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Sam Mendes says “Bond has been rebooted” for Spectre

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Following on from the latest featurette focussing on the women of Spectre [watch it here], Entertainment Weekly caught up with director Sam Mendes, who suggested that Bond “has been rebooted” with Skyfall, and the upcoming 24th adventure will explore 007’s origin story. “Bond has been rebooted at the end of the movie,” states Mendes. “This […]

Ellie Goulding hints she is singing Spectre theme

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In a move that seemingly confirms rumours swirling around the upcoming Bond film Spectre, singer Ellie Goulding has tweeted a message quoting one of the series most iconic lines. Without further explanation the singer, who recently sang ‘Love Me Like You Do’ for the 50 Shades of Grey feature, tweeted out to her followers the simlpe message: […]

Warren Ellis to pen James Bond 007 for Dynamite Entertainment

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Back in October Dynamite Entertainment announced that it would be launching a new ongoing James Bond comic book, and now CBR has revealed that the publisher has enlisted Warren Ellis (Moon Knight) and Jason Masters (Wolverines) as the creative team for James Bond 007. “Ian Fleming’s James Bond is an icon, and it’s a delight […]

Copy/Paste: Point Break, Big Trouble in Little China, and a Shared 007 Universe?

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Copy/Paste examines trends in the world of cinematic remakes, reboots, and re-imaginings. Whether we want them or not… Every film, TV Show, Comic Book, and Video Game you love is under consideration for a remake. There have been a half-dozen attempts to mount a re-make of Casablanca. They’ve considered a prequel to Jaws. There was […]

Live and Let Die’s Yaphet Kotto says James Bond “cannot be black”

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Last month former 007 Roger Moore caused some controversy when he was quoted as saying that James Bond should be “English-English” when asked for his thoughts on Idris Elba potentially playing the superspy. Although Moore subsequently suggested his quotes had been “lost in translation”, Yaphet Kotto – who played the villain Dr. Kananga / Mr. […]

UPDATE: Roger Moore says Idris Elba can’t be Bond as 007 should be “English-English”

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Back during the Sony hack in December, leaked documents indicated that the studio are keen on British actor Idris Elba taking over the role of James Bond when Daniel Craig decides to call it a day and retire his license to kill. Since then, we’ve heard former 007 Pierce Brosnan endorsing Elba for the part, […]

Christoph Waltz once again denies playing Bond villain Blofeld in Spectre

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It seems that Christoph Waltz is sticking to his story. On the very day that the cast for Spectre was officially unveiled, actor Christoph Waltz revealed that his character was called Franz Oberhauser, despite many believing he would play the classic Bond villain Blofeld. Since then he has denied playing Blofeld several times, but since […]

Should Robert Pattinson have held out for James Bond instead of Batman?

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After Danny Boyle’s recent backing of Robert Pattinson for Bond, Tom Jolliffe considers whether Pattinson has chosen the right franchise to come on board… After a little conjecture following the mutual (maybe mutual) agreement for Ben Affleck to hang up his cape, the Bruce Wayne/Batman role has now went to Robert Pattinson. The internet, naturally […]