007/11 Links
Monday, September 5, 2016 at 1:33PM Radar Daniel Craig offered $150 million to continue to play 007 twice more. That's rich but the James Bond franchise is worth billions
Billboard Barbra Streisand gets her eleventh #1 album with "Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway" further cementing her lead as the women with the most #1 albums (Madonna is a distant second). Her first #1 album was in 1964. Talk about staying power.
The Guardian Carrie Fisher on getting older and the new doc about her and her mother
Shadowplay isn't as taken with It Follows as most critics were
In Contention will Moonlight be another Oscar player for A24? I'm seeing this tomorrow. Can't wait.
Film Mixtape a lovely review of Little Men
Awards Daily five Oscar takeaways from Telluride Film Festival from Rooney Mara in Best Actress to Arrival's iffy prospects
AV Club Stanley Tucci not up for reprising his Devil Wears Prada role. Curious. That's exactly what he did in Burlesque.
Vulture knitwear as MVP of The Light Between Oceans
Rachel Wagner surveys the rest of the animated films opening this year
Finally
Congratulations to Taiwanese superstar Shu Qi who just married longtime rumored boyfriend actor/director Stephen Fung. You've seen Shu Qi in several movies no doubt (including recent critical darling The Assassin) but if Stephen Fung doesn't sound quite as familiar think back. The Hong Kong star was one half of the central romance in LGBT classic Bishonen (1998) as the jaded gigolo who falls for a beautiful young cop (played by Daniel Wu, currently starring on AMC's Into the Badlands). Shu Qi was also in that movie (if I recall correctly as Wu's unaware girlfriend?) so the pair go way back... though it should be noted that they have stated that their romance is only four years old. Fung recently directed and co-starred in the Tai Chi Hero movies.
Next up for the pair? Shu Qi's remake of My Best Friend's Wedding (in the Julia Roberts role of course) is making the rounds now and Stephen Fung's next directorial feature The Adventurers is in preproduction starring Andy Lau, Jean Reno, and you guessed it... Shu Qi
Reader Comments (6)
Shu Qi looks gorgeous.
I loved her in Three Times! One of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen.
Omg, that Vulture piece on the knits in "The Light Between Oceans" is EVERYTHING.
I'm not sure if I'd respect Daniel Craig more if he turned down that $150 million out of artistic integrity or if I'd be a little disgusted that he thinks he's too good to accept a fortune for a job most actors would kill for. Frankly, while I like the guy in certain roles I don't think he has a whole lot of range as an actor and doubt that the roles he ends up taking in the time that he's not making James Bond movies are going to end up being artistic triumphs.
I would just let Daniel Craig go. After being such a priss on the Spectre press tour and saying that he would only come back to the franchise if the check was big enough, I don't think he's worth that much. They can easily find another Bond.
I don't think he's worth that much either. He's just going to phone it in and he looked too old for his love interest the last time. It's time for a new Bond.