Sam Neill Auditioned For James Bond & Reveals Why He's Thankful He Didn't Get The Role

Miles Teller has all the right stuff to be the next James Bond, so says his grandmother Leona Flowers.

Jack White has spoken about his 2008 James Bond theme ‘Another Way To Die’, calling it “one of the most divisive things” he’s worked on.The former White Stripes musician wrote and produced the track – also featuring Alicia Keys – for Quantum Of Solace, which was the 22nd film in the Bond franchise. It reached Number Nine in the UK singles chart.Speaking on a recent edition of the Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend podcast, White acknowledged the mixed reaction to the collaborative song.“It’s one of the most divisive things I’ve been a part of,” the singer-songwriter explained.“To this day, it’s straight across the board.

After five films spread over fifteen years, Daniel Craig’s time as James Bond is officially over. And Craig went out with a bang, as Cary Fukunaga’s “No Time To Die” had perhaps the most shocking ending of any Bond film to date.

James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli has promised that the 26th film of the franchise will “reinvent” 007.Speaking at a recent dinner event, in which she and her half-brother Michael G Wilson were presented with BFI Fellowships, Broccoli said that they have not yet cast a replacement for Daniel Craig.“Nobody’s in the running,” she said in a speech [via Deadline]. “We’re working out where to go with him, we’re talking that through.”The producer also stated that the next Bond film won’t begin filming until at least 2025, with a clear direction for the story yet to be decided.“There isn’t a script and we can’t come up with one until we decide how we’re going to approach the next film because, really, it’s a reinvention of Bond,” she said.

Barbara Broccoli has revealed that the next film in the enduring 007 series will be a complete reinvention. However, casting — always a hot topic among franchise fans — has not yet commenced.

Fans will have to wait a little longer for an update on which actor will replace Daniel Craig as James Bond.

Daniel Craig will forever be remembered as one of the most iconic James Bond actors of all time - but all good things must come to an end. No Time To Die made sure of that by killing off his version of 007, swinging the door open for a brand new actor to take the reins of the iconic hero. The official announcement of the next James Bond actor will likely come within the next 12 months.

No Time to Die star Léa Seydoux has landed a key role in Dune: Part Two.As reported by Deadline, the actress has been cast by director Denis Villeneuve as Lady Margot Fenring, a member of the Sisterhood of sorceresses.Seydoux joins an all-star cast for the sequel, including Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Florence Pugh, Stellan Skarsgård, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista and Austin Butler.In May, it was announced that veteran actor Christopher Walken will also join the sequel as Emperor Shaddam IV, another significant character in the story.Pre-production on Dune: Part Two began in April, according to Villeneuve – who will once again write, direct and produce the epic’s latest chapter.On what to expect from the sequel, Villeneuve previously told ET Canada: “I cannot say nothing about the movie – I don’t like to talk about projects as I am doing them – but it’s probably going to be the biggest challenge of my career, again, because it’s even more complex than Part One.”Elsewhere, the director recently confirmed that Zendaya will have a significantly larger role in Part Two, having featured sparingly in the first film.Speaking to Variety, he said: “For Zendaya, I will say Part One was a promise. I know that we saw a glimpse of her in Part One, but in Part Two, she’ll have a prominent part.“We will follow Timothée [Chalamet] and Zendaya on their adventures in the desert.

Sam Heughan spoke about that “Bond 21” audition in a new chat with Esquire U.K.

Back in the 1980s, after Roger Moore had wrapped his final James Bond film with “A View to a Kill”, numerous actors auditioned for the role of 007 that ultimately went to Timothy Dalton.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticWith 1990’s “Jurassic Park,” novelist Michael Crichton took a hard look at what was happening in the field of genetic research and warned, via mathematician Ian Malcolm, “Scientists are actually preoccupied with accomplishment. So they are focused on whether they can do something. They never stop to ask if they should do something.”Across six movies and massive advances in visual effects technology, Hollywood has been wrestling with a version of that same craven because-they-can impulse.

, Laura Dern is reprising the role nearly 30 years later in. In the latest installment of the film franchise, she as well as her original co-stars, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum, return to star alongside Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard.

Jurassic World: Dominion has been released, which sees original Jurassic Park stars Sam Neill and Laura Dern reprising their roles.In the footage, which you can see via Complex, Neill’s Dr. Alan Grant and Dern’s Dr. Ellie Sattler are in a helicopter flying above territory controlled by the corporation Biosyn, and observe a huge dreadnoughtus dinosaur.The new film sees both actors returning to the franchise for the first time since 2001’s Jurassic Park III.

It’s not just the dinosaurs that have evolved in the Jurassic World universe, turns out the humans have as well.

Laura Dern said her on-screen romance with Sam Neill in the 1993 film "Jurassic Park" felt "completely appropriate" at the time despite their nearly 20-year age difference as the pair spoke out in a recent interview decades after the release of the dinosaur flick. Dern was 23 years old and portrayed palaeobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler when she starred alongside Neill, who was 42, and took on the role of palaeontologist Dr.