Fresh off the end of “Broad City,” Ilana Glazer is getting into horror.
Glazer, Justin Theroux, and Pierce Brosnan will star in A24’s “False Positive,” which Glazer also co-wrote with director John Lee, according to Collider.
Glazer and Theroux play a couple who visit a fertility doctor (Brosnan) when they struggle to conceive a child. Except the doctor is off his rocker and tricks them by using his own sperm to get her pregnant.
Collider points out the story’s resemblance to the true tale of Donald Cline, a fertility doctor who used his own sperm to inseminate approximately 50 women in the 1970s and 1980s. He never faced criminal charges, though he did lose his medical license.
The cast also includes Josh Hamilton, Gretchen Mol, and Sophia Bush.
A24 has become known for releasing edgy, unusual horror films like “Hereditary” and “The Witch.”
Glazer recently wrapped up five seasons of “Broad City,” the Comedy Central series she co-created and starred in with Abbi Jacobson.
Several members of the cast of the classic 1993 family comedy got together for a photo ahead of the movie’s 25th anniversary, which is November 24.
“Mrs. Doubtfire” starred the late Robin Williams as a dad of three, estranged from his wife (Sally Field). Desperate to spend time with the kids, he dresses up and acts like an elderly British nanny.
Lisa Jakub, who played the eldest of the three Hillard children, shared a picture on Instagram featuring herself, on-screen siblings Matthew Lawrence and Mara Wilson, and Pierce Brosnan (who played Field’s love interest). Only Field is missing.
Jakub also shared a video, in which Brosnan (who was Fields’ love interest in the film) zooms in an image of the three younger actors at the 1993 premiere and then says, “Love you, love you all so much. So good to be a part of your lives.”
Hardy. Tom Hardy. What do you think of him as the next 007?
Pierce Brosnan told The Daily Mail’s Event Magazine that he himself was “never good enough” as James Bond, with the exception of “GoldenEye.” He talked about the tearful call he got from Barbara Broccoli after doing “Die Another Day,” when she told him he was done. He said it took him years to get over it.
But he is over it. Now he’s talking about his role in the upcoming “Mamma Mia!” sequel, and the future of James Bond.
The Daily Mail asked Brosnan whom he believes will inherit the role after Daniel Craig, and — in their words — “even whether such a misogynistic hero can exist in post-#MeToo Hollywood.”
Here’s Brosnan’s answer:
“Bond is Bond and you can’t change that. I think a woman could play Bond but it wouldn’t be James Bond. Daniel Craig has been an incredible Bond. He’s very physical, he looks lethal. You genuinely believe this is someone who could kill a man. He’s complained about doing the part because he’s put himself through a lot physically, but he will do the next movie, and then I think Tom Hardy could be a good Bond. I’d be happy to see him do it. You need an actor who can put a bit of wiggle into it – that’s what makes Bond.”
By “wiggle” he probably meant a twist, or Hardy’s own unique unpredictable take. But we’re choosing to believe he literally meant Tom Hardy’s wiggle because that mental image is delightful.
Tom Hardy has had a very eclectic career thus far, but he’s shown that he’s not averse to major franchises — from Bane in “Batman: The Dark Knight Rises” to his upcoming turn in the Spider-Man spinoff “Venom.”
This isn’t the first time Hardy’s name has come up for 007. In 2015, he was asked if he’d consider the role; here’s what he told Sky News:
“I think anybody would consider doing Bond, wouldn’t they?”
Daniel Craig still has the job for “Bond 25,” but Pierce Brosnan’s endorsement certainly can’t hurt Tom Hardy when it comes to Bond 26.
Pierce Brosnan’s “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” opens in theaters July 20th. Tom Hardy’s “Venom” opens October 5th. Daniel Craig’s “Bond 25” opens November 8, 2019.
He’s Bond. Still Bond. Daniel Craig‘s future as 007 may be up in the air, but just being the current guy with the title as of February 20 makes him, officially, the second-longest serving James Bond. Shaken (not stirred) martinis all around!
Sky News posted the update because … maybe they had a countdown going? They noted that Craig is now No. 2, behind Roger Moore. (Personal favorite Bond, Sean Connery, is only the fourth-longest serving Bond out of six.) If Craig wants to dethrone Moore, he’ll have to continue in the role for another 2.5 years. Do you think that will happen?
Here’s the current ranking of how long each Bond actor has played the role in the franchise, as of Feb. 20 (per Sky News):
• Roger Moore – 5,118 days
• Daniel Craig – 4,147 days
• Pierce Brosnan – 4,146 days
• Sean Connery – 3,049 days
• Timothy Dalton – 2,863 days
• George Lazenby – 875 days
(They didn’t include David Niven, who was in the 1967 comedy “Casino Royale,” since that film is not in the official Eon series.)
Roger Moore was in seven Bond films from 1973-1985. Both Daniel Craig and Pierce Brosnan have been in four Bond films. The most recent was Craig’s “Spectre,” which came out in 2015. After he filmed that, Craig said he’d rather slash his wrists than play Bond again, but after that he clarified that the statement just came from a place of exhaustion at the end of a marathon shoot. (And he may have anticipated that “Spectre” would not be among the franchise’s best. Even Pierce Brosnan said he didn’t like it.)
There were rumors in Spring 2016 that Daniel Craig turned down $99 million to return as Bond for two more films, but sources shot down those reports to BBC News, saying Craig hadn’t made any decisions about his future as 007, and “no decision is likely to be made for a while” since the next film wouldn’t be expected in theaters until late 2018 at the earliest.
In Fall 2016, Craig eventually clarified, “I love this job, I get a massive kick out of it. And if I can keep getting a kick out of it, I will. […] The things I get to do on a Bond movie, and the type of work it is — there is no other job like it. And were I to stop doing it, I would miss it terribly.”
So it’s possible he will take a crack at Roger Moore’s record.
20 years later, Pierce Brosnan‘s first Bond movie is still his best.
After a six-year absence from the big screen, 007 returned with the very-90s, but very action-packed, “GoldenEye.” Despite headlines in the press asking if the world needed James Bond anymore, audiences seemed to think it did — they helped the film become a huge hit at the box office, spawning three more films for Brosnan and a popular Nintendo game.
In honor of the film’s 20th (?!) anniversary on November 17, here are 20 things you may not know about one of 007’s most popular missions. 1. Legal issues prevented MGM from getting a new Bond movie out after the tepid reaction to 1989’s “License to Kill,” grounding 007 for six years — the longest wait in-between films in the franchise’s history.
2. In 1990, before the title and plot were locked down, producer Michael G. Wilson contributed a treatment and “Wiseguy” writer Alphonse Ruggerio was hired to flesh it out into a screenplay — with Timothy Dalton intended to return as Bond. (He officially vacated the role in 1994.) That version of the story was reportedly titled “Property of a Lady”, and it would have seen the Bond film series return to using Ian Fleming titles. While this story is hard to track down, word ’round the campfire is that it would have taken place in Hong Kong.
3. Brosnan was originally set to play Bond back in 1987, but contractual obligations to his NBC series, “Remington Steele,” prevented that from happening.
4. Other actors considered to play Bond — or rumored to be — included Liam Neeson, Mel Gibson and Sam Neill. At one point, the press reported that Bond’s gender was going to be swapped, and Sharon Stone was considered to play the role.
5. The first day of production was January 16, 1995, and it featured scenes between Bond and Robbie Coltrane’s character, the Russian gangster Vladimir Zukovsky. 6. The villainous 006, Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean, left), wasn’t originally intended to be Bond’s peer. He was scripted to be older and more like 007’s mentor. The producers set their sights high in terms of casting, wanting Anthony Hopkins for the roll. When the Oscar-winner refused, the character was later re-written to be younger. (“GoldenEye’s” director, Martin Campbell, would later work with Hopkins in “The Mask of Zorro.”)
7. Speaking of Martin Campbell, this is the first Bond movie ever directed by a non-Brit. Campbell was born in New Zealand and he would also go on to direct Daniel Craig‘s first Bond adventure, “Casino Royale.”
8. When Brosnan was first introduced to the press as Bond, he was sporting a very shaggy beard. Why? Because he was about to shoot 1997’s “Robinson Crusoe.”
9. “GoldenEye” was the first Bond movie ever released on DVD.
10. The film’s title has ties to Bond author Ian Fleming’s past. “GoldenEye” is the name of Fleming’s Jamaican estate. It was also the codename for a special operation that Fleming participated in during his time with British Naval Intelligence. 11. This marks the first time computer graphics were used for the iconic opening gun barrel sequence (pictured).
12. Due to several plot parallels between this movie and 1994’s “True Lies,” the script for “GoldenEye” had to undergo some last-minute changes.
13. In one of the earliest drafts of the film from writer Michael France, dated January 1994, the film does not open with it’s now-famous bungee jump sequence. Instead, Bond’s riding a train through the French Countryside, and then he must go out on top of it. (This feels very similar to the end of “Mission: Impossible” and to a Diet Coke ad aping 007 that a pre-Bond Brosnan starred in.)
14. The film’s final pre-title sequence occurs nine years before the rest of the plot’s main action — the longest time period ever covered on-screen in a Bond movie. This puts it between the Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton eras but 007 doesn’t care about timelines and neither should you.
15. Other changes from script-to-screen include Bond breaking into the chemical weapons facility from the pre-titles sequence and taking out two guards while they are playing chess, and a slightly-different first meeting with M, where she implies that Bond’s charms may have worked on her 10 years ago, sparking a relationship between the two. (The former is included as a deleted scene on the DVD.) 16. Tina Turner wasn’t the first choice for singing the title song — it was Ace of Base. The Swedish pop group, hot off their debut album (it sold more than 50 million copies), recorded a demo for “GoldenEye.” But their record label pulled it and the song from the project, as the label was worried that the movie was going to be a flop and hurt the band’s standing. The movie obviously didn’t flop, and Base’s song was eventually released as “The Juvenile” with slightly-altered lyrics. Click here to listen.
17. This movie marks the first on-screen appearance of MI6 Chief of Staff Bill Tanner since “For Your Eyes Only” in 1981.
18. You know that big satellite dish that Bond battles 006 on at the end of the film? It’s the same dish that plays a role in the plot of 1997’s “Contact.”
19. At the time, the movie was the most successful Bond film since 1979’s “Moonraker.” The only thing more popular than the movie was the N64 game based on it. “GoldenEye 007” is considered one of the best shooters of all-time by gamers, and it sold 8 million copies.
20. “GoldenEye” was the last Bond movie overseen by the franchise’s legendary producer, Albert “Cubby” Broccoli, and the first to be produced by his daughter and current co-keeper of the franchise, Barbara. Due to Cubby’s poor health (he died seven months after the film’s release), Barbara and Michael W. Wilson took on day-to-day producing duties and have continued to do so for each subsequent Bond picture.
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Happy birthday to Daniel Craig, who turns 47 on March 2. He’s appeared in some 60 movies and TV shows over the past quarter-century, but no matter what else he ever does, he’ll still be best known for the three of them in which he played James Bond. Make that four, since his next Agent 007 adventure, “Spectre,” is due in November.
The celebration of Craig’s birthday and his best-known role seemed a good enough excuse to ponder the Bond series, a franchise of 23 movies to date that have offered remarkably consistent entertainment over the past 53 years. Over all that time, the franchise has seen six stars play 007, along with dozens of Bond girls and megalomaniacal villains, many groundbreaking action sequences, and countless diabolically clever spy gadgets, but it’s also been controlled by just one family of producers, the Broccolis. Give them credit — along with the blueprint laid out by 007 creator Ian Fleming in a dozen novels — for the quality control that has persisted from Sean Connery’s turn as the martini-sipping spy until Craig’s; (By contrast, look at the difference in the two notably non-Broccoli Bond movies.) Here, then, is Moviefone’s ranking of all the James Bond movies to date, from worst to best.
Hardy. 
By “wiggle” he probably meant a twist, or Hardy’s own unique unpredictable take. But we’re choosing to believe he literally meant Tom Hardy’s wiggle because that mental image is delightful.
He’s Bond. Still Bond. 
(They didn’t include David Niven, who was in the 1967 comedy “Casino Royale,” since that film is not in the official Eon series.)
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1. Legal issues prevented MGM from getting a new Bond movie out after the tepid reaction to 1989’s “License to Kill,” grounding 007 for six years — the longest wait in-between films in the franchise’s history.
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11. This marks the first time computer graphics were used for the iconic opening gun barrel sequence (pictured).