Layer Cake‘s Daniel Craig earns his license to kill in the brand new trailer for Casino Royale, which seemed pretty decent even in tiny, pixellated dial-up form.
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It’s a Bond! It’s a Pirate! It’s…Superman!
The trailer bin runneth over this evening, with the english teaser for Daniel Craig’s Bond debut in Casino Royale, the new trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest, and the full trailer for Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns. More summer fun than you can shake a stick at.
Transatlantic Supermen.
Some actors with big shoes to fill make their online premieres today: Brandon Routh shows off his Kryptonian flying skills in this Superman Returns-tie-in Coke commercial, and new 007 Daniel Craig dons the tux for this French teaser for Casino Royale.
Touch of Eva.
Kingdom of Heaven‘s Eva Green joins Casino Royale as Bond girl Vesper Lynd (It seems Rose Byrne wilted), along with Syriana‘s Jeffrey Wright as the new Felix Leiter and King Arthur‘s Mads Mikkelsen as the Big Bad, Le Chiffre.
By Any Other Name.
Byrne. Rose Byrne. Word is that’s who been tapped to play the next Bond girl (“Vesper Lynd”) opposite Daniel Craig in Casino Royale. (Prior to this gig and Sofia Coppola’s upcoming Marie Antoinette, she was in Troy, Wicker Park, and I Capture the Castle.) But who’s playing Moneypenny?
Craig. Daniel Craig.
Welcome to the Layer Cake, 007. The London Evening Standard is reporting that Daniel Craig has been cast as the new James Bond. His name’s been floating around for awhile now and, this side of Clive Owen, I think he’s probably the best fit for the assignment. Now, if only they’d forsake the exploding pens and laser-guided paper clips for some quality, no-frills cloak-and-daggering.
007 MIA.
“Broccoli liked ‘Layer Cake’ star Daniel Craig, 37, but Wilson didn’t. Broccoli also thought Australian star Hugh Jackman, 36, who in addition to playing Wolverine in ‘X-Men’ has appeared in Broadway musicals, wasn’t masculine enough. Colin Farrell, 29, was judged too much of a bad boy. Eric Bana, 37, star of ‘Troy’ and the upcoming ‘Munich,’ wasn’t good-looking enough. Ewan McGregor, 34, was too short.” The Hollywood Reporter examines in depth the current state of the new Bond search.
Never Say Never Again.
Clive Owen, Daniel Craig, Julian McMahon…according to Dame Judi Dench (a.k.a. M), it’s all hoopla, and Pierce Brosnan will return as James Bond in the forthcoming Casino Royale.
Have your cake and eat it too.
Big doings for the cast and crew of Layer Cake, a Guy Ritchie-like London crime film coming out this summer. Its director, Matthew Vaughn, will take Bryan Singer’s place in the X3 director’s chair, and its star, Daniel Craig, is apparently on the short list for the new Bond (along with Nip/Tuck‘s Julian McMahon.) Of those two, I’d go with Craig.
Jackie Bond.
As the second chapter of the disappointing Kill Bill comes to the screen, Quentin Tarantino suggests making a low-budget Casino Royale, with Brosnan remaining as 007. Might be interesting, and it’s really a win-win for MGM…but the Bond franchise is so poorly run that I suspect Wilson and Broccoli will let this opportunity slip.