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Spy Movie News – June 27 2023
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Trust No One, Fubar, Heart of Stone, Argylle, The Wild Wild West, and of course, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One are just some of the upcoming spy movies or series that we’ll fill you in on today in our Spy Movie News – June 27 2023 edition.
July is shaping up to be a huge box office month. Barbie and Oppenheimer open July 21st. And of course, there is that small spy movie that nobody has talked about. Oh, wait, maybe there has been a lot of hype for this one. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One finally opens on July 12th in the US (more on that release date in a bit).
Also, the Writer’s Guild of America’s strike started on May 2, 2023. So, we’re now 56 days into this strike. In case you were as curious as we were: How long do these strikes tend to last? Well, the 1985 strike only lasted 2 weeks. However, the other 5 strikes in WGA history lasted from 95 to 154 days. So, it looks like we’ll be here while.
Upcoming spy movies and series
So let’s take a look at some of the upcoming spy movies and series.
FUBAR
We’ll start with the hit spy series FUBAR.
If you are a spy movie fan and have Netflix, this is a good series to watch. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger so you know there will be some humor along with the spy action stuff. And, oh, tell us if you’ve heard this one before: the star is a recently retired CIA agent. If you haven’t, you’ll hear that theme again later in this episode. Monica Barbaro who played Lt. Natasha ‘Phoenix’ Trace in Top Gun: Maverick plays a pivotal role in this series as well. We won’t spoil what it is, but this does have a bit of a True Lies feel to it.
Now for the news on FUBAR. This Netflix series debuted at number one on Nielsen’s weekly streaming ratings. They say that 1.5 billion minutes of this series were streamed during its first 4 days. That’s crazy huge. And Variety reported that FUBAR hit just under 89 million hours of watch time in those first four days, which is even larger. No matter who you ask, FUBAR is a hit.
So, it should come as no surprise that Netflix announced that there will be a season two of the series. The tweet that Netflix used to announce season 2 includes some bloopers that contain some R-rated words. We’re sure you know that FUBAR is an acronym for f’d up beyond all recognition. So, these outtakes are a great way to have some fun with the series title.
TRUST NO ONE
So let’s turn to TRUST NO ONE. We are talking about the upcoming Israeli series that should frighten anyone who uses an electronic device. There are a few movies with this title so we want to be clear this is the upcoming series about cyber warfare and the security state.
As co-creator Daniel Amsel says in an article on Variety.com:
“Israel has become one of the largest global exporters of spy ware,” says co-creator Daniel Amsel. “Only, those technological weapons can undermine democracy and lead to the death of truth. So we wanted to thread those very sensitive topics into an entertaining and fast-paced thriller that deals with the loneliness of leadership and the difficulties of parenthood, among other themes.”
Amsel goes on to say
“Five tech giants hold about 90% of the data from all people in the Western world,” “That means every bit of information about everyone you know is only five hacks away. And that’s not just an Israeli problem – although we’re using an Israeli case in order to showcase it.”
So yeah, this is a problem. We’re eager to see what they do with it in this series. TRUST NO ONE is slated for broadcast on Keshet 12 in Israel later this year. As of this recording, worldwide distribution hasn’t been finalized.
THE OLD MAN
Season 2 of the excellent FX spy series THE OLD MAN has shut down filming early due to the writer’s strike. Due to the strike and some needed rewrites in episode 5, they’ve only completed filming the first four episodes. Filming will resume when the writer’s strike ends.
In the meantime, if you haven’t seen season one, you can stream it on Hulu, which is FX’s streaming partner.
In case you didn’t know, this hit series is about a retired CIA agent, this time played by Jeff Bridges. Hmm, a retired agent, where have we heard that before? Anyway, Bridges is joined by John Lithgow and a strong supporting cast.
We expect to hear of more of these types of delays as the strike wears on. We’ll keep you updated as we hear more about THE OLD MAN.
HEART OF STONE
Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan’s upcoming Netflix spy movie HEART OF STONE dropped its first official trailer a week ago. You can see the trailer on YouTube.
The tagline for HEART OF STONE is “Gal Gadot is Agent Rachel Stone, the only intelligence operative who stands between her global, peace-keeping organization and the loss of its most valuable — and dangerous — asset, codenamed: The Heart.”
Jamie Dornan plays MI6 agent Parker.
Alia Bhatt plays hacker Keya Dhawan. You may not know her if you don’t follow Hindi movies. But, Alia is an actress you need to know. She is one of the most popular actresses in Bollywood. For spy movie fans, Bhatt was excellent in the 2018 based-on-a-real-person spy thriller RAAZI as the lead character Sehmat Khan. If you haven’t seen RAAZI, it is currently available as part of Amazon Prime. We liked that movie a lot.
Gal Gadot has talked about wanting to lead a spy movie franchise, like James Bond or Mission: Impossible. As she’s quoted on movieweb.com:
“I realised that there was an audience for a female action protagonist. I grew up watching Bond, and Mission, and Bourne. I wanted to create a really strong, female-driven action movie that is for everybody, not a male story that’s been done many times already.”
But to do that, she doesn’t believe that this should be a gender swap. As she also told movieweb.com.
“I wanted to show a great story about a female character who is doing it in the action genre. Right? She is thriving. But at the same time, how many times have they just switched gender? They take a story that’s all about the men and they just change it to a woman, and then go shoot it? To me, it was so important in the DNA to make Heart of Stone a little different, because men and women are different. They’re built differently, they operate differently.”
We’ve been talking about HEART OF STONE for a while now and are looking for its premiere on August 11 2023 on Netflix.
ARGYLLE
Our friends at The Spy Command tell us that the Matthew Vaughan-directed movie ARGYLLE finally has a release date.
This is the movie we’ve talked about in numerous Spy Movie News episodes since we first mentioned it in our July 27 2021 episode.
ARGYLLE is based on the yet-to-be-released novel, of the same name, by Elly Conway. That novel by the way has been delayed again. In our September 27, 2022, Spy Movie News episode, we told you that the book’s release was delayed until March 2023. Well, the book is now slated to be available on January 17, 2024.
As for the movie, the Apple TV website says:
“The spy thriller “Argylle” follows the globe-trotting adventures of a super-spy named Argylle across the U.S., London and other exotic locations, featuring a star-studded, award-winning cast including Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, John Cena, Dua Lipa , Ariana DeBose and Samuel L. Jackson.”
That is one heck of a cast.
Well, ARGYLLE has been given a February 2, 2024, global theatrical release date and will then be released on Apple TV+ at a later date.
THE WILD WILD WEST
Again we can thank our friends at The Spy Command for giving us a heads-up on this next one. Fans of the 1960s tv series THE WILD WILD WEST can now stream the 104-episode series on Amazon Prime. This is one of our favorite series from the 60s and we’re actively watching this one now.
James Bond fans will recognize a very large actor with a less-pronounced smile here and an actress who was “named after your father perhaps” in a few of these episodes. We'll let you figure out who we mean as you watch.
JAMES BOND
And speaking of James Bond, we found an interesting article on metro.co.uk where Britt Ekland shares her thoughts on today’s Bond women compared to the Bond girls when she made THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN.
As she put it:
“There are no more Bond girls, they are Bond women today. They have it with the political correctness and the #MeToo, they have a much better time than we had.
But I don’t think that the end product is as fun as ours were, because we were pretty and we had good bodies and we didn’t try to look sexy, we just were,’ she told the PA news agency.
‘Today, everything is so, “Don’t do that because that will upset that side”. We didn’t have any of that. We just went out there, we were always in a bikini and all these people are fully dressed, very typical, but it was a job and we did it.
‘So, I think today the Bond women have it – from a political correctness point of view – in a much better position. But I think we had more fun.”
So, it looks like she thinks there is both good and bad with the changes in the Bond women.
Mission: Impossible
Release Schedule
Ok, now for the elephant in the room: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE. It’s finally here, well, in two weeks.
To us, the release schedule on this one is head-scratching as the dates have been changing (mainly being pushed up, not delayed.)
Stick with us on this one as it gets weird.
The movie premiered in Rome on June 19, 2023 with most of the cast in attendance. There was also a premiere with Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie in attendance in Abu Dabi on June 26th as some of the movie was shot in the Liwa desert in Abu Dabi.
The big release dates are in the second week of July.
- The UK release date has been moved up a day to July 10th.
- The official US release date has been moved up to July 12 along with a slew of other countries.
- The rollout continues through the July 21 2023 release date in Japan.
Now for the odd part. We have purchased tickets to see an “Early Access” showing in the US on July 10th. These tickets are available to anyone, not just press. We’ve looked at theaters across the US and they all have an Early Access showing on July 10th. Plus, we can buy tickets for regular showings on the 11th. So, what is the real “release” date? We guess it doesn’t matter, but they sure have made this convoluted.
Our guidance to you is that if you want to see the movie as early as possible check your local theater to see if it is offering Early Access. See it before the spoilers come out.
The IMAX problem
Plus, it appears that Tom Cruise is not happy with the release plan due to the aforementioned movie OPPENHEIMER. We are wondering if this is part of the reason for the release being pushed up a few days.
The issue, according to Cinemablend.com has to do with IMAX theaters, and the limited number of them compared to the deluge of movies being released on IMAX. INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY, BARBIE, OPPENHEIMER, THE FLASH, SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEAST, and THE FLASH have all been jocking for a position on the IMAX screens this summer, altering release schedules.
We’re not sure, but with everything being delayed and now coming out after COVID, we may just have a temporary glut of these movies. However, with fans wanting to see action movies on larger screens, this may be a problem for some time.
So, why is this a problem for what has been one of the most-hyped movies of the summer, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE? Well, OPPENHEIMER has a guaranteed 3-week window to show on IMAX screens. Given that it releases 10 days after DEAD RECKONING, the IMAX window for Cruise’s movie is quite short, causing Cruise some consternation.
Um, these schedules don’t just pop up. A little planning may have given more runway to Cruise and company. Just saying.
In Memoriam
Sergio Calderón
Actor Sergio Calderón has passed at the age of 77. Calderón is probably best known for his performance as Captain Vallenueva in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END. However, he earned his SAG card after his performance as Alfonso in the spy movie THE IN-LAWS. He also played Jose in MEN IN BLACK.
Treat Willams
Actor Treat Williams passed at age 71. Williams received Golden Globe nominations for his performances in HAIR, PRINCE IN THE CITY, and A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. He also received a Primetime Emmy nomination for his performance in THE LATE SHIFT, playing Michael Ovitz. Spy movie fans will know him from MARATHON MAN and THE EAGLE HAS LANDED.
George Maharis
Actor George Maharis died at the age of 94. Maharis was nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 1962 for his performance as Buz Murdock in the tv series ROUTE 66. Spy tv fans will recognize Maharis for his role as Thomas Backman in the Mission: Impossible series episode “The Fountain. Maharis also played Sgt. Chips Slater in the movie THE LAST DAY OF THE WAR.
Barry Newman
Actor Barry Newman passed at the age of 92. Newman was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for his role as the title character in the tv series PETROCELLI. Spy movie fans will recognize Newman as William Mathison in the movie THE SALZBURG CONNECTION.
Mike Batayeh
Actor, comedian, and writer Mike Batayeh has died at the age of 52. Batayeh is probably best known for his performance as Dennis Markowski on BREAKING BAD. Spy tv fans will recognize him as Ziad in three episodes of the tv series Sleeper Cell.
Paul Geoffrey
Actor Paul Geoffrey passed at the age of 68. He is probably best known for his performances as Perceval in the movie EXCALIBER and Lord John Clayton in GREYSTROKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN. Spy tv fans will remember Geoffrey in the role of Simon Tate in the BBC drama SPYSHIP.
John Beasley
Actor John Beasley, known for his performance on EVERWOOD, THE SOUL MAN and others passed at the age of 79. Spy movie fans will remember Beasley for his performance as General Lasseter in THE SUM OF ALL FEARS.
Peter Simonischek
Austrian actor Peter Simonischek died at the age of 76. He’s best known for his performance as Winfried in Toni Erdmann which he won and was nominated for a slew of international awards. Spy movie fans will remember him for his role as Manfred Brumm in ASSIGNMENT BERLIN.
That’s a wrap of our Spy Movie News - June 27 2023 edition! Please help us out and Subscribe to our show, Cracking the Code of Spy Movies through your favorite podcast app! You can also read all of our Spy Movie News articles on our website.

Spy Movie News – May 30 2023
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Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning, The Sympathizer, The Black Kaiser, Butterfly, Classified, Fog of War, Neither Confirm Nor Deny, and Birdseye are just seven of the upcoming spy movies or series that we’ll fill you in on today in our Spy Movie News – May 30 2023 edition.
Upcoming Spy Movies or Series In Development
So, let’s jump in and start with some new spy entertainment projects. We’ll follow this with some quick updates on a few items we’ve mentioned in earlier Spy Movie News Episodes. We’ll start with
Paris Has Fallen
The first new project we can talk about is Paris Has Fallen. This is the next project in the Has Fallen series. You may have seen the Gerard Butler movies Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, and Angel Has Fallen.
Well, Paris Has Fallen is planning to be a television series, not a theatrical movie. According to an article on movieweb.com, actor Mathieu Kassovitz is the lead in the series, Vincent. The article describes Vincent as a
“protection officer to a French Minister, who is the target of a terror group led by villain Jacob. Vincent works with MI6 operative Zara to keep the politician safe, but they eventually unravel a wider plot, suspecting that a security service colleague is feeding information to Jacob, who is always a step ahead in his mission to bring down Paris.”
The series is still being shopped so we’ll have to update you later where you’ll be able to watch Paris Has Fallen.
Gerard Butler says there is another movie in the works, Night Has Fallen, although the talk about that movie started back in 2020. So, who knows if or when we’ll see Butler return as Mike Banning on the big screen.
Fog of War
Set toward the end of World War II, Fog of War will star Jake Abel, Briana Hildebrand, and John Cusack. This movie was being shopped at Cannes.
The Hollywood Reporter describes Fog of War like this:
“Set in the closing months of WWII, Fog of War tells the story of injured American pilot Gene (Abel) and his OSS agent fiancée Penny (Hildebrand) as they retreat to a remote estate in Massachusetts to stay with Penny’s distant uncle Robert (Cusack). Unbeknownst to her, the OSS has recruited Gene to spy on the family and the surrounding community as top-secret documents related to the D-Day invasion have been stolen and an enemy mole is somewhere nearby, preparing to turn these plans over to the Axis Powers.”
As usual, we’ll keep you posted as we hear more.
Classified
Aaron Eckhart is one busy actor in spy movies. He’s starring in another spy movie that was just shopped at Cannes. This time it is the espionage movie Classified. And, filming has already wrapped on this one. Aaron Eckhart is joined by Tim Roth and Abigail Breslin.
In the last year, we have told you about the movies The Bricklayer and Chief of Station that Eckhart is helming. So, he now adds Classified to his spy movie resume.
The plot on Classified sounds interesting. Eckhart plays Breslin’s father. He’s a CIA hitman, who has been receiving orders for almost 20 years. Breslin is an MI6 analyst who finds out that Eckhart’s division was shut down a long time ago. So, who has been giving Eckhart his orders? Hmm. We’ll have to watch this one to find out.
Birdseye
In 2018, Jennifer Lawrence starred as a ‘sparrow’ in Red Sparrow. In Birdseye, Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova plays a swallow spy. Sparrow and Swallow are both terms used for sexpionage. In fact, Birdseye was inspired by the book “Sexpionage: The Exploitation of Sex by Soviet Intelligence”.
So, in Birdseye, Bakalova’s character is based in Washington. Her childhood love is out to kill her on the orders of Russia. Given the cast of Maria Bakalova, Jean Reno, and Ty Simpkins, we expect this to be a good one. We’ll keep you posted as we hear more.
Neither Confirm Nor Deny
You have to love this title, Neither Confirm Nor Deny. Greenwich Entertainment has acquired the North American distribution for this documentary.
The plot is about a mission in 1974 where the US government sought to find the sunken Soviet submarine, K-129. The mission was code-named Project Azorian.
The Soviets and the US were in a race to find the sub and its nuclear missiles. Except, the Soviets didn’t know the US was trying to find the wreckage. The US wanted to keep this a secret, especially from the Soviets. The press found out about the mission. The US government tried to get the story delayed.
In addition to this documentary, a fictional adaptation may happen. But, we can neither confirm nor deny that rumor.
Ok, so now we’re going to turn to a bunch of updates to spy movies and series we have already told you about. But, as usual, we keep you posted as we learn more.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
We mentioned in our February 28, 2023 episode that The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare was in production.
Well, they’ve wrapped filming now. And, Henry Cavill has shared some footage from this Guy Ritchie movie. You need to check out Cavill’s mustache and beard on this one. You can catch the footage on movieweb.com.
Of course, they are talking about trying to make this a franchise. Who isn’t these days?
Butterfly
Also in that February 28th episode, we mentioned that Daniel Dae Kim was going to star in a series called Butterfly for Amazon. Well, that was some early information. Now we know that Amazon Prime Video has ordered the first 6 episodes of this series. Production has not yet started.
Amateur
Another upcoming spy movie that we’ve mentioned in the past is Amateur. As we’ve dived into this one more, this appears to be a remake of the 1981 movie with the title The Amateur starring John Savage, Christopher Plummer, and Marthe Keller. Both movies arebased on the novel by Robert Littell. In the 1981 movie, the death of a different person created the impetus for the movie than what we have in this new version.
Well, we told you in February, that Rami Malek had signed up for this one. We now know that Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Rachel Brosnahan, and Laurance Fishbourne have signed on for this thriller. So, yes, this is an excellent cast. We will be watching for this one to come out.
Special Ops: Lioness
We’ve talked about this one in a few Spy Movie News episodes. This is the upcoming Paramount + series that had been called Lioness. We’ll This series now has been given the official title of Special Ops: Lioness.
We’ve yet to see a release date but will keep you updated as we learn more. Deadline.com has an article on this, including nine publicity photos.
Special Ops: Lioness stars Nicole Kidman, Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira and Morgan Freeman.
The Order
Again, back in February, we told you about the upcoming Jude Law-Nicholas Hoult spy movie The Order and that we hadn’t heard much about it.
Well, we can now tell you that Marc Maron, Jurnee Smollet, Alison Oliver, and Odessa Young have signed on to the movie. Plus, we know that Law will play an FBI Agent and Hoult is a leader of a terrorist organization. The Order started filming this month.
True Lies
Ok, so this one has been released, but we have an update. CBS is not renewing the Steve Howie and Ginger Gonzaga tv reboot of the movie True Lies.
According to an article on MovieWeb.com:
“Although the series set itself up as a promising addition to CBS’ season, the series has been the lowest performing show across the network, making its cancelation an inevitability rather than a surprise. Having said that, the series did manage to maintain a constant viewership throughout its run, suggesting there will be a loyal group of fans who are unimpressed with the news.”
The Sympathizer
Last month we told you about the upcoming HBO spy series The Sympathizer. It isn’t expected to be released until 2024. Well, we have one thing to add to what we told you. Marine Delterme has signe on to the cast. Delterme is an actor/model, probably best known in France for her series Alice Nevers.
We’ll continue to keep you updated as we hear more.
The Black Kaiser
Last May 31st, we told you about the upcoming movie The Black Kaiser, starring Mads Mikkelsen. Well, a year later we can tell you that actor Vanessa Hudgens has joined the project. Hudgens starred with Mikkelsen in the 2019 hitman movie Polar.
Also, the director has changed from Jonas Akerlun who we told you about last year. The new director is Derrick Borte.
Filming is expected to start this fall. We’ll let you know more as we get it.
Archer
The popular animated television spy series Archer will end after season 14. The season will debut on August 30, 2023,
Archer debuted in 2009. In those 14 years, there have only been 3 James Bond movies. So sad.
James Bond
Again, we are going to ignore all speculation about what’s next for the James Bond franchise. Until we hear from Eon Productions, nothing you hear can be taken as reality.
However, we were wondering if you had $100 million to spare. If so, you could buy the island of Little Pipe Cay in Exuma, the Bahamas. This island was featured in Casino Royale (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean. So, for a cool $100 mil, you can get your Bond on.
Citadel
Season 1 of Citadel ended with this past weekend’s release of episode 6, “Secrets in the Night Need Early Rains”.
We’ve previously told you that there will be a season 2, now called Citadel: Diana. And there is a small bit about it at the end of episode 6. Season 2 will be exclusively directed by Joe Russo. Season 1 had multiple directors.
Italian actor Matilda De Angelis will be the central character in this one and Italy will be the next “location” for Season 2. It looks like Citadel is following the lead of The Avengers and White Lotus by building a franchise that will have adventures in different parts of the world, with mostly new casts.
Citadel: Diana is expected to be released in 2024.
Mission: Impossible
The hype machine is in high gear for Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One. We’re getting everything from more trailers and photos to Christopher McQuarrie saying that there may be more sequels after Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two.
Release Date Change
The big news, however, is that the US release date has changed. And, this time it was moved up, not delayed. The original US release date was Friday, July 14, 2023. The new date is two days earlier on Wednesday, July 12.
This change was made to keep it in sync with the international rollout. Ok, technically there are countries with release dates through July 21st, but this ties the US date to the first rollout date of July 12. So, the UK, France, Canada, Italy, Philippines, Brazil, India, and more will all release on the 12th.
We applaud this as one of our complaints about James Bond is the long release cycle of its movies. With the internet, finding out what happens will be almost instantaneous with the initial release location. That can spoil a movie.
So, kudos to the powers that be in making this release date change. Thank you.
Run Time Announced
Don’t drink too much liquid before going to see Part One. It has a final runtime of 2 hours and 36 minutes. And that doesn't include the credits or any mid or end-credit scenes they might add. So, you’ve been warned. This one is long.
Writer’s Strike
And of course, the writer’s strike continues.
In Memoriam
Unfortunately, we have a long list of people involved in spy movies who we’ve recently lost
John Wright
Film Editor John Wright passed at age 79. Wright was a prolific editor with work on movies such as Speed, Convoy, The Running Man, and more. However, spy movie fans will know his editing on the 1990 movie The Hunt for Red October.
Wright received two Academy Award Best Film Editing nominations. The first was for The Hunt for Red October, which he shared with Dennis Virkler. The second was for Speed.
Raymond Austin
Stuntman and director Ray Austin died at the age of 90. Among the movies he performed stunts in are North by Northwest (uncredited), The Saint, The Avengers, Spartacus, and Peter Gunn. He was the director or stunt director on Cleopatra, The Avengers, The Return of the Man From U.N.C.L.E., and many others.
James Brown
American footballer and actor James Brown has passed at 87. Brown is considered one of the best players in National Football League history. His first movie was The Dirty Dozen. Spy movie and tv fans will know his work in the movie Ice Station Zebra, and an episode of the tv show I Spy.
Tina Turner
Rock star Tina Turner has died at the age of 83. Turner had a long superstar career as a singer. James Bond fans will know Turner as the singer to the title song to the 1995 movie GoldenEye.
Paul Playdon
Writer and producer Paul Playdon passed at the age of 80. Among his writing credits, Playdon wrote 14 episodes of the television series Mission: Impossible and 3 episodes of The Wild Wild West.
Helmut Berger
Austrian actor, Helmut Berger has died at age 78. He is probably best known for his role as Martin Von Essenbeck in The Damned, for which he received a Golden Globe Nomination. Spy movie and tv fans will have seen him in The Return of the Saint and Code Name: Emerald.
John Refoua
Film Editor John Refoua died at age 58. Refoua is probably best known for his editing of Avatar. His work on Avatar was recognized with a Best Editing Oscar nomination which was shared with Stephen E. Rivkin and James Cameron. Spy movie fans will have seen his work on Olympus Has Fallen.
That’s a wrap of our Spy Movie News - May 30 2023 edition! Please help us out and Subscribe to our show, Cracking the Code of Spy Movies through your favorite podcast app! You can also read all of our Spy Movie News articles on our website.

Spy Movie News January 31 2023 Edition – Pathaan, Agent Elvis, Kandahar and more!
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Pathaan, Lioness, Liberté, Rainbow Six, Face/Off 2, The Recruit, A Spy Among Friends, and God’s Spy are just some of the upcoming spy movies or series that we’ll fill you in on today in our Spy Movie News January 31 2023 edition.
As usual, you can listen to this as a podcast if you'd prefer to listen than read.
A Thank You
We want to start off with a tip of the cap to Tom and Chris over at James Bond Radio. In case you hadn’t heard, they have decided to end their podcast. We’ve been fans of their show for years and have appreciated the passion and positivity they showed for everything James Bond. We thank you Tom and Chris for all of your hard work. You have been appreciated by many in the Bond community. We wish you all the best.
Upcoming Spy Entertainment
Ok, let’s move to the upcoming spy entertainment. To begin with, we’ll start with a movie that was released in the US and internationally this past weekend, Pathaan. It set the Bollywood box office record for an opening weekend.
Pathaan
Pathaan is a Hindi movie that is the fourth movie of the YRF Spy Universe. For those of you not familiar with the YRF Spy Universe, it is an Indian universe of spy action-thriller movies.
According to Deadline.com, the story revolves around an exiled Indian spy agency field operative who is assigned to take down a private terrorist operation that is planning an attack on India.
Pathaan stars Shah Ruk Kahn, commonly called SRK, in what is being considered a comeback movie for this star. SRK has been a romantic star in Bollywood, but his last few movies struggled. Based on what we’ve seen, he’s back.
We’ve seen the trailer for Pathaan. Based on the trailers, this looks to be a must-see spy movie to us.
An article on Variety.com quotes Sanjeev Kumar Bijli, joint managing director, PVR Limited, who calls Pathaan
“A movie truly made for the big screen experience, we are seeing an increasing preference to watch this movie in our premium formats like IMAX, ICE, 4DX and P [XL]. “
PVR Limited is an Indian multiplex chain. We like when movies are made for the big screen and not just for streaming. So,we are excited about this one.
Pathaan has been released in the Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. This is also available in the US with English Subtitles. We will be seeing Pathaan this week and will do a no-spoiler review for you soon.
Lioness
Lioness is an upcoming Paramount+ series based on a real-life CIA program. The tagline for the series is: "Cruz Manuelos, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine recruited to join the CIA’s Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within.”
Lioness stars Carla Mansour and Sam Asghari. Addionally, they have just announced that Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Kelly have joined the cast.
This looks like a series we will like.
Liberté
Sky History will premiere the short film Liberté on February 21, the 80th anniversary of the real World War II mission it is based on. The story is about a British Muslim spy, Noor Inaya Kahn, and her mission, which led to her death. Surprisingly, it is based on testimony from her captors.
You can find more about Liberte at Variety.com.
Rainbow Six
Michael B. Jordan reprises his role as John Clark, a Tom Clancy character. Rainbow Six has been a video game that has had many different releases since 1998.
This one should be interesting as Jordan’s first movie playing John Clark, Without Remorse, was not well received. Without Remorse was released directly to Amazon Prime. Now, to be fair, it was released during the Covid Pandemic. But the reviews were not kind. It only has a 37% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
So, we’ll have to see what they do with Rainbow Six. We have read that they intend this to release in theaters, but nothing has been solidified yet. We’ll keep you posted when we hear the final plans.
Face/Off 2
We’ve been talking about Face/Off 2 for quite a while now. Well, Nicholas Cage has talked about this movie, we don't know much about it. In fact, what Cage has told us has been based on one discussion, but nothing concrete.
That said, Cage is quoted on Collider.com giving a hint of where the plot for Face/Off 2 may be headed. He said:
"I think Face/Off is a sequel that lends itself to a lot of twists and turns and unpredictability. It's almost like if you factor in the idea of offspring and Castor and Sean having children and these children grow up, then it becomes like three-dimensional chess, and then it's not just the two, John Travolta and myself, it's four of us ping-ponging and going at different levels, and it becomes even more complex. I think there's a lot of fertile ground there. I had maybe one meeting in an office, but I haven't heard anything since, so I don't know."
So, we don’t know about you, but that didn’t clarify things for us. We are eagerly anticipating this movie and hope it does happen. However, this quote makes us wonder.
True Lies
Well, we first talked about the TV show being created based on the 1994 movie True Lies way back in our February 2021 Spy Movie News. Well, we are finally almost ready to be able to watch it.
True Lies will premiere on CBS here in the US on March 1st, 2023.
Instead of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis, the TV version will star Steve Howey and Ginger Gonzaga. I’m a big fan of Howey’s as I really liked the way he played Kevin Ball on “Shameless”. I think he would be a great fit for Harry. I first remember Gonzaga from the TV series “Anger Management”. This looks like a good pair to lead this series.
The Recruit
The Netflix series “The Recruit” has been picked up for a second season. The first season has 8 episodes and stars Noah Centineo and we liked the series. Centineo plays Owen Hendrix as a CIA lawyer who dives into the world of being an operative based on some information he’s uncovered. We haven’t heard about a release date, but we’re glad this series will continue.
Slow Horses
We’ve previously told you that Slow Horses Season 2 was released last year. There will be a season 3.
Variety tells us that Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù, of Gangs of London fame, is slated to play the former head of the British embassy in Istanbul. So, you know we like the Slow Horses series and are very happy it is continuing. Bringing Dìrísù into the fold should work well.
A Spy Among Friends
In our December 28, 2022 episode, we told you about the series “A Spy Among Friends.” It was released in the UK on December 9th but no date had been set for the US release. Well, we can now tell you that this series will be released on MGM+ (formerly Epix) on March 12, 2023.
This is the series based on the relationship between Nicholas Elliott and Kim Philby. It stars Damian Lewis, Guy Pearce, and Anna Maxwell Martin. As we said in December, we really liked this series and think this is a series any spy movie fan will like. This isn’t an action movie, but it is a good spy movie.
Kandahar
Gerard Butler will star in Kandahar. We know Butler from his “has fallen” movies and are glad he’s doing more spy movie work.
This time, in Kandahar, Butler plays an undercover CIA operative who is stuck in Afghanistan. He has to get to Khandahar which is his extraction point. Joining him in this movie are Bahador Foladi and Olivia-Mai Barrett.
This movie has a May 26, 2023 release date.
Agent Elvis
Netflix will be releasing an animated spy show called Agent Elvis. As you might guess, the premise of the show is that Elvis gets recruited by the CIA. While traveling the country for his performances, he has to fight crime.
According to Movieweb.com, the show was created in part by Elvis’ ex-wife, Priscilla Presley. As Priscilla puts it:
“From the time Elvis was a young boy he always dreamed of being the superhero fighting crime and saving the world! Agent King lets him do just that...My co-creator John Eddie and I are so excited to be working with Netflix and Sony Animation on this amazing project and getting the chance to show the world an Elvis they haven’t seen before.”
No release date has been set.
Heart of Stone
Another movie we have been talking about for a while finally has a release date. Heart of Stone, starring Gal Gadot will release on August 11, 2023, on Netflix. We’re not sure if Netflix will hold a theatrical release for this movie in advance of it hitting the streaming platform. Many of its other big-budget action movies have done a theatrical release so we anticipate one here as well.
This is another movie that Netflix will hope to turn into a spy movie franchise, like James Bond. We’ll have to wait to find out.
God’s Spy
Here’s another spy movie being developed based on a true story. God’s Spy is about a German pastor who becomes a spy during World War II. He was an anti-Nazi who took on Hitler while trying to save Jewish lives.
We have not seen a release date yet as this movie is still in production.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E sequel
Our friends at The Spy Command pointed us to the website GiantFreakinRobot.com. They tell us that The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 2 is in development with Guy Ritchie and Henry Cavill. At last! We've been waiting for this one.
There aren’t a lot of details in the article as this thing seems to be under wraps. We've heard about The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 2 as a rumor for a long time. Additionally, we expect that with his troubles, Armie Hammer won’t be returning for the sequel.
Given the lack of detail, we aren't sure if this is a 'friend-of-a-friend' type of rumor of if it is correct. That said, GiantFreakinRobot.com has a pretty good track record with these things.
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
What is up with Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre? Although released internationally we still don’t have a US release date for streaming or in the theater. Come on guys, what’s up? We want to see this movie!
Industry News
Jeremy Renner
You may have heard that Jeremy Renner has been injured by a snowplow. Spy movie fans know Jeremy as Brandt in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and Arron Cross in The Bourne Legacy. He also has appeared in The Avengers and has 2 Academy Award acting nominations.
Well, on January 1st, Renner saved his nephew. In the process of doing so, the snow plow ran over Renner. He suffered critical injuries and will be dealing with his injuries for quite some time.
This is one of those scary real-life incidents and we wish Jeremy a speedy recovery.
Awards
We have a few award nominations and recognition awards for spy movies to discuss.
Roger Deakins
The first is cinematographer Roger Deakins. He will receive a career achievement award at the American Cinematheque Tribute to the Crafts ceremony.
He’s been the Director of Photography for over 85 movies. We know you’ve seen his movies. Spy movie fans have seen his work in Sicario, Skyfall, and A Beautiful Mind. Congratulations Roger.
In addition to this award, Deakins has 15 oscar nominations with two wins.
Slow Horses
Nina Gold and Kate Bone have been nominated for the Best Casting in a TV Drama Series award by the Casting Director’s Guild UK for the TV series Slow Horses.
Spy x Family
In our December 28, 2022, Spy Movie News, we told you that the animated spy series ‘Spy x Family’ will be made into a movie. Well, the animated series has garnered 19 nominations at Crunchyroll’s Anime Awards. Obviously, we can’t wait to see this movie.
In Memorium
Owen Roizman
Cinematographer Owen Roizman has passed at 86. Roizman received five Academy Awards nominations. In addition, in 2017 Roizman received an honorary Academy Award for his contributions to cinematography. Spy movie fans have seen his work in Three Days of the Condor.
Ben Masters
Actor Ben Masters passed at the age of 75. Probably best known for his role as Julian Crane in the TV series ‘Passions’. Spy TV fans will undoubtedly know Ben from the 1997 series ‘Spy Game’.
Miiko Taka
Actress Miiko Taka has passed at 97. Spy TV fans have seen Miiko in the series ‘The Wild Wild West’, ‘The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.’, ‘I Spy’, ‘The FBI’, and ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’
Mike Hill
Academy Award-winning editor Mike Hill has passed at 73. Hill was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning one. He also received three BAFTA nominations, winning one. Daniel P. Hanley shared all of these nominations with Hill.
Spy movie fans have seen his work in A Beautiful Mind.
Annie Wersching
Actress Annie Wersching has passed a 45. Spy TV fans will know Annie as Renee Walker in the TV series ‘24’.
That’s a wrap of our Spy Movie News January 31 2023 edition! Please help us out and Subscribe to our show, Cracking the Code of Spy Movies, through your favorite podcast app! Remember, you can always send us your comments via email at info@spymovienavigator.com. And, if you hit the red button that says "Leave us a voicemail", you can leave us a message that we might use in an upcoming podcast episode.
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2022 Highlights, Shout Outs, and a Look Ahead
Join Dan and Tom as they look back at 2022 highlights, give some shout outs to active members of our community, and look ahead to 2023.
Here is a look back at the 2022 Highlights at SpyMovieNavigator.com.
As we look back on this past calendar year, finishing up 3 and a half years of SpyMovieNavigator.com and our podcast show and YouTube channel, Cracking the Code of Spy Movies, we realized how blessed we have been!
2022 was a big year for us. In this episode we look at these highlights:
- Launched a redesign of our website
- Started a live monthly trivia game
- Released our weekly Cracking the Code of Spy Movies podcast
- Released 22 YouTube videos on our Cracking The Code of Spy Movies channel
- Conducted numerous interviews
- Continued to grow the Worldwide Community of Spy Movie Fans through our social media presence
- and more …
So, join Dan and Tom as they look back at their 2022 highlights, give some shout outs to active members of our community, and look ahead to 2023.
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Global James Bond Day is every October 5th commemorating the 1962 release of Eon Productions first James Bond movie, DR. NO!
We salute the phenomenon that Eon Productions has built and talk about how Global James Bond Day and this year's 60th Anniversary of DR. NO goes way beyond the movies!
Cracking the Code of Spy Movies has over 70 James Bond podcast episodes! Check them out: https://spymovienavigator.com/james-bond-podcasts/

Movies about Spies!
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Some listener reactions:
- “Your podcast is excellent. Very informative and fun to listen to. It is obvious a lot of passion for the genre and lots of research have gone in their production.”
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James Bond podcast listener reactions
Naturally, we are heavy into James Bond and the whole James Bond franchise. We have episodes out on many of the movies and a ton of the pre-title scenes that have been enjoyed around the world. You can find them here. Here are some listener reactions to our Bond episodes: On our two-part Quantum of Solace interview with Roberto Schaefer ASC, AIC, Director of Photography (Listen here: Part 1 and Part 2):- “The two-part interview put you over the top. The insights into the filming of a Bond film, from the Director of Photography no less, was fascinating.”
- “Great behind the scenes info and discussion with cinematographer Roberto Schaefer.”
- “If podcasts and content about James Bond is your thing. Just recently they featured a great interview with Roberto Schaefer who was the Director of Photography for QUANTUM OF SOLACE.” - Thunderballs
- Jesus M. – about Thunderball Part 1: “Really Loved it!! You guys do a Good Job Explaining the film in Detail I even love Tom talking about the original No Time to Die in the UK in 1958 wow!!!!”
- “Love This Episode of the Podcast! The Way you Guys Explain in Detail Each Gadget from Dr. No and Skyfall and The Interview with Joe Pappalardo was Great ”
Movies About Spies Categories
Well, we love movies about spies, and we are so thrilled that our site users and listeners to our podcast show can feel that as well! We do Mission: Impossible as well, decoding that terrific series. And the Harry Palmer 1960s series, The Ipcress File, Funeral in Berlin, and Billion Dollar Brain! And certainly, we must cover and do cover, The Kingsman series! All fun stuff! And we do a fun category of this genre, classic spy movies – which falls under our umbrella category, The Best of the Rest! So, we have podcast episodes out on The 39 Steps, which many consider the first spy movie, released in 1935 and directed by Alfred Hitchcock! Doing more Hitchcock, we moved to Secret Agent (1936), The Man Who Knew Too Much (both 1934 and 1956 versions), and North by Northwest (1959). We decode other spy movie classics like Q Planes, or Clouds Over Europe.Spy Movie News
Monthly, for our listeners' convenience, we research and report on what is happening with spy movie releases, actors, and more and present that all in a short (usually 15 minute) episode called Spy Movie News – so our listeners are totally up to date in about 15 minutes, as a result of our hours of research!Interviews
Cracking the Code of Spy Movies also does interviews, and we have had the Director of Photography for Quantum of Solace, Roberto Schaefer, ASC, AIC! We have had actors from some of the James Bond movies, like Derek Lyons, Terence Mountain, Brigitte Millar, a real ex-CIA operative, Executive Producer Steven Saltzman, and more! You'll find all of our interviews here. All fun and enlightening and a little bit irreverent at times!Movies about Spies Filming Locations
We also do spy movie filming location videos and podcast episodes as well – which have been very popular. There is something so cool about visiting spy movie filming locations, and we have been to over 120 locations about the world, from the USA to Portugal, the UK, Sardinia, Amsterdam, and more!Our Website: SpyMovieNavigator.com
SPYmdb - Our Spy Movie Database
Our website features an exclusive James Bond Movie database, based on Steven Jay Rubin’s hot-selling book, The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia!
Trivia
Speaking of trivia contests, we have hosted the last two James Bond International Trivia Marathons, put on by Steven Jay Rubin! Fun stuff! You can listen to the 2020 Trivia Marathon here. And the 2021 Trivia Marathon is here. Our website also has two trivia contests, where you can take a quiz yourself, either on movies about spies in general, or one specific to James Bond. All free! You will find key links and articles on our site as well, some movie clips, and more. You can listen to a podcast episode there as well!More Feedback
Our podcast show, Cracking the Code of Spy Movies, has been voted Top 10 Espionage & Spy Podcasts by Spybrary! Here is some more great feedback! Thank you!- “Dan I am a follower of the SpyMovieNavigator Podcast (Cracking the Code of Spy Movies). Love it!” -Bob Sherer
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- Podcast Listener: “I’m just finding them all really interesting & fun to listen to! Subject matter always interesting, the details fascinating.”
Conclusion
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A Former CIA Spy Decodes Real vs Movie Spies!
Andrew Bustamante, an ex-CIA spy, talks with us about the differences between real spies and movie spies!
Andrew Bustamante, an ex-CIA spy, talks with us about the differences between real spies and movie spies! This is one cool dude! You must hear this!
Can you be a spy? Listen and find out! You can take a test mission – he tells you how.
Gadgets, cars, guns!
Andrew now also teaches elite spy skills to everyday people – check out his website, EveryDaySpy.com!
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Second Anniversary Show!
We’re celebrating our 2nd anniversary! Let's review the fun year, with some messages from listeners and guests. Thanks for your support.
We’re celebrating our second anniversary! Thanks for being on this journey with us – you make it a vacation for us!
Well, wow! We have just passed our Second Anniversary for our website, SpyMovieNavigator.com, our social media outlets on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram – and our Cracking the Code of Spy Movies podcast show and YouTube channel!
Let’s review the fun year, with some messages from listeners and guests, and look forward to the next!
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Spy Movie News – July 27, 2021
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BLACK WIDOW
We have a spoiler discussion on Black Widow at the end of the audio podcast of this Spy Movie News. We won't print it in this article so if you want the spoiler, click here to get to the podcast.Did Disney’s decision to stream Black Widow hurt theaters?
There have been many articles written both when Disney announced that Black Widow would release in the theater and on Disney+ Premiere Access on the same day. The theater industry didn’t like it at the time of the announcement and has taken further, louder umbrage now that the movie has been out for a few weeks. To top it off, in-theater second-weekend numbers were down 67% versus opening weekend numbers. We’ll focus on the post-release buzz in our discussion. The National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) put out a press release that started with this:Black Widow’s excellent reviews, positive word of mouth, and strong previews and opening day total ($13.2 million/$39.5 million) led to a surprising 41% second day drop, a weaker than expected opening weekend, and a stunning second weekend collapse in theatrical revenues. Why did such a well-made, well-received, highly anticipated movie underperform?
It’s an interesting question and most of their press release blames Disney’s decision to release Black Widow simultaneously on Disney+ Premiere Access and in the theater. They also blame piracy which is more easily achieved with a streaming release vs. a theater-only initial release. The numbers do point to very high piracy with this movie. In fact, according to Torrent Freak, Black Widow is the most pirated movie of the pandemic era. We understand NATO’s argument and agree that some of their points appear valid. However, there are a few flaws in the argument. First, the press release doesn’t address the impact of COVID on theater-goers. It is highly likely that opening numbers were largely made up of die-hard MCU fans that wanted to be sure they saw the movie in the theater right when it was released. More casual fans may have been worried about the upsurge in COVID numbers and decided to wait or stream the movie. Second, In the press release, NATO points out that F9 had a theater-first release and didn’t stream on release. F9’s theatrical release numbers were strong. However, NATO didn’t point out that there was also a 67% drop in second-weekend revenue for F9 even though it was only released in theaters. Our third point is, Black Widow was a different type of MCU movie than its Avengers predecessors. Possibly, some MCU fans wanted to see a more Avenger’s-like approach to the movie. Word of mouth would have told them that it isn’t an Avenger’s style movie so they may have stayed home. And finally, is it possible MCU fans are just getting weary of all the content? We’ve talked in the past about how MCU will overtake James Bond in terms of the number of movies released in its lifetime. In the 13 years since the release of Iron Man, MCU has released 24 movies. Eon Productions has released 24 James Bond movies since 1962’s release of Dr. No. Yes, Eon will release, hopefully, No Time To Die with the upcoming September and October 2021 release dates. But MCU will pass them up with three more releases planned in 2021, after Black Widow. Plus MCU has four movies lined up for release in 2022 and they are releasing content for television as well. Maybe MCU fans are just exhausted. It appears Disney had what for them was likely considered a very successful launch of Black Widow. Distribution is changing and the theater owners are in for some change as part of these changes. It seems that all of the movie companies are fiddling with their models to find the most money-making approach. That means for the production company, not necessarily the movie theater. We’ll have to keep watching to see how things flush out. For us here at Spy Movie News, we will still go to spy movies in the theater as long as that is an option. We believe it is a better viewing experience.JAMES BOND
Happy 60th Anniversary Eon Productions
Sixty years ago, Eon Productions was founded. They celebrated their anniversary on July 6th. Their first movie, Dr. No will hit its 60th anniversary on October 5, 2022. Happy Anniversary, Eon.Bringing Back Leiter
It’s been 13 years since we’ve seen Felix Leiter in a new James Bond movie. Fortunately, No Time To Die fixes that for us Leiter fans. In an article on DigitalSpy.com, Jeffrey Wright makes the following comment: "The surprise for me was to not be called in the previous two!" he joked. "But it gives more weight to Felix's appearances if we don't see him too often." We are glad to see Felix back, especially with Wright helming the role. We also like where he says the Bond/Leiter relationship is: "We wanted to establish what is at the core of this relationship between [Leiter and Bond], which is this brotherhood," he explained. It’s stuff like this that keeps up our desire to finally see this movie In that same article is the following quote from James Bond co-writer ramps up the desire to see what they’ve done: "So it's intriguing when you come back, and he's not really an agent in this one, and how you deal with that. Despite wanting to relax and fish and hang out in bars, if trouble comes knocking, he can't help himself." We can’t wait for the release of No Time To Die.Daniel Craig James Bond Arc
According to this article on CinemaBlend.com - Barbara Broccoli confirms it is Daniel Craig’s last outing and that “It will tie into everything he’s done before.” They report that in the same interview, Michael G, Wilson said likened the entirety of the Daniel Craig films to a “miniseries within the series.” Léa Seydoux has predicted that some tears may be shed in the process. We’re going to see a lot of emotions and an emotional development on Bond’s part – new stuff. . . cant wait. Hmmmm - we wonder more – but only for a couple more months! No Time to Die opens in the UK September 30th and in the US October 8th! In a similar article on ScreenRant.com they say, “No Time to Die will pick up from the events of Spectre after Bond finds out that his adoptive brother is behind the international criminal syndicate out to get him.”Why Daniel Craig Came Back for No Time To Die
In a recent article on Independent.co.uk by Jacob Stolworthy, Daniel Craig explains why he came back for one more move, No Time To Die! In the article, Craig says that he just didn’t feel he was physically capable – and he was done. But after two years, he was approached again by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson – and Craig said during these discussions he came up with an idea of what the next movie could be - “a direct conclusion to the events seen in his first Bond film, Casino Royale (2006).” “Something to do with Vesper [Eva Green’s character], and Spectre, and something that was connected, in a way.’ It started to formulate. And I thought, ‘Here we go.’” So Daniel is back as we know – No Time To Die is coming soon! Really, it is!Bookmakers Say Regé-Jean Page Now In The Lead To Play Bond
Well looking forward from the Daniel Craig era for James Bond, according to an article on MovieWeb.com, Regé-Jean Page has taken over the lead from Tom Hardy as the bettor’s favorite to be the next actor to play James Bond. Although it means nothing, in reality, it is fun to speculate.MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7
COVID kept Angela Bassett from reprising her role as Ericka Logan
We’ve talked about the impact of COVID on Mission: Impossible 7 and 8. It appears that the virus has also had an impact on what characters would return and what actors would be available. An article on Cinemablend.com says that Angela Bassett won’t return as Erika Sloane in M: I 7. Bassett’s Sloane had replaced Alec Baldwin’s character, Alan Hunley from Mission: Impossible - Fallout in the role of CIA Director. There is no official word if she will appear in Mission: Impossible 8. The article says that COVID was responsible for Ms. Bassett’s absence from the movie. But, we don’t know if it was a scheduling conflict that popped up due to the slowdown from the pandemic or if it was other issues, like a script change prompted by COVID. We know that Nicholas Hoult was supposed to play one of the bad guys in Mission: Impossible 7 and he had to withdraw due to a scheduling conflict.Ilsa Faust Is Back With An Eyepatch?
Christopher McQuarrie posted a new black and white picture on Instagram to keep the drumbeat going for Mission: Impossible 7. This time it is a closeup of Rebecca Ferguson and she appears to have an eyepatch ABOVE her eye, not covering it. Ferguson played Ilsa Faust in the last 2 Mission: Impossible movies. What’s the reason for the eyepatch? An article on CinemaBlend.com speculates that Ilsa may have either injured her eye or the eyepatch is used for honing her long-range weaponry skill. In any case, it is an intriguing photo and makes us think. You can see the photo in that same article.UPCOMING SPY MOVIES
Red Notice Finally Has A Release date
Ok, we’ve been talking about Red Notice for quite some time now. This is the Netflix movie starring Gal Gadot, Dwayne Johnson, and Ryan Reynolds. In our last Spy Movie News, we mentioned that Dwayne Johnson had tweeted “#Holidays2021” at the end of his post about the movie. At the time we asked: which holiday? Well, we now have the answer. Both Reynolds and Johnson have released social media posts declaring November 12, 2021, as the movie’s release date. Dwayne Johnsons’ tweet says:@Netflix’s biggest movie ever #REDNOTICE premieres in your living rooms around the globe on NOV 12.
FBI’s top profiler.
World’s most wanted art thief.
And the greatest conman the world has never seen…
There are three key items to note in this short tweet. The first is the release date of November 12, 2021. The end of the year is looking up to be an exciting time for spy movie fans. The second thing to note is the “premieres in your living room”. Again, there has been no official announcement of any theatrical releases. Dwayne Johnson’s post implies an internet, Netflix, release only. And finally, we look at the words “around the globe”. Everyone will be able to see it on Netflix around the world on November 12, 2021. This movie, unlike many movies, will not have a staggered release schedule. We applaud this decision. We’ve talked about the difficulties that social media brings in keeping things secret until the audience has a chance to see the movie. No Time To Die has a 10-day gap between when its release cycle starts in Belgium to when the last 6 countries get to see it. That stinks for fans in those 6 countries. This Netflix decision shows they are looking out for the fan by releasing globally on November 12. We wish all the studios would follow suit.Argylle
Matthew Vaughan who produced and directed the first two Kings Man movies and the upcoming The King’s Man movie will be bringing his spy movie prowess to the upcoming movie Argylle. And he’s assembled a star-studded cast: Henry Cavil, John Cena, Bryan Cranston, Bryce Dallas Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, Catherine O’Hara, and Sam Rockwell. Argylle is based on an upcoming spy novel with the same name and is expected to be the first in a series of novels and movies. Vaughan is still expected to be involved with the Kings Man series going forward. To quote Vaughan from an article on Variety.com, “When I read this early draft manuscript I felt it was the most incredible and original spy franchise since Ian Fleming’s books of the ’50s,” said Vaughan. “This is going to reinvent the spy genre.” Given that the same article says that the novel and book “will follow the globe-trotting adventures of a super-spy named Argylle across the U.S., London and other exotic locations.” we here at Spy Movie News are scratching our heads trying to figure out how this will “reinvent the spy genre”. That basic explanation sounds like every Bond, Mission: Impossible, Bourne, and Austin Powers movie plot. It should be noted that another series of books will be the basis of the upcoming The Gray Man which we’ve mentioned in earlier Spy Movie News newscasts. Like Argylle, they are hoping to turn that into a series of movies. It looks like spy movies are here to stay and we love it. If these franchises can release every 2-3 years it should ramp up the pressure to get James Bond movies out more quickly too.Vidyut Jammwal To Star In & Produce Espionage Thriller IB 71
Set before the Indo-Pakistani war, Jammwal will play an intelligence officer in a story about how Indian intelligence agencies outwitted the Pakistani establishment and gave the Indian armed forces the required advantage they needed to face a two-front war in an upcoming espionage movie, IB 71.The King’s Man
The new trailer for The King’s Man looks at the origins of the Kingsman organization – it is a nice trailer you can find on YouTube. THE KING'S MAN Trailer 4 (2021) Kingsman 3 Director Matthew Vaughan says "This movie really is an origin story," "This is the foundation of the Kingsman franchise." So, this should be a good movie to try to put the first two in perspective. We can’t wait until it releases on December 22, 2021.The Movie Formerly Known As Five Eyes Gets A Release Date
The Guy Ritchie, Jason Statham spy movie finally gets a release date. It will debut on January 21, 2022. We’ve talked about this movie in numerous Spy Movie News episodes so we’re happy to see a release date announced. Now if they’d only give it a title so we can stop all this “formerly known as Five Eyes” nonsense. Guy, we want to talk about your movie. So give us a name, please.INDUSTRY NEWS
Happy 97th Birthday Eva Marie Saint
It’s hard to believe, but Eve Marie Saint just celebrated her 97th birthday on July 4th. We spy movie fans remember her fantastic performance in the Hitchcock thriller North By Northwest.IN MEMORIAM
Richard Donner (1930-2021)
We’re sad to report the passing of Richard Donner. Although probably best known for his direction of Superman, The Goonies, and Lethal Weapon, Donner’s work in television certainly has influenced spy movies. Some of his tv credits include The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Get Smart, and The FBI. An article on Donner that appears on The Spy Command says that he was Sean Connery’s first choice to direct Never Say Never Again but passed because he didn’t like the script. One other James Bond twist for Donner, Guy Hamilton did not direct The Spy Who Loved Me as he was signed to direct Superman. That didn’t work out and Richard Donner ended up directing Superman. Again, we have a Black Widow spoiler at the end of the audio podcast of this article. You can click here to get to that podcast. So, that’s a wrap of our latest Spy Movie News for July 27, 2021. Please Subscribe to our show, Cracking the Code of Spy Movies right now through your favorite podcast app and on YouTube as well! Tell a friend about our show, give us a five-star rating, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram too!
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Tenet
(currently set for and August -September release depending on the location)
So, let’s start with Tenet. This is the Christopher Nolan movie which is supposed to be the first tent pole movie released in the US during the pandemic. What happens here will have ramifications for the industry as a whole. The release has been pushed numerous times as the movie industry is trying to figure out how to release a movie safely during the pandemic and in a manner in which consumers will still go to a theater. According to an article by Tom Brueggmann in Indiewire, the current plan for Tenet is a UK release date of August 26, 2020, and in 50 other territories between the 26th and 28th. China’s release date is still unknown, but the movie has been approved there. It will have a US release on September 3rd in select theaters. Currently, 45 states in the US permit indoor theaters to operate with some restrictions/safety precautions. Cinemark, Regal, and AMC all have opening dates scheduled by the end of August with wide releases starting on August 21st. Warner Brothers is re-releasing Inception as well. From what I’ve read, you should probably watch Inception again before seeing Tenet. So, as Brueggmann’s article states “even if California and New York couldn’t open and a few other areas besides, more than 80% of the population would still have the potential to see Tenet in an indoor theater.” We’re eager to see how many people will actually go. As Seth Rogan said about Tenet in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter: “For a while, it seemed like the answer was to kill his greatest fans,” Rogen told THR. “But that’s not the answer of today, it seems, so that’s good. But we have no idea. We don’t want to be the first to rush into anything.” We here are SpyMovieNavigator are watching this closely.The King's Man
(Currently set for it's US release in September)
The next spy movie scheduled to be released is The King’s Man, the prequel to earlier Kingsman movies. This is still scheduled for a September 18, 2020 release date in the US. We can only imagine that what happens with Tenet will have a huge effect as to whether this date changes. In an article on this prequel on movieweb.com by Jon Fuge, Director Matthew Vaughan said that this prequel will lay the foundations for Kingsman 3. Vaughan says: "We've put seeds for what's going to happen in Kingsman 3 all the way back into this. And it's going to be very different." So, while The King’s Man is a prequel it is being used to set up Kingsman 3 (this sounds like Star Wars numbering here). What I would have called Kingsman 3 is this prequel, maybe you can think of it as Kingsman 1? Thus the 4th Kingsman movie would be Kingsman 3? My head hurts when they do stuff like this.INDUSTRY NEWS
In industry news, two big recent announcements may change theatrical releases for a long time, one by Disney and one by AMC and Universal. Will Black Widow be affected by these announcements?DISNEY WILL RELEASE MULAN ON DISNEY+ AND NOT IN MOST THEATERS
The first is an acknowledgement of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the movie business. Disney announced last week that Mulan will no longer have its initial release in theaters. Instead, they will be releasing it on September 3rd on Disney Plus, but not as a regular part of the service. In addition to the monthly $6.99 Disney Plus monthly subscription price, if you want to see this movie, you can rent it for $29.99. It will be released theatrically in markets in which access to Disney Plus is not available. That means you can see it in a theater if you are in a country that doesn’t have Disney Plus. Initially, we were surprised by the price point. However, after doing some research, we think the $30 rental price is a fair price for a family movie. According to Statista.com, in 2019 the average ticket price at North American movie theaters was $9.16 with AMC coming in higher than that. Let’s make the math easy and call it $10.00 a ticket. A family of 3 would spend $30 just to see the movie in a theater, not counting the prices of any food and drink you might get. So the $30 price point seems reasonable. Assuming that same number of people who would have gone to the theater buy into this, Disney will make more money than if this was in a theater. A 2016 article on theweek.com says that US theaters end up paying the studios somewhere around 60% of their proceeds from the box office, up to 90% for a first-run movie. So to Disney’s bottom line, they would net about the equivalent of just under 5 people going the theater to see the movie at the 60% number. Plus, you need the Disney Plus subscription. Given the estimate of over $1billion in the expected global box office, this has to really hurt theaters. According to an article in Variety, Disney CEO Bob Chapek says that this is a one-time event. “We’re looking at Mulan as a one-off as opposed to saying there is some new business windowing model that we’re looking at. “ This quote by Chapek is intriguing as Black Widow was pushed back from May 2020 to November 6, 2020, in the US. MCU fans are now asking Disney to do the same release to Digital strategy for Black Widow as Disney is doing with Mulan. We’ll see if the “one-off” is a reality or just too good a deal for Disney to not make part of its release model.UNIVERSAL AND AMC KISS AND MAKE UP
The second bit of general movie news is that prior to this Disney announcement, Universal and AMC made a deal to try to quell the fears of straight-to-digital killing the movie theater market. After Universal released Trolls World Tour on digital on the same day as theaters after the pandemic hit, AMC banned Universal movies from its theaters. This new deal mends that fence. Universal movies will be in AMC theaters exclusively for at least 3 weekends or 17 days, instead of the old model of 70 days. Universal can keep a movie exclusively in theaters for longer than that, but 17 days is the new minimum. Movies will hit the digital marketplace much sooner, but AMC can still survive on the new release. An August 4th article on CNBC.com by Sarah Whitten talks about how Cinemark and Regal which combined have more theaters than AMC don’t have, nor do they want this deal AMC struck. So this might get interesting. It’s also interesting when juxtaposing this news with the Disney news which happened a week later. First, as we said, a theater may have to pay up to 90% of a first release's box office to the studio. At 17 days, they won’t be able to make that much profit from the movie before they lose exclusivity. Now, they may be able to keep the movie in the theater while it’s available on digital . And I assume they’d have to pay Universal much less than 90% once digital becomes competition. That said, I’d rather see Black Widow, The Kings Man, or No Time To Die on a big screen. They are visual movies. So, let’s hope this deal helps theaters stay afloat in these changing market conditions. Second, with Disney charging for Mulan separate from their subscription pricing, how can movie theaters compete with this? We’re assuming this “one-off” isn’t going to end up as a one-off and Disney does this more often, and possibly with Black Widow. How will the movie theater chains react? Times are changing and it is not just because of the pandemic. The combined effects of digital distribution with the impact of the pandemic are likely to change the movie industry to a large degree. We think the studios want to accelerate the move to digital and the pandemic is giving them the excuse to do so. So stay tuned, we’ll keep you posted.RED NOTICE
Finally, the release movie called Red Notice has been pushed to 2021. It doesn’t have a release date yet. So, there you have the latest news on the current state of spy movies for 2020. We’ll be shocked if it doesn’t change again with the pandemic. But we hope we get to see at least a couple of these movies this year.Related Content
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10 Spy Movies for Kids and Your Whole Family
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PG-Rated Spy Movies
Spies in Disguise (2019 movie)

In this high-flying animated comedy, super-spy Lance Sterling (Will Smith) and scientist Walter Beckett (Tom Holland) are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is none of the above. But this unlikely duo must team up for the ultimate mission to save the world when a “biodynamic concealment” experiment transforms Lance into a brave, fierce, majestic...pigeon!
Rating: PG
Run Time: 101 minutes
Trailer: (click here to view the trailer from YouTube)
Podcast: Spy Movie Navigator has a podcast about Spies in Disguise which discusses it in more detail. You can find it by clicking here.
Where to find it online:
This movie is currently not included free in any service that we’ve found. Therefore, there is currently a rental/purchase charge to view this movie from any of these sites.![]() |
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Penguins of Madagascar (2014 movie)

Description: (from Dreamworks website)
They're cute...they're cuddly...they're back! From the creators of MADAGASCAR comes the hilarious new movie that proves global espionage is for the birds! In DreamWorks' PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR, your favorite super-spies--Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private--join forces with the elite North Wind team to save the world. It's a side-splitting, globe-trotting adventure the whole family will love!
Rating: PG
Run Time: 1 hour 32 minutes
Trailer: (click here to view the trailer from YouTube)
Where to find it online:
This movie is currently not included free in any service that we’ve found. Therefore, there is currently a rental/purchase charge to view this movie from any of these sites.
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Inspector Gadget (1999 movie)

Description: (from Disney’s website)
A security guard's dreams come true when he is selected to be transformed into a cybernetic police officer.
Inspector Gadget isn’t technically a spy movie, but when we ask kids about their favorite spies, his name comes up often so we included him in this list
Rating: PG
Run Time: 1 Hour 18 Minutes
Trailer: (click here to view the trailer from YouTube)
Where to find it online:
This movie is included in a Disney+ subscription, click -->
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Spy Kids (2001 movie)

Description: (from Miramax website)
Nine years ago, top international spies Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez traded the excitement of espionage for the adventure of parenthood. But when they're called out on a secret mission, the Cortezes are separated from their family and kidnapped by the evil Fegan Floop. Fortunately, there are two people who possess the skills and know-how to reunite the family: Carmen and Juni Cortez, their kids.
Note: Three more Spy Kids movies followed upon the success of this one. They are Spy Kids 2, Spy Kids 3: Game Over, and Spy Kids: All the Time in the World.
Rating: PG
Run Time: 1 hour 28 minutes
Trailer: (click here to view the trailer from YouTube)
Where to find it online:
If you have Netflix, Spy Kids is included in the membership at no additional charge (Spy Kids is only on Netflix until 4/30/2020).

However, if you don't have Netflix, you can rent/purchase the movie online here:
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Spy School (2008 movie)

Description: (From IMDB)
Spy School is the story of a twelve-year-old boy known for telling tall tales who overhears a plot to kidnap the President's daughter. When he goes public with his story, no one believes him, and he is forced to save her on his own.
Please note this movie is also known as Doubting Thomas. However, in 2018 another movie called Doubting Thomas was released that is a different movie and isn't a spy movie. We don't know if it is a movie for kids as it is unrated and we haven't seen it. Also, there is a 1935 Will Rogers movie called Doubting Thomas. So, please make sure you are looking at the 2008 movie if you want the right one.
Rating: PG Run Time: 1 hour 26 minutes Trailer: (click here to view the trailer from YouTube) Where to find it online: This spy movie is available at no cost on Tubi under the title Doubting Thomas. Additionally, it is available at the following links for an additional charge:![]() |
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Agent Cody Banks (2003 movie)

A government agent trains Cody Banks in the ways of covert operations that require younger participants.
In addition to this movie, please note that there is a sequel called Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London.
Rating: PG Run Time: 1 hour 42 minutes Trailer: (click here to view the trailer from YouTube) Where to find it online: This spy movie is currently available as part of an HBO GO subscription.
However, if you do not subscribe to HBO, choose one of these other options. You have a rent/buy option at these other sites.
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Harriet the Spy (1996 movie)

Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. But when Harriet's friends find her secret notebook the tables are turned on her. Can she win her friends back and still keep on going with the spy business?
Rating: PG Run Time: 1 hour 40 minutes Trailer: (click here to view the trailer from YouTube) Where to find it online: You'll find Harriet The Spy for rent in your Amazon Prime membership. It is also available to rent or buy at the following links:![]() |
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G-Rated Spy Movies
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency (2009 movie)

13-year-old Sam Steele Jr. forms his own private detective agency to emulate his father, Des Moines detective Sam Steele and helps track down a jewel thief.
In this movie, Sam is a detective. We included this in our list as it is rated G and has some spy-movie elements. The sequels call Sam a spy, so we’ll start with this first one. The sequels are Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice in 2011 and The Junior Spy Agency in 2014.
Rating: G Run Time: 1 hour 27 minutes Trailer: (click here to view the trailer from YouTube) Where to find it online: You'll find Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency in your Amazon Prime membership at no additional cost.

Cars 2 (2011 movie)

Star race car Lightning McQueen and the incomparable tow truck Mater take their friendship on the road from Radiator Springs to exciting new places when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage!
Rating: G Run Time: 1 hour 46 minutes Trailer: (click here to view the trailer from YouTube) Where to find it online: You'll find Cars 2 in your Disney+ subscription. However, if you don't have a Disney+ subscription, you can rent/buy Cars 2 online at these sites:![]() |
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Odd Squad: The Movie (2016 movie)

Description: (from IMDB)
Odd Squad is forced out of business when Weird Team, a rival team of adults, arrives with a gadget that solves odd problems. But while leading normal lives, the Odd Squad agents discover that the group isn't solving problems, just covering them up.
Rating: G
Run Time: 1 hour 7 minutes
Trailer: (click here to view the trailer from YouTube)
Where to find it online:
If you have Amazon Prime, this spy movie is included in the membership at no additional charge (as of 4/9/2020).

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April 17 | My Spy | January, then March 2020 | US Rating: PG-13 for action /violence and languageU.K Rating: 12A See All Certifications Here | UPDATE: This movie got pushed from January right into the heart of the COVID pandemic in March. They only pushed it until April 17th, however. We believe it is likely to get pushed one more time to get out of the Coronavirus shutdowns. We’ll keep this article up-to-date on this movie. This movie stars Dave Bautista, who played Hinx in Spectre. MY SPY follows JJ a hardened CIA operative (Dave Bautista) who has been demoted and finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, named Sophie (Chloe Coleman) where he has been sent undercover begrudgingly to surveil her family. When Sophie discovers hidden cameras in her apartment she uses her tech-savviness to locate where the surveillance operation is set. In exchange for not blowing JJ’s cover, Sophie convinces him to spend time with her and teach her to be a spy. Despite his reluctance, JJ finds he is no match for Sophie’s disarming charm and wit. Source: https://www.myspy.movie |
July 17 | Tenet | July 2020 | Not Yet Rated | Christopher Nolan fans: he's written and directed this movie. This is a movie shrouded in secrecy. They are really not letting too much out it at all. All we've seen written is from IMDB: "An action epic revolving around international espionage, time travel, and evolution" There is a trailer for the movie that is very intriguing. You can find it here: https://www.tenetfilm.com. It is the first big-budget movie ($225 million estimated budget) to film in Tallinn, Estonia which should be good to see. |
July 30 | The Informer | January 2020 | US: Rfor strong violence and pervasive languageUK Rating: 15See All certifications here | This one has Ana de Armas (No Time To Die) and Rosamond Pike (Die Another Day) for the Bond fans. Update: This is one of those “everything changes, and they don’t tell anyone” movies. This was supposed to release on January 10, 2020. No theaters were playing it yet it showed up on Fandango with no times. It then got pushed to March 13, 2020, right in the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic time. Now it is supposed to release on July 31, 2020. Here's the synopsis from the official website: Honorably discharged Special Ops soldier Pete Koslow’s (Joel Kinnaman) world is turned upside-down when he is jailed after a fight to protect his wife (Ana de Armas). He’s given a chance for early release by becoming an informant for the FBI (Academy Award nominees Rosamund Pike and Clive Owen) and using his covert skills in an operation to take down The General, the most powerful crime boss in New York. Source: http://aviron.com/films/the-informer.php |
September 18 | Without Remorse | September, 2020 | Not Yet Rated | This is an adaptation of Tom Clancy's novel, "Without Remorse". John Clark, a Navy SEAL, goes on a path to avenge his wife's murder only to find himself inside of a larger conspiracy. |
September 18 | The King's Man | September, 2020 | Not Yet Rated | This is the prequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service and Kingsman: The Golden Circle. As a collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them. Discover the origins of the very first independent intelligence agency in THE KING’S MAN. Source: https://www.foxmovies.com/movies/the-kings-man Note: This got bumped from a February 2020 release date to September 2020. |
November 6 | Black Widow | May, 2020 | Not Yet Rated | Update: This movie has been postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. Scarlett Johansson reprises her role as Natasha/Black Widow in Marvel Studios’ action-packed spy thriller Black Widow — the first film in Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Source: https://www.marvel.com/movies/black-widow |
November 25 | NO TIME TO DIE | April 2020 | US: PG-13For sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images, brief strong language and some suggestive material. | Update: This movie’s US release got pushed back to November 12, 2020, in the U.K. and November 25, 2020, due to “careful consideration and thorough evaluation of the global theatrical marketplace”. Finally, after 5 years, James Bond is back! In NO TIME TO DIE, Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology. Source: https://www.007.com/no-time-to-die/ |
TBD | Red Notice | November, 2020 | Not Yet Rated | Update from March 14, 2020 – Variety – “‘Red Notice’ Halts Production Over Coronavirus”. “It is unknown when the shoot was going to end, though the film had yet to be given a release date since going into production.” Stars Ryan Reynolds, Dwayne Johnson, and Gal Godot. From IMDB: "An Interpol agent tracks the world's most wanted art thief. "It was originally to be a Universal Pictures release in November 2020 but has moved to Netflix. One offshoot of this is that the release date might be in flux. IMDB now lists this as a 2021 movie without a date so we'll have to see. It is rumored to have a $200+ billion budget, making it one of Netflix's largest budget movies |
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We think there are at least 4 main genres of spy movies, and we want to create a place to discuss all of them and how they are interrelated. We will start with these four: James Bond, Mission: Impossible, Jason Bourne, Best of the Rest. We are all about spy movies!
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Background
You know, Goldfinger was released in December 1964 in the USA, in New York, then Hollywood. Its general release was January 9th. This was the third EON Production James Bond 007 film released. And this is the beginning of the background of SpyMovieNavigator.com
How We Got Hooked On Spy Movies
Well, Dan was back in high school then, but he and a few buddies wanted to see Goldfinger.
Dan literally lived about 6 or 7 blocks from his high school. It was an old Italian neighborhood, that was maybe a few miles from downtown Chicago. So, one day, Dan and his buddies executed their own spy missions – they cut class – thinking they were very clever. They took the bus to downtown Chicago and saw Goldfinger! Loved it – loved everything about it, hooked on Bond early! But, the only flaw in the plan, was the guy who was supposed to cover for us. He was to doctor-up the attendance sheets, but he chickened out. So Dan and his friends got caught by the school, who informed their parents. Yeah, they got punished by both – but oh my – but was it ever worth it!
Secret Agent and Spies on TV
Hooked on spies, of course Dan had to watch all the television shows that followed like, “The Saint” (which began in 1962 and went through 1969), “The Man from UNCLE” (1964-1968), “Mission: Impossible” (1966- 1973), “The Avengers” (1961 – 1969). These were the ones I watched diligently.
Truly, “The Saint”, which starred Roger Moore, and “The Avengers,” which starred Diana Rigg have obvious connections to later Bond films – Roger Moore of course becoming Bond for 7 movies, and Diana Rigg as Tracy di Vincenzo who marries Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
Tom also liked some of the TV shows around that time frame.
Bond in the 60s was dominant. People read the Fleming books and waited for the next movie. In the US – President Kennedy at the time, put the Bond novel, “From Russia With Love,” on his Top 10 favorite book list – which made the Fleming novels explode in the US.
The background of SpyMovieNavigator.com is building!
Examining the Original Ian Fleming James Bond 007 Manuscripts!
We read all the Ian Fleming novels on Bond too. In fact, just recently we visited The Lilly Library at Indiana University where they own 11 of the original Ian Fleming Bond manuscripts. We were able to spend one and a half days examining hundreds of type-written pages by Fleming, along with his ink corrections, changes, name changes, title changes and more. On one page, “Miss Pettavel” was scratched out.
Ian Fleming based the name Pettavel on a real person he knew, named Pettigrew. But when he scratched it out . . . he penned in, “Moneypenny!” Oh my God – here the name we all know and love was first introduced into the Bond novels! That was a genuinely remarkable experience touching the pages of Bond as Fleming wrote it.
We would highly recommend a visit there for any spy movie fan, but especially for Bond fans. Remarkable! A guy had been there a few months before us going through all the manuscripts looking for what watches Bond wore. And then wrote an article on timepieces that was an international hit.
The Seed of SpyMovieNavigator Takes Root
The seed of SpyMovieNavigator was planted . . . . not that long ago – Tom and Dan went on a trip a while back to Switzerland, Luxemburg, Belgium and then to Normandy in France, to the beaches of D-Day. As an aside, everyone should set foot on the beaches in Normandy to realize what the allies sacrificed for the freedom of the world. It is moving, touching, heart-wrenching.
Visiting Actual Spy Movie Film Sites – the Background of SpyMovieNavigator grows – Round 1
While in Switzerland, Dan and Tom spent a week traveling all over by train and cable car. Touring Zurich, Geneva, Interlaken, and we then went up to Murren, (about a 5,300-foot elevation), up into the Swiss Alps. Long, beautiful cable-car ride up, then a small train to the town with gorgeous scenery all around. It was like being in a National Geographic magazine. Just spectacular beauty!
Tom loved the cable car –not! A little height-challenged for the first big ride, while Dan was up taking photos, Tom was in the middle of the back seat staring straight ahead. But after a few more cable car rides, he was fine!
Some Switzerland Spy Movie Film Locations!
We can see, around the area were beautiful little towns, like Lauterbrunnen, Grindewald, Trummelbach Falls, and Schilthorn. Well, Dan and Tom were now close to some of the action from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969). That was the 6th EON Productions James Bond 007 movie. Remember the car chase where Tracy drives her red, 1969 Mercury Cougar XR-7, with Bond as a passenger through the stock car race on ice and snow? They are trying to escape the henchmen of Blofeld. Well, that took place right in the parking lot area of Lauterbrunnen (in the Bern region)! That was a small cable car ride so we went! And immediately we thought, this was very, very cool to be on the location of a Bond film scene. And from one of our favorite Bond movies.
Also, we took another small cable car down from Wengen to Grindelwald. And the wind was swaying us around a lot as we descended, In fact, when we got to the station, we got out and they closed the lift because of the wind! But we got to the spot where the ice rink was that where Tracy, who was skating, meets up with Bond, who was sitting on a bench, in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
Very Bond-like – we escaped with our lives, as the background of SpyMovieNavigator.com continued to build!
Schilthorn, Switzerland
Only in Murren for two days, the stay at the Eiger Hotel was terrific. Beautiful views, great restaurant, nice little bar. Finding out that some of the actors and crew hung around here during filming and had a few cocktails and gambled a bit playing cards with each other, they too had to, of course, dine there and sit at the bar and have a few cocktails.
The lift was closed that went up to Schilthorn due to bad weather. Piz Gloria is up there – the Blofeld headquarters where he has his “allergy research institute” but where he is brainwashing women who will deliver a deadly virus to the world.
Schilthorn Closed, But . . .
Disappointed it was inaccessible, Dan and Tom were vigilant – watching around the clock when it might open again – they had monitors in the hotel lobby that tracked the status of all the cable lifts. In the morning it did open, and off they went up to Piz Gloria at Schilthorn – another 4000 -5,000 feet up!
At Schilthorn, a lot of action took place in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – the Blofeld headquarters, the outdoor section where the women were curling, and where Bond tried it and slipped, and where he later slides as he is shooting Blofeld’s henchmen during the assault on Piz Gloria by Bond and Draco, inside where Bond walks up the steps with the gold, ornate metalwork making a barrier to the stairway he ascends!
OK, now we are hooked. From this moment, Dan and Tom thought tons of people around the world who are spy movie fans would love to be here – and here they were – in the thick of it! One of the Top 10 Bond film locations in the world! So, as the wheels turned on the cable car ride back down, they also started turning for SpyMovieNavigator.
Hook, line, and sinker. For these reasons, the growing background of SpyMovieNavigator.com is compelling us to do something with spy movies!
More Spy Film Location Visits – Round 1.5
One summer, Dan went to Prague, to visit his daughter who was on a study-abroad program and had to head to Charles Bridge. Plenty was filmed here for Mission: Impossible 1 and The Bourne Identity (2002), and some Bond stuff too. Dan got a picture of the Charles Bridge standing in the exact location the cameraman was in for a Mission: Impossible shot! So exciting. Was on the bridge where Phelps in Mission: Impossible 1 fell over the edge! FUN!!
In the Caribbean, Tom with his family had visited Dunns River Falls in Jamaica, and separately, Dan had visited with his family and climbed the falls. Very cool again to be in such an iconic spot from Dr. No! where Honey Rider and James Bond were standing!
After Switzerland, Now What?
So after our Switzerland trip, we thought we’d do an exploratory trip to a few other spy movie locations. So recently, we headed to Portugal, Sardinia Italy, Amsterdam and London to visit a few more film locations! On that trip alone, we got to over 50 Bond and spy movie locations.
We met with Caroline Munro, who played Naomi, the assistant of Stromberg, in The Spy Who Loved Me. Naomi also comes to collect Bond, who was posing as an oceanographer – Mr. Sterling, to bring him to Stromberg. And she pilots the helicopter and tries to shoot Bond as he escapes in the Lotus Esprit – shortly thereafter, becoming the first woman Bond kills in the movies!
On More Spy Movie Locations in the World – Round 2
This trip was spy movie heaven. In Portugal, we wanted to visit the rest of the major scenes from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and so we set out to find all the key locations. So in Lisbon,
- We were set on finding a location in the pre-title sequence where Bond was driving – before you knew he was Bond. Driving his Aston, you just see his head, hat, him lighting a cigarette. We found the exact spot where he is driving in the beginning, in a town called Cascais. We were on the spot where the camera was shooting the scene! Very nice!
- Next, we wanted to find where Tracy’s car passes Bond up and the chase begins. And they found it on a road near Cabo da Roca, Portugal.
- Praia do Guincho: the beach where Bond saves Tracy from killing herself. Here, he also gets in a fight. Its where Tracy escapes in her car. And famously, its where Bond looks at the camera and says: “This never happened to the other fellow.” Found it!
- We found the jewelry shop where Tracy saw a beautiful ring. And where Bond later went back to purchase the ring which became her wedding ring.
Continuing In Portugal
- Wandering a bit, we found Palacio dos Marqueses de Frontiera the beautiful gardens with statuary where Bond and Tracy were strolling. This is in the montage where they fall in love (Bond and Tracy – gardens, fountains, cat, star fountain). This was very cool.
- Next, we drove across the 25th of April Bridge – the bridge that Draco’s guys drive over when they kidnap Bond to bring him to Draco.
- Miraculously, we even got to the mansion where the wedding reception took place in the front courtyard. And to the bullpen where Draco’s birthday party was held – sooooo cool!
- We found the exact road and spot where Tracy was killed as Bond pulled over to remove the flowers from the car after the wedding.
- And lots more – we have a podcast just on this trip – it was so fun.
OK – we are in as deep as we can get and there is no getting out! This trip added several new sprouts on our background of SpyMovieNavigator.com.
SpyMovieNavigator Background Grows and Seeds Sprout!
So we started SpyMovieNavigator.com and our social media digital properties. We’re reaching out to the worldwide community of spy movie fans to create a place to congregate, discuss, gain and contribute insights, share photos, videos and more. It’s the place to come to if you are a spy movie fan because 1000s of other spy movie fans will come as well. SpyMovieNavigator is THE place for fans from all over the world to come – the Worldwide Community of Spy Movie Fans!! Our background of SpyMovieNavigator has brought us here today!
Our Approach
Did you ever take a look at YouTube for a particular spy movie of interest? Well, check out Dr. No on YouTube. There are literally dozens, maybe even hundreds, of clips on this movie alone, and the same is true for dozens and dozens of other spy movies. So you can spend a very long time finding meaningful clips about the movie, and when you do, they are scattered all over the place in random order.
As a result, here is what we are doing with some of the best spy movies, on our website. We are “curating” spy movies, from the main spy movie genres – Bond, Bourne, Mission: Impossible, and The Best of the Rest.
How We are Actually Curating Spy Movies
We are scouring through those YouTube clips, finding the best ones that represent key scenes in the movies (not the whole movies of course), assembling them in chronological order as they would appear in the film, then include our editorial comments, insights about why this scene is important to the film, how this film or scene impacts other spy movie films or scenes to follow, and how other spy movies or real-life incidents that preceded these movies may have influenced the film we are looking at.
The Main Genres/Categories
So you can go to any genre category, like 007, Bourne, Mission: Impossible, of the Best of the Rest category and see the clips, and read the editorial commentaries and insights for each clip. If you’re a spy movie fan, we know you will love this approach. Of course, we always look for your insights as well and will promote the exchange of ideas via forums and our Facebook chats. We may even use your insights on the site!
The End of the Beginning!
In short, we will all learn something new from the “curated” films, which is a unique approach to looking at spy movies in general. We are building a Worldwide Community of Spy Movie Fans and you’re invited!
Your participation in writing articles, uploading locations photos and videos is all part of growing this community. So join in now!
We hoped you enjoyed this little background of SpyMovieNavigator – please continue to visit our website, download our podcasts and participate regularly!
Tour Descriptions
First Time Bond Kills

About Us
Dan Silvestri and Tom Pizzato developed the concept for SpyMovieNavigator.com, the Worldwide Community of Spy Movie Fans! Spy movie podcasts, videos, discussions and more! After spending a combined 50+ years in the high tech business, they wanted to return to their passion.
They’re big spy movie fans! When they looked online, they saw a bunch of sites dedicated to James Bond and not much else.
While big Bond fans, they also found this a bit frustrating as there are hundreds of spy movies that have been made. But how are they interrelated? What are their origins? Can scenes and themes be found in other spy movies? And how have these spy movies influenced each other??
So they started thinking. As they see it, there are at least 4 main genres of spy movies and they wanted to create a place to discuss all of them and how they are interrelated. So they will start with these 4.
Obviously, one genre is James Bond. The others are the Mission: Impossible and Jason Bourne series and one we’re calling The Best of the Rest. This Best of the Rest is a category of other spy movies other than the Big 3. In this genre, we think of things like Hitchcock’s 1935 film The 39 Steps which is generally regarded as the first spy movie, 1962’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, to more modern films like the 2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and even Atomic Blonde, American Assassin and Red Sparrow which made spy movies a lot more bloody and gore.
We mentioned The 39 Steps – in that film, you see for the first time a helicopter pursuing the target – of course, we are going to see this in many spy films to come including, From Russia With Love, The Spy Who Loved Me, SPECTRE, Mission: Impossible 1 (1996), Mission: Impossible Fallout, and others.
There are dozens of great spy movies that fall into this category. We’ll pick out what we think are the best and what we think have impacted other spy movies in both subtle and big ways.
And we want your participation! Part of what we are doing is building a worldwide community of spy movie fans. Maybe you’re a Bourne fan and don’t like Bond, or you like Bond and Mission: Impossible but not Bourne, or maybe you like some spy movies from the main three genres and others outside the main three. Starting with the first 4 genres, we will cover over 50 films. We will have something for all spy movie fans, and we will continue to grow the site by adding more movies or genres that we find are great, or relevant ones you suggest. A category for spy comedies (like Our Man in Havana, Austin Powers, Kingsmen, Burn After Reading, Spies Like Us, etc.)? Films based on John Le Carre and or Tom Clancy novels? Together with you, our spy movie fas community, we will see what missions are ahead for us all!
We will look for interconnections, relationships, unique concepts, and key scenes in all these genres so that we can all learn something new. As an example, if you’ve seen Thunderball, have you also seen 1958 film The Silent Enemy? The Silent Enemy brought the underwater ‘henchman sled’ called underwater chariots to the big screen 7 years before Thunderball. And they are launched from a ship, as later in Thunderball they are being launched from the villain, Largo’s boat, the Disco Volante. If you haven’t seen it, check it out. It’s a fabulous movie based on a true World War II espionage story.
We are looking for you, as part of our spy movie fan community, to contribute your ideas, insights, and photos to this effort and to the overall distribution of this info through our SpyMovieNavigator digital properties. Think of it as a two-way street, with info constantly going out and new info coming in – SpyMovieNavigator is partnering with our community of spy movie fans to gain new insights, see new connections, and have some fun together talking about spy movies!