A few things come to mind when one thinks of Niall Horan: One Direction; the name Niall; the surname Horan. What about James Bond, though? Did you ever think maybe James Bond should come to mind when you think about Niall Horan? If no, you disagree with James Bond himself—007.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Anthony Horowitz, the novelist most recently selected to add a book to the James Bond canon, spoke about why he thinks Idris Elba wouldn’t accurately inhabit the character. “It’s not a color issue,” he asserted immediately. Hmm—sounds like his story probably checks out, let’s see.
In 1979, The Clash released London Calling, an album thought by many to be one of the greatest of all time. Perhaps they should have called it London Complaining, however—or, more precisely, London Complaining About the Filming of the New James Bond Movie (Loud Helicopters, Etc.).
According to emails leaked in the Sony hack, the new James Bond movie, Spectre, which began filming this week, will likely clock in among the most expensive movies ever made, with a current projected budget "in the mid $300Ms." Why? Possibly because the script—which leaked in full alongside copious, desperate notes to improve it—features a messy third act that executives are still trying to rework after months of tweaking.
In a new interview with Wired, Stephen Hawking, subject of the new film The Theory of Everything, shared his own silver screen dream: playing the villain in a James Bond movie.
