To celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the birth of Ian Flemming, publishing powerhourse Penguin recently commissioned the very talented British born, San Francisco painter Michael Gillette to paint iconic covers of 14 James Bond novels. Amazing work. His sexy interpretation of the infamous Bond girls, with a striking minimal colour palette overlayed with interlocking 60′s inspire type treatments are so good they’re sure to bounce off the shelf.
Penguin: Covering Bond (May 08, 2008)
James Bond – Goldfinger (1964)
on her majesty’s secret service
Bond Girls
I found a series of illustrations for book covers to the Ian Fleming James Bond cycle. I was taken with some of these and I edited them for use as profile pictures (the original versions had the title of the book painted across the back of each girl). Since I like to share things I find interesting, I thought I’d share my versions of these cover illustrations…..
Not gonna like, new sick action movies give me a stiffy. 007 is no different. Can’t Wait.
Skyfall Minimal Movie Poster (Fan Made)
HARDY, TOM HARDY.
With the “Skyfall” release date approaching, James Bond is a hot topic. Rumor has it that this will be Daniel Craig’s last outing as 007, as the official movie photos reveal a considerably older looking Craig than the previous two films. The question on everyone’s lips is… who will be his replacement ?
A name that caught our eye is Tom Hardy. The deep sexy voiced actor possesses all the qualities he needs to join the franchise. Arrogant, smooth, rough, body sculpted and in a dangerous way, good looking, Hardy reminds us a bit of Craig himself.
He is currently one of the most in-demand actors in Hollywood, after the roles he had in the Christopher Nolan blockbusters “Inception” and “The Dark Knight Rises”. Hardy is one of the actors Nolan casts on regular basis and publicly stated that he would love to play Bond with Nolan as a director. That wouldn’t be impossible, as Nolan also said he would like to do a Bond movie “when the time is right.”
According to MGM, the next installment in the series would be released in late 2014. Hardy is 34 years old. Assuming that Daniel Craig will make one last appearance after “Skyfall”, Hardy would still be fit for the job and about the same age Craig had when he did “Casino Royale.”
A Nolan directed James Bond movie starring Tom Hardy. I don’t know if my mind can handle that.
