<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12188794" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lea-seydoux" source="Orion">Lea Seydoux</keyword> said <keyword id="11898344" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="daniel-craig" source="Orion">Daniel Craig</keyword> would lose in a fight against <keyword id="11922280" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tom-cruise" source="Orion">Tom Cruise</keyword>.</li><li>Seydoux has starred alongside both leading men who are known for performing their own stunts.</li><li>Seydoux stars in the latest Bond movie, "<keyword id="11940308" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="no-time-to-die" source="Orion">No Time To Die</keyword>." </li></ul>Lea Seydoux believes Daniel Craig, 53, would be no match for Tom Cruise, 59, in a fight, she revealed during an interview with Craig present to promote the new highly anticipated Bond film "No Time To Die." Seydoux starred alongside Cruise in 2011's "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" - and she was asked to compare her experience working with Cruise to Craig on the <keyword id="11918058" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="james-bond" source="Orion">James Bond</keyword> as both are known for performing their own daring stunt. "In a fight, who would win: Daniel Craig or Tom Cruise," Graham Norton asked Seydoux during an interview to which she laughed and replied: "Tom Cruise, of course."Seydoux has played Madeleine Swann, the deadly companion to Craig's 007, in three James Bond films. Later during the interview on "The Grahame Norton show," Seydoux said that she returned to the franchise because there had been an improvement in the quality of the film's female roles.Seydoux also discussed the impact "Fleabag" writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who was brought onto the film to rework the script, had on the final film. "She wrote for us and Lashana [Lynch] as well and she's great," Seydoux said. "I love her I'm a huge fan, actually, but I saw her briefly on set and I wish I had more time with her."Of Waller-Bridge, Craig added: "We didn't have enough time with her. She's very, very busy, so we got her for snippets and she came in and had a big influence on the script. She's one of the best around and she freed up a lot of things."<div type="image" title="bond 25 cast" height="785" width="1200" msid="86560447" hostid="261"></div>Seydoux - who is one of the most successful French actors of her generation - has discussed the evolution of female characters in the Bond franchise extensively during the press run for "No Time To Die." During a recent <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/james-bond-lashana-lynch-and-lea-seydoux-are-out-to-prove-they-are-more-than-bond-girls-12416367">interview with Sky News</a>, Seydoux said she believed Bond is now less of a "misogynist." "I think that this time the female characters have more depth and are stronger, but not only stronger because they are skilled and powerful, but also we want to have more interesting female characters - we want to relate to them," she said."It's the first time that a female character is coming back - we get to know her and we get to know Madeleine in 'No Time To Die,' so I think that in that sense, it's much more interesting.""No Time To Die" opens in UK theaters on September 30. The film is Daniel Craig's last outing as 007.

James Bond star Lea Seydoux says Tom Cruise would win in a fight with Daniel Craig

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12188514" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rami-malek" source="Orion">Rami Malek</keyword> said he "dropped lines" acting opposite <keyword id="11898344" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="daniel-craig" source="Orion">Daniel Craig</keyword> because of nerves. </li><li>"I couldn't handle it," he said. </li><li>Malek plays the supervillain Safin in "<keyword id="11940308" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="no-time-to-die" source="Orion">No Time To Die</keyword>."</li></ul>Rami Malek is the latest actor to take on the role of a <keyword id="11918058" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="james-bond" source="Orion">James Bond</keyword> supervillain, and the Oscar-winner told "The Graham Norton Show" that he struggled with nerves performing opposite Daniel Craig when he first joined the movie."When you see him on stage, on the 007 stage, and he's full James Bond," Malek said of Craig's presence while speaking about his nerves. "I will say, the second I got out there there were moments I dropped lines and I was like 'Oh, this is because I'm looking straight at James Bond.' I couldn't handle it" Craig - who suited up as 007 for the last time in the upcoming "No Time To Die" - waved off Malek's insecurities. "He's brilliant by the way. He's absolutely brilliant, as all of these guys are. They're just stunning in the movie," Craig said of Malek, Lea Seydoux, and Lashana Lynch who joined him on the British chat show.<div type="image" title="Rami Malek in &quot;No Time to Die.&quot;" height="1176" width="2830" msid="86558701" hostid="261"></div>In "No Time To Die" Malek plays the supervillain, Safin. And earlier this week <a href="https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a37721319/no-time-to-die-rami-malek-interview-runtime/">during an interview with Digital Spy</a>, Malek defended the film's reportedly 2h 43m runtime - which is the longest in the spy franchise - from critics who said it might be too long for a Bond film. "People have heard that the running time is a little bit longer than most Bond films, but I'll tell you, from start to finish it is a gut punch every second," he told Digital Spy."I think when you get out of that theatre, you will be moved, you will be entertained, you'll get everything you want from a Bond film, essentially."<div type="image" title="no time to die" height="789" width="1052" msid="86558703" hostid="261"></div>Malek continued on to praise Daniel Craig's final performance as 007. He said: "Daniel's just done a marvelous job, [it's] a great send-off for him.""No Time To Die" hits UK theaters this Friday after a year and a half of delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, a report in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/24/bondmania-cinemas-hire-extra-staff-ahead-of-no-time-to-die-release?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twittertter">The Guardian revealed</a> that theater chain Vue, which is the UK's third-largest theater chain, "had to increase staff numbers by about 10%, adding about 450 new employees to its 4,500 regular workforces" to deal with the consumer demand to see the new Bond film."It is going to be the biggest opening weekend since the pandemic began," Tim Richards, the chief executive of Vue, told The Guardian. "Covid and changing consumer habits mean there are more advance bookings made now than we used to see, notwithstanding that it looks like Bond is going to have the biggest opening weekend here since 'Avengers: Endgame' in 2019."

Rami Malek says he 'dropped lines' acting opposite Daniel Craig as James Bond because he was so intimidated

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Actor <keyword id="11898344" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="daniel-craig" source="Orion">Daniel Craig</keyword> became the <keyword id="12018460" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="royal-navy" source="Orion">Royal Navy</keyword>'s newest honorary commander in September.</li><li>Images showed Craig in a Royal Navy uniform with the same rank as <keyword id="11918058" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="james-bond" source="Orion">James Bond</keyword>. </li><li>Upcoming movie "No Time to Die" will feature a Royal Navy destroyer, and an RAF station.</li></ul>Congratulations Commander Bond, err, Craig.Actor Daniel Craig became the Royal Navy's newest honorary commander in September, days before the release of what is expected to be his final outing as 007, "No Time to Die."Craig appeared in the Royal Navy's working uniform, wearing the three gold bars on the shoulder that denotes a commander's rank and matches the fictional rank of his character. Craig, in <a href="https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2021/september/23/210923-daniel-craig-honorary-commander">a statement</a>, said "I am truly privileged and honored."In some images, Craig stood beside First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, who congratulated the 53-year-old actor on his honorary position. "Daniel Craig is well known for being Commander Bond for the last fifteen years - a Naval officer who keeps Britain safe through missions across the globe," Radakin said in a statement. "That's what the real Royal Navy does every day."Craig brought extreme conditioning and intense physicality to the role over his 15 years as Bond, reminding viewers of the character's roots as a naval officer who served in World War II before joining the Secret Service.The British Ministry of Defense collaborated with the filmmakers for the new movie. Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon will be featured in the movie. And Royal Air Force Brize Norton, a large air station in England, was used as a backdrop for a NATO base in Norway.The new film also features <a href="https://www.insider.com/lashana-lynch-no-time-to-die-director-gave-character-layers-2021-9">the first Black female agent with a license to kill</a> in the film franchise's history, who is played by Lashana Lynch. The movie premieres Sept. 28 in the United Kingdom and will open in the US on Oct. 8.

The Royal Navy just promoted Daniel Craig to James Bond's rank

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Insider saw a nine-minute clip of "<keyword id="11940308" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="no-time-to-die" source="Orion">No Time to Die</keyword>" at CinemaCon. </li><li>It proves director <keyword id="11940309" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cary-joji-fukunaga" source="Orion">Cary Joji Fukunaga</keyword>'s talents are worthy of the Bond franchise. </li><li>The footage also showcased Bond's beloved Aston Martin.</li></ul><ul class="summary-list"></ul>With "No Time to Die" marking the 25th movie in the beloved <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/where-to-stream-every-james-bond-movies-2021-5">James Bond franchise,</a> you might think that there can't possibly be any new ways it can thrill audiences.We are here to tell you that's not the case.Insider watched a never-before-seen nine minute clip of the next Bond movie at Tuesday's MGM presentation at CinemaCon, an annual movie theater convention held in Las Vegas, and it kept us on the edge of our seats.Now we can't give away what we saw (that would ruin all the fun), you'll have to wait and see for yourself when it opens on October 8. But what we can confirm from watching the footage is that director Cary Joji Fukunaga is certainly worthy of taking the reins of a Bond movie.<div type="image" title="Cary Fukunaga Eamonn M McCormack Getty final" height="900" width="1200" msid="85608351" hostid="261"></div>Fukanaga, who directed a film in the historic franchise for the first time ever, has been wowing audiences for years with his stylish and thrilling visuals on <keyword id="11898343" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="movies" source="Orion">movies</keyword> like "Sin Nombre" and "Beasts of No Nation" as well as TV shows like the first season of "True Detective" and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/director-cary-joji-fukunaga-takes-us-inside-making-netflix-series-maniac-2018-9">Netflix's "Maniac."</a>With the Bond franchise at his disposal, he certainly is at home."No Time to Die" picks up after Bond (<keyword id="11898344" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="daniel-craig" source="Orion">Daniel Craig</keyword>) has walked away from active service as a secret double-o agent. But that doesn't last long.In the clip, we watch him suddenly racing for his life in his beloved Aston Martin.<div type="image" title="no time to die" height="791" width="1756" msid="85608352" hostid="261"></div>In fact, Bond has to do some nifty tricks to get out of trouble. (Okay, no more details!)The way Fukunaga plays out the scenes and builds the drama was exciting to watch. Here's hoping the whole movie is like this."No Time to Die" also stars Ana de Armas, Lashana Lynch, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Jeffrey Wright, and Naomie Harris.It opens in theaters on October 8.

We saw a never-before-seen 9 minute clip of 'No Time to Die' and it shows Daniel Craig’s Bond back in his Aston Martin

<ul class="summary-list"><li>SPOILERS: Monica Rambeau had a big moment in the latest episode of "<keyword id="8935939" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="WandaVision">WandaVision</keyword>."</li><li>The episode almost acted as Rambeau's origin story and she now seems to have superpowers.</li><li>In the comics, Rambeau is also known as the superhero Photon/Spectrum.</li></ul>Monica Rambeau just had a pretty special moment in the latest episode of "WandaVision." <keyword id="1635797" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Teyonah-Parris">Teyonah Parris</keyword>' character has been a key part of the show so far, but she now looks to be an integral part of the <keyword id="47501" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Marvel">Marvel</keyword> Cinematic Universe going forward following episode seven's <a href="https://www.insider.com/wandavision-paul-bettany-teases-character-reveal-to-come-2021-2">reveal.</a>Warning: Spoilers.<a href="https://www.insider.com/wandavision-unanswered-questions-2021-2">Fans have been speculating</a> for a while now that Monica Rambeau could gain superpowers as a result of going in and out of Wanda's Westview, which is encircled by energy boundaries.In the comics, Rambeau is also known as superhero Photon/Pulsar, and, more recently, Spectrum. She gained her powers after being hit by extradimensional energy and is known as the second Captain Marvel.Up until episode seven, Rambeau was a captain for S.W.O.R.D. trying to help Agent Jimmy Woo (<a href="https://www.insider.com/wandavision-randall-park-jimmy-woo-thanos-snap-2021-2">Randall Park</a>) and S.W.O.R.D. acting director Tyler Hayward (Josh Stamberg) figure out what was going on with Westview. Now, however, Rambeau looks to have had her origin story as Photon.While in the comics, the extradimensional energy came from an energy disruptor weapon, the energy that hit Rambeau in the show came from the force field surrounding Wanda's Westview. She has been through the force field a couple of times but after Wanda expanded the radius of Westview in <a href="https://www.insider.com/marvel-fans-theory-true-villain-wandavision-episode-disney-2021-2">episode six</a>, the walls of energy looked stronger than ever in this latest episode.They were so strong that Rambeau couldn't get through with a heavily-armored space vehicle. Instead, she walked through by herself in a trippy sequence where we heard the voices of several key characters including a young Monica, her mother Maria, Nick Fury, and Captain Marvel herself, Carol Danvers.The voices also spoke about Monica's mother Maria, and included dialogue from "Captain Marvel" as Monica forced her way through the energy barrier. The last line in the sequence came from Danvers: "Your mum's lucky. When they were handing out kids, they gave her the toughest one."This gave Monica the strength to push through, and she emerged into Westview with glowing blue eyes and heightened vision.Her new outfit inside the static wall was also significant. The colors and pattern closely resemble the superhero costume of Photon from the comics, which fans adored.<div type="image" title="Monica Rambeau Photon" height="1200" width="1600" msid="81110090" hostid="261"></div>After that, we got to see Wanda and Monica briefly face off against one another, concluding in Monica's first ever superhero landing.Monica Rambeau was first played by Akira and Azari Akbar as an eleven-year-old and five-year-old, respectively, in "Captain Marvel." Monica's mother Maria featured in that movie extensively, played by Lashana Lynch.Maria died during the five-year Blip caused by "Avengers: Infinity," in which Monica was snapped away only to return after <a href="https://www.insider.com/wandavision-references-vision-death-2021-1">the events of "Endgame."</a> Monica looks to be a key player in the <keyword id="412910" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="MCU">MCU</keyword> going forward, and will appear in "Captain Marvel 2."

Monica Rambeau just had a big moment in 'WandaVision,' and fans are so excited

<ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/13578831/gemma-arterton-bond-girl-sex/">In an interview with The Sun</a>, Gemma Arterton said that she still receives criticism for playing <keyword id="6368266" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bond">Bond</keyword> girl Strawberry Fields in "Quantum of Solace."</li><li>Arterton said that she was as "poor as a church mouse" when she took on the role at 21, but has since realized there is "so much wrong with Bond women."</li><li>Arterton said Fields should have said no in the movie rather than say yes to Bond's seduction and sleep with him. Fields was drowned in crude oil shortly after this.</li></ul>Gemma Arterton said she still receives criticism for playing a Bond girl in "Quantum of Solace," and has realized how much there is wrong with Bond women in the franchise.In an interview with <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/13578831/gemma-arterton-bond-girl-sex/">The Sun</a> about her new three-part TV series "Black Narcissus," Arterton said that she regrets playing Strawberry Fields in <keyword id="25875" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Daniel-Craig">Daniel Craig</keyword>'s second Bond movie."At the beginning of my career, I was poor as a church mouse and I was happy just to be able to work and earn a living. I still get criticism for accepting Quantum of Solace, but I was 21, I had a student loan, and you, know, it was a Bond film," Arterton said."But as I got older I realized there was so much wrong with Bond women. Strawberry should have just said no, really, and worn flat shoes."<div type="image" title="Gemma Arterton arrives at the Charles Finch &amp; CHANEL Pre-BAFTA Party at 5 Hertford Street on February 1, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)" height="1202" width="1600" msid="80010476" hostid="261"></div>In "Quantum of Solace," which is generally seen as Craig's weakest Bond entry, Strawberry Fields is an MI6 agent in Bolivia who tries to be taken seriously by others, despite being described as just an office worker by Dame Judi Dench's M.Fields initially fights Bond when they first meet, but is roped into helping 007 out and is soon seduced by him. Fields is eventually murdered by being drowned in crude oil.When Arterton was first cast in the role in 2008, the actress, who was 21 at the time, told the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7206997.stm">BBC</a>: "I felt like a giggly girl, and I felt so young and inexperienced - but I kissed <keyword id="17991" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="James-Bond">James Bond</keyword>!"Arterton also told the BBC that her character wasn't as "frolicsome" as other Bond girls, whose characters have often been <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/comment/the-problem-with-bond-and-women-feminism-shouldn-t-have-to-be-snuck-in-in-2019-1.870511">deemed as sexist.</a>In 2018, Arterton wrote a short story based on the character titled "Woke Bond Women," which examined the character in light of the #MeToo movement, and was part of Scarlett Curtis' book "Feminists Don't Wear Pink… and Other Lies."In it, Arterton rewrites the role so that Fields declines Bond's invitation to his hotel room, isn't seduced by him, and therefore avoids her crude oil death.As reported by the <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/gemma-arterton-rewrites-woke-bond-girl-role-for-metoo-movement-a3954376.html">Evening Standard</a>, Arterton wrote: "'No thank you,' I say. Maybe he is attractive, but he's at least 20 years older than me, we've only just met, he's a colleague. Plus this man has a reputation. Don't women who go up to his hotel room and sleep with him usually die in some horrific yet iconic way? No, no. Not me."Phoebe Waller-Bridge, only the second-ever female Bond writer (after Johanna Harwood cowrote "Dr. No" and "From Russia with Love"), was brought on to help tweak the script for Craig's final outing as 007: "No Time to Die."Waller-Bridge, who created "Fleabag" and "Killing Eve," told <a href="https://deadline.com/2019/05/phoebe-waller-bridge-bond-1202624860/">Deadline</a> that "the important thing is that the film treats the women properly" rather than Bond himself.In "Black Narcissus," Arterton costars with another former Bond girl, Diana Rigg, who played Tracy Bond in 1969's "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." Rigg <a href="https://www.insider.com/game-of-thrones-olenna-tyrell-actress-diana-rigg-died-2020-9">died earlier this year.</a>Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/lashana-lynch-bond-casting-criticism-response-2020-11">Lashana Lynch called out 'ridiculous' critics who aren't ready to see her as the first Black female 007</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/lashana-lynch-coping-backlash-first-black-female-007-james-bond-2020-11">Lashana Lynch deleted all her social media to cope with the backlash against being the first Black female 007</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/sean-connery-died-reactions-hollywood-tributes-2020-11">Celebrities and public figures share tributes, memories of Sean Connery after the 'James Bond' star died at 90</a>

Gemma Arterton says she still gets criticism for playing a Bond girl in 'Quantam of Solace'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="3352949" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Justin-Simien">Justin Simien</keyword> talked to Insider about how he dealt with the mixed reaction to "<keyword id="1531175" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="bad-hair">Bad Hair</keyword>."</li><li>The writer-director said that he was "surprised" by the negative reaction from Black female film critics.</li><li>But he said it won't stop him telling stories from the perspective of a Black gay filmmaker.</li><li>"Nobody actually has unpacked what the relationship in popular culture is between Black queer men and Black women," Simien said.</li></ul>Justin Simien's latest movie "Black Hair," set up as a 1980s-era horror, follows a young woman (Elle Lorraine) whose weave is a blood-sucking demon.Many didn't respond to it. Especially some Black critics who felt all the movie did was heighten stereotypes about Black women's hair."I was a little surprised by that," Simien told Insider last week over the phone. "But that led me on a necessary path to understand why they were having that reaction. I have to say, as an artist and a man I'm really grateful to it."Simien said following the Sundance world premiere screening he had conversations with Black women who "had loved the movie, who had liked the movie, who were indifferent about the movie, and who had hated the movie."Through those conversations — which also included his star Elle Lorraine — he admits they "made me feel like I still had some work to do as an artist."With a <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bad_hair_2020">62% rating on Rotten Tomatoes</a>, the movie has had a love it or hate it reaction since its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January. But what especially stands out are the Black female film critics who have put Simien's feet over the coals.<div type="image" title="Bad Hair Hulu 2" height="853" width="1138" msid="79154316" hostid="261"></div>"The story only exists to introduce the struggle, not expand upon it," wrote <a href="https://awardswatch.com/sundance-review-justin-simiens-bad-hair-day/">Awards Watch's Valerie Complex</a> out of Sundance. "These experiences are so deeply personal to Black women of this generation, blood, guts, and camp may not be the best way to express this story."<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bad-hair-justin-simien-black-male-gaze_n_5e4ac20ec5b64433c61a12dd">HuffPost's Candice Frederick</a> wrote: "Being a real ally for Black women is about establishing a level of consciousness toward experiences you may not share, as well as doing the work to understand and appreciate the intricacies of their journeys."Otherwise, you end up with another misstep like 'Bad Hair.'"In late October, "Bad Hair" was released on Hulu and screened at drive-ins across the country (the Rotten Tomatoes audience score for the movie is 43%). After <a href="https://www.vulture.com/article/bad-hair-review-hulu-movies-fails-its-audience.html?utm_source=flipboard.com&amp;utm_medium=social_acct&amp;utm_campaign=feed-parteed-part">Vulture's Angelica Jade Bastién</a> saw it, she wrote: "Simien, from my vantage point, reflects Black men's own strange, thorny relationship to the beauty rituals of Black women and the intimate spaces in which they take place."The backlash is something new for Simien, the 37-year-old filmmaker who before "Bad Hair" found wide acclaim for his 2014 feature debut "Dear White People," which later became a Netflix series.<div type="image" title="Justin Simien Phillip Faraone Getty" height="1500" width="2000" msid="79154319" hostid="261"></div>For a movie he said he made for Black women, he is a little defensive about the shots taken at him for telling a story about Black females. Simien believes being a Black gay filmmaker has something to do with it."I think there's something that gets a little lost in that binary of the Black man telling the Black woman story, because I'm a Black man but I'm also a queer Black man," Simien said."Nobody has really bothered to define what the Black queer gaze means because it's relatively new," he continued. "I mean, it's me and Lee Daniels and Marlon Riggs. Nobody actually has unpacked what the relationship in popular culture is between Black queer men and Black women."The writer-director went on to add that the reaction to "Bad Hair" hasn't made him gun shy to tell certain stories going forward, in many ways it has fueled him to continue on.<div type="image" title="Bad Hair Hulu 3" height="1600" width="2133" msid="79154322" hostid="261"></div>"That people either didn't get it or have a response to it that they don't feel particularly comfortable, I have to say that's probably going to be the case with a lot of my work because it's coming from an authentic Black queer place no matter what the subject is. People just may not be quite ready for that or quite know what to do with that."Simien believes with "Bad Hair" he's made a movie that "ages with you" and will be understood better in the future. He makes the comparison to Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining," which was poorly received when it opened in 1980 and has since gone on to become a classic in the horror genre.However, for the time being, Simien is just happy that the movie has sparked conversation."At the end of the day, if it's causing a discussion I still think that's a victory because it's not something we were talking about at all in the context of cinema before the film came out," he said.He hopes to continue that conversation with Hulu planning to make <a href="https://www.insider.com/justin-simien-bad-hair-longer-version-coming-hulu-2020-11">the Sundance cut</a> of "Bad Hair," which features the movie's original longer ending, available soon."I think I've made a movie that's artful and shows my deep love of cinema, and frankly cinema is not an art form that Black folks typically have access to," Simien said. "So to feel I've made something that was important in that area, and resonates with Black people to think about things in a different way, is incredibly fulfilling. Because we deserve art that speaks to our souls in that way.""Bad Hair" is available now on Hulu.Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/justin-simien-bad-hair-longer-version-coming-hulu-2020-11">'Bad Hair' director Justin Simien says that a longer version of the movie with a different ending is coming to Hulu</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/movies-coming-to-theaters-this-year-titles-hurt-by-coronavirus-2020-3">Movies still coming to theaters in 2020 and what's been delayed to 2021</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/lashana-lynch-coping-backlash-first-black-female-007-james-bond-2020-11">Lashana Lynch deleted all her social media to cope with the backlash against being the first Black female 007</a>

Director Justin Simien says he was 'a little surprised' by Black female critics panning 'Bad Hair'

<ul><li><keyword id="46758" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rrr" source="Orion">RRR</keyword> has been one of India's most successful cinema exports with the catchy song Nattu Nattu winning an <keyword id="21112" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="oscar" source="Orion">Oscar</keyword>.</li><li> Shaunak Sen, the director of Oscar-nominated documentary Chhello Show</li><li>The class of 2023 include 40% women and 34% from underrepresented ethnic/racial communities</li></ul> The RRR team, including actors <keyword id="15149" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ram-charan" source="Orion">Ram Charan</keyword>, <keyword id="95495" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="jr-ntr" source="Orion">Jr NTR</keyword>, composer MM Keeravani, as well as filmmakers Mani Ratnam and <keyword id="3778" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="karan-johar" source="Orion">Karan Johar</keyword> are among the 398 artistes and executives who have received invitations to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is noteworthy that the Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are presented annually by this honorary body. RRR lyricist Chandrabose, who along with Keeravani won the Oscar for best original song for the film's blockbuster track "Naatu Naatu" in March, has also received an invitation. Two other invitees include RRR cinematographer KK Senthil Kumar and production designer Sabu Cyril, a press release stated. Indian names feature heavily in Academy's class of 2023 with the inclusion of Shaunak Sen, the director of Oscar-nominated documentary, Siddharth Roy Kapur, the producer of India's official Oscar entry Chhello Show, and Chaitanya Tamhane, known for critically-acclaimed Marathi titles The Disciple and Court in the list. It also includes Girish Balakrishnan and Kranti Sarma from the field of production and technology; visual effects artistes Haresh Hingorani and PC Sanath; film executive Shivani Rawat and Shivani Pandya Malhotra, the managing director of Saudi Arabia's Red Sea International Film Festival. According to the AMPAS, the class of 2023 include 40% women and 34% from underrepresented ethnic/racial communities. 52% of the invitees are from 50 countries and territories outside the US. 76 Oscar nominees, including 22 winners, are among the invitees. In a statement, Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang said the organisation is proud to welcome the "artists and professionals into our membership". "They represent extraordinary global talent across cinematic disciplines and have made a vital impact on the arts and sciences of motion pictures and on movie fans worldwide," they added. The Academy has been actively working to introduce more diversity in its voting to avoid a controversy like 2016 when the Oscars were dubbed "white" for failing to recognise talents of colour. The 2023 batch boasts of major Hollywood names including Academy award-winning actor Ke Huy Quan, Austin Butler, Kerry Condon, Bill Hader, Nicholas Hoult, Stephanie Hsu, Lashana Lynch, Paul Mescal, Park Hae-il, filmmaking duo The Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) and musicians Taylor Swift, Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye and David Byrne. In 2022, the organisation had invited 397 new members which included Indian names such as actors Kajol, Suriya, filmmakers Reema Kagti, Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas and Pan Nalin.

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Columbia PicturesDaniel Craig as James Bond in "Skyfall"<ul class="summary-list"><li>The producers who oversee the creative direction of the James Bond franchise, Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson, told <a href="https://variety.com/2020/film/features/james-bond-no-time-to-die-barbara-broccoli-michael-wilson-1203466601/">Variety</a> in a new interview that they weren't ruling out streaming in the future.</li><li>The franchise is a major force at the box office, but after nearly six decades on the big screen, there's also plenty of potential for it on the small screen, especially in the age of streaming TV.</li><li>Apple and Amazon were once in the running to scoop up the Bond rights, a sign that it's not just traditional movie studios that find the franchise to be valuable.</li><li>"Star Wars" is the perfect example of a movie franchise that successfully transitioned to streaming television with Disney Plus' "The Mandalorian" by telling new stories with new characters.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>The James Bond franchise has spawned novels, movies, comics, and video games for nearly 70 years, but the one medium it has yet to fully dive into is television. With Bond being one of the longest-running franchises of all time, it's time to change that.The producers who oversee the creative direction of the Bond films, Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson, told <a href="https://variety.com/2020/film/features/james-bond-no-time-to-die-barbara-broccoli-michael-wilson-1203466601/">Variety</a> in a new interview that they aren't ruling out streaming in the future."We make these films for the audiences," Broccoli said. "We like to think that they're going to be seen primarily on the big screen. But having said that, we have to look to the future. Our fans are the ones who dictate how they want to consume their entertainment. I don't think we can rule anything out, because it's the audience that will make those decisions. Not us."As more platforms enter the streaming game, from Disney Plus to the upcoming HBO Max from WarnerMedia, and the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-vs-disney-plus-hbo-max-peacock-assets-compared-2019-9">battle for IP </a>intensifies, Bond is a lucrative franchise waiting to be extended.MGM"Spectre"Amazon and Apple, which both have their own streaming services in Prime Video and Apple TV Plus, saw this potential. When the Bond film distribution rights were up for grabs from Sony following 2015's "Spectre," the two companies were in the running to scoop them up along with traditional movie studios, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/apple-amazon-join-race-james-bond-film-rights-1035539">The Hollywood Reporter</a> reported in 2017.Ultimately, Universal Pictures landed the international distribution and home entertainment rights to the 25th Bond movie, "No Time to Die," in 2018, while MGM and Annapurna handle the domestic theatrical release. Beyond "No Time to Die," which hits theaters in April, Broccoli and Wilson told Variety that they haven't started to think about where the franchise will go - but they have more options than ever before.The Bond movies have grossed nearly $7 billion worldwide combined over 24 movies since the first, "Dr. No," debuted in 1962. 2012's "Skyfall" was the first, and so far only, one to surpass $1 billion globally, but the followup, "Spectre," grossed $881 million. So Broccoli and Wilson's production company, Eon Productions, isn't likely to give up on theatrical releases - nor should it. Bond is a big-screen action-movie star, and that's worked out for over five decades.MGMLashana Lynch in "No Time to Die"But other popular movie franchises have successfully transitioned to the small screen.A recent example is "Star Wars" with Disney Plus' "The Mandalorian," which steps outside of the theatrical Skywalker Saga to tell new stories with new characters. The show <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-mandalorian-disney-plus-is-top-tv-show-in-world-2019-12">was the biggest series in the world</a> (before being <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/witcher-passed-mandalorian-as-biggest-tv-show-in-the-world-2019-12">dethroned by Netflix's "The Witcher"</a>), and is still <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/top-netflix-streaming-shows-this-week-witcher-mandalorian-you-2020-1">the most in-demand show in the US</a>, according to data company Parrot Analytics.A streaming Bond TV show can similarly expand the franchise beyond Bond himself."No Time to Die" seems like it will toy with this potential by introducing a new 00 agent after Bond has retired named Nomi, played by Lashana Lynch. While the films of star Daniel Craig's era have been sequel-ized, breaking the franchise's tradition of them being standalone stories, "No Time to Die" is Craig's final outing as Bond. Why not expand on Nomi's story on the small screen? Better yet, why not introduce more 00 agents?The possibility of a Bond series has been addressed before. Variety said that Broccoli and Wilson once shot down an idea for "a 'Smallville'-like television series that would have followed a teenage Bond at Eton."While that specific idea wasn't realized, the streaming age is the perfect time to construct something different while the movies will presumably be on hiatus after "No Time to Die." <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stop-using-champagne-flutes-this-is-the-best-way-to-drink-champagne-2017-12">Stop using champagne flutes - this is the best way to drink champagne</a></h3>

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div><ul><li>New details and images from "Captain Marvel" suggest that the movie holds the answer to the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe after "Avengers 4."</li><li>The movie introduces the shape-shifting alien Skrulls, who invade Earth in the comics by posing as many popular characters.</li><li>It also teases another superhero who could show up in future movies.</li></ul>&#xa0;"Captain Marvel" is expected to be a game changer for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It features the first female character in the franchise to headline a solo film, and is directed by the franchise's first female filmmaker, Anna Boden (along with co-director Ryan Fleck). And the title character was teased in "Avengers: Infinity War" as possibly the Avengers' best hope in defeating Thanos.There's a lot riding on "Captain Marvel," including the future of the MCU.The "Infinity War" sequel, due in theaters in May 2019, will be a turning point for the franchise. Veteran actors have teased they are ready to depart, including Captain America actor Chris Evans, who said earlier this year that he'll retire from the role after "Avengers 4."And executives have indicated that the current era of the MCU will come to an end with the movie: Disney CEO Bob Iger said in May that the MCU will try<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-ceo-bob-iger-wants-to-try-a-new-marvel-franchise-after-avengers-2018-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> a "new franchise</a> beyond 'Avengers,'" and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has said that the "Avengers" movies are&#xa0;<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/marvel-boss-confirms-why-some-characters-survived-in-infinity-war-2018-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">heading toward a "conclusion."</a>But before "Avengers 4" points the MCU in a new direction, March's "Captain Marvel" may lay the groundwork for what comes after that. The movie may take place in the 1990s, but it's looking to the future.Entertainment Weekly released new images and details from the movie on Wednesday that included the anticipated first look at star <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/first-photo-of-brie-larson-as-captain-marvel-released-2018-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brie Larson in the title role</a> and a look at Samuel L. Jackson as a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photo-of-samuel-l-jackson-as-nick-fury-digitally-de-aged-for-captain-marvel-2018-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">digitally de-aged</a> young Nick Fury. But it was other details that signal potentially big things to come for the MCU.In the movie, <a href="https://ew.com/movies/captain-marvel-first-look-images/#mean-and-green" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Mendelsohn plays Talos</a>, the leader of a shape-shifting alien race called the Skrulls who are at war with the Kree (Captain Marvel is half-human, half-Kree). <a href="https://ew.com/movies/captain-marvel-first-look-images/#double-duty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EW</a> revealed that Talos has infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. in the movie.The inclusion of the Skrulls in the MCU could eventually lead to an event-sized movie like "Infinity War," and carry the franchise beyond just the "Avengers" movies, especially if the X-Men and Fantastic Four are introduced via the Disney-Fox deal.&#xa0;A 2008 comic-book event called "Secret Invasion" revealed that Skrulls had been posing as many characters in the Marvel Comics universe for a number of years, including Hank Pym, Spider-Woman, and Elektra. The battle ends when Norman Osborn (a.k.a. the Green Goblin) shoots the Skrull queen. This makes Osborn a hero in the eyes of the world and he is appointed the director of H.A.M.M.E.R., an organization created to replace S.H.I.E.L.D.The fact that a Skrull has already infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. in the MCU's history means that the idea of a future movie loosely based on "Secret Invasion" isn't a stretch: the MCU has already been inspired by other comic events like "Civil War," "Planet Hulk," and "The Infinity Gauntlet," and if it wants to sustain itself for another decade without the Avengers as we know them, it will have to keep drawing on the content available in the comic books.A more subtle detail paints a smaller picture for the MCU's future: According to EW, Lashana Lynch plays&#xa0;Maria Rambeau, "one of Carol's oldest friends" and a "top-notch Air Force pilot with the call sign 'Photon,' and she's also a single mother to a young daughter."The young daughter mentioned is most likely Monica Rambeau, who in the comics is the superhero Photon (and former Captain Marvel). In fact, Larson's Carol Danvers isn't the only Captain Marvel in the comics: Jude Law's character, Mar-Vell, was the first Captain Marvel in the comic books, and will be Danvers' mentor in the movie.This means Photon could be introduced in the future, which would expand the Captain Marvel film mythology even further (Marvel has already said that they <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/plans-in-the-works-to-add-muslim-superhero-ms-marvel-to-marvel-cinematic-universe-2018-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan to introduce</a> Muslim superhero Ms. Marvel)."Captain Marvel" doesn't arrive in theaters until March 8, but the MCU's future already seems to be shining bright.<div></div><div></div> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/drake-streaming-spotify-scorpion-apple-music-hip-hop-2018-8">Why Drake's latest album 'Scorpion' is so long</a></h3> <div> </div> </div></hr>

'Captain Marvel' could hold the answers to the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe after 'Avengers 4'

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>"Captain Marvel" is the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe movie from Disney.</li><li>Though the movie has a couple of dull spots, for the most part it's fun.</li><li>A big standout is the unique way writer-directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck give the backstory of the Carol Danvers character.</li></ul>&#xa0;"Captain Marvel" (in theaters Friday) is a lot of things: a buddy movie, a '90s nostalgic coming-of-age tale, a superhero origin story. This mix can be jarring at times, but the movie hits its stride when it sets its own path and tells a story that doesn't follow the blueprint of most Marvel Cinematic Universe stories.This makes sense because Carol Danvers (played by Oscar winner Brie Larson) is a different kind of superhero.Unlike many origin stories, "Captain Marvel" starts off with its main character all grown up. "Vers" is an elite member of the Kree Starforce warriors, who are in constant war with the shape-shifting Skrull aliens.Often she is haunted by dreams of a past back on Earth she has no real recollection of. While being trained by her commander Yon-Rogg (Jude Law) in harnessing the special powers she has, she must also visit the Supreme Intelligence (Annette Bening) to better understand who she is and what her purpose is.Her first mission with Starforce doesn't go well, as she's captured by the Skrull. While she's a prisoner, the Skrull probe her mind, specifically searching for something from her mysterious past on Earth where she was named Carol. This leads Vers to set off to Earth (where present day in the movie is 1995) to track down the Skrull who have gone there to retrieve whatever they found from her past.And here's the first thing that's unique about this Marvel movie. Within all this exposition at the beginning of the movie, co-writers-directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck ("Half Nelson") are also giving the audience a backstory, as we see flashes of Carol's youth - racing go-karts against boys and even training for the Air Force (in all these instances, men are putting her down for trying to do things only guys typically do).<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>This method of giving a backstory is fun to watch because Boden and Fleck could have easily mailed in this part of the movie. Instead, it's clear they wanted to do something different.On Earth, we get the buddy movie vibe going as Vers befriends S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) while we're hit with a lot of '90s nostalgia, from Vers crashing into a Blockbuster Video when coming to Earth, to the needle drops of hit songs from the era, including everything from TLC's "Waterfalls" to Nirvana's "Come As You Are."A lot of the middle of the movie is Larson and Jackson having a fun back-and-forth as Vers tries to figure out what the Skrulls want (leading her to remember when she was Carol) and Fury starts to realize this is the start of the wild superhero adventures in store for him.It's when Vers meets Maria (Lashana Lynch), Carol's old Air Force friend, that the movie kicks into high gear. Vers' understanding of who she really was on Earth gives her the awakening needed for her to use her powers better and stronger than she ever had before.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/x-men-spin-off-movie-the-new-mutants-questions-release-date-explained-2019-3">"X-Men" spinoff movie "The New Mutants" is reportedly in limbo as the Disney-Fox merger looms</a>The movie is steeped in the MCU mythology, as Ronan the Accuser shows up as well as an Infinity Stone. And there are a few gags about Fury hurting an eye (in the future, a patch will become his trademark look).&#xa0;But there are times when the movie hits bumps and doesn't flow smoothly. A flashback scene that gives us better understanding of Carol is sometimes followed with a dialogue-heavy sequence that kills the momentum.Larson in the lead is a powerhouse. Her acting is always at a high level, and she gives the character a fun playfulness. But she also does great in the action sequences.This one isn't a home run for the MCU, compared to the recent releases since "Black Panther," but if you hold out long enough, you'll see that "Captain Marvel" is a strong movie.&#xa0;<div></div> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pokemon-detective-pikachu-trailer-easter-eggs-mewtwo-ryan-reynolds-2019-2">Pokémon are hidden throughout the new 'Detective Pikachu' trailer. See if you can catch them all.</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

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