What next for James Bond under Amazon? Marvel-style TV spinoffs on Prime or Miss Moneypenny specials?
Jeff Bezos-controlled Amazon has taken creative control of the James Bond franchise under a deal with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson
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James Bond: Amazon to take over creative control of 007 franchise
Deal will involve new joint venture between Jeff Bezos-owned Amazon and rights holders Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli
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Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan says reruns of old films won’t cut it for Montrose. Who’s going to break the news to Dick Van Dyke?
James Bond is mad about the Boyne: campaign against abbatoir effluent plan benefits from Pierce Brosnan’s support
An Bord Pleanála has overturned council decision to grant permission for Dawn Meats abbatoir to offload 400,000 litres of treated wastewater into the river every day
The Movie Quiz: Which James Bond has something in common with Donald Trump?
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Bray mansion where James Bond actor Sean Connery threw parties, on sale for €795,000
Three-bedroom home in Co Wicklow occupies ground floor of Victorian property and has its own landscaped gardens
Daniel Craig: ‘Sex is surrender. That’s where real connection is made’
The former James Bond star’s vulnerable performance in Queer may surprise fans, but it’s a return to the sexually daring films he used to make
The Movie Quiz: A refrain from which Bond film features on Robbie Williams’s No1 hit, Millennium?
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It’s already three years since No Time to Die came out. And we may not see the next film in the franchise until 2026
The Movie Quiz: Which film has made the most money so far in 2024?
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Bond villain’s west of Ireland retreat for €285,000
Actor who played KGB general and his partner escaped hustle and bustle of London at this quaint Gort cottage with guest house
Marvel star Aaron Taylor-Johnson ‘offered role as next James Bond’
English actor reportedly ready to sign contract to play spy and start filming
Solar geoengineering to cool the planet: Not if, but when
Economist Gernot Wagner on a radical solution that’s no longer science fiction
Downton Abbey sequel a litmus test for Irish cinemas after Covid
Owners of cinema groups keen to see audiences return to watch on the big screen
Idris Elba on Nelson Mandela, Sonic the Hedgehog – but absolutely not 007
From Finding Dory to Zootopia to Cats: The legendary actor takes on the role of Knuckles
Oscars 2022: Will Smith slapping Chris Rock overshadows CODA’s best picture award
Kenneth Branagh takes best original screenplay for the autobiographical Belfast
Catalan coalition under strain due to Russian contact revelations
Exiled leader Puigdemont acknowledges contacts in Russia but denies seeking support of Putin regime
Donald Clarke: From blockbusters to bum-breakers – why are films so long now?
The doomsayers despairing at supposedly gnat-like modern attention spans are wrong
Baftas 2022: Belfast edged out by The Power of the Dog
Kenneth Branagh’s film takes just one prize as Joanna Scanlan is ‘surprise’ best actress
Maureen Dowd: Putin has trapped the world in his Napoleonic psychodrama
This demonic little man has been watching too many episodes of The Americans
This Is Going To Hurt: A bruisingly real medical drama, brimming with comedy
TV review: Based on the diaries of a doctor, you’ll be glad you stayed with this – even if you’re squeamish
Ben Whishaw: ‘I don’t find acting helps my social anxiety’
The actor talks about his off-stage shyness and his latest role in This Is Going to Hurt
‘The sun rises’: Damian Lewis pays tribute to Helen McCrory with Derek Mahon poem
Actor uses tribute event to talk publicly for first time about wife, who died of cancer
Donald Clarke: China’s financial success at the cinema is not a pandemic story
People’s Republic released two highest-grossing films of 2021 after decade of growth
Tony Blair receives knighthood in queen’s honours list
UK’s medical chiefs recognised for ‘dedication and commitment’ during pandemic
The King’s Man: The best entry yet in the secret agent pastiche franchise
Push the barmy politics to one side and wallow in the imaginative absurdity
Facebook files’ saga, Lubov Chernukhin and Bond’s triumphant return
Planet Business: For sale, thousands of songs, much-streamed
Breda O’Brien: This is no time to let Irish cinemas die
Is the tentative recovery of movie theatres thanks to blockbusters or a more nuanced audience desire?
Screen Ireland plans ‘crew hubs’ in Limerick, Galway and Wicklow to sustain boom
Agency puts emphasis on skills amid labour squeeze in global TV and film industry
It’s no time to die for Daniel Craig the actor. How to have a post-Bond career
There has long been a myth that the role of James Bond swallows careers whole
Cinema operators hope for Bond boost after Covid-19 impact
Accounts for one firm show revenues more than halved from €16.79m to €7.65m
Decline in technology shares tempers gains in world markets
In Dublin, Kingspan slips 6% amid supply disruptions and rising cost of raw materials
James Bond: Can 007 and No Time to Die save cinema?
Latest Bond film No Time to Die arrives in the hope rescuing the entire medium
James Bond: Hint at gay experience in 007’s past almost cut from Skyfall, says producer
Barbara Broccoli had to fight studio over scene between Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem
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