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Steven Soderbergh almost directed a James Bond movie: “We were at odds about some things”

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Director Steven Soderbergh, who is perhaps best known for the Ocean’s trilogy, has revealed that he once had talks with Eon Productions co-head and 007 franchise overseer Barbara Broccoli about directing a James Bond movie. In a recent appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast (via The Playlist), Soderbergh discussed how he and Broccoli “were at odds about some […]

Dynamite announces James Bond: Agent of SPECTRE

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Dynamite Entertainment has announced the upcoming launch of a brand new 007 adventure, James Bond: Agent of SPECTRE, from writer Christos Gage and artist Luca Casalanguida (James Bond: Kill Chain). “I’ve been lucky enough to work on many iconic characters in my career, but this is my first time writing Bond, and I’m having a […]

Enhance your film viewing experience with a VPN

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Let’s face it, if you’ve spent even a fraction of your daily life online, you will have heard of a VPN. It’s easy to immediately switch off whenever your favourite online creator starts the usual 2-minute spiel about their latest VPN sponsor, but you know what? They could be on to something. You might be […]

Bond: No Time To Delay (Again!)

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Tom Jolliffe on the perpetual delays of No Time to Die…  Daniel Craig’s final outing as Bond has taken its sweet time. Prior to the pandemic playing havoc across cinema release schedules, it had already had problems. Danny Boyle was given the sack and replaced with Cary Joji Fukunaga, which pushed Bond out of its […]

Happy Bond Season!

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Tom Jolliffe on the time of year that for some fans means Bond… It’s that time of year. We’re well into that final ten or so weeks of the year. For many fans, but particularly British gents, there’s a franchise that is deeply ingrained in our movie-watching lives from around mid October until the year […]

IO Interactive “keeping the British end up” with Project 007

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Prepare to be shaken not stirred as IO Interactive, the developer behind the award winning Hitman series, announce that players will be given a license to kill with a brand new James Bond storyline.  Currently going by the working title of Project 007, is promising a wholly original Bond story for fans of the franchise […]

Lashana Lynch on taking on the role of the new 007 in No Time To Die

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Although producer Barbara Broccoli has categorically ruled out the possibility of a female James Bond, it seems that mandate doesn’t extend to the super-spy’s iconic MI6 designation. Last years, rumours began to circulate that Lashana Lynch’s character Nomi would not only be a new agent at the OO branch, but actually the new 007, having […]

Charlie Hunnam says he would love to play James Bond after Daniel Craig

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Charlie Hunnam, the former Sons of Anarchy star, says that he would definitely be interested in becoming the new James Bond. With No Time to Die officially the last time Daniel Craig will play 007, speculation is rampant about who will be the next person to fill Bond’s shoes. While the producers haven’t made a […]

No Time to Die director says Rami Malek’s Safin had to be bigger than Christoph Waltz’s Blofeld

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Even though we’ve had some memorable villains in the Daniel Craig series of James Bond films including Mads Mikkelsen’s Le Chiffre, Mathieu Amalric’s Dominic Greene, Javier Bardem’s Raoul Silva, and Christoph Waltz’s Blofeld, No Time to Die director Cary Fukunaga wants to make Rami Malek’s Safin a much greater threat. In an interview with GQ, Fukunaga explained how after […]