Sam Mendes News

March 26, 2013
Bond Producers Still Wooing Sam Mendes
"We will get him back," promises producer Barbara Broccoli. More...

March 6, 2013
Sam Mendes Won't Direct Bond 24
He calls it "a very difficult decision" to step away from the franchise. More...

November 19, 2012
Skyfall Writers Not Returning for Bond 24
Sam Mendes and John Logan already have a story idea. More...

October 24, 2012
Sam Mendes Unlikely to Direct More Bond Movies
"It's been completely exhausting." More...

January 12, 2011
Bond 23 Set for November 2012 Release
After months of conflicting rumors, it's official: the next Bond movie is on track for a November 2012 release, with Sam Mendes in the director's chair and Daniel Craig retaining his license to kill. More...

December 1, 2010
Kevin Spacey Headed to the Stage for Sam Mendes' Richard III
Kevin Spacey and Sam Mendes will reunite for a stage production of "Richard III," set to debut in London next year. More...

July 9, 2010
Mendes and Craig Still Attached to Bond
The Bond franchise might be in temporary limbo, but according to Deadline, Sam Mendes and Daniel Craig remain attached to the next sequel...whenever it comes together. More...

June 3, 2010
Sam Mendes Still Committed to Bond Franchise
He's got some other projects lined up first, but Sam Mendes still expects to direct the next Bond film -- if and when it happens. More...

January 5, 2010
Sam Mendes in Discussions for Bond 23
The next Bond picture has possibly gotten tangled up in MGM's money woes, but according to the Los Angeles Times, Sam Mendes isn't worried -- in fact, he's in negotiations to direct. More...

May 12, 2009
Mendes in No Rush to Direct Preacher
Sam Mendes has "Away We Go" heading to theaters shortly, but what people really want to know about is that "Preacher" adaptation -- a subject Mendes was happy to address in a new interview. More...

March 17, 2009
Trailer Bulletin: Away We Go
Sam Mendes' "Away We Go," starring John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, and Allison Janney, will reach theaters in June -- but you can watch the trailer now, courtesy of the good people at Yahoo! Movies. More...

January 14, 2009
Sam Mendes Still Waiting on Preacher Script
Looks like you'll have to wait a little longer to find out if Sam Mendes is going to direct the "Preacher" movie, film fans -- Mendes recently told MTV that he's still waiting on a script. More...

November 10, 2008
Mendes on Preacher Reports: Not So Fast
Calling recent reports of his attachment to the project "a typical Variety announcement," Sam Mendes tells Empire that he'd "love to" direct the announced "Preacher" adaptation, there's no script yet. More...

October 30, 2008
Sam Mendes Steps Up to Preacher's Pulpit
The long-gestating adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's "Preacher" has migrated to Columbia, where it's being set up as a vehicle for director Sam Mendes. More...

September 15, 2008
Trailer Bulletin: Revolutionary Road
"Entertainment Tonight" revealed the new trailer for "Revolutionary Road" last week, and you know what that means: It's already found its way online. More...

April 22, 2008
Untitled Mendes Comedy Adds Daniels, O'Hara
Jeff Daniels and Catherine O'Hara will star with Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski in Sam Mendes' still-untitled romantic comedy. More...

January 25, 2008
Sam Mendes Making With the Funny for Focus Features
He made his cinematic bones with dramatic films such as American Beauty and Road to Perdition, but director Sam Mendes wasn't born without a funny bone, and he's about to prove it. More...

December 12, 2007
Walter Murch on Youth Without Youth: The RT Interview (With Exclusive Photos and Clips!)
This week, Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth hits theaters in limited release. The tale of a writer who becomes young again after being struck by lightning is a personal one for Coppola, so it's apropos that legendary editor and longtime collaborator Walter Murch helped him realize his vision. More...

October 11, 2007
DiCaprio, Clooney Eye Farragut North Adaptation
It's yet to begin its Broadway run, but Beau Willimon's Farragut North is already being adapted for the screen -- with Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney attached. More...

March 23, 2007
The Weekly Ketchup: "Pirates 3" Trailer, Natalie Portman In The Buff, "300" Sequel Talk, And More!
In this week's Ketchup, the first trailer for "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" appears on RT, Natalie Portman delights many by showing her stuff in "Goya's Ghosts," and Emma Watson fuels speculation about her status in the next "Harry Potter" films. More...

January 9, 2006
Burton & Depp Together Again for "Sweeney"?
Andrew Hartman of MovieMusicals.net looks to have snagged quite the impressive scoop ... provided it turns out to be accurate, of course. Word is that insane filmmaker Tim Burton and ultra-cool actor Johnny Depp will be re-teaming (yes, again) to bring an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" to the big screen. More...

August 16, 2005
Trailer Bulletin: Jarhead
Yahoo! Movies brings us the first trailer for Sam Mendes' "Jarhead," which looks like a rather unconventional-looking war movie / comedy / action mixture in the "Three Kings" mold. More...

December 15, 2004
Chris Cooper Joins the Cast of Jarhead
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November 24, 2004
Universal Pictures Shakes Up 2005 Slate
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