Cinema Retro has received the following announcement from Eon Productions:

'Bond in Motion' will be the largest official collection of James Bond vehicles the world has ever seen. Opening January 2012 at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, England, 'Bond in Motion will feature fifty vehicles to celebrate fifty years of 007 movies.

Click here for further details at the Bond in Motion web site

The latest issue of the British James Bond magazine MI6 Confidential is now shipping and is available exclusively from the MI6 web site. The issue features the usual eclectic mix of subject matters pertaining to the world of 007 including the publication of very rare behind the scenes photos taken on the set of From Russia With Love.

Other highlights include interviews with Richard Kiel and Bond author Jeffrey Deaver and the story behind the famous James Bond D.C. comic book based on Dr. No plus much more. Click here for more

The lavish house where James Bond battled female gymnists Bambi and Thumper in the 1971 film Diamonds Are Forever is up for sale, providing you have a spare $13.9 million laying around. The house, located in Palm Springs, was designed in 1968 by famed architect John Lautner. For more click here

At the conclusion of the novel From Russia With Love there was every indication that Ian Fleming, like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle before him, had every intention of killing off his famous literary creation. The climax of the book finds James Bond stabbed by Rosa Klebb's poison-tipped knife blade concealed in her shoe. The ambiguous ending finds Bond slumping onto the floor with nary a happy ending in sight. Whereas Doyle had to be persuaded by public pressure to resurrect Sherlock Holmes, Fleming never seriously considered killing off Bond. The evidence? A letter from 1957 that Fleming wrote to a distraught fan assuring her of Bond's restored health. Amusingly, he presented the news in the format of an MI6 internal memo. Click here to read

The still-to-be-titled 23rd official James Bond movie produced by Eon Productions will shoot extensively in India. The Indian government has given the green light for the production to begin filming late this year. One specific sequence involves spectacular action on a train. For more click here