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With the hunt for the next James Bond set to begin next year, the producer behind the hit film franchise is indicating that there could be some major changes in store.

Denis O’Brien, best known for producing the comedy Monty Python’s Life of Brian with former Beatle George Harrison, died Dec. 3 in a Swindon, UK hospital. He was 80 and passed from intra-abdominal sepsis, his daughter said.

The hunt for the next James Bond is seemingly underway. With “No Time to Die” released all over the world and the days of Daniel Craig’s 007 done as a result, it’s time for producer Barbara Broccoli to begin her search for the next actor to take on the role.

James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli has said the next 007 will be a British man of “any ethnicity”.After calls suggesting Bond should be played by a woman, the longtime producer shared her perspective in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter.“I think it will be a man because I don’t think a woman should play James Bond,” Broccoli said when asked about the future of the character.

Liz Watts, the established Australian producer whose credits include Animal Kingdom, The True History of The Kelly Gang, and the Cate Blanchett series Stateless, is joining See-Saw Films.

the Hollywood site reported.Broccoli was joined by producer Michael Wilson, special effects supervisor Chris Corbould — and Rami Malek, who plays Bond’s latestnemesis, Safin.Daniel Craig, who has portrayed 007 since 2006, did not sit for the panel.“No Time to Die,” released in the US in October, is his fifth and last time as the suave British secret agent.

On Friday afternoon, a bidding war kicked off amongst Hollywood’s major studios over an untitled Formula One film that has Brad Pitt attached to star, Deadline has confirmed.

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Jimmy Bond (an aging Peter Lorre played Le Chiffre, the baddie Bond beats at the baccarat table). Clearly Bond creator Ian Fleming didn’t have a problem with the tube.

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research into racism and discrimination in films and TV shows, the UK ratings body said content featuring the n-word will not be classified lower than 12A/12, outside of some mitigating factors.An exception is if “there is a very clear and strong educational value” like a documentary with strong appeal to younger audiences.Racist language in older films/series might also be considered for a PG rating if they are “contextually justified” and are not accompanied by violence or threat.The BBFC

Jamie Lang Co-producers on the recently finished dystopian thriller “Tomorrow Before After,” Apollo Pictures and Sivela Pictures are teaming on an entire slate of genre feature films with top Colombian producers 64-A Films, starting with a Spanish-language remake of Apollo founder Chad Barager’s most recent directorial feature “The Inheritance.”The new joint venture was established with long-form, feature content in mind for both the English and Spanish-language markets, with production to be

Sony Pictures Television has signaled its big UK drama ambitions by taking a majority stake in His Dark Materials and I Hate Suzie producer Bad Wolf.