Quentin Tarantino was at the Cannes Film Festival this week to present a screening of John Flynn‘s 1977 film “Rolling Thunder,” which features prevalently in his book “Cinema Speculations.” And with QT on la Croisette, Deadline sat the director down to talk about his next (and final) film, “The Movie Critic,” his thoughts on the streaming zeitgeist, and other details about his career.

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Rachel McAdams returns to theaters later this month with “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” It’s a significant role for the actress and one she wanted to do. She can’t say the same for some of the huge movies she turned down in the mid-2000s, some of which are the decade’s biggest films.

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Variety reports (via a new Bustle profile on McAdams) that the actress revealed she turned down five major roles in a two-year period as her Hollywood star ascended.

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There’s a freedom to being done with a film franchise. We’ve seen quite a few instances where actors are finished with a big franchise and decide to actually open up quite a bit about the behind-the-scenes goings-on. With “No Time to Die” in the wild for months now, Daniel Craig is finally coming clean about some of the funny, somewhat shocking stories about his time as James Bond.

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If you’re a fan of James Bond films, you probably remember several years ago, after finishing “Spectre,” when Daniel Craig joked that he’d rather slash his wrists than do another film in the franchise. That seemed to be pretty definitive. Well, here we are on the eve of the release of “No Time to Die,” Craig’s seriously, for real this time final Bond film.

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“No Time To Die” is already on screens in the United Kingdom and will be Daniel Craig‘s last outing as the British spy, James Bond, allowing a new actor to fill those well-tailored suits. He’s already done multiple promotional rounds for the massive action film that had been delayed multiple times starting in the fall of 2019.

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Speaking on the film’s delays with The Empire Film Podcast, Craig echoed reports that streamers were trying to get their hands on “No Time To Die,” stating it would have “felt wrong” if the film ended up on a streaming service rather than a theater.

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It should be a point of pride for any filmmaker who can be credited for “saving” a cinematic franchise. However, Martin Campbell sits in the singular position of having achieved this twice. When the James Bond franchise awoke from a six-year hiatus where there was no longer a Cold War to fight, and the interest in the character was uncertain, Campbell introduced the world to Pierce Brosnan in 1995’s “GoldenEye,” which went on to be a smash hit at the box office, and remains frequently cited as a fan favorite Bond film.

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If you think of Mads Mikkelsen as the actor that always plays bad guys, then you’re probably most familiar with his work in Hollywood productions like “Hannibal” and “Casino Royale.” But in his newest film, the Oscar-nominated “Another Round,” Mikkelsen’s character is far from a complete villain, though he is very flawed. But for many, the actor will always be a James Bond villain.

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When it was announced that Cary Fukunaga would be taking over as director of “No Time to Die,” after the departure of Danny Boyle, many were shocked. Historically, ‘Bond’ directors have been British, and Fukunaga is definitely not. Not only that, but his previous works didn’t really make it seem like he’d be the most obvious choice to usher in the 25th film in the spy franchise.

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Joss Whedon loves details. That’s seen throughout his work in film and on television, but that’s also particularly noticeable in how the filmmaker uses title cards, particularly in the first two “Avengers” films, as noted by YouTube’s Nerdwriter1. In the first movie, for instance, it’s planted as a joke at the beginning. One character asks, “What do we do?” and we get our answer with “The Avengers!” It sets the loose tone for the whole shebang, drawing attention to the fact that we all know this is just a movie, and that it’s not going to take itself too seriously.

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Well, first of all, a MGM contact has emailed FusedInFilm and denied all kinds of delay reports despite the fact that the Bond producers themselves have said the timetable for shooting is now “up in the air.”

Further casting doubt on any potential problems, the film has apparently found its director in Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes (“Revolutionary Road,” “American Beauty”) according to HeatVision (or at least he’s in negotiations).

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The 26 year old British actor is anything but a household name and, while his run on HBO Showtime historical drama “The Tudors” has brought his profile somewhat to the eye of Hollywood, the actor’s career has been defined by an extraordinary run of near misses.

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Yet another name has been thrown into the “Green Lantern” hat. Soon-to-be star Sam Worthington has revealed he is a serious contender for the project: “I’ve been talking to Martin Campbell about it.

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Too concerned with thrilling and wowing its audience with uncontrolled chaotic-ness, Marc Forster’s “Quantum of Solace” may eschew traditional Bond tropes like his favorite corny tag-line and beloved fan characters like Moneypenny, but the blockbuster embraces the hollow and emptiness of that made most discerning audiences abandon this series more than a decade ago.

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When talking to Britain’s Daily Mirror, Craig said, “As far as the next film is concerned, there is nothing scheduled.

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At a recent ‘Solace’ junket in L.A. that FirstShowing attended, Foster was asked if he’d like to helm the next edition, but he declined and said he needs to take some time off and reclaim his life.

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The “Goodfellas” actor was supposed to play an operative set to clean up the evidence of a murder and Gibson has signed on to play the victim’s father, who also happens to be a homicide detective.

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The Bond series returns after “Casino Royale”, which marked a break from the parade of shit that had come before (“Die Another Day” “The World is Not Enough”) and now that they have Forster behind the camera (‘Royale’ was directed by Martin Campbell), the man whose short but extremely promising resume consist of “The Kite Runner” and “Stranger Than Fiction,” it looks as though we could be in for a Bond piece that has a much more austere look to it.

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