects the takes and sequencing used for the film, while the “Original Soundtrack Album” has been newly edited and replicates the takes, edits and sequencing of the 1971 soundtrack. Alternate versions and additional source cues round out the package. Featuring sharp art direction by Dan Goldwasser, with a new front cover designed by Jim Titus, the release also includes exclusive, in-depth liner notes by journalist and author Jon Burlingame. Limited to 5,000 units this release is not expected to be around... forever. Sold exclusively at 007Store and la-la land Records for the first 90 days of release.

15 March 2026
British author Leonard Cyril Deighton, better known as Len Deighton, has died at the age of 97. Often considered one of the three best spy novelists of his time (along with Ian Fleming and John le Carré), Deighton was also an acclaimed military historian, food writer and graphic designer.

Born in London on February 18, 1929, Deighton joined the Special Investigations Branch of the RAF at the age of 17 and trained as a photographer, often recording crime scenes with the Special Investigation Branch (SIB) of the military police as part of his duties. After completing his National Service, Deighton attended St. Martin's art school in London and later won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, from where he graduated in 1955. At college Len Deighton met Raymond Hawkey, who would end up designing the covers for several of Deighton's books (and the memorable series of PAN paperbacks of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels published in the 1960s). Len Deighton's debut novel The Ipcress File was published to great acclaim in 1962, and the screen rights were immediately acquired by Harry Saltzman who produced three films in the 1960s all starring Michael Caine as Harry Palmer - a character un-named in Deighton's seven novels featuring the protagonist.

Len Deighton's services were then secured for the second James Bond film, and the author wrote a draft screenplay for From Russia With Love (1963) after he had accompanied Harry Saltzman, Director Terence Young and Art Director Syd Cain on a trip to Istanbul to scout locations in December 1962. Deighton's draft was ultimately rejected but he would return to the world of 007 at the request of his friend Kevin McClory in 1975. Deighton collaborated on a first draft script of “James Bond of the Secret Service” with McClory and Sean Connery, completed on November 11, 1976. The story was originally written by Ian Fleming, Kevin McClory and Jack Whittingham in 1958, and finally reached the screen as Never Say Never Again in 1983, although Len Deighton had no input into the later scripts originally titled Warhead.

PROPSTORE Online Entertainment Memorabilia Auction
Los Angeles March 25-27, 2026

A selection of significant and unusual James Bond props and costumes are featured in the live auction including a miniature figure of Christopher Walken from A View To A Kill (1985), Raoul Silva's (Javier Bardem) Prison Jumpsuit from Skyfall (2012), and James Bond's (Daniel Craig) Stunt Browning Hi-Power Pistol used in No Time To Die (2021).

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

PREVIEW OF IMPORTANT LOTS & RESULTS

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6 March 2026
The Macallan and James Bond are no strangers to each other. Bond's encounters with our exceptional single malt are well documented. The next act of our special bond is the 2026 release of a limited edition whisky, marking 55 years since the premiere of Diamonds Are Forever.

Diamonds Are Forever (1971) was primarily shot in the USA. The American oak stands proxy for the critical Las Vegas and coastal California scenes and the natural colour of the whisky mimics the Aztec sandstone in the Nevada desert.

The Macallan Diamonds Are Forever 55th Anniversary Release is an exploration of the film’s archive as it has never been seen before. The packaging design offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the creative development of the film, visually depicting the film’s concepts of clones, laser beams, the villain’s white cat and the Las Vegas lair. The film’s title sequence has inspired the colour of the release.

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11 February 2026 - A new Bond Adventure Awaits

The name’s Bond. James Bond.

The world’s favourite secret agent is back as you’ve never seen him before: meet James Bond before the boy became the man.

Charlie Higson’s beloved YOUNG BOND novels are being brought to life as a range of brand-new, full-cast audio dramas by Big Finish Productions, starting with his first adventure – SILVERFIN.

On his first day at his new school, James Bond is about to make his very first enemy, and is soon plunged into a deadly adventure that will take him from the playing fields of Eton to the murky waters of Loch Silverfin…

A monstrous secret lurks beneath its icy surface… a secret that threatens to plunge the world into a new era of warfare.
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