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Tom Brittney: Is This Bond’s Mystery Fourth Man?
The race to become the next James Bond has narrowed to three actors — Jack Lowden, Callum Turner and Josh O’Connor — in Denis Villeneuvre’s…
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Jack Lowden: The Everyman Who Would Be Bond
Jack Lowden is now the top contender to play replace Daniel Craig as James Bond for Denis Villeneuve’s reboot. The Scottish actor is one of…
Tesla “Flying” Roadster is Built on Real James Bond Tech
If Q demonstrated the new Tesla Roadster to James Bond, he might say it is packed with all the “usual refinements” but also has “some…
Why Robert Pattinson’s Batman Should Be DCU’s Caped Crusader
Does DC Studios really need two live-action Batmen? The short answer is no. Having two Batmen running concurrently will likely undercut each other — and…
California’s AG Loses to Paramount: Inside the Paramount / Warner Bros. Discovery Merger — And Why Ellison May Still Leave California
On the afternoon of Wednesday, 5 August, David Ellison called his twelve-person Executive Leadership Team to a lunch meeting on the Paramount lot. He opened…
Napoleon Solo Sold for £1: The Year Ian Fleming Stopped Owning Ian Fleming
In June 1963, Ian Fleming signed away a spy franchise for a single pound. It has been retold ever since as a charming scrap of…
The Untold Story of The Persuaders!: Cars, Glamour, Conflict and James Bond
Robert S. Baker had wanted to make a buddy picture for years. While producing The Saint, he tested the idea in “The Ex-King of Diamonds,”…
Sam Neill Had the Perfect Spy Résumé and Screen Test—but Never Wanted to Be James Bond
Sir Sam Neill, the acclaimed New Zealand actor whose remarkable career stretched from arthouse classics to Hollywood blockbusters, has died at the age of 78….
Stella Rimington: MI5’s First Female Spy Chief Inspired Judi Dench’s M
Judi Dench played James Bond’s boss, M, in eight Bond films from GoldenEye (1995) to SPECTRE (2015). Casting a woman as Bond’s boss was a…
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The Truth About Pierce Brosnan’s Hiring and Firing as James Bond
In 1994, five people sat down at MGM/UA to settle who would play James Bond next. Two wanted Timothy Dalton back. Two wanted somebody else….
