Banning Smartphones on Set: A Smart Move

Those film makers all require total focus from their teams and see it as an unhelpful distraction if someone is Tweeting on set or updating their Instagram between scenes.

Actors have been especially welcoming of the shunning of cellphones as it helps many of them reach emotional places easier without seeing workers around them tapping away on devices.

While the no mobiles strategy is not an official industry policy, the fact it worked so well on several Oscar nominated movies is encouraging many more sets to go cellphone free.

With the 25th James Bond movie, No Time to Die, soon to be released, let’s take a look back at the history of the spectacularly successful film franchise.

The Bond films, based on the spy novels of Ian Fleming, have been in production since 1962 earning a combined gross of $7 billion.

That makes the adventures of British secret agent 007 the fourth biggest franchise of all time behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars and the Wizarding world of Harry Potter.

The Bond films are a family fair with Albert “Cubby” Broccoli having produced most of them until being succeeded in 1995 by his daughter Barbara Broccoli who remains at the helm.

Six actors have played 007 and they are Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig.

November 2020 release No Time to Die is Daniel Craig’s final appearance in the role but there is no sign of this franchise dying as the winning formula of action, glamor and excitement looks set to continue for many years to come.