Aaron Taylor Johnson Responds to Rumors He Is Going to Be Next James Bond, Reveals the Role He Landed That He Didn't Need to Audition For, & More in 'Vanity Fair'

Idris Elba appears to have finally put the endless speculation about his future being with James Bond to rest in his new film Luther: The Fallen Sun – even rejecting the offer of a martini in one scene, which he acknowledges was tipping the wink to knowing fans. 

Aaron Taylor-Johnson has joined the cast of Robert Eggers’ re-imagining of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 classic “Nosferatu,” according to an insider with knowledge of the project.Focus Features is now behind the project, with Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Robert Eggers, Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus producing.

After a string of delays, Robert Eggers‘ next feature, his “Nosferatu” remake, is currently in production in Prague. That’s great news, considering, at one point, many thought the film wouldn’t ever move ahead.

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Eggers long awaited Nosferatu pic is full steam ahead at Focus Features with Aaron Taylor-Johnson rounding out the all-star ensemble. Simon McBurney and Ralph Ineson are also joining the cast that included Lily Rose-Depp, Bill Skarsgard, Nicholas Hoult, Willem Dafoe and Emma Corrin. Eggers is writing and directing the pic with production currently under way in Prague. Focus will distribute the film domestically and Universal Pictures International will handle international distribution.

The Graham Norton Show returns to screens tonight (March 3) with a host of famous faces taking a seat on the big red sofa. BBC’s flagship talk show sees the Irish presenter welcome stars of film, TV, music, and beyond.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Prior to becoming an actor, Giancarlo Giannini, who on March 6 will be getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, studied electronic engineering, a skill he’s been known to put to good use even on movie sets. “I was meant to start working on the first artificial satellites, or on the first computers at IBM,” the Italian film and theater thesp recalls. But then Giannini enrolled in acting school and soon was given major roles, first by Franco Zeffirelli and then by Lina Wertmüller, with whom he went on to make nine movies that brought them both international fame. “I owe it to Lina that I will be getting the star. The only other Italian actor who has one is Rudolph Valentino,” he notes.

Charlie Hunnam is making a trip to the grocery store while out running errands.

Way back in 2016, filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn (“Drive,” “Only God Forgives”) revealed he was working with James Bond in-house writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (“Casino Royale,” “Quantum Of Solace,” “Skyfall,” “No Time to Die “). Refn always played coy about what the project was, but when asked if the film was the Asia-set action thriller called “The Avenging Silence,” he responded, “Well, I think it may very well be.

Blake Shelton admitted he plans on doing a "little bit of nothing" after announcing he's leaving "The Voice." Shelton, 46, first shared the news in October 2022.The country music star had been a host for the past 12 years of the singing competition.The "Nobody But You" singer revealed during Monday's episode of "Today" that he started thinking about leaving the show in 2020. "I think I was close to calling it a day right when COVID hit," he told host Carson Daly. "And then, because of COVID, I didn’t want to walk away from the show and leave everybody in a bind," he added.

reports.In April, Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. will release new versions of the books that have been approved by sensitivity readers.

James Bond has been censored, not stirred.

James Bond books are being reissued this year, and have reportedly been edited to remove racist references and words.According to a report from The Telegraph, all of Fleming’s Bond series will be re-published this year to mark 70 years since the release of Casino Royale, the first book in the series.The report adds that Ian Fleming Publications Ltd commissioned a review by so-called ‘sensitivity readers’ as to the appropriateness of re-publishing work from a different era.Now, a disclaimer is set to accompany all the new books, reading: “This book was written at a time when terms and attitudes which might be considered offensive by modern readers were commonplace.“A number of updates have been made in this edition, while keeping as close as possible to the original text and the period in which it is set.”The report states a number of specific examples of the types of edits which have reportedly been made, including the removal of homosexuality being called a “stubborn disability,” “blithering women” failing to do a “man’s work” and racist references to black people, the latter of which have either been re-worked or entirely removed from the books.The N word, which was used heavily by Fleming in the books, has now either been replaced by “black person” or “black man” or removed from the book.In a statement to The Telegraph, Ian Fleming Publications said: “We at Ian Fleming Publications reviewed the text of the original Bond books and decided our best course of action was to follow Ian’s lead.

Naman Ramachandran After the Roald Dahl text editing controversy that erupted in recent days, it is now the turn of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels to be rewritten. A report in U.K. newspaper The Telegraph reveals that ahead of the reissue of the Bond novels in April to mark 70 years of “Casino Royale,” the first book in the series, rights holders Ian Fleming Publications Ltd commissioned a review by sensitivity readers. Each book will carry the disclaimer, “This book was written at a time when terms and attitudes which might be considered offensive by modern readers were commonplace. A number of updates have been made in this edition, while keeping as close as possible to the original text and the period in which it is set,” The Telegraph said.

Liam Neeson. In a new interview with , the action star cleared up rumors that he was slated to take on the role of 007 in the early '90s, and shared why his late wife, Natasha Richardson, changed his mind about playing Agent 007.«I was not offered James Bond. I know the Broccolis.

Liam Neeson has revealed his late wife, Natasha Richardson, told him they’d not be getting married if he played James Bond.The Memory actor said that he’d been tapped up in the ’90s over potentially playing 007 in 1995’s Golden Eye. However, it seems Richardson wasn’t bowled over by the idea of her soon-to-be husband playing the hard-drinking, pun-loving lothario.Recalling having his hat thrown into the ring to play Bond, Neeson told Rolling Stone that his late wife had told him “we’re not getting married” if he decided to take the role.“I was not offered James Bond. I know the Broccolis.

Liam Neeson is opening up about his incredible career.

Zack Sharf Liam Neeson revealed in a recent interview with Rolling Stone that James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli contacted him several time in the 1990s to ask if he was interested in taking on the role of 007. The actor was fresh off an Oscar nomination for best actor at the time thanks to “Schindler’s List.” Why turn down one of the most iconic action roles in film history? It all came down to Neeson’s wife, Natasha Richardson. “I know the Broccolis. They looked at a bunch of actors,” Neeson said. “‘Schindler’s List’ had come out and Barbara [Broccoli] had called me a couple of times to ask if I was interested, and I said, ‘Yes, I would be interested.’ And then my lovely wife [Natasha Richardson], god rest her soul, said to me while we were shooting ‘Nell’ down in the Carolinas, ‘Liam, I want to tell you something: If you play James Bond, we’re not getting married.'”

Watch Below: Harry Styles wants to be the next James BondWhether it was uttered by Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig or any of the seven actors who have played the iconic role of 007 across 25 films, it’s undeniable that taking on the role of James Bond is a big deal. And people want to know who will be next.  Almost every week there seems to be a new rumour or new name thrown into the pit of potential suitors, and we’ve rounded up the top contenders. Bridgerton to James Bond? It would be a pretty impressive leap, and we could definitely see it. Although we’re still a while away from getting a new James Bond film, fans have been speculating that the Bridgerton actor could play the martini-sipping spy. In February 2023, the actor who recently starred in The Gray Man alongside Ryan Gosling spoke about the Bond rumours in an interview with Vanity Fair. “It’s a conversation people are having, and it’s terribly flattering that they’re having it. I leave them to it,” he said. When asked whether he’d take the role if given the chance, he responded, “I have no idea.

James Bond. However, Sam Taylor-Johnson and her actor husband Aaron have left villagers seeing red after starting to dig a lake – without planning permission. Excavations at the couple’s country home at a beauty spot near Bath began in October when diggers turned up one morning.

Riz Ahmed and Lily James are joining forces for the contemporary thriller “Relay,” which will be presented to buyers at European Film Market in Berlin.David Mackenzie, who helmed the Oscar-nominated “Hell or High Water,” will direct from a script he wrote with Justin Piasecki. Production begins in New York and New Jersey in April 2023.“Relay” stars Ahmed as Tom, a “fixer” whose specialty is brokering major payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten to ruin them.