Free-to-Stream 007 Tribute on Apple TV

Apple TV will help to promote the latest but long overdue James Bond movie with a free-to-stream retrospective special about Daniel Craig’s 15-year run as 007.

It will be available for a month from September 7, as the curtain-raiser to No Time to Die’s October 7 theatrical release.

Here’s the media release:

Being James Bond from Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) will be exclusively available to stream on the Apple TV app as a free rental ahead of the theatrical release of the upcoming 25th film in the James Bond franchise, No Time to Die. 

In this special 45-minute retrospective, Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15-year adventure as James Bond. Customers in over 30 countries and regions around the globe can rent the film for free and stream it exclusively on the Apple TV app from 7 September to 7 October.

Including never-before-seen archival footage from Casino Royale to the upcoming 25th film No Time to Die, Craig shares his personal memories in conversation with 007 producers, Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, in the lead up to his final performance as James Bond.

“A lot of people here have worked on five pictures with me,” Craig noted during the conversation with the films’ producers in Being James Bond.

“I’ve loved every single second of these movies, and especially this one because I’ve got up every morning and I’ve had the chance to work with you guys, and that has been one of the greatest honours of my life.”

Said Broccoli in the film: “Daniel has just taken this, the character, the series, the whole thing, to a place that is so … extraordinary. And so emotionally satisfying.”

“It’s also emotionally tough being Daniel’s last one. It’s tough on Barbara, it’s tough on me,” added Wilson. 

Being James Bond was directed by Baillie Walsh (Flashbacks of a Fool) and produced by Charlie Thomas, Carla Poole and Special Treats Productions. Colin Burrows served as executive producer. 

The 25th film in the James Bond franchise, No Time to Die, will be released in cinemas through Universal Pictures.

Apple’s also released a trailer for the October 15 Apple TV+ premiere of the Todd Haynes documentary series The Velvet Underground. Reads the blurb:

The Velvet Underground created a new sound that changed the world of music, cementing its place as one of rock ’n’ roll’s most revered bands.

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Todd Haynes, The Velvet Underground shows just how the group became a cultural touchstone representing a range of contradictions: the band is both of their time, yet timeless; literary yet realistic; rooted in high art and street culture.

The film features in-depth interviews with the key players of that time combined with a treasure trove of never-before-seen performances and a rich collection of recordings, Warhol films, and other experimental art that creates an immersive experience into what founding member John Cale describes as the band’s creative ethos: “how to be elegant and how to be brutal.”