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It seems somehow surprising that Oscar-winning filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu and lauded veteran cinematographer Darius Khondji had never worked together before collaborating on Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths. But when they finally did come together on what would become Mexico’s entry for the Best International Feature Oscar, there was an instant melding of the minds and a true feeling of kinship, with each telling me they felt as if they’d discovered a brother they’d never met.

EXCLUSIVE: Paterson Joseph (Wonka) has signed on to star alongside Cameron Ashplant and Marc Duret in Bet Your Bottom Dollar — a British indie drama marking the narrative debut of documentary filmmaker Brandon Ashplant.

EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning actor Dev Patel (The Green Knight) has signed with CAA for representation.

When people think of the modern revival of zombie horror films, there are some who trace it back to Zack Snyder’s “Dawn of the Dead” remake in 2004. However, you really need to go back a couple of more years to Danny Boyle’s groundbreaking horror film, “28 Days Later.” That film is so beloved, even 20 years later, that folk are still clamoring for a new sequel.

Ed Sheeran has said he’d already “started writing” the theme song for No Time To Die when he was replaced by Billie Eilish.Back in 2019, Sheeran’s manager revealed that the star had met James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli two years prior to discuss penning the official track for the most recent film in the hit spy franchise.Danny Boyle, who worked with Sheeran on Richard Curtis’ Yesterday (2019), was lined up to direct the 25th Bond movie at the time (he later quit due to “creative differences”, with Cary Joji Fukunaga taking over the role).“Obviously they changed directors but we’re still open to it,” Stuart Camp explained. “But they’re not even having those conversations yet.”He added: “It’s certainly something [Sheeran would] want to do though, it’s a box that’s still to be ticked, for sure.”But the No Time To Die theme ended up going to Billie Eilish, who went on to win her first Oscar for the song.During an appearance on That Peter Crouch Podcast this week, Sheeran explained: “I was within a fucking gnat’s pube of doing one [a Bond theme], but then they changed directors, changed scripts and that was it all done.“I had started writing it.

EXCLUSIVE: Casting for Netflix’s highly-anticipated third season of Bridgerton is heating up and Hannah New, the star of Starz’ series Black Sails, is the latest Deadline can reveal.

Manori Ravindran International Editor The tear-stricken faces peering up adoringly at James Bond producer Michael G. Wilson, seated in the royal box at Royal Albert Hall, during a lengthy standing ovation at “The Sound of 007” concert said it all: It’s not just movie music — the music, for this franchise at least, is the movie. Tuesday’s charity event at London’s grandest venue preceded the Oct. 5 release of feature documentary “The Sound of 007” on Amazon’s Prime Video (the streamer’s top executives for Europe were, unsurprisingly, in the box next to the Bond guardians), and didn’t hesitate to remind both Bond novices and grizzled veterans that the franchise is virtually synonymous with some of cinema’s most iconic tracks.

“The Matrix” is getting a very unlikely adaptation.

The Matrix.The show, titled Free Your Mind, will debut in October next year at Manchester arts venue, Factory International. The production is licensed by Warner Bros.

“The Matrix” would be like if it incorporated hip-hop choreography? Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle apparently did and is bringing that vision — titled “Free Your Mind” — to a Manchester arts venue, the new Factory International, in 2023.The Warner Bros. Theater Ventures-licensed project is described as a “large-scale immersive performance” that will debut next October, Variety reported on Thursday.

Business Manchester reports. “I’m delighted to be part of Factory International as a starting point for a kind of identity that this extraordinary new building is going to have.

K.J. Yossman Danny Boyle is set to direct a dance adaptation of 1999 sci-fi blockbuster “The Matrix.” Titled “Free Your Mind,” the Warner Bros. Theater Ventures-licensed project is set to debut next October at Factory International, a new arts venue in Manchester, U.K. The production, described as a “large-scale immersive performance,” will serve as the venue’s inaugural show. “Combining the hip-hop choreography of hundreds of dancers with the latest immersive design, ‘Free Your Mind’ will take audiences on a thrilling journey through ‘The Matrix’ and into a new realm of possibilities,” reads the logline.

The new £240million Factory International arts centre will open to the public in June 2023 - and highlights of the opening programme will include a huge arts event based on The Matrix films directed by Oscar-winning Danny Boyle. The vast new building will create a "landmark cultural space" for the city at the edge of the Old Granada Studios.

EXCLUSIVE: As she is charting her post-Saturday Night Live career path, Kate McKinnon is making a representation change. The Emmy winner has moved to CAA, which will rep her in all areas except touring. McKinnon had been at UTA for the past eight years, having followed her agent Fred Hashagen there from Paradigm.

TV shows. One of his earliest acting roles included starring in the popular 1997 ITV drama, Cold Feet. The success of the show, which sadly came to an end in 2003, acted as a springboard for James.

Danny Boyle "persuaded" Queen Elizabeth to take part in the 007 sketch for the Olympics. The late monarch - who passed away on September 8 at the age of 96 following a 70 year reign - appeared alongside James Bond star Daniel Craig back in 2012 as part of a sketch for the opening of the 2012 Olympics in London which saw her go on a mission with the legendary spy before a stand-in was seen skydiving into the London Stadium, with acclaimed director Danny Boyle having been the one to persuade Her Late Majesty to take part in the first place. Lord Sebastian Coe, who served as London Organising Committee for the Olympics, said: "There isn't a day that goes by without somebody somewhere in the world asking me about this.

John Lydon has accused the other Sex Pistols of attempting to exploit the death of Queen Elizabeth II for commercial gain via new uses of the band’s track ‘God Save The Queen’. His former bandmates have countered this by saying that they have absolutely no idea what he’s banging on about.In a statement on his website, Lydon says he “wishes to distance himself from any Sex Pistols activity which aims to cash in on Queen Elizabeth II’s death.

John Lydon, who as Johnny Rotten in his punk days with the Sex Pistols wrote the scabrous lyrics to the anti-monarchy anthem “God Save The Queen,” is now directing harsh words to his former bandmates for what the singer says is “a tasteless and disrespectful” attempt to cash in on the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Daniel Craig paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth during an interview at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.

James Bond star Daniel Craig described filming a scene with the Queen for London 2012 as “an incredible thing”.The world saw a more spirited side to the monarch when she made a cameo appearance in Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony for the Olympic Games. In the comedy sketch, Craig, who played British spy 007, called at Buckingham Palace to summon the Queen to the event.The Queen, who was sitting at her writing desk, made him wait before greeting him with the words: “Good evening, Mr Bond.” They walked together, along with some of her corgis, towards a helicopter and set off, flying over London to the Olympic Stadium, concluding with a stunt double of the Queen parachuting into the arena.

passed away on Thursday at the age of 96 after seven decades of service to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms.In addition to the title of monarch, she also could be given the moniker of “Best Cameo Star” — thanks to two very unforgettable skits in the past decade.Elizabeth surprised royal fans when she appeared in a 2012 Olympics opening ceremony sketch with Daniel Craig as James Bond and a skit with Paddington Bear earlier this year.Frank Cottrell-Boyce, who co-wrote both scenes, recalled how much the sovereign liked to be in front of the camera.“Slumdog Millionaire” filmmaker Danny Boyle directed the 2012 mini-play and Cottrell-Boyce explained that Elizabeth desperately wanted a speaking role.“On the day we were filming, she said to Danny Boyle, ‘I think I should have a line,’ ” he told the BBC on Friday, via the Hollywood Reporter. “She bagged that.

K.J. Yossman Frank Cottrell Boyce, who co-wrote two of Queen Elizabeth II’s most iconic on-screen cameos – at the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony with Daniel Craig and this year’s Jubilee sketch with Paddington Bear – said the monarch had “brilliant” comic timing and could have been an actor. “She’s absolutely glowing in that moment,” he said of her appearance alongside Paddington in the 2-minute long sketch, which commenced her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in July. “And you’ve got to remember that that’s real acting that’s going on there. Paddington isn’t really in the room. She’s acting with an eye-line and with someone pretending to be Paddington. That’s proper acting going on. But I also think it’s true happiness.”

EXCLUSIVE: Toby Wallace, Emory Cohen, Beau Knapp, Karl Glusman and Happy Anderson are set to join the ensemble cast of the Jeff Nichols drama The Bikeriders at New Regency. Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Boyd Holbrook and Damon Herriman are already on board. Nichols will direct the pic, which is a fictional story inspired by the photography of Danny Lyon and his 1967 book The Bikeriders.

Ewan McGregor is revealing how almost missed out on starring in “Star Wars” because he thought he was too “urban grunge”. 

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Michelle Yeoh will receive the Toronto International Film Festival’s inaugural Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award. The TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award recognizes a woman who is a leader in the film industry and has made a positive impact for women throughout their career. The award, sponsored by Bulgari, will be presented at an in-person gala fundraiser on Sunday, Sept. 11 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. “Michelle Yeoh is the definition of groundbreaking,” said Cameron Bailey, TIFF CEO. “Her screen work has spanned continents, genres and decades. This year she delivered a performance in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ that shows her limitless abilities.”

“Bullet Train,” in theaters now, he puts all of that legendary energy into his role as The Elder, one of the many mysterious figures who board a Japanese bullet train. Starring alongside Brad Pitt, he nonetheless steals every scene he’s in, which is somewhat fitting for a man that “Lost” co-creator and showrunner Damon Lindelof once referred to as the Japanese Harrison Ford.Sanada will next be seen in 2023’s “John Wick: Chapter 4,” after being courted for a villainous role in the third film (“I worked with Keanu most more than 10 years ago. We’ve known each other a long time.

Actress Michelle Yeoh is set to receive the 15th annual Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film from the Santa Barbara Film Festival. The award, which benefits the festival’s year-round educational programs, will be presented to the Everything Everywhere All At Once star at a black-tie dinner taking place at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara on Friday, December 9. This will mark the first time the honor is awarded since the passing of the screen legend that gives the prize its name.

Fargo has rounded out the main cast of its upcoming fifth installment, with Joe Keery (Stranger Things, Free Guy), Lamorne Morris (New Girl, Barbershop: The Next Cut) and Richa Moorjani (Never Have I Ever) joining the previously announced Juno Temple, Jon Hamm and Jennifer Jason Leigh.