Quick News: Bond, Beauty, Chazelle, Hunger

James Bond
“Shark Tank” entrepreneur and “Marty Supreme” co-star Kevin O’Leary has revealed that he’s keen to play the villain in a James Bond movie: “I’ve definitely caught the [acting] bug, and I want to see how diverse I can be in terms of what roles I play. My whole life, since I was a teenager, I’ve wanted to be the bad guy in a Bond movie. I want to blow s— up. I could blow a lot of s— up.’ [Source: Variety]

The Beauty
Ryan Murphy’s FX series “The Beauty” launched its first trailer the other week and the title has drawn major interest – pulling in nearly 190 million views across social media platforms in seven days. That’s FX’s most-viewed trailer ever according to Disney.

The body horror series follows in which two FBI agents investigate a sexually transmitted virus that transforms ordinary people into visions of physical perfection, but with terrifying consequences. The first three episodes premiere on January 21st. [Source: Deadline]

Untitled Damien Chazelle Film
Michelle Williams will join Cillian Murphy and Daniel Craig in Damien Chazelle‘s new prison-set feature, his first since 2022’s “Babylon” fizzled at the box-office. Olivia Hamilton produces the project which is setup at Paramount Pictures. [Source: Variety]

The Hunger Games
Jennifer Lawrence has teased that she’ll return as Katniss Everdeen for the upcoming “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping”. Speaking with Happy Sad Confused, she was asked about reconnecting with director Francis Lawrence and said “Maybe we already have”.

Then asked about online rumors she’ll make a brief appearance in the new “Hunger Games”, she said: “Oh yeah, it is out on the internet, isn’t it?”. It marks the first public acknowledgment of those rumors.