Sam Mendes

Project details are kept under wraps, but story is said to be a drama set during WWI.

The next James Bond movie still doesn’t have a director, but now that Mendes has a hole in his schedule, we wonder if he could re-team with Daniel Craig one more time so they could ride off into the sunset together.

Spectre director Sam Mendes has boarded Beautiful Ruins, the adaptation of the book of the same name, as a producer and potential director.

Continuing their successful trend of live-action remakes, Disney is now developing a brand new version of James and the Giant Peach. Based on the book by Roald Dahl, the studio first adapted it as a live-action and stop-motion combo in 1996, directed by Henry Selick. Skyfall director Sam Mendes is currently in talks to helm this new version.

An orphan befriends human-like bugs who live inside a giant peach, and together they trek to New York City.

Director Sam Mendes will take the seat at the head of the jury table at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, which runs from August 31 to September 10.

A Colorado man named Gerald Foos, a lifelong voyeur, opened a hotel primarily so he could watch guests having sex, through ceiling vents. He fancied himself as an observer of human behavior, but he sometimes did more than observe.

A Colorado man named Gerald Foos, a lifelong voyeur, opened a hotel primarily so he could watch guests having sex, through ceiling vents. He fancied himself as an observer of human behavior, but he sometimes did more than observe.

With Spectre going wide this weekend, we’re taking a look back at the various incarnations of Bond, from Connery to Craig, to break down why each version suited his respective times–in a tailored tuxedo, to be sure.

James Bond springs into action when a cryptic message from his past provides a gateway to the powerful, deceptive, and sinister organization known as SPECTRE, while M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive.

James Bond springs into action when a cryptic message from his past provides a gateway to the powerful, deceptive, and sinister organization known as SPECTRE, while M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive.

A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind the organization.

A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

Logline: Kept under wraps but takes place in the enchanted forest where The Magic Faraway Tree, which grows large enough to reach the clouds and contain small houses.

Have faith, he directed “Skyfall”.

Logline: Set in 1962, story revolves around an almost-love affair that begins on the Italian coast and is rekindled in Hollywood fifty years later.

A round-up of the week’s TV news!

James Bond’s loyalty to M is tested when something from her past presents a threat to MI-6.

James Bond’s loyalty to M is tested when something from her past presents a threat to MI-6.

James Bond’s loyalty to M is tested when something from her past presents a threat to MI-6.

HOW TO WIN AN OSCAR – THE IMITATION GAME EDITION

James Bond’s loyalty to M is tested when something from her past presents a threat to MI-6.

James Bond’s loyalty to M is tested when something from her past presents a threat to MI-6.

Logline: A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

The weekly roundup of feature castings you may have missed.

Logline: Two policemen kill a murder suspect and are then plunged into chaos when they are forced to investigate their own crime.

An attempt to recap, decipher, and predict the rumored starring roles of three of Hollywood’s looming blockbusters!

The shortlist of directors for Lionsgate’s upcoming first installment of the adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ novel THE HUNGER GAMES has fast become the must-land hot spot for directors, much akin to how the race for the Lisbeth Salander role was for GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. The project, which is being given early hype due to an excellent sales count on the novel side of things, has also been being the praise of being “the next Twilight, but with an edge.” So, exactly who are the directors Lionsgate thinks can deliver…?

Logline: The story follows a fan of Jane Austen who lives in modern times and suddenly finds she has swapped places with Austen’s fictional character, Elizabeth Bennet.