Idris Elba says a black James Bond would not be accepted and denies he was in contention for role
Idris Elba was rumoured to be next in line to play 007 after Daniel Craig’s departure in 2021
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007 First Light: Could the new James Bond from Greystones be exactly what the franchise needs?
Patrick Gibson, a former Gonzaga and Trinity College student, plays a grounded young Bond in a new video game
I miss Daniel Craig already. Can the next James Bond really be Gen Z?
Amazon MGM Studios is searching for a young actor to take over as the spy
Mark Jenkin on his bigger-budget film Rose of Nevada: ‘You don’t want to be luxuriating too much’
The singular Cornish film-maker’s latest eerie maritime flick centres on a timeslip back to ancient 1993
The Movie Quiz: Who has never been in a James Bond film?
Plus: What song plays under the Walt Disney logo at the start of their films?
New crime fiction: Q stars in a genteel 007 spin-off; Jack Reacher returns
Reviewed: Quantum of Menace; Hello, Transcriber; The Token; The Fourth Door; and Exit Strategy
The Movie Quiz: Who was the last character to speak in a James Bond film?
Plus: Which beer were they drinking at the end of Ice Cold in Alex?
Pierce Brosnan says he could ‘entertain’ returning to James Bond as retired agent
Pierce Brosnan, who played James Bond in four films, says he is now enjoying playing older characters
The Death of Reilly - Frank McNally on the demise of ‘Reilly, Ace of Spies’ 100 years ago
Russian-born intelligence agent who called himself Sidney Reilly, and inspired James Bond, made use of several Irish cover identities
Is there life in The Witcher after Henry Cavill’s exit?
Showrunner Lauren Hissrich believes, as with James Bond, the character Geralt is bigger than any one actor portraying him. Can Liam Hemsworth avoid becoming the franchise’s George Lazenby?
Dr No Gun: Is this what they mean by woke gone mad?
Prime Video took James Bond’s pistol out of the hands of Daniel Craig, Pierce Brosnan and Sean Connery
Slow Horses, the very British hit about misfit spies, is back and its budget is showing
The BBC passed on the show, according to Apple TV’s Europe boss. It was a mistake worthy of Slough House
Slow Horses review: Dour, dumpy and depressed, is this the broken Britain of spy dramas?
Television: It says a lot about Britain that it’s now represented by wisecracking underdogs rather than a mercurial womaniser such as James Bond
James Norton on perfecting a Dublin accent for House of Guinness: ‘I knew if I didn’t work hard, I’d be really exposed’
The British actor learned a lot about social, religious and political upheaval in 19th-century Ireland while working on Steven Knight’s new Netflix show
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