The company has a market value of around $5.5 billion, based on privately traded shares and including debt
Scottish star Sean Connery, who had a massive fan-following in India as the original James Bond, visited the country back in 2007 and spent his Valentine's Day with wife at the Taj Mahal
Legendary British star Sean Connery, who epitomised author Ian Fleming's suave 007 agent in seven James Bond movies, has died. He was 90. The news of the actor's death was shared by BBC. In a career, spanning several decades, the British star featured in many critically-acclaimed and commercial blockbusters such as "The Hunt for Red October", "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", "Murder on the Orient Express" and "The Rock". He first played the role of James Bond in 1962's "Dr No", which he followed up with "From Russia with Love" (1963), "Goldfinger" (1964), "Thunderball" (1965), "You Only Live Twice"(1967), "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971) and "Never Say Never Again"(1983). Connery won an Oscar for supporting actor for his turn as a tough Irish cop in Brian De Palma's 1987 The Untouchables.
"Absent a miracle, the box office will regress in the coming weeks," said Shawn Robbins, chief analyst at BoxOffice Media
Earlier, a person familiar with the situation had gone further, saying Cineworld would close all its US, UK and Ireland screens this week
Lonsdale acted, often in brilliant second roles, under top directors, including Orson Welles, Steven Spielberg, Francois Truffaut, and Louis Malle
Many seminars, movie releases - James Bond movie - No Time To Die, Sooryavanshi, Mulan, Fast 9 - have been postponed. Rock concerts have aken a hit.
The producer said instead of giving a gender switch to iconic characters, there should be more such parts written for women
Many took literary liberties with Bond, moulding and modernising him with debatable success