5 h. ago Harry Potter star shares ‘terrible confession’ about film franchise

It might ruin the magic of the JK Rowling adaptations

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5 h. ago Harry Potter star shares ‘terrible confession’ about JK Rowling film adaptations

It might ruin the magic of the franchise

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15 h. ago EastEnders' Ruby star Louisa Lytton's life off screen including Harry Potter role and famous cousin

Louisa Lytton is best known for her role as Ruby Allen in EastEnders, but her life off-screen has been just as interesting, including a famous cousin and a forgotten Harry Potter role

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16 h. ago BBC EastEnders' Ruby Allen star's real life from postponed wedding to forgotten Harry Potter role

Louisa Lytton has played Ruby Allen on and off in EastEnders since 2005

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44 h. ago Bridget Jones fans 'horrified' over 'appalling' scene branded 'totally irresponsible'

Filmmaker Universal Pictures is under fire over the movie, starring Renee Zellweger in the franchise's fourth film

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3 d. ago Captain America: Brave New World makes Marvel history in the worst way

New film has hit an unfortunate milestone for the comic book franchise

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3 d. ago The brutally frank comment from an Amazon insider that sums up the fate of James Bond... and who 'villain' Bezos could choose as the next 007, revealed by CAROLINE GRAHAM

The announcement that creative control of 007 would be ceded to Amazon came following reports that the Broccoli-controlled film franchise had been in 'crisis' since Daniel Craig's No Time To Die.

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4 d. ago The iconic Bond girls then and now: As 007 fans are left furious as Amazon gain 'creative control' of the franchise we take a look back at the film's glamorous female stars

No James Bond film is complete without a Bond Girl and over the decades there have been an abundance of actresses who have taken on the roles. 

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4 d. ago Harry Potter star says that the films ‘weren’t that fun to make’

‘It's quite boring, to make these big special effects films,’ said the Lucius Malfoy actor

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4 d. ago Harry Potter star makes ‘terrible confession’ about working on the films

‘It's quite boring, to make these big special effects films,’ said the Lucius Malfoy actor

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4 d. ago Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs makes 'terrible confession' about making the film series and reveals why it 'wasn't fun' on set

The actor, 61, starred as Lucius Malfoy in the blockbuster adaptations of J.K. Rowling's magical book series and still gets emotional about the franchise now.

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5 d. ago The name’s Bezos, Jeff Bezos: what can we expect from Amazon’s James Bond?

With one of the film industry’s most lucrative franchises signed over to Amazon MGM, 007 could be facing down the barrel of spin-offs, quasi-crowdsourcing and a cinematic universe to rival MarvelThe ink could hardly have dried on the contract between Amazon MGM and Eon Productions, the legendary Bond film company run by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, before Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos put up a social media post that went to the heart of the conundrum faced by one of the film industry’s most lucrative franchises: “Who’d you pick as the next Bond?”The reality underlying Broccoli and Wilson’s decision to cede control to Amazon, the company that has since 2021 been responsible for co-producing Bond films after its purchase of MGM, is that since it became apparent that Daniel Craig wanted to leave the role, the franchise has been struck by a kind of creative paralysis. We are used to increasingly long gaps between their release, but with no new lead actor in sight, Bond 26 has still no...

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5 d. ago The name's Bezos... Jeff Bezos! Broccoli family hands over 'creative control' of 007 film franchise to Amazon then boss asks: Who'll be the next James Bond?

The 007 films will no longer be produced by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, the daughter and stepson of Albert 'Cubby' Broccoli who launched the British spy franchise in 1962.

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5 d. ago 'RIP James Bond': 007 fans react with fury as Broccoli dynasty hands over 'creative control' of film franchise to Amazon amid fears deal will trigger a glut of TV spin

Bond fans took to social media to share their fears of Bond going the way of other iconic franchises that have been bought out by entertainment giants.

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6 d. ago James Bond producers give Amazon full creative control of 007

Deal struck with heirs to legendary film producer Albert ‘Cubby’ Broccoli, long-serving stewards of franchiseBusiness live – latest updatesJames Bond is now in the hands of a billionaire’s business empire, after Amazon announced it has acquired creative control of the spy franchise from the Broccoli dynasty.Amazon MGM Studios said it had struck a deal with Michael G Wilson, and Barbara Broccoli, the heirs to the legendary film producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli, and long-time stewards of the Bond films. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Colin Firth action movie would have been major franchise if not for one big issue, say fans

The Kingsman series seemed to be heading for an ever-present franchise around the time of the release of the first film, with a star-studded cast led by Colin Firth

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8 d. ago What happened to Carry On actors as Julian Holloway dies? EastEnders and Doctor Who

It's been more than 60 years since the Carry On franchise launched with its first film and several starring actors went on to have incredibly successful careers on-screen

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8 d. ago Carry On legend Julian Holloway dies aged 80 as tributes pour in

Actor Julian Holloway was a legend of the Carry On film franchise and appeared in eight films between 1967 and 1976, including Carry On Camping and Carry On Up The Khyber

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8 d. ago Netflix viewers rave over 'incredible' comedy with Harry Potter and Hot Fuzz stars

Harry Potter star Rupert Grint leads the 'magical' cast of Sick Note, which has made it into the UK top 10 on Netflix after dropping on the streamer last week

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1 week ago ‘Another woke disaster from Hollywood!’ How Captain America joined the culture wars

In the latest film from the Marvel franchise, Captain America: Brave New World, a Black hero squares up to a raging red baddie trashing the White House. Cue the conservative outrage Of all the times to recast the most iconically American comic-book character with a Black actor and then pit him against a violently angry supervillain with an unnaturally reddish skin tone, who also happens to be the new US president Sorry if that’s a spoiler, but it is in the trailer for the new Captain America: Brave New World, just released into a tumultuous Trump-run America that’s itching for another culture war.If Marvel was looking for some attention to reignite its beleaguered movie franchise, it seems to have found it – but not necessarily the good kind. If nothing else, the image of a raging red superbeing rising up from behind the presidential podium and then trashing the White House is sure to provoke a reaction. As Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson takes up the star-spangled shield passed on to h...

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