Debian developer Breno Leitao has proposed a Linux kernel patch that would allow developers to disable CPU security mitigations at compilation.
CPU mitigations are an important cybersecurity measure, protecting users against Spectre, Meltdown, and other vulnerabilities. These protections come at a cost, however, and some users disable them to achieve maximum performance from their machines. Unfortunately, those users have no easy way to disable the mitigations at compile time, and have to rely on kernel parameters instead.
Leitao, who also serves as a kernel engineer at Meta, proposed the change on the kernel mailing list:
Right now it is not possible to disable CPU vulnerabilities mitigations at build time. Mitigation needs to be disabled passing kernel parameters, such as ‘mitigations=off’.
This patch creates an easy way to disable mitigation during compilation time (CONFIG_DEFAULT_CPU_MITIGATIONS_OFF), so, insecure kernel users don’t need to deal with kernel parameters when booting insecure kernels.
As Phoronix highlights, most users would do well to leave the CPU security mitigations in place. However, there may be cases where it is relatively safe to disable them, such as when a computer has no internet access.
In January of this year, the revelation of memory-related vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown rocked the entire computing world—everyone had been sitting on top of a potential landmine for decades that hackers could have taken advantage of. After the initial shock wore off, various chip manufacturers immediately came up with ahost of fixes and updates to deal with the discovered bugs. However, Intel is going a step further by redesigning its future processors to be completely Spectre/Meltdown-proof.
The chip maker announced that itsnext-generation processors have been redesigned to incorporate new levels of protection against the Spectre variants. The assurance was made by Intel CEO Brian Krzanich who confirmed that the upcoming products will address these vulnerabilities through “partitioning.”
As explained by Krzanich, this partitioning can be viewed as an extra layer of protection between running applications, which effectively addresses Spectre-like vulnerability issues. The redesigns will be implemented in the upcoming8th-generation Core chips as well as Xeon Scalable “Cascade Lake” processors.
“Think of this partitioning as additional ‘protective walls’ between applications and user privilege levels to create an obstacle for bad actors,” theIntel CEO explained in a blog post.
It is not yet clear if the redesigns and the introduction of partitioning into its processors are going to negatively affect their computing speeds. However, Krzanich’s post seems to hint that performance might not be a big issue at all as he assured that Intel’s “goal is to offer not only the best performance but also the best secure performance.”
Krzanich also gave assurance for those who are currently using older models of Intel processors. According to the CEO, the company’s processors launched in the past five years are now 100 percent protected against Meltdown and Spectre through software updates and fixes.
Convincing the public about the safety of its products is critical for Intel at this moment. Recently, the chip maker was slapped with 30 class-action suits related to the vulnerabilities and was even criticized for trying to downplay the impact of the potential threat of Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities.
Last week, Nvidia ran into some problems with the recently revealed “Meltdown” and “Spectre” bugs. When the manufacturer announced that it would be releasing a new patch to address the memory-related vulnerabilities, some outlets misinterpreted the statement as an indirect admission that perhaps, even its GPU might be vulnerable.
For those who might be wondering what Spectre and Meltdown are, here’s a brief explanation:
Just days after the explosive New Year celebration, the entire computing world received an even more explosive revelation—everyone’s been sitting on top of a security flaw that has existed for more than two decades.
On January 3, Meltdown and Spectre, two security vulnerabilities present in every computer, tablet and even smartphones since 1995, were finally revealed to the world. Before you go ahead and unplugged all your computing devices, just take a deep breath and relax; everything is being taken care of. Patches are being deployed and the vulnerabilities should soon become a thing of the past.
If you have to blame someone, blame it on our need to have our computers run faster. In 1995, manufacturers developed the idea of executing certain computer processes ahead of time, even before users inputted their choice. This process was termed “speculative execution.” For example, if you frequently visit a particular website that requires login credentials, your computer would guess that you would want to enter your password and begin loading the necessary files. This, of course, boosts computing speed as your PC will be correct about your intentions most of the time. The problem starts when the user inputs a choice different from what the computer had predicted. The computer then has to throw away the useless data into the cache memory.
This would not have been a problem back in those days when PCs were usually stand-alone. These days, however, everything is connected and, with this interconnectivity, researchers were actually able to prove that someone connected to the system could actually take a peak at the contents of those rejected data. While it may not necessarily contain sensitive information, there is that chance that it may indeed contain personal data like credit card numbers.
In response to the security vulnerabilities, Nvidia decided to update the driver software of its GPUs. However, Nvidia’s move was misunderstood and some even took it as an admission that even its GPUs could be vulnerable as well.
To address the misconceptions about its products, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang clarified the company’s position during the Q & A portion at a press conference on Wednesday. “Our GPUs are immune, they’re not affected by these security issues,” Huang asserts. “What we did is we released driver updates to patch the CPU security vulnerability.”
As Huang explains it, the patches are basically similar in nature to the patches provided by other tech companies and not an indication that its hardware is particularly vulnerable. “We are patching the CPU vulnerability the same way that Amazon, the same way that SAP, the same way that Microsoft, etc is patching because we have software as well,” he said.
Summing it up, Huang declared, “I am absolutely certain that our GPU is not affected.”
Just what level of threat do those vulnerabilities expose regular users of the internet? According to UPROXX, the general public should not be too worried about it. For starters, those vulnerabilities are very hard to exploit. In addition, there is really no indication that there were security issues that resulted in any exploitation. When you come to think of it, it even took those experts more than two decades to realize that the flaws existed.
Everything should be fine as long as you run the fixes being prepared by various tech companies.
Rachel Weisz is fiercely protective of her marriage to Spectre star Daniel Craig, and she works hard to guard their privacy. In the December-January issue of More magazine, the Oscar winning actress dishes on how hard it is to have a private marriage in such a very public world.
“He’s just too famous. It would be a betrayal. You have to protect your marriage,” Rachel Weisz explains. “When you’re young, you tell your girlfriends everything. One of the great pleasures of not being an adolescent is that you don’t have to share everything. When you’re married, that door closes. The audience goes, and you’re in your own life.”
Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig have that wonderful foundation to their marriage called friendship. The two were friends before they even considered becoming more. Romance ignited between the two while filming Dream House in 2010, but few knew about it until they tied the knot in a surprise wedding the following year.
Despite her protective nature, Rachel Weisz shared a few tidbits about life with Daniel Craig and her nine-year-old son from her former relationship with director Darren Aronofsky.
“We cook a lot. Daniel is a great cook,” she said. “He doesn’t use recipes; he makes things up. He’s creative. He’s not scared. He goes for it.”
Rachel Weisz goes on to say the family lives in New York City’s East Village. They love to eat at Japanese restaurants and take her son to Tompkins Square Park.
There must be many facets of Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz’s life that mirror his character James Bond. How else would such a beloved pair of actors manage to live under such a veil of privacy?
Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez filed for divorce less than two weeks ago. The two were spotted together on Saturday, however, and he was wearing his wedding ring.
This isn’t the first time Halle Berry’s soon-to-be ex was spotted wearing his ring either. Two days after she filed for divorce, he had the ring on.
E! News reports that the former couple has been separated for several months, but only recently filed for divorce.
Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez are the parents of two-year-old son Maceo. She has a daughter, Nahla, from her previous relationship with model Gabriel Aubry.
On Tuesday, Halle Berry was spotted at the Spectre: The Black Women of Bond Tribute. She had replaced her wedding band with another ring.
Do you expect Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez are rethinking their plans to divorce? Or is he simply not willing to admit the marriage is, in fact, over–and is wearing the ring until the divorce is final?
People magazine reports that Martinez is just glad he and Halle Berry can get along for the sake of the kids.
Olivier Martinez is “very happy that he and Halle are able to keep a good relationship. They want to make the divorce as painless as possible for the kids,” a source tells them.
Monica Bellucci plays one of the Bond girls in the latest in the James Bond films–Spectre. Since production wrapped, she has openly said she prefers being called a “Bond lady” over a “Bond girl.” In a recent interview with People magazine, Monica Bellucci–who is the oldest to ever step into the role in the history of James Bond films–talks about why she is a good match for Spectre’s James Bond, played by Daniel Craig.
“I had to play a Bond lady not a Bond girl because Lucia is a mature woman,” Monica Bellucci explains. “[Even] though she doesn’t have the beauty of her youth any more, she still has her femininity and that actually is her savior.”
“It is very important that I am playing an adult woman for this role and, actually, Lucia [because] she is a widow with a secret. We need to see her sadness, her desperation and also her age,” Bellucci adds.
Monica Bellucci actually doesn’t believe that James Bond-type men exist, but she does admit to enjoying her time playing opposite Daniel Craig in Spectre.
“Daniel is such a gentleman on screen and off screen,” she says. “Sometimes it is difficult to get intimate with somebody you don’t know, but with him it was so easy. We have this scene where we were kissing and then fighting–it was like a tango.”
Do you think this older “Bond lady” will go down in history as one of the best?
Rachel Weisz and hubby Daniel Craig engaged in some rare PDA on Monday evening in London, when the two walked the red carpet for the premiere of his film Spectre. In fact, Daniel Craig gave Rachel Weisz a big kiss while the cameras were clicking.
Known for keeping their private life private, this was rather unusual behavior for the couple. Perhaps he tired of kissing sexy Bond girls like Monica Bellucci, and longed for something real?
Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz married in 2011, and although the two are seen in public from time to time, supporting one another’s acting careers, a display like the one seen Monday night is practically unheard of.
According to TimeOut London, Craig may be done playing James Bond, meaning Spectre could be the last time he appears in the sexy role.
When asked if he wants to film another James Bond movie post-Spectre, his answer was a bit harsh.
“I’d rather break this glass and slash my wrists. No, not at the moment. Not at all. That’s fine. I’m over it at the moment. We’re done. All I want to do is move on,” he said.
Perhaps that explains the passionate kiss Craig planted on Rachel Weisz at London’s Spectre premiere? Maybe there was a sense of relief that came from this celebration, and he wanted to share it with his beloved wife.
Regardless of the reason behind it, people certainly loved witnessing it. Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig are one of those mysterious couples about whom few reporters get fodder for rumors–or even reports.
Not many couples with such enormous careers can attest to that.
Kudos to Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig for keeping things under wraps, but allowing fans a sneak peek at their true love.
Fans can check out Daniel Craig in Spectre when it opens nationwide on November 6th.
Monica Bellucci is one of two Bond girls in the upcoming James Bond film Spectre. And while she prefers to be called a Bond woman instead of a Bond girl–Monica Bellucci is 51–Daniel Craig refuses to call her an “older woman.”
During a recent interview withRed Bulletin, the interviewer suggested that James Bond was succumbing to the charms of an older woman in Spectre.
Daniel Craig, at 47, wasn’t having it.
"I think you mean the charms of a woman [Bond's] own age. We’re talking about Monica Bellucci, for heaven’s sake." https://t.co/jLycAQDYxY
“I think you mean the charms of a woman his own age,” he responded. “We’re talking about Monica Bellucci, for heaven’s sake. When someone like that wants to be a Bond girl, you just count yourself lucky!”
It’s certainly interesting how, in the film world, a woman of Monica Bellucci’s age is considered an older woman, while a man of Daniel Craig’s age–just four years younger–is still considered young and virile.
Is this yet another example of the gender inequality that plagues Hollywood? Jennifer Lawrence would no doubt love to get her hands on this juicy tidbit. She recently spoke out against men who are paid more than qualified women in Hollywood.
Monica Bellucci is a gorgeous woman at 51. Daniel Craig is still dashing at 47. Why age has to enter into it if each can play the assigned roles seems rather ridiculous, don’t you think?
Fans can check out both Monica Bellucci and Daniel Craig in Spectre when it opens nationwide on November 6th.
Monica Bellucci is officially the oldest Bond girl in Spectre, which opens next month. That is to say she’s the oldest at the time of appearing in a Bond film.
The 51-year-old actress takes the crown away from Honor Blackman, who was 39 when she played Pussy Galore in 1964’s Goldfinger. As you can see, she still looks great.
Bellucci actually prefers to be known as a “Bond Woman” as opposed to a “Bond Girl”.
The synopsis for Spectre (per IMDb) is as follows:
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Spectre also stars Daniel Craig (obviously), Léa Seydoux, Christoph Waltz, and Ralph Fiennes.
Bellucci is also working on a film called On the Milky Road from Emir Kusturica. That’s currently filming.
Monica Bellucci is just one of the Bond girls in the latest James Bond film, Spectre. Recently admitting to the overt sex appeal James Bond–as played by Daniel Craig–has, the talk turned to faithfulness.
That’s when Monica Bellucci said she thinks it’s “difficult” to be faithful.
“I think it’s difficult to find the right woman for a man, to find a woman with all the characteristics that a man needs. The same thing for women,” she said. “That’s why it’s so difficult to be faithful in life.”
Monica Bellucci is divorced, but nothing was said about wether she or her ex-husband, Vincent Cassel–was unfaithful.
The Spectre actress did reveal that she had tried 20 years ago to become a Bond girl, but didn’t get the role.
“A long time ago I did a screen test for James Bond, more than 20 years ago, But I was not ready,” she said. “I don’t remember the film. It was Pierce Brosnan I think – he was an amazing Bond, so sweet and so kind. Violent, but in a very nice way.”
Monica Bellucci dishes about her sexy Spectre co-star Daniel Craig in the current issue of GQ Italia.
“What I like about Daniel is that it’s so simple, he’s a great actor, he’s very beautiful,” she says. “It was easy to do scenes that would be difficult to do with someone else, where you have to get intimate with someone you don’t know, but with him it was easy.”
Admitting that faithfulness is a challenge might mark Monica Bellucci as a non-dateable entity. Is it possible she’ll spend her future alone as a result?
Sam Smith is in good company with the release of his latest song and music video. The latest in the line of James Bond film theme songs, “Writing’s On the Wall” is already a huge hit, putting Smith in the ranks of musicians including Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Sheryl Crow, Paul McCartney & Wings, and more.
Featuring steamy footage from the upcoming Spectre, Sam Smith’s music video includes scenes with Monica Bellucci and Daniel Craig that further enhance his haunting vocals.
Last week, Sam Smith’s song debuted at number one on the U.K. charts.
Only one of the prior James Bond theme songs has ever made it to number one on the Billboard Top 100. That honor goes to Duran Duran for “A View to A Kill” back in 1985–the theme to the film of the same name, starring Roger Moore, Grace Jones, and Christopher Walken.
Might Sam Smith break the mold, becoming the second singer to achieve the feat?
Smith has been absent from the music scene for a while due to having vocal cord surgery in Boston. He’s back now, much to the delight of his fans, and plans to go on tour again soon.
Fans can catch Sam Smith’s amazing vocals when Spectre, starring Daniel Craig, Monica Bellucci, Lea Seydoux, and more hits the big screen on November 6th.
Monica Bellucci and Daniel Craig star in the upcoming James Bond film, Spectre, but they’re making an early appearance in Sam Smith’s new music video.
In “Writing’s On the Wall,” not only are fans treated to Smith’s hauntingly beautiful voice, they see some steamy PDA taking place between Monica Bellucci and Daniel Craig, too. The music video footage features some scenes of the two from Spectre.
Sam Smith has been absent from the music scene for a while, since having surgery on his vocal cords in Boston. Now he’s back and amazing as ever. This new music video might not be what most of his fans might expect, but it won’t disappoint. If anything, it shows yet another facet to this incredibly gifted singer’s abilities.
“If I risk it all, could you break my fall?” Sam Smith croons against a backdrop of Monica Bellucci and Daniel Craig’s intense scenes, which will surely drum up excitement for the movie. “How do I live? How do I breath? When you’re not here I’m suffocating. I want to feel love flow through my blood, tell me is this where I give it all up. For you, I have to risk it all. Because the writing’s on the wall.”
The song has already hit the top of the U.K. music charts, but Smith was nervous when it was first released.
“To be honest, it hasn’t set in yet,” he told ET special correspondent Elvis Duran backstage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival. “I keep looking at that Wikipedia page and just seeing my name on it–and it’s unreal.”
Spectre, starring Daniel Craig, Monica Bellucci, Lea Seydoux, and more, is set to hit theaters on November 6th. The film is well worth seeing for Sam Smith’s accompaniment alone.
It’s no secret that James Bond loves to drink. The iconic character is known for uttering the words, “shaken not stirred” to describe the perfect vodka martini. However, Bond might be ready to appreciate a “cold one”, too.
Daniel Craig will be reprising his role as 007 in the 24th Bond film, Spectre, which is set to launch this November. But before that, Craig will first be seen a the new Heineken commercial.
But unlike the machismo-fueled James Bond films, the Heineken commercial will be showcasing a female sidekick of Craig’s who will be helping him out. The theme of the campaign touches on Craig’s previous statement about more personal aspects of Bond’s character. “007 is ‘lonely’ and beds beautiful women who end up leaving him, Craig said. “As a man gets older it’s not a good look.” This is coming from a man who was said to be the booziest Bond of all time. According to a study by the magazine The Grocer, Craig drank an average of 20 units of alcohol per film.
That is compared to an average of 12 units for Pierce Brosnan, 11 units for Sean Connery, and just four or five units per film for Timothy Dalton. No, Craig is not an alcoholic; it’s just that Bond really drinks heavily in Casino Royale.
According to the study, even though Bond was known for drinking vodka, the sales of gin went up because of the film and Craig making gin cool again. Heineken seems to be increasing their sales, too.
“It’s no coincidence that gin’s revival began around about the time Craig first came bounding out of the sea in those too-tight trolleys (swimming trunks) in Casino Royale,” the study said.
And now, it seems like contemporary James Bond will be occasionally seen with a beer in hand.
Booze brands such as Bollinger, Jim Beam, Red Stripe, Belvedere, and Heineken have been partners with James Bond films, but Heineken is the only partner allowed to make an ad starring Craig.
Monica Belluci is set to star in the upcoming James Bond film Spectre as one of two Bond girls, but don’t use that moniker when addressing the actress. Belluci has nothing at all against the role. It’s simply the word “girl” that has her up in arms.
“I can’t say I’m a Bond girl because I’m too mature to be a Bond girl. I say Bond lady; Bond woman,” Monica Belluci explains in a recent interview.
Monica Belluci is, in fact, the oldest Bond girl–um, woman–in the film franchise’s history–so far, anyway. At 51, she is even older than Spectre’s leading man, Daniel Craig, who is 47.
Léa Seydoux plays the second Bond woman alongside Belluci. It’s uncertain whether or not she allows people to call her a “Bond girl.”
What’s the greatest sense of pride for Monica Belluci in her upcoming Spectre role?
“I’m proud to be a Bond lady, because actually, Bond is the most amazing man. You know why? Because he doesn’t exist,” she says.
Spectre, starring Daniel Craig and Monica Belluci, along with Christoph Waltz, Andrew Scott, Naomie Harris, Léa Seydoux, and more is set to hit theaters on November 6th.
Will you be checking out the latest James Bond film?
Monica Bellucci, who will be the next love interest of James Bond in the latest 007 film Spectre, says she shouldn’t be called “a Bond girl.”
The 50-year-old beauty will play Lucia Sciarra in Spectre, Bond’s love interest that is quite the departure from previous 007 films. In the last Bond films Daniel Craig, 47, was cast opposite women in their 20s and 30s. Finally, he’s up against someone his own age.
In a new interview with The Guardian, Monica Bellucci said people need to rethink the “Bond girl” descriptor.
“I can’t say I’m a Bond girl because I’m too mature to be a Bond girl. I say Bond lady; Bond woman, But I’m proud to be a Bond lady, because actually, Bond is the most amazing man,” said Bellucci.
She also noted that it was a bold, revolutionary and wise move by director Sam Mendes to cast a 50-year-old, mature woman in the role.
“The world is a man’s world. Men have the power in everything: journalism, acting, direction; in banks, finances, schools,” said Bellucci. “All the laws are made by men. Men think that women, when they’re not able to procreate any more, become old. That is not true – they are still amazing! That’s why I think that Sam Mendes, in choosing me, an adult woman, created a big revolution”
Monica Bellucci said roles for women in Hollywood is quite different than that found in Europe.
“I don’t know Hollywood very well. I’ve never lived in Los Angeles or New York,” explained Bellucci. “But what I can see in Paris, where I live, is that actresses like Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Charlotte Rampling, still get the chance to play strong, sexy roles even though they’re not 20.”
Monica Belluci is set to star in Spectre, the upcoming James Bond film, alongside Daniel Craig. In addition to her strong character on the big screen, fans will be interested in learning she has a strong off-screen persona, too. One of the examples of that strength comes in something she isn’t fond of being called. Monica Belluci doesn’t want to be referred to as the latest “Bond girl.”
It’s not that she doesn’t want to tout the upcoming film. She’s all over that. It’s the idea of the word “girl,” when she is clearly every bit a woman.
“I can’t say I’m a Bond girl because I’m too mature to be a Bond girl. I say Bond lady; Bond woman,” Monica Belluci said in a recent interview.
Belluci is, in fact, the oldest Bond girl–um, woman–in the film franchise’s history. At 51, she is even older than Spectre’s leading man, Daniel Craig, who is 47.
Monica Belluci is mom to two children with actor Vincent Cassel. She and Cassel separated back in 2013. She is actually one of two Bond women starring in the upcoming film. Léa Seydoux plays a Bond woman, too. It’s uncertain whether or not she allows the moniker “Bond girl.”
What’s the greatest sense of pride for Monica Belluci in her upcoming Spectre role?
“I’m proud to be a Bond lady, because actually, Bond is the most amazing man. You know why? Because he doesn’t exist.”
Spectre, starring Daniel Craig and Monica Belluci, along with Christoph Waltz, Andrew Scott, Naomie Harris, Léa Seydoux, and more is set to hit theaters on November 6th.
Will you be checking out the latest James Bond film–replete with this new Bond woman?
The report calls out Cary Lee Peterson on issues, including outstanding warrants in Arizona and money owed to creditors.
In the meantime, legal counsel for Sanders’ campaign sent Peterson a cease and desist letter asking him to drop the earlier names, make clear that he was not speaking for Sanders, and make his financial records available.
“I made a donation to this organisation in good faith as I understood it to support Senator Sanders’ candidancy. Currently, I have been informed of no evidence to question that my donation has not been used as intended. Should that situation occur, then clearly, I will review my position.”
Speaking to the Center for Public Integrity, Peterson insisted he set up the PAC because of he believes “in the cause.”
Peterson said the group has already spent more than $1 million on field organisers, billboards and materials supporting Sanders.
Peterson told Time magazine that getting support from Daniel Craig is “pretty cool,” but Craig seems to have been unaware of the organization’s background.
Spectre is Daniel Craig’s fourth appearance in the 007 series. He debuted as James bond in 2006’s Casino Royale and followed that appearance in the role in 2008’s Quantum of Solace and 2012’s Skyfall.
Spectre, directed by Sam Mendes, also stars Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear and Ben Whishaw, as well as newcomers Dave Bautista, Monica Bellucci, Andrew Scott, Léa Seydoux, Stephanie Sigman and Christoph Waltz.
Monica Bellucci, who, at 50, is the “oldest Bond girl,” and Daniel Craig are currently in Rome filming the new James Bond thriller Spectre.
Crowds have been gathering in the beautiful Italian city, from the historic center to them modern EUR neighborhood, hoping to catch a glimpse of Daniel Craig, 46, and his leading lady, Monica Bellucci, during the 20-day shoot.
“I hope to see James Bond. Someone told me that there is also Monica Bellucci,” said Floriana Sacco, 36, as she watched an apparent funeral scene being shot outside EUR’s civic museum. “We hope that as all other film settings in Rome, it will be beautiful and it will be good publicity to this beautiful city.”
On Tuesday, the main thoroughfare of central Rome, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, was the scene of a nighttime car chase scene featuring Bond’s silver Aston Martin. Earlier in the shoot, another car chase was shot along the bike path on the banks of the Tiber River.
Needless to say, fans of 007 have been beyond curious to know what faces their favorite spy in Spectre. Sony tried to keep details of the plot a secret, however, an early version of the script was among material stolen in the Sony Pictures cyberattack and some details have been posted online.
The shoot, while inconvenient, will bring some revenue to the city, with city officials expecting as much as 1 million euros ($1.1 million) in permit fees alone. Add revenue generated form the extras, security guards, film crews, catering services and hotels being used, and the Eternal City could fare quite well.
Rome has been the scene for many films, including Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love and Paolo Sorrentino’s 2013 The Great Beauty, which won an Oscar for best foreign film.
Léa Seydoux and Monica Bellucci are both set to give Daniel Craig’s James Bond a run for his money in the new Spectre. And while Seydoux is only 29, Monica Bellucci is set to be the oldest “Bond girl” ever at age 50.
Seydoux is a French actress, and got her start in France. But she has appeared in American films like Inglourious Basterds, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Bellucci, for her part, is well known to American audiences, even though she is Italian. She played Mary Magdelene in The Passion of the Christ, and went for a different spiritual figure as Persephone in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.
Aside from Craig, Seydoux, and Bellucci, other cast members of the new Spectre film include
Christoph Waltz as Franz Oberhauser
Andrew Scott as Denbigh
Dave Bautista as Mr. Hinx
Ralph Fiennes as M
Naomie Harris as Miss Moneypenny
Ben Whishaw as Q
Rory Kinnear as Bill Tanner
Jesper Christensen as Mr. White
Prior to the official announcement today, there had been much speculation about Christoph Waltz’s role, with some saying he would be the classic Bond villain “Blofeld.” Even though he is not listed as Blofeld, there is still some rumor that this is a red herring and that he is still yet to be revealed as Blofeld.
It would not be the first time this kind of deception in casting announcements happened. Benedict Cumberbatch’s identity for Star trek Into Darkness was listed as “John Harrison,” an alias his character assumed within the film. But that effectively hid his real identity as the villain Khan.
The long wait is over for James Bond fans, and many rumors have proven true. Producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli today officially announced the first details about the upcoming 24th James Bond film.
The movie will be titled Spectre and will be released on November 6, 2015. Director Sam Mendes, who helmed
the well-received 2012 Bond movie Skyfall, will also be in charge of the new movie. Principal photography for the movie will begin next week on December 8.
Actor Daniel Craig will once again portray Britain’s famous spy, making this his fourth Bond movie. Joining him are returning cast members Ralph Fiennes as M, Ben Whishaw as Q, and Naomie Harris as Moneypenny.
Two new “Bond girls” have been announced for Spectre: Monica Bellucci and Léa Seydoux. Bellucci is a French actress known for movies such as Irreversible and the Matrix sequels. Seydoux is also French and garnered accolades in 2013 for her performance in Blue Is the Warmest Color.
Other Bond newcomers to appear in Spectre include Christoph Waltz, Dave Bautista, and Andrew Scott.
Story details are thin but a statement released by the movie’s producers revealed that the movie will set 007 on the trail of a “sinister organization” while M “battles political forces to keep the secret service alive.”
James Bond fans will also know that the new movie’s title could be a bit of a spoiler. In Bond cannon, Spectre refers to an international terrorist group led by famed Bond villian Ernst Stavro Blofeld. The organization has appeared in numerous early Bond films including Dr. No, Thunderball, and You Only Live Twice.
