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I meet Charles Dance in a cute French bistro on Islington Green, north London. He is 76 and has one of those faces that holds its adamantine shape, although its seriousness is offset by his easy, expansive manner, the relaxed confidence and ready laugh of a person who is “doing this fantastic job that I’ve been all over the world with. I get paid pretty well. Something has to be really bad for me to turn it down, otherwise I keep on doing it.”The restaurant staff love him. The waiter tells me afterwards that he was the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDaisy May Cooper is under consideration to take over from Dame Judi Dench as M in the next iteration of the James Bond franchise, per multiple reports.The Gloucestershire-born actor and writer is best known for her West Country comedy series This Country, which she wrote and starred in.According to The Sun, Cooper’s potential casting came about after Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s work on No…

The Guangzhou-based developer became the highest profile victim of the Chinese government’s deleveraging campaign more than two years ago, which fueled a sharp slowdown in the property sector and ultimately led to dozens of dollar bond defaults. Its negotiation with bondholders—which investors said often appeared close to faltering—covered more than $19 billion of bonds. The restructuring has been agreed to by an ad-hoc bondholder group that holds more than a fifth of Evergrande’s international bonds, according to people…

You can have the good news first. At last, the ceaseless pounding drumbeat of speculation over who will play the next James Bond has paused. A semi-official moratorium has fallen over the shrieking clickbait dedicated to wondering aloud whether Aaron Taylor Johnson or Idris Elba or about eight people from Game of Thrones or any actor seen in public in a suit will be chosen to succeed Daniel Craig as James Bond.Now for the bad news: this has happened because there is now a ceaseless pounding drumbeat of speculation over…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeTaron Egerton has shared his doubts about being cast as the next James Bond actor as he doesn’t believe he’d be the “right choice”.Since Daniel Craig’s departure from the secret agent franchise in 2021’s No Time to Die, speculation has grown as to who will portray the character next.Names frequently raised in conversations around the incoming 007 include Regé-Jean Page, Henry Cavill,…

While the search goes on for the next 007, Liam Neeson has revealed that the role of James Bond was once his for the taking, except that his partner had other ideas. Following the success of `Schindler`s List` (1993) in which he played the title role, Neeson`s star was high in the early 1990s, and the James Bond people came calling, reports `Deadline`. Neeson told `The Times of London` that he had expressed his strong interest in the role, until his then girlfriend, actress Natasha Richardson, intervened, wary of what…

Having discovered that he can transform himself into a superhero in the first film, teenager Billy Batson aka Shazam now has the backing of his foster family by his side as they 'protect' the city they live in. Having been dubbed the Philadelphia Fiascoes, the Shazam family has to fight a trio of angry sisters, the daughters of Atlas, who believe themselves to be the true gods. (Also read: Shazam! star Zachary Levi on DC drama, rumours about James Gunn's recasting: 'You have no idea… ') Shazam Fury of Gods movie…

No Time To Die was the 25th instalment in the adventures of James Bond and Daniel Craig’s last outing as 007. It was released in cinemas in September 2021 after numerous delays due to the pandemic. Right now, you can stream the spy film on one of the biggest video platforms, Amazon Prime Video. However, what films come before it, and how can you watch them? Here are the different ways you can watch the Bond films in order, either just for Daniel Craig, all of his predecessors, or for reading the books. …

New details have come to light about Hitman developer IO's new James Bond game, which tells an original story about the superspy's origins. IO studio boss Christian Elverdam told Eurogamer that the aim is to "reinvent" the James Bond video game series with the title. For what it's worth, the next James Bond films wants to be a reinvention of the character with a new actor.IO's other top boss, Hakan Abrak, said the James Bond game aims to be a product that can "stand next to the TV and the movies and…

FCMB Group Plc (“FCMB Group” or “the Group”) has successfully completed the issuance of a N20,686,000,000 Perpetual 16% Fixed Rate Resettable NC5.25 Additional Tier I Capital Subordinated Bonds (“the Series I Bond” or “the AT1” or “the Instrument”) under its N300,000,000,000 Debt Issuance Programme. The Group’s AT1 Issuance is the first non-sharia local currency AT1 instrument issued in Nigeria and the Group’s maiden issuance of its N300 billion funding programme in the Nigerian Capital Markets to support its…