Who will be the next James Bond? Latest odds on Tom Hardy, Aidan Turner and Michael Fassbender as bets roll in

THE SUN
By Hannah Shaw
7th March 2017, 10:57 am  Updated: 7th March 2017, 11:31 am

The contest to play James Bond is still anyone’s game with a number of suave men in the running.

While Aidan Turner has been the bookies favourite for quite some time, he is currently being pipped to the post by Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender.

Sun Bets are currently taking bets on over 50 male actors to take on the role of James Bond as Daniel Craig’s replacement.

The favourite is currently split between Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender, who both have odds of 11/4.

Trailing behind are War & Peace’s James Norton, Poldark’s Aidan Turner and Luther’s Idris Elba, but what are their chances?

Who’s in the running for the next Bond?

Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy has fuelled the rumour mill by staying quiet when questioned on the role
Age: 39

Sun Bets odds: 11/4

Where do we know him from? Actor Tom Hardy is no stranger to the big screen having appeared recently in Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant and Legend.

The British actor has recently appeared in the BBC series Taboo and has fuelled Bond rumours after refusing to comment on whether he would like to take over from Daniel Craig, for fear of jinxing his chance.

Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender made his Alien debut in the 2012 prequel, Prometheus
Age: 39

Sun Bets odds: 11/4

Where do we know him from? Fans may recognise Fassbender from 2012 film Prometheus, and the star has hit the big screen again with his role in Assassin’s Creed.

Sun Bets place the actor’s odds at 20/1, however in an interview with GQ Fassbender said: “As an acting role, I think Daniel has done such a cracking job in this age group.

“I think the franchise needs something new.”

James Norton

James Norton made an impression on viewers during his stint on BBCs Happy Valley
Age: 31

Sun Bets odds: 7/2

Where do we know him from? Norton has an impressive accolade of TV credits behind him.

Viewers may recognise James from BBC’s Happy Valley, where he played the role of Tommy Lee Royce.

James has also starred in Granchester, Black Mirror and War & Peace.

Aidan Turner

Aidan has become a sex symbol thanks to his topless action in Poldark
Age: 33

Sun Bets odds: 4/1

Where do we know him from? Most viewers will recognise Aidan as heartthrob Ross Poldark.

Aidan started his career on stage but soon found fame on the big screen after appearing in The Hobbit trilogy.

The 33 year old took the lead in Bond odds back in August, however refused to comment on the rumours at MCM Expo.



READ MORE HERE:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1703522/next-james-bond-latest-odds-tom-hardy-michael-fassbender/

Clive Owen And Steven Soderbergh Team Up For New Period Drama

POP WRAPPED
November 7, 2013
Stephanie Coats
Lead Events Editor


Photo from Just Jared

You know how it is living in New York City. One minute it’s all 21st century hustle and bustle, and then you step outside your door to discover you've been transported back to the 1900s. Some residents of Downtown Manhattan are certainly feeling that way thanks to Steven Soderbergh’s Cinemax series, The Knick.

The ten-episode show about New York’s Knickerbocker Hospital in 1900, starring Clive Owen, required a transformation of a portion of Manhattan to do some filming. The pilot episode is written by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler and will introduce viewers to the doctors and nurses of The Knick who, “Push the bounds of medicine in a time of astonishingly high mortality rates and zero antibiotics.”




READ MORE HERE: http://popwrapped.wordpress.com/2013/11/07/clive-owen-and-steven-soderbergh-team-up-for-new-period-drama/

Clive Owen flashes a broad grin as he relaxes between takes on the set of new hospital drama The Knick

MAIL ON LINE
By JASON CHESTER
October 13, 2013

He’s been sporting a rather urbane pencil moustache over recent weeks.

But while the thin sliver of facial hair hovering above Clive Owen’s upper-lip appears to suit his handsome features, its presence is more of a professional, rather than personal choice.

Indeed, the 49-year-old actor is currently filming The Knick, a new mini-series based in and around New York’s Knickerbocker Hospital in 1900.

Owen, confirmed as a lead in August, will feature prominently in the first season’s entire ten episode run.

Owen was joined on set by Irish co-star Eve Hewson – the 22-year-old daughter of U2 frontman Bono.

The young actress was dressed in an old fashioned nurse’s uniform as she cycled across the set on an equally archaic push-bike.

The recreation of New York circa 1900 was enhanced by the presence of horses, wagons and the prerequisite dusty, unpaved streets.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2457831/Clive-Owen-flashes-broad-grin-relaxes-takes-set-new-hospital-drama-The-Knick.html#ixzz2hdqh9wk4 
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

Clive Owen: Movie trailer for "Blood Ties"

"Blood Ties" premiere at Cannes

Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Michael Fassbender: One or two stars headed to Toronto International Film Festival

THE GAZETTE
Posted by:
Brendan Kelly
August 20, 2013

Benedict Cumberbatch expected to attend Toronto Intl. Film Festival. Photo shows the British actor on the red carpet as he arrives for the international premier of his latest film “Star Trek Into Darkness” in London’s Leicester Square on May 2, 2013. Photo by ANDREW COWIE/AFP/Getty Images

The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled its guest list Tuesday and we all know TIFF is a star-studded affair, but this is nuts. Let’s start with the actors.

Here’s a (very) partial list of the thespians expected to swing by TIFF. Jennifer Aniston, Fanny Ardant, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Beals, Annette Bening, Juliette Binoche, Pierce Brosnan, Sandra Bullock, Jessica Chastain, Toni Collette, Marion Cotillard, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender, Colin Firth, James Franco (who’s shooting the new Wim Wenders film Every Thing Will Be Fine in Montreal right now), Brendan Gleeson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Hall, Emily Hampshire, Isabelle Huppert, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Nicole Kidman, Liam Neeson, Thandie Newton, Clive Owen, Gordon Pinsent, Alan Rickman, Julia Roberts, Saoirse Ronan, Lea Seydoux, Mary Walsh, Emily Watson, Olivia Wilde, Owen Wilson, Kate Winslet, and Reese Witherspoon.

Did I mention that’s just a partial list?



READ MORE HERE: http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2013/08/20/one-or-two-stars-headed-to-toronto-international-film-festival/

FIRST LOOK: Clive Owen in ‘Words and Pictures’, Premiering at TIFF with Juliette Binoche

Anglophenia
By Brigid Brown | Posted on August 15th, 2013

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/first-look-clive-owen-in-words-and-pictures-premiering-at-tiff/

Steven Soderbergh and Clive Owen Team Up for Cinemax's The Knick

 Source: Cinemax
July 26, 2013

Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Side Effects, HBO's "Behind the Candelabra") will direct Clive Owen (Children of Men, HBO's "Hemingway & Gellhorn") in the entire ten-episode season of the Cinemax original series "The Knick," which begins production in New York in September.

Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming, says, "We are thrilled that Steven and Clive have chosen to bring this unique and exciting series to Cinemax."

Set in downtown New York in 1900, "The Knick" centers on Knickerbocker Hospital and the groundbreaking surgeons, nurses and staff, who push the bounds of medicine in a time of astonishingly high mortality rates and zero antibiotics.

Read more here: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=107061

CLIVE OWEN - Shadow Dancer Featurette

Video: Clive Owen Addresses Rumors About a TV Series With Soderbergh May 30 at 5:42pm on POPSUGAR LIVE!

Video streaming by Ustream

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/33551829

Sharp Dressed Man - Period Drama Men

DreamyViper's Channel 

Katherine Heigl and Clive Owen Set for Survivor Source: Screen Daily May 4, 2013

Katherine Heigl and Clive Owen are set to headline an action project titled Survivor, Screen Daily reports. James McTeigue (V for Vendetta, The Raven) is attached to direct.

The film follows an American woman working in London for the U.S. State Department. When her offices are bombed, she, the lone survivor, finds herself caught up in a conspiratorial plot, leading to her becoming a fugitive from the law. She only has until New Year's Eve to clear her name and stop another targeted attack.

READ MORE: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=103770

CLIVE OWEN: FIRST LOOK AT GUILLAUME CANET’S BLOOD TIES BY JOSHUA BRUNSTING ON APRIL 15, 2013 AT 8:00 AM (CRITERION)

With the announcement of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival lineup now within days of being announced, some of the year’s bigger arthouse projects are getting prepared to be thrust into the spotlight, the white hot spotlight, that is, that is brought by the iconic festival.

And one of those films comes to us from director Guillaume Canet.

Entitled Blood Ties, the film features a cast that would surely heat up the Croisette this year, featuring Clive Owen, Mila Kunis, Matthaias Schoenaerts and Zoe Saldana, and is itself a remake of a French film known as Les Liens Du Sang. Canet himself starred in the original film, and this remake tells the tale of two brothers, who head back into a world of gangsters the elder knows far too well (he being a convict himself, played by Owen) with the hopes of helping their family

READ MORE: http://criterioncast.com/news/first-look-at-guillaume-canets-blood-ties/

Keira Knightley Profile - The Vancouver Sun

The Vancouver Sun Videos

Alan Rickman - You Wanted More (fan video)

Rickandmango

Clive Owen, Pippa Middleton attend Shadow Dancer Premiere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhFeJqwx4XE

BARNES ATHENA

Clive Owen bags lead role in Richard Levine's Blue Angel! (BOLEGAINDIA)

No one is unbeknownst to the fact that Britain has been drooping all over in the education department; however cinema rarely talks about the real-life scenario.  May be because, it reveals something about everyone from the student to the government funding it.

However, one of Hollywood’s next novel adaptations will be a good step in the scandalous direction. Sources say that the international sales are going on for Richard Levine’s Blue Angel adapted from Francine Prose’s wicked novel of the same name, which stars Clive Owen in the leading role.

READ MORE: http://www.bolegaindia.com/gossips/Clive_Owen_bags_lead_role_in_Richard_Levines_Blue_Angel-gid-25400-gc-15.html

Clive Owen Will Lust For Younger Student In Novel Adaptation Blue Angel 2013-02-09 11:00:58 Author: Nick Venable (CINEMA BLEND)

According to Variety, international sales are going on for Richard Levine’s Blue Angel adapted from Francine Prose’s wicked novel of the same name, which stars Clive Owen in the leading role. Owen’s career has been steady, with the action Killer Elite and the creepy Spanish horror Intruders as two of his more recent efforts. He’ll soon be seen in the brotherly Brooklyn crime drama Blood Ties. None of that sounds anything like what his Blue Angel character is in for.

Owen will play Swenson, a New England college’s creative writing professor brought down by jadedness and dead-end students. Then someone with writing skill joins his class, and she happens to be attractive, tattooed, and everything Swenson needs in his life. And then they develop a completely platonic relationship and go about their separate lives. Or maybe something a little more controversial actually happens.


READ MORE: http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Clive-Owen-Lust-Younger-Student-Novel-Adaptation-Blue-Angel-35654.html

Clive Owen discusses "Shadow Dancer"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L84YoADFqNo

Clive Owen is 48 years old & sideburn-y in Paris: could Clive still get it? (CELENEWS)

I will never stop talking about Clive Owen, even if he isn’t in my current Forever Dong rotation. My current rotation is: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon (has anyone else been watching The Following?!?) and Michael Fassbender. It’s been a while since I’ve had a good, dirty fantasy about Clive. It’s been even longer since he wrote me a dirty letter! But even in his absence… Clive could still get it, right? He’s 48 years old, by the way. Aging like a fine wine.

Anyway, these are new photos of Clive at the Paris premiere of his film Shadow Dancer. I believe we had photos of London premiere last year, so I guess this film is coming out in not-so-steady drips. Maybe they’re having distribution problems. Clive looks good, right? He always wears the hell out of a suit, his hair looks decent, and I’m enchanted by his late-in-life sideburns. He still knows how to eye-f—k a camera too.

READ MORE: http://celebdailynews.com/clive-owen-is-48-years-old-sideburn-y-in-paris-could-clive-still-get-it/

Clive Owen On Avoiding The British Agent Cliche In 'Shadow Dancer' And His Own Memories Of Irish Troubles The Huffington Post UK |

Clive Owen plays Mac in 'Shadow Dancer', here seen recruiting Collette McVeigh (Andrea Riseborough)

Clive Owen is a Brit undoubtedly done well in Hollywood, acclaimed for his versatility ('Closer', 'Children of Men', 'The Bourne Identity'), most recently for his Golden Globe-nominated turn with Nicole Kidman in the HBO telemovie 'Hemingway and Gelhorn'.

But he was persuaded to return to the genre he's probably most associated with, that of the political thriller for the lead role in 'Shadow Dancer', adapted by ITN News Correspondent Tom Bradby from his own novel.


Owen plays Mac, a weary British agent, responsible for running informers at the height of the Troubles in 1990s Northern Ireland. This brings him into contact with Collette (Andrea Riseborough on top form), who is tasked with betraying her family if she wants her own freedom.

Here, Owen explains how the Irish Troubles affected him personally, and the sympathies he feels for his own character caught in a no-win situation...

What were your views on the British-Irish conflict as a young man, living in the UK at the time the film is set?

Well, obviously I grew up with it being part of our lives and that threat being in the air and every night hearing some report on the news about the Troubles in Northern Ireland. I actually went to Belfast during that time. I did a play and stayed in Belfast for a week during the Troubles and it was rough, it was a war zone. And it was only when I went into the production office for this film and saw all the pictures they'd put on the wall from that time that I was like, "Wow, they've come a long way." Because it's not that long ago and it was a very different place then.


READ MORE: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/18/clive-owen-shadow-dancer-northern-ireland_n_2501532.html?utm_hp_ref=uk