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Iconic James Bond cars parade through Paris

James Bond fans in Paris were treated to a rare display on Sunday when cars that featured in decades worth of Bond films paraded through the streets of the French capital.

Published: 12 October 2015 10:13 CEST

Iconic James Bond cars parade through Paris

Almost 20 Bond cars hit the streets of Paris on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Almost 20 cars that featured in the Bond films from the last forty years were in Paris on Sunday to promote Spectre – the newest addition to the 007 franchise.

Led by an Aston Marton DB10, above, the cars paraded down the Champs Elysée and past the Eiffel Tower.

The event was carried out at a much slower pace than Bond fans may be used to, especially compared to a Paris car chase from 1985's A View to a Kill, which sees Roger Moore hijack a taxi at the Eiffel Tower to chase a parachuting villain above (see the chase below).

The newest Bond film features France's Lea Seydoux (pictured below), the latest in a long line of French women to share the silver screen with 007, who will once again be played by Daniel Craig.

The film will be released on October 26th in the UK, November 6th in the US, and then November 11th in France.

SEE ALSO: Seven things you need to know about Léa Seydoux

IN PICTURES: Ten French Bond girls through the ages

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WATCH: New Bond film begins filming in southern Italy... with a car chase

Matera: not a bad backdrop for a car chase. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

Filming on No Time To Die, 007's 25th movie outing and the fifth and final time he'll be played by Daniel Craig, arrived in this year's European Capital of Culture on Sunday.

Originally slated to begin in April, the shoot got off to an appropriate start: with an Aston Martin speeding through Matera's scenic streets.

Watched by a curious crowd, the crew closed down part of the city centre as stunt doubles – including what looked to be a long-haired blonde in the passenger seat – shot off on a car chase, the spy's distinctive silver DB5 in pursuit of another vehicle.

Craig himself is expected to arrive in Matera in the next few days, for a shoot that will last nearly four weeks and bring an estimated €12 million of investment to the city.

Some 400 jobs are expected to be created by the production, not to mention the knock-on boost for tourism that's likely to follow once the film comes out in April 2020.

READ ALSO: Matera, Italy's city of caves, contrasts, and culture

As well as the scenes by Matera's grand cathedral and ancient, Unesco-listed cave houses, some sequences will be shot in the neighbouring region of Puglia.

The crew picked Gravina di Puglia in the province of Bari, a town famous for its dramatic two-level Roman bridge spanning a ravine, as the film's second southern Italian location.

Gravina di Puglia. Photo: Depositphotos

Bond is well-travelled in Italy, having had memorable escapades over the years in Venice, Rome, Siena, by Lakes Como and Garda, in the mountains of Cortina D'Ampezzo and on the Sardinian coast, but this is the first time the secret agent has headed to the far south of the mainland.

No Time To Die will also feature locations in Norway, Jamaica and the UK, with a supporting cast that includes Naomie Harris as Moneypenny, Ben Whishaw as Q, Ralph Fiennes as M, Léa Sedoux as Madeleine Swann, and Rami Malek as the as yet unnamed villain.

READ ALSO: James Bond's best Italian moments

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