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Victoria star Tom Hughes has entered the reckoning to be the next James Bond, with Betway introducing him to the market at 20/1.  The ITV period drama star has wooed audiences over the past couple of months and now the leading online bookmaker is reporting interest in Hughes being offered the 007 job. Poldark’s Aidan Turner, Ben-Hur star Jack Huston and …

With US showbiz columns reporting that Sony executives are preparing to offer Daniel Craig $150 million (£115 million) to film back-to-back Bond Movies, Paddy Power has priced the 48-year old actor at 8/11 to continue as the MI6 secret agent. The rumours of Sony’s mammoth offer to keep Craig as Bond has seen Paddy Power push down younger hopefuls, pricing …

Following unconfirmed reports that Daniel Craig has signed up to several seasons of a new US TV series called Purity, the odds for Tom Hardy to take over as James Bond have been slashed by bookmakers. Whilst Craig, the seventh Bond, has yet to confirm his departure from the role it’s long been rumoured that Spectre would be his final hurrah …

William Hill has alerted the media that it has received a substantial sized bet on Leeds actor Sam Riley becoming the eighth James Bond (Yes…SBC includes David Niven as a Bond!). The bookmaker revealed that a punter had placed a large sum backing Riley to replace Daniel Craig as 007 at 50/1. The bookmaker detailed that if the punter was …

William Hill has backed JJ Abrams Star Wars reboot, ‘Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens’ to be the highest grossing film of 2015. The bookmaker is currently offering odds-on for the Disney Studios film to top this year’s worldwide box office revenues, ahead of Marvel’s Avengers Age of Ultron (4/1) and Jurassic World (8/1). UK blockbuster hopes will be …