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A “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” remake is in the works from Amazon MGM Studios and “James Bond” backers Eon Productions.

The film is in early stages of development with executives at Eon and Amazon in the process of meeting with potential writers and directors. It’s intended to release in theaters.

Dick Van Dyke starred in the original 1968 “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” a kid-friendly musical fantasy film adapted from the children’s book by James Bond creator Ian Fleming. Directed by Ken Hughes, produced by Albert “Cubby” Broccoli and written by Roald Dahl, Ken Hughes and Richard Maibaum, the story followed widowed odd-ball inventor Caractacus Potts (Dyke) and his children, who salvage a scrapped racing car with magical abilities in pre-war England. The film’s title song was nominated for an Oscar.

“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” was also turned into a stage musical with six new songs by the Sherman brothers,...

At the 2020 Grammys, Finneas won his first-ever honors — six to be exact — for his work on his baby sister Billie Eilish’s debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, making him the most awarded artist of the night. Attacca Quartet also won their first Grammy at that show, for best chamber performance on their album Orange, though the two acts didn’t know each other.

Years later, they joined forces to create the music for Apple TV+’s Disclaimer, Alfonso Cuarón’s acclaimed thriller starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Sacha Baron Cohen and Kodi Smit-McPhee. The musicians worked so well together, they collaborated on Eilish’s latest album, Hit Me Hard and Soft.

Together at the Grammy Museum — where the Los Angeles-born Finneas and Eilish attended youth programs throughout their childhood — the Oscar-winning composer and the string quartet (Amy Schroeder, Andrew Yee, Nathan Schram, Domenic Salerni...

Although Daniel Craig couldn’t care less about the next James Bond actor, Gemma Arterton just hopes the franchise doesn’t stray too far from its source material.

After appearing in Quantum of Solace (2008), the BAFTA nominee gave her opinion on the idea of a woman playing the next 007 amid ongoing calls to diversify the character created by author Ian Fleming in 1935.

“Isn’t a female James Bond like Mary Poppins being played by a man?” she told The Times. “They talk about it, but I think people would find it too outrageous. Sometimes you just have to respect the tradition.

“I don’t regret doing a Bond film, but I am perplexed why it has followed me around. I was only in the film for five minutes,” added Arterton after portraying MI6 agent Strawberry Fields.

Arterton’s comment comes after Craig bluntly declared last month “I don’t...

In their feverish film, Craig plays a man embroiled in a drug-fuelled gay affair. He and director Guadagnino talk about love, ageing – and a forgotten sex act

There is no shortage of directors who have made movies about gay life only to then backtrack and claim they were not specifically gay stories after all: Tom Ford did it with A Single Man, William Friedkin with both Cruising and The Boys in the Band. Luca Guadagnino, the director of Call Me By Your Name and this year’s steamy tennis romcom Challengers, is not about to play that game. “It is the most gigantic gay film in history,” he says of his latest picture, for which he recreated 1950s Mexico City on 12 stages at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. “I don’t think there has ever been a bigger gay movie.” Then again, he doesn’t have much wriggle room: the film is called Queer.

The conversation surrounding the character of James Bond has been persistent these past few years. Ever since Daniel Craig stepped off the pedestal, audiences have constantly been wondering who should play the next version of this character. One of the most talked about topics within this has been the fact that audiences want the next version to also provide representation to certain communities.

Daniel Craig as James Bond in Casino Royale | Credit: Columbia Pictures

Everything from a person of color to a female version and even a queer version of the character has been proposed by audiences. However, there has been notable resistance to the latter two ideas by those in charge of the casting. In fact, many big names within the industry have talked about how they do not like the idea of a female version of the beloved character.

With the most recent addition being former Bond actress,...

John Boyega wishes that Daniel Craig would have stayed on as James Bond.The 'Queer' actor bowed out as 007 after five films in 2021's 'No Time to Die' but Boyega would've been pleased to see him continue playing the spy rather than have the current uncertainty that exists around the franchise.The 'Star Wars' actor told Metro: "I still think Daniel should have done at least two more. I'm not mad at an older Bond. (If) you go so young. I'm like, 'Isn't that a rebrand of the whole franchise?' I wonder how they would creatively do that."John admits that it is impossible to "fathom" what it would be like to be Bond unless he was given the chance to don the character's famous tuxedo.The 32-year-old star said: "You can only really answer that question when the opportunity actually lands in your lap and could work.

Daniel Craig is showing off his creative range with his role in his newest movie Queer. However, the project probably would not have happened for him when he was in the midst of his James Bond days.

The 56-year-old actor famously played the 007 agent in several movies, culminating in 2021′s No Time to Die.

During a recent interview, he said that he would not have done Queer at the same time and explained the simple reason why.

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“I couldn’t have done this while doing Bond,” he told the Sunday Times, explaining, “It would look reactionary, like I was showing my range.”

Daniel added that he felt pressure to take on more work and thought it was “incredible” to get offers when he first started playing Bond.

However, he said that those roles “left me empty.”

“Then, bottom line, I got paid. I was...

Daniel Craig played James Bond in 5 movies from 2006 to 2021, starting with ‘Casino Royale.’ His portrayal brought a grittier, more emotional side to the character, which was different from previous Bond actors. His final movie as Bond was ‘No Time to Die,’ where he ended his iconic role after 15 years.

Moving away from his Bond role, Craig’s most recent release is ‘Queer.’ ‘Queer’ is a 2024 romantic drama set in 1950s Mexico City, directed by Luca Guadagnino and based on William S. Burroughs’ novella.

The film follows an American expat, played by Daniel Craig, who becomes infatuated with a younger man, played by Drew Starkey. It premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and received positive reviews, with Craig winning Best Actor at the National Board of Review. The movie had a limited release in November 2024 and is set for a nationwide release on December 13th.

Craig said that he couldn...

Daniel Craig said in a recent interview with the U.K.’s Sunday Times that he couldn’t have played his character in Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” while working on James Bond movies.

In the film “Queer,” based on the 1985 semi-autobiographical novella of the same name by William S. Burroughs, Craig plays William Lee, an American expat who becomes infatuated with a discharged U.S. Navy serviceman named Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey).

“I couldn’t have done this while doing Bond,” Craig told the Sunday Times. “It would look reactionary, like I was showing my range.”

He continued, “Early on with Bond I thought I had to do other work, but I didn’t. I was becoming a star, whatever that means, and people wanted me in their films. Incredible. Most actors are out of work for large chunks so you take your job offers — but they left me empty. Then,...

After a run of streaming movies, Ana de Armas is finally returning to theaters and, hopefully, making good on her No Time To Die promise. From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina, the excessively branded spin-off feature, sees the actor in an honest-to-goodness theatrically released action film. In a clip from Brazil's Ccxp fan convention,...

Daniel Craig’s new film sees him take the role of gay William Lee in Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, based on a semi-autobiographical novella by William S. Burroughs, but the former James Bond star has shared he would never have considered taking the role during his time at the helm of the 007 franchise.

He told The Times of London:

“I couldn’t have done this while doing Bond. It would look reactionary, like I was showing my range,” and he said he wasn’t interested in the prospect of taking fans of Bond through to a different depiction of masculinity:

“It’s just not a conversation I wanted. I had it all the way through Bond anyway. Could there be this Bond? That Bond? So anything that is going to inflame that conversation? No — life’s too short.”

Craig says it used to take him half a year to...

Daniel Craig’s Bold 007 Transformation ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

The internet had a field day when Daniel Craig was cast as James Bond. From his height to his hair color (blond instead of dark brown), purists were ready to pounce. But one of Craig’s boldest moves? Refusing to dye his hair. Despite pressure from directors, the actor made it clear: James Bond would be rocking a blond look, no exceptions.

“I was asked to dye my hair brown to play this role, but it was out of the question,” Craig said. Instead of submitting to the dye, he suggested, “I could cut my hair short to create a more brutal appearance.” And that’s precisely what he did. Craig’s decision was a statement, not just about his refusal to conform but also about the modern Bond he was about to bring to life.

At the time, many fans were skeptical.

He doesn’t just pen left-field pop and indie electronica ditties.

After winning Oscars for original songs “No Time to Die” from the same-titled 007 movie, as well as, “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie –both performed by sister Billie Eilish– Finneas O’Connell goes all in on scoring this season. And we’re not talking film, rather the AppleTV+ Alfonso Cuaron series Disclaimer starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Sacha Baron Cohen and Lesley Manville.

While we’ve long been acquainted with O’Connell and Eilish’s bass heavy alternative singles, in Disclaimer the former shows a completely different side of himself in what is Bach-inspired chamber piece-driven score for this noirish series about older sophisticated adults whose pasts come to haunt them, and the retribution they seek.

O’Connell’s 180 and deep-dive into classical is reminiscent of David Byrne’s pivots during his career. Not so much when that performer...

Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón turned down an offer to make a James Bond movie. “I was troubled about the idea of doing it,” he said.

Who will direct the next James Bond movie? Who will star in the next James Bond movie? At the time of writing, those remain open questions. One filmmaker we can probably mark as out of the running, though, is Children Of Men and Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón.

The filmmaker has revealed that he was once “offered a Bond film” but ultimately turned it down – partly because the thought of making it made him feel uneasy, and partly because he had a pivotal dinner conversation with fellow director Joel Coen.

This nugget of information came up at the Marrakech Film Festival, in which Cuarón talked at length about his career to date. In Cuarón’s telling, it actually sounds as though he got some way into...

Daniel Craig has not bought into the societal conception of masculinity, something he noted was among his “biggest reservations” about portraying MI6 secret agent James Bond in five films across 15 years.

“I would say one of my biggest reservations about playing [Bond] would be the construct of masculinity,” he told The New Yorker in a recent Q&a while promoting the limited U.S. theatrical release of Luca Guadagnino’s Queer. “It was often very laughable, but you can’t mock it and expect it to work. You have to buy into it.”

Craig, who has taken on a tonal range of films since portraying 007 via projects like Queer and Rian Johnson’s Knives Out universe, played the suave spy in 2006’s Casino Royale, 2008’s Quantum of Solace, 2012’s Skyfall, 2015’s Spectre and 2021’s No Time to Die. The actor has been vocal about leaving the franchise behind for good and having no regrets about doing so, as well as his lack of involvement in the search for a new Bond.

“I mean, the vulnerability of human beings is always interesting to me,” he continued, connecting the “artificial” concept of masculinity to the William S. Burroughs avatar he plays in Queer. “We’re all vulnerable. It doesn’t matter who you are. It doesn’t matter how tough you are, everybody’s vulnerable. But it’s how boys are brought up, how men are expected to behave, how someone like Burroughs was expected to behave.”

He added later, “Listen, [Bond] is nearly 20 years of my life. When I took it on I was one person. I’m now a completely different person. I’m not doing this movie in response to that. I’m not that small. But I couldn’t have done this movie when I was doing Bond. It would’ve felt kind of, ‘Why? What are you trying to prove?'”

Elsewhere during the interview, Craig opened up about feeling “suddenly kind of free” to take on other projects post-Bond, as well as what it was like losing the “freedom … as a semi-anonymous human being” after the franchise skyrocketed him to fame.

Set in 1950s Mexico City and based on the novella of the same name by Burroughs, Queer follows Lee (Craig), an American ex-pat living a solitary life in his forties in a small working-class and collegiate community. The romantic drama unfolds alongside the arrival of Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey), a young student whom Lee is driven to pursue.

Daniel Craig initially rejected the chance to play James Bond as he was fearful of being typecast.The 56-year-old actor portrayed 007 in five movies spanning from 2006's 'Casino Royale' to 2021's 'No Time To Die' but had reservations about taking the part of the legendary spy as he was concerned it could limit other opportunities for him in the movie industry.Asked if he was nervous about accepting the Bond role, Daniel told The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter Podcast: "Yes, for sure. That's why I turned it down - I mean, I said, 'No'. There wasn't a script at the time, so again, my arrogance was unbelievable, but I was just like, 'Well, until I see a script, I couldn't possibly make a a decision.'"And it was fear, exactly what you're talking about, of that thing and many others, how it would flip my life.

Over the more than three decades during which Daniel Craig has been acting in the movies, there’s not much that the British A-lister hasn’t done. Most famously, he played James Bond in five films over 15 years (2006’s Casino Royale, 2008’s Quantum of Solace, 2012’s Skyfall, 2015’s Spectre and 2021’s No Time to Die). He has also worked with many of the greatest filmmakers (e.g. Steven Spielberg on 2005’s Oscar-nominated Munich and David Fincher on 2011’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and actors (e.g. Tom Hanks and Paul Newman on 2002’s Road to Perdition) of his time. And he is at the center of Netflix’s biggest film franchise (playing detective Benoit Blanc in 2019’s Knives Out, 2022’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and the forthcoming Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery).

Never, though, has Craig, 56, been nominated for an Oscar. That could...

When we think of affectionate couples, Prince William and the Princess of Wales (formerly known as Kate Middleton) aren’t the first people who come to mind. In fact, some would argue that they’re not very affectionate at all compared to some other members of the family like Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

But the Waleses definitely have their moments when they can get a little handsy, like when Kate playfully slapped her husband‘s backside on the red carpet at the BAFTAs. Well now, a video that has gone viral shows William being quite frisky with the princess when he forgets others are watching.

Viral video of Prince William’s frisky moments

The 31-second video posted on TikTok contains footage of the pair at several different public events where William can’t seem to keep his eyes and hands off the princess.

Kate Middleton and Prince William during...

How Did Daniel Craig Feel About Being Famous After James Bond Role? (Photo Credit – Facebook)

James Bond is one of the most iconic fictional characters of all time. Created by Ian Fleming in 1953, the British secret agent codenamed 007 has been a cinematic mainstay for over six decades. Played by a host of talented actors, including Sean Connery, Roger Moore, and Pierce Brosnan, the role of Bond has come to define the careers of those who wear the title. Daniel Craig last played the role after taking up the mantle in 2006 with Casino Royale.

Many consider Craig’s take on the character to be one of the finest portrayals of an agent. The new generation fell in love with Bond due to his movies. Over the years, Craig starred in five Bond films, including No Time to Die (2021), marking his final appearance as the legendary spy. Craig became a worldwide phenomenon after these movies,...

Mit der Verschiebung von „Paddington in Peru“ von Mitte Januar auf Mitte Februar will Sony der Konkurrenz durch andere Familienfilme aus dem Weg gehen.

Paddington schwebt zu neuen Abenteuern (Credit: Studiocanal)

In UK und Irland hatte „Paddington in Peru“ Mitte November den besten Start eines britischen Films seit „Keine Zeit zu sterben“ im September 2021 hingelegt.

Um ihm in den USA die Möglichkeit zu geben, sein Potenzial voll entfalten zu können, hat Sony den ursprünglich für das Martin-Luther-King-Wochenende am 17. Januar 2025 vorgesehenen Start auf den 14. Februar verschoben.

Damit bekommt „Paddington in Peru“ ein wenig mehr Luft zwischen Familientiteln wie dem am vergangenen Wochenende gestarteten „Wicked“, „Vaiana 2“, der vor seinem offiziellen Start an diesem Wochenende schon herausragende Preview-Zahlen erzielt hat, „Mufasa: Der König der Löwen“ und „Sonic the Hedgehog 3“ (jeweils 20. Dezember). Als nächster Familientitel nach dem neuen Starttermin von „Paddington in Peru“ steht dann erst wieder „Snow White“ am 21. März an.

U.S. audiences will have to wait a little longer to get their Paddington fix, as the successful film franchise’s third installment “Paddington in Peru” shifts from a Jan. 2025 release to Valentine’s Day.

The Columbia Pictures film’s domestic release has moved from Jan. 17 to Feb. 14, now coinciding with both Presidents’ Day & Valentine’s Day weekend. The shift positions the family film on a double holiday weekend, with a large percentage of K-12 students out of school Friday-Monday.

“Paddington 3” debuted in the U.K. earlier this month and scored a record-breaking opening weekend, collecting £9.65 million ($12.4 million) — the biggest opening for a British film since 2021’s “No Time to Die.”

Based on the bestselling series of children’s stories by British author Michael Bond, “Paddington in Peru” sees Paddington (voiced by Ben Whishaw) receive a letter from Peru telling him that his beloved Aunt Lucy (Imelda Staunton) has inexplicably...

Finally, proof positive of what we all knew to be true—America is being oppressed. The United Kingdom already got Paddington In Peru, but U.S. audiences have to wait even longer. Originally set to release stateside on January 17, the film has been pushed back ever so slightly and will...

Worldwide box office November 22-24 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1. Wicked(Universal) $164.2m $164.2m $50.2m $50.2m 62 2. Gladiator II(Paramount) $106m $221m $50.5m $165.5m 65 3. Red One(Warner Bros) $22m $117.1m $8.7m $64.2m 76 4. Her Story(Taop) $16.6m $20.8m $16.6m $20.8m 1 5. Venom: The Last Dance(Sony) $11.8m $456.4m $7.8m $322.6m 67 6. Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary(China) $8.4m $29.8m $8.4m $29.8m 1 7. The Wild Robot(Universal) $5.8m $317.4m $3.8m $176.7m 81 8. To Gather Around(various) $5.4m $21.2m $5.4m $21.2m 3 9. Paddington In Peru(Studiocanal) $5.4m $30.8m $5.4m $30.8m 1 10. Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin(various) $5.1m $5.1m $260 $260 2

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Worldwide box office November 22-24 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1. Wicked(Universal) $164.2m $164.2m $50.2m $50.2m 62 2. Gladiator II(Paramount) $106m $221m $50.5m $165.5m 65 3. Red One(Warner Bros) $22m $117.1m $8.7m $64.2m 76 4. Her Story(Taop) $16.6m $20.8m $16.6m $20.8m 1 5. Venom: The Last Dance(Sony) $11.8m $456.4m $7.8m $322.6m 67 6. Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary(China) $8.4m $29.8m $8.4m $29.8m 1 7. The Wild Robot(Universal) $5.8m $317.4m $3.8m $176.7m 81 8. To Gather Around(various) $5.4m $21.2m $5.4m $21.2m 3 9. Paddington In Peru(Studiocanal) $5.4m $30.8m $5.4m $30.8m 1 10. Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin(various) $5.1m $5.1m $260 $260 2

Credit: Comscore.

Playing international man of mystery James Bond can take quite the individual, but three years after the release of “No Time to Die,” his final spin in the Aston Martin, Daniel Craig is finally starting to release himself from the pressures the role created inside him. In a recent interview with The New York Times, Craig referenced singer/songwriter Chappell Roan’s rise to stardom and how she’s pushed against the desires of fans to protect her own space and mental health as an inspiration for this new chapter in his life.

“I really admire the guts to say those things,” Craig said, adding, “Celebrity kills you. Really, it’s a terrible, terrible thing that can happen and I think you’ve got to really fight against all of the things that it throws in your face, because it’s so easy to be tempted.”

Especially in today’s...

Refresh for Latest…: Universal’s Wicked is sitting pretty in its global debut, now with a projected $165M through Sunday. As expected, the bulk of the bucks going into the witches’ cauldron is coming from North America, with the anticipated split at $117M domestic and $48M from the international box office.

Globally, Wicked will see the biggest opening weekend for a film based on a Broadway adaption, ahead of Les Miserables ($103M); the 6th biggest opening weekend of 2024 worldwide; and the 4th biggest opening weekend ever globally for a musical, ahead of The Little Mermaid ($163.6M).

Internationally, Wicked is landing within the pre-opening range. The film is out in only 61 overseas markets, repping 65% of the offshore footprint — such majors as France, China, Germany and Japan have yet to release the Jon M. Chu-directed first installment of the Broadway musical adaptation.

Still, in like-for-like launch markets, Wicked is on...

Why Henry Cavill Missed Bond Role (Photo Credit – Facebook)

Henry Cavill as James Bond? Yep, it almost happened. In 2006, our favorite Superman was this close to slipping into 007’s tux for Casino Royale. He even made it to the showdown—but Daniel Craig swooped in and claimed the license to kill. Fast forward to No Time to Die in 2021; we all know how epic Craig’s run turned out. Cavill’s near-hit as Bond? It was a total plot twist that ended up working in his favor.

So, why didn’t it pan out? It wasn’t about talent, that’s for sure. Cavill’s audition caused quite the buzz. Even director Matthew Vaughn, chilling at Pinewood Studios, then spilled some tea on The Spotlight with Jessica Shaw. It turns out that Craig himself is chatting about this “young guy” who is gunning for Bond. Vaughn called it “bizarre” but...

Hollywood visual effects pioneer Colin Chilvers, who earned a Special Achievement Academy Award in 1979 for making Christopher Reeves as Superman fly, has died. He was 79.

Chilvers died Tuesday in Fort Erie, Ontario, according to his nephew, Chris Corbould, whose own VFX credits include Inception, The Dark Knight Rises and James Bond franchise movies like No Time to Die and Spectre.

“I am forever indebted to Colin as he instigated the start of my own career in special effects when he invited me onto the set of Tommy in 1974 when I was 16 years old and inspired me to make a career in the film industry,” Corbould told The Hollywood Reporter.

Chilvers was a director of special effects for Richard Donner’s 1978 classic Superman, which was shot partly in Niagara Falls and starred Reeves as Clark Kent/Superman and Margot Kidder as Lois Lane. Chilvers in a 2019 interview with the 15 Minutes With…...

Such was the love for Hugh Grant’s devilishly splendid antagonist Phoenix Buchanan in “Paddington 2″ that the actor was rewarded with a BAFTA best supporting actor nomination. While practically everyone acknowledged it was richly deserved (not least for his unforgettable prison dance as the credits rolled), it was no small feat for a family comedy led by a CGI bear. The other nominees in that category that year were for the distinctly less PG “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” “All the Money in the World” and “The Florida Project.”

“Paddington in Peru” — the long-awaited third film in StudioCanal’s hugely successful Paddington franchise — may not have generated quite the same level of critical acclaim as the second (widely regarding as a masterpiece and therefore difficult to top). But Olivia Colman has stepped into Grant’s tap-dancing shoes as the new casting addition (and a potential baddie) in style.

Giving what...

The Day of the Jackal hit its target sooner than we thought: Peacock has renewed the Eddie Redmayne-led assassin thriller for Season 2, TVLine has learned, just eight days after its debut.

Redmayne stars as the Jackal, a highly paid hitman who hops around the globe snuffing out targets while eluding capture. Lashana Lynch (No Time to Die) co-stars as Bianca, a British intelligence officer who is determined to bring the Jackal to justice. She “starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake,” per the official synopsis.

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Daniel Craig would not have been able to fit “Queer” into his “brand” of being James Bond.

The actor told the New York Times that while starring as 007 across five films from 2006 to 2021, he felt as though he could not deviate from the brand of the iconic literary character. Leading a feature like “Queer” could even have been perceived as stunt casting at the time as well, per the interview.

“I wouldn’t have done it,” Craig said of turning down the Luca Guadagnino film if it was offered it to him 10 years ago. “I was so wrapped up in Bond and what that was, I would have been terrified of doing something like this.”

Craig continued, “Especially early on with Bond, I was like, ‘This is enough. Stay in my lane.’”

Craig’s tenure as Bond began in 2006 with “Casino Royale.” He went on to star in “Quantum of Solace,...

Daniel Craig “would have been terrified” to make something like ‘Queer’ during his tenure as James Bond.The 56-year-old actor played 007 five times from 2006’s ‘Casino Royale’ until ‘No Time To Die’ in 2021, and he has admitted he would never have tacked a project like gay romance movie during his time as the famed M.I.6 agent because he though he needed to “stay in [his] lane”.In an interview with The New York Times, the ‘Skyfall’ star said: “I wouldn’t have done [‘Queer’ 10 years ago]. I was so wrapped up in ‘Bond’ and what that was, I would have been terrified of doing something like this. “Especially early on with ‘Bond’, I was like, ‘This is enough. Stay in my lane.’”‘Queer’ - which was directed by ‘Challengers’ filmmaker Luca Guadagnino and is an adaptation of author William S. Burroughs’ 1985 book of the same name - follows outcast American expat Lee (Craig...

Every James Bond movie has separate iconic songs to get listed, but the James Bond Theme has become synonymous with the franchise name. It has been the signature music since Dr. No in 1962. Before Daniel Craig took the legacy baton forward in 2006, every Eon-produced James Bond movie featured Monty Norman’s created theme song. Although Monty Norman wrote several songs for other musical stage plays, including Pinocchio, Stand, and Deliver, he will forever be remembered for composing the iconic James Bond music.

A snippet from Dr. No | Credits: United Artists

Despite his illustrious career, Norman’s association with the “Dum di-di dum dum” guitar que arranged by the John Barry Orchestra will always be iconic. Vic Flick, who used to work with John Barry as a guitarist is popularly known for playing that particular guitar riff, has died. To honor his legacy, let’s look at a few unknown facts about the theme music.

After teaming up for the biographical period drama Queer, filmmaker Luca Guadagnino and Daniel Craig could pull the pin on an adaptation of Sgt. Rock for James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Studios. According to Deadline, Guadagnino would go behind enemy lines for this project before shooting his American Psycho film for Lionsgate. No deals are in place, but reports say Challengers and Queer scribe Justin Kuritzkes is in charge of the screenplay.

Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert created Sgt. Franklin John Rock, with the character debuting in DC Comics circa 1959. Bursting out of the pages of Our Army at War, Sgt. Rock is a WWII soldier who served in the infantry. The character headed to the front line in 1977 with his first solo series, which ran until 1988. At the same time, he’s not infused with Super Soldier serum, Sgt. Rock is a beast on the battlefield, able...

Luca Guadagnino and Daniel Craig, who recently joined forces on the A24 indie “Queer,” are reuniting on a much grander scale. The duo are circling “Sgt. Rock,” an adaptation of the comic book, for DC Studios. No word on the plot, but it will probably involve a lot less sex and drug taking than their prior collaboration.

The deals haven’t been finalized, so the project could fall apart. But the studio is bullish on the script from Justin Kuritzkes, who previously wrote “Challengers” and “Queer” for Guadagnino. The new movie is being developed under DC’s new leadership team of James Gunn and Peter Safran, who have been reinvigorating the company.

Gunn’s upcoming “Superman,” which debuts in 2025, is intended to kick off a new era for the comic book studio. DC has struggled to maintain consistency (for every “Joker” there’s been a “Joker: Folie à Deux”) and...

There’s no denying that The Fast and the Furious was inspired by a plethora of vehicular heist films that preceded it, but it also ended up being a source of inspiration for many action films that came after it. If we look at the North American market, after the success of the Ff franchise, films like Torque, Need for Speed, and Baby Driver were greenlit. Russia jumped on the trend with Street Racers. So did Malaysia with Evolusi Kl Drift and its sequel Evolusi Kl Drift 2; yes, they weren’t hiding their love for Tokyo Drift. India launched the massively popular Dhoom franchise. The Norwegian film industry also spawned a franchise inspired by the Ff films, i.e., the Borning trilogy. While the French were ahead of the curve with the two Taxi movies, they eventually expanded it into a five-film franchise after the demand for vehicular mayhem increased in the 2000s.

Is “Glicked” the new “Barbenheimer”?

Whether “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” inspires an unorthodox double feature à la last summer’s simultaneous blockbusters “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” remains a question. Either way, there’s a box office battle brewing between Universal’s pink-and-green musical and Paramount’s bloody sword-and-sandal epic, both of which open on Friday.

“Wicked,” director Jon M. Chu’s big-screen take on the beloved Broadway show, is expected to lead with a huge $100 million to $110 million from 3,880 North American theaters over the weekend. The PG-rated film landed on tracking with projections of $80 million to $85 million, but estimates have increased in subsequent weeks. Given the ubiquity of the stage show, the omnipresence of the Oz-themed marketing campaign and enough brand partnerships (more than 400 in total) to fill Emerald City, rival studio executives and independent tracking services believe that ticket sales could fly to $130 million in its first weekend of release.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 15th annual Governors Awards is taking place Sunday, Nov. 17, at Los Angeles’ Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood.

A staple in the awards season lead-up to the Oscars, the 2024 event featured A-List actors, filmmakers and musicians. The event will bestow the late music legend Quincy Jones and veteran casting director Juliet Taylor with the Academy Honor Awards, as well as the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to British writer-director Richard Curtis and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to No Time to Die producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.

As mentioned, the fete featured film reunions all around, including the soon-to-be-released Gladiator II, in attendees Paul Mescal and Connie Nielsen. Curtis reunited with his rom-com muse in Hugh Grant, with whom he worked on Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually. Meanwhile, Wilson and Broccoli crossed paths with former 007 star Daniel Craig.

We’re getting an update on the search for the next James Bond!

If you don’t know, Daniel Craig took his final bow as the iconic British secret agent in 2021′s No Time to Die, paving the way for the next Bond star to take over, after playing the role for 15 years in five movies.

Ever since then, fans have been sharing their hopes for who should play the next Bond, and in a new interview, Barbara Broccoli, a producer of the James Bond movie franchise, hinted at the next actor to play the part.

Keep reading to find out more…“It’s a big decision,” Barbara told the Associate Press, noting that the one thing that’s for sure is that the next James Bond will definitely be “a man.”

“He’ll likely be in his 30s,” Barbara added. “Whiteness is not a given.”

She then went on...

With Daniel Craig out of the picture, the 007 producers have “a big decision” to make about the future of the 62-year franchise.

While discussing the legacy and future of the franchise, Barbara Broccoli gave an update on the search for the next James Bond, whom she noted will be a man, likely in his 30s and not necessarily white.

“Every time we cast a new actor, the films change. It’s the excitement of a new Bond, a new direction,” Barbara recently told the Associated Press. “Every one of these people who took on the role offered something new and different.”

She noted that there were initially mixed reactions to Craig being cast as Bond until fans saw him make his 007 debut in Casino Royale (2006).

After the 2x Golden Globe-nominated actor ended his five-film run as the MI6 agent with 2021’s No Time to Die, Craig recently gave a...

British actor Daniel Craig was first bitten by the acting bug at the age of six, when he made his debut in a primary school production of the musical “Oliver.” As an adult, Craig would initially be hired for supporting roles on the big screen. But he would eventually headline a major franchise – namely, the 007 films.

On October 14, 2005 MGM and Sony Pictures announced in London that Craig would take over the James Bond series with his first film being 2006’s “Casino Royale.” The action hero wore a tuxedo and a life jacket as he arrived via a Royal Navy speedboat. Some fans of the secret agent were a little leery about having a blond-haired and blue-eyed Bond and not a tall, dark and handsome iconic character. But Craig was widely praised by critics and former 007’s. Critic Todd McCarthy praised his performance and stated that “He comes closer...

After stunt-heavy roles in “The Woman King” and “No Time to Die,” Lashana Lynch was ready for something less physically taxing. “I’m really proud of that moment [doing all her own stunts in ‘The Woman King’], but I didn’t want to do it again anytime soon,” she admits. So when she was offered crime caper “The Day of the Jackal” – while still shooting “Bob Marley: One Love,” an experience she describes as “tranquil, calm, wonderful” with no stunts – it wasn’t an instant yes.

“It took me a beat to read the episodes, not because I didn’t think that they were going to be good, but because I was very aware — hyper aware — of affecting the legacy move that is being a part of ‘No Time to Die,’ which was just such a wonderful a massive deal for the world,” Lynch tells Variety. “But then I read the first three episodes and was completely drawn in.

Multiple actors donned the iconic suit to portray the English spy, but no one did it like Daniel Craig. After appearing in five installments of the James Bond franchise, the Casino Royale actor announced his exit from the role.

Fan’s theory and speculations soon began on which actor would be worthy of taking on the mantle, and there was one unanimous decision. The Man of Steel, aka Henry Cavill came out as a winner of the online discourse on the next 007 agent. Although producers of the movie have disintegrated the boundaries of ethnicities for the role, Cavill could still bag the role.

Where it began: Henry Cavill’s first shot Daniel Craig in Casino Royale | Credits: Sony Pictures Releasing

Pierce Brosnan‘s GoldenEye showcased the charming actor in the role of an MI6 offer tasked with stopping a crime syndicate from acquiring a secret defense system. The film was...

Here's Why Manny Jacinto is the Best Choice to Play James Bond for the Next Decade - Main Image

The James Bond franchise is reopening its options on who gets to play the infamous Agent 007 for the next decade. With all the possible choices Hollywood can offer, fans claim Manny Jacinto has what it takes to be the next James Bond we've been looking for!

Why Manny Jacinto's Next Stop Might Be Becoming the New Agent 007

The last time the slick 007 graced the big screens was back in 2021 when Daniel Craig was still playing the role in No Time To Die.

As the new year is right around the corner, there has already been news of looking for a new star-quality actor perfect to take the torch for the next decade.

According to Independent News, James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli said the next actor taking on the role...

Over the last few years, Oscar winner Rami Malek has developed quite the line in playing socially awkward, variously psychologically traumatised, somewhat eccentric geniuses who sit all across the moral spectrum. Mr. Robot's Elliot Alderson, No Time To Die's villainous Safin, Bohemian Rhapsody's Freddie Mercury... the list goes on. In The Amateur, Slow Horses alum and One Life director James Hawes' upcoming revenge thriller, Malek is CIA decoder Charlie Heller, a man whose life is turned violently upside down when his wife (Rachel Brosnahan) is killed in a terrorist attack. In the tense first trailer for the film, which boasts the likes of Laurence Fishburne, Caitriona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, and Michael Stuhlbarg among its starry ensemble, it very quickly becomes clear that Charlie is set to become a worthy addition to Malek's resumé of unorthodox mavericks. Check it out below:

Move over John Wick, bon voyage Nobody,...

James Bond 26 seems no closer, as Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson still refuse to be drawn on casting.

In lieu of an actual James Bond film or anything concrete about the next adventure for 007, the never-ending rumour mill has had to take on the heavy lifting.

Is Aaron Taylor-Johnson the new James Bond? If he is, nobody’s come close to confirming it.

Are Christopher Nolan or Edward Berger directing the new 007 film? No, they’re not, but they each got their moment in the clickbait spotlight.

Still, producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson are the ones we look to for any sniff of an answer to stuff, and the pair have given a new interview to The Independent. In it, Barbara Broccoli confirms her commitment to James Bond films having a theatrical release, as we saw when she held out for No Time To Die...

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen Rami Malek in a lead role. Since he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for “Bohemian Rhapsody” in 2018, his biggest roles have been as a Bond villain in “No Time to Die” Denzel Washington’s LAPD partner in crime thriller “The Little Things,” and a supporting role in “Oppenheimer’s” large ensemble. None of these movies were really what you’d call Rami Malek movies. “The Amateur,” which 20th Century released a trailer for on Wednesday, is a Rami Malek movie. The espionage thriller looks to take advantage of Malek’s unique characteristics in a way nothing else quite has since “Mr. Robot.”

Malek stars as an antihero on a revenge mission who uses CIA resources for his own purposes. Here’s the official logline from 20th Century: “Charlie Heller (Malek) is a brilliant, but deeply introverted decoder for...

20th Century Studios is kicking off this chilly Wednesday afternoon with some heat from Rami Malek‘s latest film, The Amateur. The studio debuted a new action-packed trailer and poster for The Amateur, an espionage thriller in which Malek’s character uses his unique set of skills to find the people who killed his wife. He has no experience in the field, but that won’t stop him from launching a manhunt that defies expectations.

James Hawes directs The Amateur from a screenplay by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli based on the novel by Robert Littell. The film opens in theaters on April 11, 2025.

Here’s the official synopsis for The Amateur courtesy of 20th Century Studios:

“Charlie Heller (Malek) is a brilliant, but deeply introverted decoder for the CIA working out of a basement office at headquarters in Langley whose life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack.

Three years ago, Daniel Craig's time as James Bond came to an end. Director Cary Joji Fukunaga's "No Time to Die" rather boldly gave Craig's version of Bond a proper ending. With that, all eyes are now on the future. Over the last few years, various rumors, suggestions, and bits of speculation have cropped up regarding who will take over as 007 in the next iteration of the legendary franchise. As of now, nothing has been confirmed by Eon Productions or the film's producers. That said, they do know what they're looking for when it comes to finding Craig's successor, and there are a few key requirements.

In a conversation with The Independent, longtime franchise stewards Barbara Broccoli, daughter of the late Albert "Cuddy" Broccoli, and her brother, Michael G. Wilson, spoke about the future of "James Bond" -- specifically, who will play the next Bond on screen. "It's a big decision,...

Despite plenty of rumors about who will succeed Daniel Craig as the next James Bond, an actor has yet to be chosen. However, in a new interview with The Independent, Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson offered some insight into the type of actor they’ll be looking at.

To start, Bond will be played by a man, the Broccolis confirmed, so any talk of Bond being portrayed by woman is inaccurate.

The new actor will likely be in his 30s and must be prepared to commit to the role for at least a decade. While Daniel Craig was 38 when he was cast as Bond, others like Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan were all in their early to mid-40s. This time, it seems the Broccolis are aiming to skew a bit younger.

Lastly, and perhaps most intriguing, the Broccolis wouldn’t rule out casting a person of color.