Rachel Weisz confesses fears for Daniel Craig following retirement from James Bond films

EXCLUSIVE: A limited series TV adaptation of John le Carré’s The Constant Gardener set in a “post-pandemic context” is being developed by The Ink Factory, coming almost two decades after the Oscar-winning movie.

William Earl Variety’s Actors on Actors series returns featuring the biggest stars in this year’s TV Emmys race for Season 18. The four episodes will debut on PBS SoCal on Thursday January 15th starting at 8:00 pm, followed by encores on KCET and public television stations across the country and the WORLD Channel (check local listings). All episodes will stream on pbssocal.org and the free PBS App following their premieres. Variety’s Actors on Actors issue will hit newsstands on June 7th and the conversations will start airing on Tuesday, June 6th on Variety.com and its social media channels. This year’s “Actors on Actors” lineup includes:

Auditions are apparently underway for the next James Bond film, and Rebel Wilson may be a part of it.

Priyanka Chopra opened up about a variety of topics during an interview with The Zoe Report.

James Bond replacement. Speculation is rife over the likes of Tom Hardy and Henry Cavill, while Aaron Taylor-Johnson is rumoured to have had an audition already. However, new data collected by Taboola from over 9000 publisher partners and news sites, has painted a vivid picture of the race for the coveted role and who the UK's favourite most likely is.

Rebel Wilson has revealed that she auditioned for the next James Bond film.The Pitch Perfect star shared the news at Cannes Film Festival while promoting her directorial debut The Deb, a big screen adaptation of the Australian musical comedy.Speaking to Variety at the festival, Wilson revealed that she was asked to audition for a role in the upcoming Bond movie after producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson saw her host the 2022 BAFTAs.The actor explained that she had to clear a number of Bond-related jokes with the producers ahead of the awards, which put her in direct contact and ultimately led to an audition.“What was really cool was getting to audition for Bond,” said Wilson, who stressed that she wasn’t going for role of James Bond, but rather an undisclosed character.

The James Bond casting rumors are heating up!

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” stars Harrison Ford in his final performance as the swashbuckling fedora-wearing adventurer, a legendary role he’s played in five films across 40 years. But he says he is officially ready to retire the character. “Is it not evident?” the 80-year-old actor joked at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday’s press conference for the action-adventure. “I need to sit down and rest a little bit.” In returning to the character for one last time, Ford expressed a desire to see “a completion of the five films.” He added, “I wanted to see the weight of life on him. I wanted to see him require reinvention. I wanted him to have a relationship that wasn’t a flirty movie relationship.

One Direction star, 29, recently split from his American girlfriend Kate Cassidy after ten months together, with the model returning to the US. But the split has not got in the way of his health journey, and in a new interview says he feels "amazing" and about the way his life is going. Liam revealed he has been sober for 100 days, after previously opening up about his past battles with addiction.

Rachel Weisz has spoken about her own experience of having a miscarriage as she admitted she was surprised by some viewers’ averse reaction to the exploration of the topic in her TV series Dead Ringers. The Oscar-winning actress, 53, portrays identical twin gynaecologists Elliot and Beverly Mantle, who aim to push the boundaries on medical ethics to challenge outdated practices and bring women’s healthcare to the forefront, in the Prime psychological thrillerThe show, which is a modern take on David Cronenberg’s 1988 film of the same name, delves into female health and the challenges it brings including infertility and miscarriage. Women have miscarriages, I've had a miscarriage, so you suddenly see blood coming out of your body and these are just all part of a female experience of being aliveSpeaking on The News Agents podcast about what she thought of people’s reactions, she said: “I think I probably was surprised because I was just telling this story about the female experience, and it didn’t seem to have been like heightened or overdramatised.

Tom Hanks has named the actor that he would most like to star as the next James Bond.A search for a new 007 is underway, with countless actors rumoured as being the next in line to play the iconic British spy.Now, Forrest Gump actor Hanks has shared who he thinks should replace Daniel Craig in the film franchise, and named Idris Elba as the actor most suited for the part.“Understand this,” he said during an interview with the BBC last week (May 9). “James Bond has a licence to kill.

Simon Pegg is opening up about his struggles with alcohol.

Sliding Doors explores the consequences that lie behind split second decisions, and the concept proved to be a hit with audiences even if critics met its release with mixed reviews.The film, which came out in 1998, starred a then 24 year old Gwyneth Paltrow, who recently won a ski crash lawsuit, and John Hannah, who had shot to fame a few years earlier when he scored a part in Hugh Grant’s hit romantic comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral.Their characters meet by chance on the London Underground, and the film explores two alternate realities where Gwyneth’s character Helen either makes or misses her tube train.The film is about to turn 25 and, over the years, a few of the film’s stars and production team have opened up about some of the on-set secrets. Director Peter Howitt shared that he had clashed with Gwyneth Paltrow behind the scenes, and that she had once told him to “just let it go, Pete” when he insisted on shooting and reshooting a handful of scenes.

fan-favorite frontrunner Idris Elba is the next British man in a suave suit to embody the super spy.“Understand this,” Hanks told the BBC recently. “James Bond has a license to kill. I would issue that license to Idris Elba just based on the work that I’ve seen him do.” While Elba’s much-desired turn as Bond has earned the love and support of both fans and the spy franchise’s longtime producer, Barbara Broccoli, he’s not so sure he wants to play the role.“It is not a goal for my career,” Elba told “The Shop” podcast last September.

Daniel Craig brought his James Bond journey to an end in 2021 after the release of his fifth and final movie, No Time To Die. His 15-year tenure as 007 has made him the longest-serving actor to play the hero, but now the anticipation around who will replace him is palpable. Fans are dying to know who is going to take his place, and they'll likely not find out for at least a year, at this point.

There were so many stars at the Fast X: Road To Rome premiere!

Fast X” held a star-studded Road to Rome premiere featuring Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, John Cena, Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren, Rita Moreno and a host of other talents prancing on a red carpet rolled out in the Forum’s Temple of Venus with the real Colosseum as a backdrop. The social media embargo expired after the Rome premiere, and people who were lucky enough to see “Fast X” a week ahead of its U.S. premiere on May 19 are calling it “stupidly entertaining,” a “visual spectacle” and that it puts the franchise “back on track.” Others are praising Jason Momoa’s performance as the main villain, but there are also some “clunky elements” to the movie.

Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we’re talking to UK indie veteran Vertigo Films, producer of hit TV shows Britannia, Bulletproof and James Corden and Sally Hawkins starrer Mammals and feature films Monsters, Bronson and Streetdance 3D. Last year, Federation Entertainment acquired a majority stake in the company and we talk about that deal, Vertigo’s pivot from UK indie film to television and why they’re turning their heads back to the indie film space again. 

Tom Hanks is busy promoting his new novel, “The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece,” which is inspired by his career in front of the camera.