James Bond News Weekly Roundup: June 25

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 23: Actor Laverne Cox at Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on February 23, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for Essence)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 23: Actor Laverne Cox at Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on February 23, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for Essence) /
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So what’s been happening in the world of Bond? Let’s take a look, with our weekly roundup of James Bond news.

Headlines

  • Tom Hardy’s name led a field of actors when The Birmingham Mail released the odds on who would be the “Next James Bond.”
  • Also, according to The Express Daily, someone placed a huge sum of money on Hardy, adding to the speculation that Hardy will by 007. (Does the bettor have some sort of inside knowledge?)
  • Actor Ian McKellan (

    X-Men

    ,

    The Lord of the Rings

    ) threw his weight behind

    the idea of a gay

    Live Feed

    Starved for news, outlets guess Richard Madden is new James Bond after innocuous video
    Starved for news, outlets guess Richard Madden is new James Bond after innocuous video /

    Winter is Coming

  • Marvel star Aaron Taylor-Johnson a "frontrunner" to play James BondWinter is Coming
  • Now that he's Superman again, Henry Cavill has no time to play James BondWinter is Coming
  • How Pierce Brosnan blew his audition to play BatmanWinter is Coming
  • Pierce Brosnan doesn't care who plays James Bond nextWinter is Coming
  • Whoever plays James Bond next is making at least a 10-year-commitmentWinter is Coming
  • James Bond. Said McKellen:  “If you play James Bond as an outwardly camp, silly gay man that no one took seriously, and then he turned out as many gay men are underneath their clothes — buff and strong and as hetero as any hetero — we might have a more truthful story than the one that has been told.”

  • For Your Eyes Only was released 36 years ago, on June 24, 1981.
  • The city of York honored the late John Barry with a plaque next to his childhood home.
  • Dynamite Comics’ adaptation of Casino Royale is set to be released this October, with writer Van Jensen and artist Denis Calero.
  • During an appearance on Later Night with Seth Meyers, actress Laverne Cox, of Orange Is the New Black, talked about her Bond fandom and wish to someday be the first transgender Bond Girl.
  • Upcoming Birthdays:

    June 25

    Carly Simon, singer (“Nobody Does It Better” from The Spy Who Loved Me)

    June 26

    Robert Davi, Sanchez (The Living Daylights)

    June 29

    Soon-Tek Oh, Lieutenant Hip (The Man with the Golden Gun)

    July 1

    Lea Seydoux, Madeleine Swan (Spectre)

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