The Quick News Submission - all the news that’s not fit to go somewhere else

Not strictly ‘news’ since older devices getting their support cut is by now a fairly common occurrence. Amazon joining manufacturers’ ranks with their Kindle readers is merely showing the industry standard…

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A new rocket has to be financed? Or a new facelift for someone (too) close to him?

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And here’s that rumoured Soderbergh/Bond connection of a few years back. Almost 20 actually…

https://theplaylist.net/steven-soderbergh-says-he-pitched-two-different-james-bond-plans-including-a-twofer-that-would-have-created-an-new-auteur-lane-for-the-franchise-20260409/

Not hugely surprising or innovative; I think I’ve read similar pitches at least since the turn of the century, with Tarantino’s at least being related to the concept. Not surprising this didn’t catch fire back then.

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The shape of things to come…?

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Those golden parachutes don’t pay for themselves.

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Well, 1.000 out of approximately 231.000 employees isn’t all that much. But the last round of layoffs was only three years ago, 7.000 back then. And it’s a general sign of the pressures the industry has to cope with. Plus, this stuff doesn’t even address yet the last six weeks and their possible fallout. We’re going to hear about that by December or early next year…

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Might be interesting for Londoners and whoever is in the city…

Traitors star and Ted Lasso actor Nick Mohammed will host the Bond and Beyond Prom on 25 August, featuring greatest hits from Skyfall and The Spy Who Loved Me, among others.

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There is a 4K release coming of “The Man Who Haunted Himself” at the end of the month!

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Yes, that happened.

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Gift link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/movies/film-lighting-quality.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eFA.EYQg._ko9GR4HWXwF&smid=url-share

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Definitely a huge problem, the same applies to sound. Modern microphones replace the boom operator, but the idea that now even the lowest mumbling can be picked up makes actors enunciate less, supposedly to speak more realistically. Which leads to unintelligible line readings. Which leads to audiences click on the subtitles. Which leads to overcrowding the screen and subtracting from the power of the image.

Yeah, not a good development for cinema at all.

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Simply because it’s good news…

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For no other reason than Bond and the Stones being the same (stage-)age…

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Yes! I know!! The Stones are my other love!:face_with_hand_over_mouth:

Last night I ordered all kind of different coloured vinyl of the new album!:face_savoring_food:

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When I read about it somewhere here in a topic I looked and ordered this one on Amazon.com last monday and it was already delivered here just ten minutes ago (although it was sceduled for coming Friday!).

Thanks guys for mention it!

With a lot of extra’s!

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Me, too! Looking forward to watching it!

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Apologies for not being able to link to the article, but today’s Metro had an interview with Rupert Penry-Jones. There was one question relating to Bond where he dropped an interesting bit of information that I hadn’t heard before. While he was never in the running to play Bond, he was under consideration for Gustav Graves in Die Another Day.

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This is now on Ebay. I have no clue if this is authentic.

https://www.ebay.nl/itm/236807598342?_skw=james+bond+moonraker+prop&itmmeta=01KRHV3AE10J0BVKQXQ1A69TF3&hash=item3722d53106:g:Vs4AAeSwLSlp~0cu&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA8GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xBHbxqeNXl2xXsxz%2BOfQlfwnfQezS8%2BwhFwaKXymtTynp2uG1wusdQZy2qbY9OJcqnpM7FVopBy%2FEFWTNcv0vo2eRPNEwl0UlllCJFr9Fd68A2vsLfmrVikiKF3zhiKSyQlugehmUP15Ql42eyWhYS%2FENeF16s%2FzA%2B612104H%2BsJ1b9uHQodgYCC7COpltr4sT9VBW6x6iumjR77tCck%2FoB6NQiwuwtSMtrJHAbyEfU%2B%2FdwpDBy3uHdMYpN6Dq%2FDi6sIuoJ%2BehQgbsIeaz7RbCvofOiuC0V6E5Q%2BNhcgk%2Bkqg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5anjbvEZw

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Given the seller, it is.

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