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For many 007 fans, the Ford Mondeo from Casino Royale (2006) is the worst James Bond car.

Sometimes, an episode of a TV show may be your favorite but not the best.

For seven decades, continuity has been a thorny issue for makers of movies and TV shows.

A newsletter and the Deadline website say 007 actor auditions will gear up in August for the first Bond movie under Amazon creative control.

A California mansion, known as the "Batman Mansion" is up for sale for a mere $32 million.

David Sheiner, a busy character, died in early June at age 98.

William Smithers, a busy character actor over decades, has died at 98.

The entertainment media is going crazy over the notion that Steven Spielberg once wanted to direct a James Bond movie and got turned down. Problem? It's not news.

La-La Land Records announced June 4 it's now selling an expanded soundtrack for SPECTRE (2015).

007 First Light, the new James Bond video game, had a fast sales start in late May.

Citadel season 2 leaves viewers tired after too many plot twists.

A major horse race saw a winner named Napoleon Solo! But some UNCLE druids were rooting against the winning horse.

Napoleon Solo (the horse) won the second leg of the Triple Crown

Amazon MGM said May 14 it has officially begun the search for a new cinematic James Bond. Naturally, the blog has questions.

No James Bond actor has been actually chosen. But on YouTube, one possible choice already has been attacked as soft. The outrage machine continues.

Season 2 of Citidel is available on Amazon Prime. Based on the first two episodes, some tweaks have been made, including a bigger role for Stanley Tucci.

As Casino Royale debuted in 2006, Eon and its studio partners faced challenges how to follow up.

With the start of production of Casino Royale, Eon's new direction was set.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Casino Royale, the 21st James Bond film made by Eon Productions. It was the start of an era unlike other Bond movies.

One of the recent Mr. Obvious stories (The Telegraph) has a quote that has inspired a YouTube video.

Two British outlets are shocked, SHOCKED, to discover the next James Bond movie won't be out soon.

The future for The Man From U.N.C.L.E. doesn't seem bright.

Gerry Conway, who became at writer of comic books in his teens before becoming a writer-producer of TV shows, dies at 73.

Amazon Prime Video says it has scheduled a second season of its Citadel streaming spy show, starting May 6.

Amazon MGM's turn at CinemaCon has come and gone. Naturally, the blog has questions.

More than a decade later, the 2015 movie version of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. still spurs the same arguments. That's why it's called fandom.

This week's annoucement about a new James Bond continuation novel by Charlie Higson raises questions as only The Spy Command can ask.

In separate announcements, it was revealed La-La Land Records is bringing out an expanded Diamonds Are Forever soundtrack and that Charlie Higson has written a James Bond continuation novel.

Roald Dahl, author and one-time James Bond screenwriter, is the subject of a play. Giant. John Lithgow plays Dahl, circa 1983. The play deals with the author’s anti-Semitism.

SOMEWHERE IN MICHIGAN — The Ian Fleming Foundation this past weekend resumed its work weekends of work on James Bond vehicles and props.

Len Deighton, creator of a series of spy novels featuring a working-class operative, has died at 97, the BBC reported

For a decade or so, "shared" universes have been a big movie thing. The thing is, the concept goes back 70 years ago on television.

During the Eon era of Bond films, starting in 1962, there were rough edges. Now that 007 is entering a new era that where that may not continue.

The U.K.’s National Film and Television School is naming an addition after Albert R. Broccoli, the co-founder of Eon Productions, which made 25 James Bond films from 1962 to 2021.

Amid 007 film uncertainty, you should be very careful for all the clickbait articles.

Allen and Rossi were the successors to Martin and Lewis. Thus, in 1966, Allen and Rossi had a spy movie.

Fantastic Voyage was a science fiction story with Cold War elements.

In the 1970s John Steed made a comeback in The New Avengers.

Amazon MGM is scheduled to discuss its upcoming movies at this year’s CinemaCon in Las Vegas. The event begins at 8:30 p.m. Pacific time on April 15. A chance to find out news about the next Bond movie?

This year marks the 60th anniversary of 1966's Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die, which has similarities to 1979's Moonraker.

Bond fans are dedicated. But sometimes they react strongly even when there isn't any actual news. Example an entertainment reporter makes a prediction without actually reporting something.

In early 1966, one of the memorable entries in the spycraze debuted, Our Man Flint with James Coburn.

2025 was a year of big change for the Bond film franchise. What happens next?

On the night of Jan. 12, 1966, something hit television that it hadn’t seen before. Batman debuted on ABC in the U.S.

There would be no new James Bond film in 1966. The new Matt Helm series, debuting with The Silencers, took up some of the slack.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the original Mission: Impossible TV series. It wasn't an easy show to work on, either behind or in front of the camera.

Fan fiction seeks to create ties from television episodes. Those episodes were made without any attempt to have such connections. The makers of the show were just trying to make production deadlines. But fans won't be denied.

IO Interactive said this week its new James Bond video game will be delayed to May 27 from its original release date of March 27.

A summary of the passing of people of interest to readers of The Spy Command blog.

As the end of 2025 approaches, the James Bond film franchise recorded its most important event. But there’s enormous uncertainty ahead