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Exclusive: Sony’s President of Domestic Distribution Adrian Smith is retiring after a 35-year run at the studio.

Taking over for Smith is Adam Bergerman who is being upped to President of Distribution.

Smith was named to the post in January 2013. Following the retirement of longtime Worldwide Distribution President Rory Bruer in April 2017, global duties were separated with Smith on domestic, and Steven O’Dell overseeing International.

Smith was key in the release of 1,025 films across all Sony labels, 202 of them No. 1 titles. His fingerprints are all over the successful revivals of the Bad Boys franchise, the animated Spider-Verse films, Ghostbusters, the Venom $1 billion+ series as well as the Tom Holland-starring Spider-Man movies which have minted close to $4B alone. The release of 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home stands as the 7th highest grossing movie of all-time, the best ever for Sony, with $1.95 billion worldwide and $814.8M domestic.

Bergerman is a 28-year Sony vet,...

Göteborg’s prime Nordic Film Market where last year’s Cannes sensations “The Girl with the Needle,” “Armand” and “When the Light Breaks” were first showcased as works in progress, has announced exclusively to Variety its full 2025 program.

Over Jan. 29-31, more than 60 completed films, titles in development and post-production will be showcased to 500-plus industry delegates from 38 countries.

As always, several acclaimed-directors will share the spotlight with promising newcomers, as reflected in the centre-piece 15-title Works in Progress lineup.

Five years after his Cannes selection with “Godland,” Iceland’s festival darling Hlynur Pálmason makes a comeback with “The Love that Remains,” a vignette-driven family drama toplining Sverrir Guðnason and Saga Garðarsdóttir (“Balls”).

A Cannes Directors’ Fortnight habitué, Afghan-born Shahrbanoo Sadat (“The Orphanage”) will bring “No Good Men,” her first romcom, set inside a Kabul newsroom in 2021 pre-Taliban ruled-Afghanistan.

Sweden’s Lisa Langseth (“Pure”) returns to feature length after her...

Adele is one of the most accomplished singers of her generation. In addition to being one of the world's best-selling musicians, she's won 16 Grammys, 18 Billboard Music Awards, 12 Brit Awards, five American Music Awards, and among her other accolades, her "Skyfall" theme got James Bond an Oscar.

James Bond movies have followed a winning formula that's kept 007 on movie screens for 60+ plus years, and that formula follows a few trademarks: Beautiful women, super-villain lairs with death traps, lots of guns, terrible puns, etc. Before the adventure truly kicks off, though, Bond films must have a lavish title sequence with a custom-composed song.

The first two Bond films, "Dr. No" and "From Russia With Love," actually used instrumental openings. Then for the third (and some say best) Bond film, "Goldfinger," the theme song had lyrics -- written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, and sung by Shirley Bassey. "Goldfinger" the song is...

Stick To Your Guns have been one of the most influential names in hardcore since the early 2000s. Album after album, EP after EP, the band has a magical ability to make you think with their lyrics and make you mosh with their music. This is also true of their latest release, Keep Planting Flowers , which is out this Friday, January 10th. I chatted with guitarist Josh James about their recent visit to our headquarters, getting the “band back” and the parallels between anime and hardcore. You've been out on the road and you just released your latest full length album, Keep Planting Flowers . What was the process of recording that like? Is there anything different you did this time around? Josh James : There wasn't necessarily anything different as far as the recording process goes. But I think that writing the entire album, it was pressureless. Because at the time,...

The London Film Critics’ Circle will hand Daniel Craig the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film, the organization’s top honor, at this year’s London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.

“This is such an immense honor and I’m incredibly grateful to the London Film Critics’ Circle,” Craig said of the award.

Last year, the London critics presented the Dilys Powell Award to Jeffrey Wright. Recent recipients have included Michelle Yeoh, Sandy Powell, Sally Potter, Pedro Almodovar, and Kate Winslet.

At the 2024 ceremony, Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest and Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers won three awards each. Colman Domingo received the inaugural Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation, which will be presented to Zoe Saldaña at this year’s ceremony. Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist and Sean Baker’s Anora lead the Critics’ Circle nominees.

Craig is this year on the awards circuit with Queer by Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino.

Queer star Daniel Craig will be awarded the U.K.’s leading film critics’ top honor, the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film.

The James Bond actor will receive the prize at the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards on Feb. 2 at London’s May Fair Hotel. Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist and Sean Baker’s Anora lead the nominees.

“This is such an immense honor and I’m incredibly grateful to the London Film Critics’ Circle,” Craig said on receiving news of the award.

Rich Cline, Chair of the Critics’ Circle Film Section, said: “As critics, we were already fans of Daniel Craig for the adventurous roles he took on even before he became James Bond. We honored him for his roles in The Mother (2003) and Enduring Love (2004), and then of course we also enjoyed his superb take on 007 as well. Over the decades, he has consistently made...

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The box office got off to a relatively quiet start in 2025. "Mufasa: The Lion King" topped the charts in its third weekend of release, triumphing over "Sonic the Hedgehog 3," as the two have been duking it out for supremacy ever since they hit theaters in mid-December. Setting aside the bizarre conspiracy theory that recently emerged over this box office battle, "Mufasa" won the day. However, it's Paramount Pictures that now gets to celebrate as the "Sonic" franchise passed a major milestone.

With "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" adding another $21.2 million in its third weekend of release, in addition to posting strong numbers overseas, its running total stands at $336.2 million worldwide as of this writing. Combined with the grosses from both 2020's "Sonic the Hedgehog" ($319.7 million worldwide) and 2022's "Sonic the Hedgehog 2" ($405.1 million worldwide), the films have now collectively earned $1.06 billion worldwide.

There are many things that DC Comics fans are longing for, but a third Injustice video game is definitely on that list. It's something we've been discussing since completing Injustice 2 and, with that having come out in 2017, it's been some time indeed.

With that in mind, let's do some more theorizing, this time about which characters could appear in Injustice 3 if it happens. To be honest, there are so many DC characters that haven't been used in the Injustice games that it would be impossible to list them all, so let's look at some of the ones that I want to see the most and the ones that fans have been clamoring over for years. 

Magical characters

Let's begin by talking about the magical characters of the DC Universe, because most of them haven't received much attention in these games. While characters like Swamp Thing and Shazam were playable characters in the previous games,...

When it comes to the world of cinema, few roles carry as much weight as the iconic fictional spy, James Bond. Having been portrayed by some of the finest actors in the film industry, the franchise has been struggling to find the new Bond, after the end of Daniel Craig’s tenure with No Time to Die. However, till now no actor has been cast since and the position has been lying vacant since 2021.

Daniel Craig as James Bond in Spectre | Credits: Eon Productions

While names like Tom Hiddleston, Tom Hardy, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and even Cillian Murphy have been suggested by fans, many believe that the former Superman, Henry Cavill is and was always the perfect choice.

Who will be the next James Bond? Aaron Taylor-Johnson is also one popular choice for James Bond | Credit: Kraven the Hunter / Sony Pictures

The search for the next James Bond is still on...

Christopher Nolan, a genius screenwriter and a veteran director, has been in the industry for two decades. During all those years and some iconic movies, the director has learnt a lot from his surroundings.

A still from Inception | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures

Being a lover of Hollywood and cinematic movies, Nolan is a lover of James Bond movies. Well, the director had a very subtle yet iconic homage dedicated to the iconic franchise in a film that took him 10 years to write.

Christopher Nolan is a fan of James Bond

Starting from the 1960s to the present times, Ian Fleming’s novels about a British agent have been turned into countless movies starring a plethora of actors. From Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, the James Bond franchise is one of the most beloved franchises in the world.

Daniel Craig as James Bond in Spectre | Credits: Eon Productions

The movies are...

Hollywood has been searching for its next James Bond for a hot minute now, especially after Daniel Craig left big shoes to fill as the face of the iconic character for over a decade.

Daniel Craig as James Bond in Spectre | Credits: Eon Productions

Now, with fresh faces being considered, Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s name consistently pops up in the conversation, making him a strong contender. With his latest film Kraven the Hunter releasing, here’s what he has to say about the possibility of taking on the role.

The main reason Aaron Taylor-Johnson would take on the Bond role

While fans have been debating whether Aaron Taylor-Johnson would be the right fit for 007, the actor himself has a simple yet compelling reason for wanting the role, suits. (Barney Stinson would be proud)

Sure, playing James Bond comes with the iconic charm, action-packed missions, and the luxury of exotic locations, but for Taylor-Johnson,...

Ever since the world said goodbye to Daniel Craig’s James Bond, we have been patiently waiting for the next step in the story. “Who will be the next 007” is a question on every cinema enthusiast’s mind and the short answer is, we don’t know yet and it looks like Barbara Broccoli doesn’t either. Best known for her work on the James Bond films, she is responsible for controlling the franchise and has the final say in any and all decisions.

Daniel Craig as James Bond in Spectre (2015) | Credits: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios

She inherited the power from her father, Albert “Cubby” Broccoli, and was working hand-in-hand with her stepbrother, Michael Wilson, to make important calls for the franchise. To the Broccoli family, James Bond is more than just another character to exploit. It’s an heirloom. Thus, when studios like Amazon try to turn it into a money-making machine,...

Exclusive: Dave Bautista and his production company Dogbone Entertainment have signed with WME.

Currently, Bautista is shooting The Wrecking Crew, a buddy cop action comedy for Amazon MGM Studios, in which he stars opposite Jason Momoa. Written by Jonathan Tropper and directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, the film is about an unlikely duo of half-brothers — one, an impulsive detective, and the other, a disciplined Navy Seal— who are drawn together by their father’s murder in Hawaii, leading them on a perilous journey to expose a far-reaching conspiracy.

Upcoming on the distribution front is Paul W.S. Anderson’s In the Lost Lands, a fantasy pic in which he stars opposite Milla Jovovich, which Vertical releases on February 28.

Bautista is also currently set to star opposite Anne Hathaway in an untitled action comedy that Tropper is scripting for Amazon MGM Studios and Agbo, on which we were first to report. Additionally,...

The last James Bond movie at the time of writing, Cary Joji Fukunaga's "No Time To Die," was released in 2021, a full six years after its predecessor "Spectre." "No Time to Die" was announced as the fifth and final James Bond movie to star Daniel Craig in the role, and the filmmakers became bold, killing Craig's Bond for good at the end. And it wasn't ambiguous; Bond was killed by multiple missiles, clearly being reduced to shreds of carbon. Most James Bond movies have a notice in the credits that "James Bond Will Return," but it seemed less likely this time. 

Over the years, various filmmakers have found ways to make 007's adventures remain exciting, using the character as a reflection of the politics of the time. The Pierce Brosnan 007 films, for instance, were a riff on the power vacuum of a post-Cold War world, and the Daniel...

Pierce Brosnan exited the role of James Bond after Die Another Day to pave the way for Daniel Craig in Casino Royale. The British actor had been trying out a variety of roles in his career up until that point and revealed that he almost turned down the offer. Craig feared that he would be stuck playing Bond forever. His initial decision almost seems insane, now that he earned $82.4 million for the role.

Daniel Craig as James Bond in Spectre | Credits: Eon Productions

However, playing the role got to him as he revealed that he was so exhausted after filming each Bond film. He shared that when he prioritized his work life, it took a hit on his personal life. Craig is married to actress Rachel Weisz and they share a daughter, Grace, who is six years old.

Daniel Craig Almost Turned Down His Lucrative James Bond Role Daniel Craig...

Daniel Craig on script leak for James Bond ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Well, that leak wasn’t just some harmless spoiler. Turns out, it was actually part of a massive cyberattack on Sony Entertainment. Of course, fans were buzzing, but Daniel Craig’ didn’t hold back as he has recently addressed the incident. Clearly showcasing the frustration.

Daniel Craig Address James Bond Script Leak

In a recent conversation with Vanity Fair, Daniel Craig discussed the security around Knives Out 3 and reflected on the infamous Spectre script leak. Though it wasn’t catastrophic, the actor shared his thoughts on how disheartening it was for the cast and crew working on the project.

He shared, “They kind of have to be. But there is also, again, going back to that: ‘This is the most essential thing in the world’ thing. Like, come on, let’s get some reality into this. I don...

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...

Ridley Scott may have inadvertently revealed some major casting news during a Q&a with Christopher Nolan last night in Los Angeles.

During a conversation with Christopher Nolan that followed a screening of Gladiator II at the Directors Guild of America, Scott confirmed his next project will be thriller The Dog Stars. When Nolan asked if Paul Mescal will star in the film, Scott initially said yes before correcting himself that Mescal’s schedule may prevent them from reuniting.

“Maybe,” Scott said, via The Hollywood Reporter. “Paul is actually stacked up,...

In the "Star Trek" episode "Spectre of the Gun", the U.S.S. Enterprise is ordered to the planet Melkot to make contact with the reclusive, xenophobic species that lives there. The Melkotians are small, floating heads with powerful psychic abilities, and an unhealthy, angry suspicion of outsiders. When Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Chekov (Walter Koenig), and Scotty (James Doohan) beam down to the surface, a Melkotian immediately announces that they are to be executed for their transgression of trespassing. 

The Melkotian, as a means of execution, reaches into Kirk's brain and psychically creates the town of Tombstone, Arizona, circa 1881, shortly before the infamous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. They are expected to be shot to death by psychic versions of the Earp brothers. Their phasers magically become 19th-century six-shooters, and everyone refers to them as key players in the notorious gunfight. Kirk is Ike Clanton. Chekov is Billy Claiborne.

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.

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...

Barry Keoghan is apparently set to play Sir Ringo Starr in four biopics about The Beatles.The ‘Saltburn’ actor, 32, was previously rumoured to be in the mix to play the legendary drummer in the upcoming movie series about the iconic band, and now Starr, 84, has seemingly suggested that Keoghan has indeed signed on to play him in the films.Speaking with Entertainment Tonight about the actor’s rumoured involvement in the project, Ringo said: “I think it’s great.“I believe he’s somewhere taking drum lessons, and I hope not too many.” The ‘Dunkirk’ star was first linked to the movies - which will to be helmed by ‘Skyfall’ director Sir Sam Mendes - in February, with Deadline reporting that Keoghan would portray the drummer, while ‘Gladiator II’ actor Paul Mescal and Babygirl’s Harris Dickinson would play Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon respectively. While the outlet reported...

Ringo Starr seems to have confirmed that Barry Keoghan will play him in the Starr-centric film in Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles biopic.

Speaking with Entertainment Tonight this week, the Beatles drummer weighed in when asked about the rumored casting, telling the network, “I think he’s great, I believe he’s somewhere taking drum lessons. I hope not too many.”

While Starr’s remark gives some validity to the Keoghan rumors that had surfaced recently, another source would not confirm the casting based on Starr’s statements. They told Rolling Stone...

After making $450 million at the worldwide box office and proving that the property is still very much beloved, Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is now available on VOD as well as 4K Blu-ray at home. And it’s headed to streaming next month via Max.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice begins streaming exclusively on Max on December 6, 2024.

Michael Keaton returns to his iconic role alongside Oscar nominee Winona Ryder (Stranger Things) as Lydia Deetz and Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek) as Delia Deetz, with new cast members Justin Theroux (The Last Jedi), Monica Bellucci (Spectre), and Arthur Conti (House of the Dragon) in his film debut, with Emmy nominee Jenna Ortega (Wednesday) as Lydia’s daughter, Astrid, and Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe (Poor Things).

Burton, a genre unto himself, directs from a screenplay by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (Wednesday), story by Gough & Millar and Seth Grahame-Smith (The Lego® Batman Movie...

Warner Bros. Pictures’ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will make its global streaming debut on Friday, December 6, exclusively on Max. The film will debut on HBO linear on Saturday, December 7, at 6:10 p.m. Et.

Oscar-nominated, singular creative visionary Tim Burton and Oscar nominee and star Michael Keaton reunite for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel to Burton’s award–winning film Beetlejuice.

An American Sign Language (Asl) version of the hit film will also be available to stream on Max in the U.S. and Europe, along with a Língua Brasileira de Sinais (Libras) version in Brazil. Produced by the Max Accessibility Team in partnership with Deluxe (Asl) and Iguale (Libras), the Asl version of the film is performed by Sophia Morales, a Deaf individual who gained popularity through her engaging Asl interpretations of popular songs on social media.

The Libras version is performed by Andrey Baptista. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in Asl and Libras...

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…...

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,...

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.

Here’s the truth about Daniel Craig’s cameo in Star Wars (Photo Credit – Instagram)

It’s one of those blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moments, but James Bond, Daniel Craig, played a stormtrooper in The Force Awakens. Not just any stormtrooper either—Craig was the one who set Rey loose from captivity. During a recent BAFTA chat, Craig spilled on how this cameo turned into way more work than he’d signed up for, starting with a joke.

When Craig was filming Spectre at Pinewood Studios, a ton of the crew was also working on J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars. So, Craig decided to shoot his shot and asked Second Assistant Director Ben Dixon, “Part for me?” Surprisingly, Dixon went to ask J.J. Abrams, and the answer was a wild “Yeah.” Craig figured he’d be in the background—maybe do something funny like that classic stormtrooper who bumps his head in A New Hope.

Daniel Craig rose to international fame with his role as the fictional spy created by Ian Fleming, James Bond. Until his role in Casino Royale, his most prominent roles were alongside Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and in the Steven Spielberg film Munich. The role of Bond even got him into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Daniel Craig in a still from No Time to Die | Credits: Eon Productions

Craig’s salary for James Bond may not be the highest in his career, but it was enough for him to top actors like Pierce Brosnan and Sean Connery as the highest-paid Bond actor. The achievement came as no easy feat as Craig spent a good 15 years of his career in the role.

Daniel Craig Holds The Record For The Highest Paid James Bond Actor Daniel Craig as James Bond in Spectre | Credits: Eon Productions

The search for...

Roughly nine years ago—i.e., around the time he was coming down from the filming of Spectre, which would turn out to be his penultimate James Bond film—Daniel Craig gave an interview so hugely indifferent to the concept of interviews that we still think about it to this day.

It’s been almost 20 years since Daniel Craig first starred as James Bond in 2006’s “Casino Royale,” and after two decades, the actor truly doesn’t care about where the franchise goes next.

Craig said during a Variety video titled “How Well Do They Know Each Other?” alongside “Queer” co-star Drew Starkey that he isn’t holding his breath to find out who becomes the new 007.

When asked by Variety, “If you were to pass the James Bond torch, who would you love to see play him?,” Craig laughed and said, “I don’t care.”

Also during the interview, Craig was asked how many Bond films he appeared in. “I’m going to get it wrong,” he said, while Starkey wrote “too many.”

“Exactly,” Craig quipped. “I’d have to count them. I don’t know.” He ultimately correctly said five.

Craig’s tenure as Bond began in 2006 with “Casino Royale.

We’ve still not got a new James Bond film – but today’s rumours suggest Steve McQueen is on the director shortlist, and the script is a long way off.

And the clock keeps ticking. We’re soon to hit the longest gap between James Bond since they started all the way back in Dr No. No Time To Die arrived in 2021, six years after the release of Spectre. Previously, it was six years between Licence To Kill and GoldenEye. In both of those cases there were mitigating factors: the legal battles behind the scenes in the 1980s and early 90s, and the small matter of Covid-19 at the start of this decade.

This time, things are different. Appreciating there’s been the adjustment to Amazon now owning MGM, and thus having a stake in the franchise, it’s now five years since a James Bond film was before the cameras.

Daniel Craig has a shocking reply about who he wants to take over his iconic role as James Bond. The actor, who portrayed the famed British spy agent in 2006’s Casino Royale up to 2021’s No Time to Die, does not care to know who wins the coveted role.

Credits: Eva Green and Daniel Craig in Casino Royale / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The search for the next 007 is still ongoing, but many actors have been gaining support from fans and some have become top contenders for the part. Among those potential figures are Henry Cavill and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, both crowd favorites and would definitely nail the role.

Daniel Craig Has No Interest in Whoever Plays James Bond After Him

Now that Daniel Craig has moved on from the popular spy action franchise, he is now focusing on more daring roles as evident in his participation in Luca Guadagnino’s Queer movie. While promoting the romance drama film,...

Golden Globe Award-winning actress Keri Russell stars in a new Netflix series called The Diplomat. It’s definitely worth checking out if you enjoyed watching The Night Agent and The Recruit.

Created by Homeland writer and executive producer Debora Cahn, The Diplomat follows a career diplomat named Kate Wyler who finds herself struggling to balance her new role and marriage after landing the high-profile position of US Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

Of course, there are many other talented actors in the series besides Russell, such as Rufus Sewell, Ali Ahn, David Gyasi, Ato Essandoh, Rory Kinnear, Miguel Sandoval, Nana Mensah, Michael McKean, etc. If you want to know who’s who in the political drama, continue reading because we shared a cast and characters guide below.

Netflix The Diplomat cast and character guide The Diplomat. Keri Russell as Kate Wyler in episode 103 of The Diplomat. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix...

Daniel Craig is mostly known among the fans for being the highest-paid James Bond actor. Besides that, the Munich actor also contributed significantly to modernizing the classic whodunit thriller genre with his Knives Out film series. The first Knives Out film, released in 2019 was a huge commercial and critical hit. However, on the release of its sequel Glass Onion by Netflix, both Craig and director Rian Johnson were highly disappointed.

Daniel Craig in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Credits: Netflix

Following Knives Out‘s success, when Rian Johnson planned to make a sequel with the character Benoit Blanc, Netflix outbid everyone to acquire the rights to multiple sequels for a mind-boggling $469 Million. Unfortunately, this deal killed the possibility for the sequel to get a wide theatrical release.

And as per the latest reports, Daniel Craig had a heated exchange with Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos over the limited release of...

The longest time frame between James Bond movie releases was six years, with the mark being hit twice: first between Timothy Dalton’s final outing, 1989’s License to Kill, and Pierce Brosnan’s debut, 1995’s GoldenEye; the most recent came between 2015’s Spectre and 2021’s No Time to Die. It has now been three years since that Daniel Craig farewell hit the screen…but will it be another three? According to one key figure at Amazon (who acquired MGM in 2022), patience is still key.

Speaking with The Guardian, Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke said, “The global audience will be patient. We don’t want too much time between films, but we are not concerned at this point.” That comment seems to sit somewhere in the middle. Are the studios not concerned because they have a specific vision for the future? Or because they feel like they’re on track for...

Sam Mendes and Christopher Nolan, are two directors whose respective visions have transformed the landscape of modern filmmaking. Mendes brought his expertise to the James Bond franchise with 2012’s Skyfall and 2015’s Spectre, while Nolan crafted one of the most iconic superhero trilogies with The Dark Knight, and many renowned sci-fi films.

Pierce Brosnan as James Bond in 1995’s GoldenEye | MGM

Despite their shared brilliance, the idea of Christopher Nolan directing a James Bond movie, which fans have long speculated on, may never come to fruition. Mendes’ recent remarks shed light on why Nolan might never helm a Bond movie.

Why Christopher Nolan Won’t Direct James Bond Christopher Nolan | BAFTA Guru/Youtube

In an interview Sam Mendes, reflecting on his time directing Skyfall and Spectre, recently revealed the key reason why the renowned James Bond producers are unlikely to tap Christopher Nolan for the next Bond film.

They want...

From ‘Curb’ to ‘The Comeback,’ HBO knows comedy.

Writing a list of the top HBO comedy TV shows of all time is hard because it’s subjective. What I think is funny and what you think is funny is different – and we’re both right (except I’m more right). Still, it’s fun to do and I can use the release of the new HBO comedy TV series “The Franchise” as an excuse to do it.

With new episodes dropping on Sunday nights, “The Franchise” follows the crew of an unloved franchise movie as they showcase the secret chaos inside the world of superhero moviemaking. Sam Mendes is co-creator, so he’s bound to bring the realism having spent years and years of his life making franchise movies. More importantly – as this list will exemplify - HBO knows comedy. So, here are the top 7 HBO comedy TV shows of...

While you wait for Terrifier 3 to bring Art the Clown and his over-the-top mayhem back to theaters on October 11, seven other brand new horror movies have released at home today.

Here’s all the new horror released on Tuesday, October 8, 2024!

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Tim Burton and Michael Keaton reunite for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and the long-awaited sequel is now available on Digital at home after releasing in theaters last month.

You can rent the film for $19.99 or purchase it for $24.99.

On November 19, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will be available to own on 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD from online and physical retailers. It will also continue to be available to own in high definition and standard definition from participating digital retailers.

Keaton returns to his iconic role alongside Oscar nominee Winona Ryder (Stranger Things, Little Women) as Lydia Deetz and two-time Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek,...

Sam Mendes doubts he will direct another James Bond movie after helming 2012’s Skyfall and 2015’s Spectre.

In HBO’s The Franchise, the filmmaker spoofs the process of making big-budget franchises and, in a new interview, explains why he doesn’t think he’ll direct another James Bond film.

“They don’t want people who have a big track record,” Mendes said in an interview with Inverse. “They want slightly more malleable people who are earlier in their career who perhaps are going to use it as a stepping stone, and who are more controllable by the studio.”

Although Mendes noted to “never say never,” he adds, “but I would doubt it. It was very good for me at that moment in my life. I felt like it shot me out of some old habits. It made me think on a bigger scale. It made me use different parts of my brain.

Riding high off his satirical send-up of superhero cinema, The Franchise, director Sam Mendes tells Inverse that he doesn't anticipate another chance at James Bond. Mendes, who directed a series high (Skyfall) and a series snooze (Spectre), remains the only Best Director winner to helm the long-running franchise. However, he...

Sam Mendes may have outgrown the James Bond franchise in more ways than one.

Mendes, who directed 007 films “Skyfall” (2012) and “Spectre” (2015), told Inverse that he probably won’t return to make a third. The key members behind the franchise, like producer Barbara Broccoli and now Amazon MGM Studios, prefer up-and-coming filmmakers who are “more controllable.”

“They want slightly more malleable people who are earlier in their career, who perhaps are going to use it as a stepping stone, and who are more controllable by the studio,” Mendes said.

Mendes hedged on the notion of a third Bond film with the requisite “never say never,” but it sounds like a never.

“I would doubt it,” Mendes said. “It was very good for me at that moment in my life. I felt like it shot me out of some old habits. It made me think on a bigger scale. It made me...

Bond fever is gripping the globe and all eyes are turned towards the most headline-grabbing aspect of the next installment in the long-running property. What, do you think all the frenzied speculation begins and ends with the newest leading man who'll eventually try on that impeccably-tailored suit? Ha! In my eye, what's just as crucial to the future of this series is the filmmaker who'll take a seat in the director's chair and try to improve on Daniel Craig's widely celebrated run as James Bond. In the three years (and counting) since "No Time to Die" brought that iteration to a very definitive end -- and it doesn't get any more definitive than killing off the title character for the first time in franchise history -- all the most obvious names have been bandied back and forth. While I wouldn't put much stock into the notion of Christopher Nolan...

Sam Mendes directed two James Bond movies, “Skyfall” (2012) and “Spectre” (2015), and he doubts he’ll return to the 007 franchise to helm a third entry. Speaking to Inverse to promote his new HBO series “The Franchise,” Mendes said the studio often needs a director who is younger and thus more “controllable.” That’s no longer him.

“Never say never, to quote the man, but I would doubt it,” Mendes said about directing a third “Bond” movie. “It was very good for me at that moment in my life. I felt like it shot me out of some old habits. It made me think on a bigger scale. It made me use different parts of my brain. You have to have a lot of energy.”

“They want slightly more malleable people who are earlier in their career, who perhaps are going to use it as a stepping stone, and who are more controllable by the studio,...

The name’s Mendes, Sam Mendes. The Bond franchise has been ongoing for more than 60 years and 25 films, so it’s no surprise that there have been many repeat directors. But Sam Mendes was the first to helm multiple Bond films since the ‘80s (an era ruled by John Glen), guiding Daniel Craig through the 2010s. After Skyfall and Spectre, the torch was passed to Cary Joji Fukunaga. So will Sam Mendes go the Terence Young route, sitting one installment out and returning with thunder? Never say never…but probably not.

Speaking with Inverse, Sam Mendes credited the Bond films with coming at a crucial time in his career but doesn’t see it as a guarantee for his future. “Never say never, to quote the man, but I would doubt it. It was very good for me at that moment in my life. I felt like it shot me out of some old habits.

After Jonathan Bailey had a brief cameo in “Heartstopper” Season 3, creator Alice Oseman is open to more guest appearances in potential future seasons, with Andrew Scott coming to mind.

“I love Andrew Scott,” Oseman told TheWrap. “I think he’s such an established queer actor … he would be an incredible addition to the show. Maybe he can be another teacher or something like that, I don’t know, but that would be cool.”

Best known for his roles in “Fleabag,” “Ripley” and “Spectre,” Scott recently starred in “All of Us Strangers” as a lonely screenwriter named Adam, who develops an intimate relationship with his mysterious neighbor (Paul Mescal) as he revisits his past memories.

Bailey’s cameo in “Heartstopper” Season 3 came about after the “Bridgerton” star reached out and expressed his interest in joining the Netflix coming-of-age series. Oseman said they “haven’t had any other actors express interest” in a similar guest star role,...

Sam Mendes doesn’t think he will be returning to the James Bond franchise.The 59-year-old director helmed 2012’s ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Spectre’ three years later but confessed that he is unlikely to come back for a third movie as 007 bosses plan a reboot following Daniel Craig's departure as Bond.Speaking with Inverse, the filmmaker said: "Never say never, to quote the man, but I would doubt it."It was very good for me at that moment in my life. I felt like it shot me out of some old habits. It made me think on a bigger scale. It made me use different parts of my brain. You have to have a lot of energy."Mendes added that Bond chiefs would probably be interested in signing a younger director to helm the next entry in the series because they would be "more controllable".He explained: "They want slightly...

Rachel Weisz, the stunner, seems to still be holding a potential villainous role in the James Bond saga a possibility. Throughout her decades-long star-studded career, she has been seen delivering applaudable performances in commendable roles across action adventure masterpieces like The Mummy film series and classic thriller dramas like The Favourite.

Rachel Weisz. | Credits: The Deep Blue Sea/Protagonist Pictures.

But as much as she is loved for her heroic roles that saw her in a different light nearly each time, Weisz hasn’t eliminated the chances of her becoming a part of the same franchise of the peerless spy that her husband Daniel Craig earned worldwide recognition through. In fact, if anything, the actress confessed she was still prime to join the saga.

Rachel Weisz on Playing a Bond Villain: “I’d like to!”

Over the years, Rachel Weisz hasn’t quite ever had ‘no’ for an answer while...