Sean Connery rehearsing the pre-credits sequence for Thunderball in France.

Way back in 1965, the pre-credits sequence of Thunderball amazed audiences with the scene in which James Bond makes a getaway via use of a personal jetpack. Unlike many of the cutting-edge gadgets seen in the Bond films, however, this one took quite some time to make it to consumers - 45 years, to be precise. Nevertheless, a company is now marketing the first jetpack available for sale to consumers, so your dreams of traveling like 007 can finally be fulfilled- as long as the trip lasts about 30 minutes, you're not afraid of heights and you have a spare $75,000 to spare. Click here for more

Sir Roger Moore will produce and appear in a new film about the making of John Ford's 1952 classic The Quiet Man. The new film will be shot in the same location, the beautiful, quaint village of Cong in County Mayo. Click here to watch a news video.

In one of the more bizarre cases of copyright infringement, MGM has forced the 007 Refrigeration Company in England to change its name to the 700 Refrigeration Company, citing violation of intellectual property. The company,which uses the logo "Licenced to Chill"- claims the lawsuit was unnecessary because no one could possibly have mistaken the fridge firm with any aspect of Bond produced by MGM. For more click here