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Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Dua Lipa, Samuel L. Jackson, John Cena, Catherine O’Hara Set For New Matthew Vaughn Spy Franchise ‘Argylle’
Matthew Vaughn has set an all-star cast for his next big budget action project, which will start shooting this August in Europe.
Pop star Dua Lipa will make her acting debut on the project and will provide original music for the title track and score.
The film, based on the soon to be launched spy novel Argylle from author Ellie Conway, follows “the world’s greatest spy” ‘Argylle’ as he is caught up in a globe-trotting adventure.
The movie will be the first of at least three films in the franchise and is set in America, London and multiple locations across the world.
Conway’s debut thriller is scheduled to be published in a major launch in 2022 by Transworld Publishers Ltd, a division of Penguin Random House
Kingsman director-producer Vaughn will direct from a script by Jason Fuchs (Wonder Woman). Vaughn’s regular collaborators Adam Bohling and David Reid will also produce, as well as Fuchs. Zygi Kamasa, Carlos Peres, Claudia Vaughn and Adam Fishbach will serve as executive producers.
Matthew Vaughn commented: “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. This is going to reinvent the spy genre.”
Zygi Kamasa, CEO of Marv added: “We are delighted that we will be starting our fourth, and by far the biggest, feature film production since the start of the global pandemic. It demonstrates both our desire to scale up our production activity and our ambition to continue to launch new franchises beyond the Kingsman series of films.”
Reply by Blue-Rose
on January 31, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Trust is a dangerous game. #ArgylleMovie is only in theaters this Friday
https://twitter.com/argyllemovie/status/1752396199959712224
Henry Cavill visits SiriusXM Studios today in New York City ❤️
https://twitter.com/updatesofHC/status/1752132051073929607
https://twitter.com/updatesofHC/status/1752132799123898530
Henry Cavill today January 29 in New York City ❤️
https://twitter.com/updatesofHC/status/1752136705686028526
https://twitter.com/updatesofHC/status/1752138085054255124
https://twitter.com/updatesofHC/status/1752140393171280272
Henry Cavill and Sam Rockwell and Matthew Vaughn visit SiriusXM Studios today January 29 in New York City ❤️
https://twitter.com/updatesofHC/status/1752143025915019425
Henry Cavill Signs the Argylle book for the fans today in New York ❤️
https://twitter.com/updatesofHC/status/1752144591124369746
Henry Cavill and Dua Lipa are guests tomorrow in Good Morning America to talk about Argylle
https://twitter.com/updatesofHC/status/1752397545718878489
Check out this clip of Dua Lipa, Henry Cavill & John Cena in #ArgylleMovie, hitting cinemas in THURSDAY!
https://twitter.com/universaluk/status/1752331077774119062
All aboard the #Argylle train, next stop IMAX. Experience #Argylle and Matthew Vaughn’s stunning visuals in IMAX starting February 2.
https://twitter.com/IMAX/status/1752081196874604940
@argyllemovie is absolutely delightful. I was on the edge of my seat. Cried laughing. Avoid spoilers at all costs. Plus Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Catherine O’Hara, Matthew Vaughn, and Sam Rockwell showing up? Cherry on top. #ArgylleMovie
https://twitter.com/popculturechlo/status/1752136376647110869
PT 1 // Last night's top secret #ArgylleMovie event at SPYSCAPE was epic. You can tell who was the mastermind behind the operation. 🐱 Good kitty.
https://twitter.com/spyscape/status/1752389769487609941
A delightfully wild and ridiculously fun film. Matthew Vaughn's Argylle is a loving throwback to the espionage of the past with a modern twist, a huge ensemble cast, kinetic action, and a kick-ass soundtrack. It's Vaughn at his best and a blast from start to finish. @argyllemovie
https://twitter.com/theYokoHiguchi/status/1752149652558819422
@CurlySueChick19 Henry Cavill’s most terrifying work experience 🎥
https://twitter.com/CurlySueChick19/status/1752314250641522780
Got to see an early screening of @argyllemovie + Q&A with the Director Matthew Vaughn + cast @henrycavill @brycedhoward, #SamRockwell, and the legendary #CatherineOHara.
The movie was excellent!!!!!!
https://twitter.com/EriqOrtizFilm/status/1752145573845549374
Some pics from last night’s NYC screenings of #argylle. Moderated both the @collider / @imax screening and then the @Dolby screening. Both audiences were great but someone dressed up their cat for the @imax screening so obviously that was the better screening.
@universalpictures filmed the #dolby Q&A so we will have that one on #collider soon.
Huge thanks to everyone at #universalpictures for asking me to moderate and to #matthewvaughn, #henrycavill, #brycedhoward, #samrockwell, and #catherineohara for being so funny and making it so easy for me.
.#argylle is a ton of fun and loaded with twists and turns. Definitely the kind of movie you want to see as soon as you can so no one spoils any of the surprises.
https://twitter.com/colliderfrosty/status/1752388132924698882
Reply by Sue-Yin
on January 31, 2024 at 7:55 AM
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Reply by Cashmere
on January 31, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Some find it... controversial to want to lick something off HC's face. But many of those peeps joke about licking things off of a very... X-rated part of him.
Last time... you prayed to Allah, Buddha and Jesus. She may not care if you pray to her son. But who the heck are the other two.
Lewis Pullman has been cast as Sentry. Is it... weird that they didn't cast another Asian actor?
Reply by HCFan
on January 31, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Henry Cavill Learns Something Surprising About His James Bond Audition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFaDg9vjbb4
Henry Cavill & Sam Rockwell HATE Karaoke & Share Favourite Spy Films 😂 | Argylle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY99CnjCn0c
Televisa espectáculos fue invitado especial para charlar con el elenco de la película "Argylle" en Londres, Inglaterra. 🎞️📽️😍 En este multiverso de la realidad la cantante Dua Lipa hace una actuación especial al lado de Henry Cavill. 🎬😍🫶👌🎬
Televisa espectáculos was invited to chat with the cast of the film "Argylle" in London, England. 🎞️📽️😍 In this multiverse of reality, the singer Dua Lipa makes a special acting performance alongside Henry Cavill. 🎬😍🫶👌🎬
https://twitter.com/TvsEspectaculos/status/1752070320062623810
Reply by Triksy
on February 1, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Paging all NYC agents: we’ve hidden 100 copies of the Argylle novel, signed by Henry Cavill and Matthew Vaughn, at a NYC Barnes & Noble. Find those books, agents. We’re depending on you.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2xvzMYOWTI/
Surround yourself in the world of #Argylle in ScreenX! 🕵️♂️
Witness 270° of this twisting spy story, spread across THREE screens for an enthralling espionage experience - out tomorrow! 🔎
🎟 https://bit.ly/BookArgylle
https://twitter.com/cineworld/status/1752753929081762094
a clip from the train sequence in Argylle movie 🔥
https://twitter.com/updatesofHC/status/1753038963231662351
Henry Cavill, a sustainable king, is re-wearing his best suits
https://twitter.com/BritishGQ/status/1752652480117125121
"Just when you think you know what's happening, you're wrong."
Dua Lipa and Henry Cavill dish on dancing and doing their own stunts in the action-packed mystery #Argylle. @maggierulli has more.
https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1752687025902235940
Seeing is deceiving. #ArgylleMovie is only in theaters this Friday
https://twitter.com/argyllemovie/status/1752753613925994821
HC
https://twitter.com/argyllemovie/status/1752814709357625436
Is Taylor Swift the Secret Author Behind the Novel Argylle?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIlKgPZFRIw
Por supuesto que no nos vamos a perder la nueva peli Henry Cavill 😏 Digo Agente Argylle 🫡
Disfruta de #ArgyllePelícula a partir del 1° de febrero en Cinemex.
Google Translated
Of course we are not going to miss the new movie Henry Cavill 😏 I mean Agent Argylle 🫡
Enjoy #ArgyllePelícula starting February 1st at Cinemex.
https://twitter.com/Cinemex/status/1752768824229953923
Matthew Vaughn’s globe-trotting spy comedy “Argylle” is targeting $15 million to $20 million in its opening weekend. Those uninspired ticket sales will be enough to top box office charts and dethrone the “Mean Girls” movie musical, which has spent three weeks at No. 1.
Universal Pictures is distributing “Argylle,” which was produced and financed by Apple for $200 million. It marks Apple’s third big-screen bet following Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” (which debuted to $23 million) and Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” (which opened to $20.6 million). As with those big-budget tentpoles, though, it’ll be complicated to assess the financial results of “Argylle.”
Of course, Apple doesn’t want to be associated with underperforming blockbusters. (It would take roughly $500 million in global ticket sales — a threshold that less than 10 films have reached in 2022 and 2023 — for a movie of this size and scale to break even at a traditional studio.) But Apple is one of the deepest-pocketed companies in the world. With a $3 trillion market cap, it doesn’t need to measure success in the same way as other Hollywood players. For now, these robust theatrical releases are seen as a potential competitive advantage to lure top talent and generate buzz for the streaming service, Apple TV+.
“Argylle” is the only new release of the weekend. And while it’ll likely be knocked down on box office charts by “Madame Web” or “Bob Marley: One Love” when those movies open on Feb. 14, the splashy send-up of James Bond won’t have direct competition until “Dune Part II” debuts in March. Overall, it’s been a dismal start to 2024 at the box office, with ticket sales down 11% from the same period a year ago.
https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/box-office-argylle-estimates-1235892076/
Reply by Blue-Rose
on February 2, 2024 at 4:59 AM
The cast of 'Argylle' estimate there's about "11 twists" in their action film. "Mostly, movies are more basic than this," says Bryce Dallas Howard.
https://twitter.com/EW/status/1753109245472739662
The #Argylle soundtrack is out tomorrow and the film in cinemas. Looking forward to you all getting your eyes and ears on it. Enjoy!
Pre-order the album now: http://Platoon.lnk.to/ElectricEnergy #argyllemovie #electricenergy
https://twitter.com/Lornebalfe/status/1753121943824339098
Big colors. Extraordinary frames. Big screen. Experience #ArgylleMovie in IMAX starting February 2 for the ultimate Matthew Vaughn experience. http://imax.com/argylle
https://twitter.com/IMAX/status/1753146204089630966
Cool cats arrive in style 😻
Check out the #ArgylleMovie Moke as it took a trip around London!
https://twitter.com/universaluk/status/1753109976967758266
There were exciting rumors that HC and Margot Robbie would star in a new Terminator film. The AI-generated HC-Terminator looks pretty good.
YODA BBY ABY: Get ready for this thrilling remake of THE TERMINATOR, hitting screens in 2025! Henry Cavill takes on the iconic role, bringing a fresh intensity to the relentless cyborg from a war torn future. With Margot Robbie as the formidable Sarah Connor, this remake promises a riveting start to a bold new chapter in the legendary franchise.
Unfortunately, it was all fake.
Dexerto.com: Are Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie in a new Terminator movie?
No, Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie aren’t starring in a new Terminator movie, nor is any such remake or reboot in development.
This rumor comes courtesy of YODA BBY ABY, a Facebook page with a reputation for sharing fake posters and press releases for sequels and other projects that absolutely aren’t happening.
In December 2022, Cameron revealed to the SmartLess podcast that plans for another reboot were “in discussion… but nothing has been decided.”
He also said that he’d prioritize “the AI side of it than bad robots gone crazy.” In May 2023, it was revealed that Cameron had begun work on the script for a new Terminator movie, but he “wants to see how AI shakes out before he goes any further.”
HC should be covered with lickable stuff from his forehead all the way down to his thighs.
I read that Streamers pay the talent the back-end pay up front. Studios will pay you back-end pay if the film makes a profit in theaters.
Those are award films.
Theaters can thank all the streaming services. All the studios want their own streaming platform. Peeps will wait to stream stuff.
Well, you don't become a trillionaire by flushing money down the toilet. But Apple+ (Ap+) needs content and subs. Argylle looks like the kind of film that will do good on Ap+.
Reply by AnnaB
on February 5, 2024 at 9:00 PM
It's almost the weekend, my friends! Which means it's time to see Argylle! Get ready for a slightly mad, but extremely fun movie. See you in the cinema!
Argylle looked like it was heading to a dismal debut [$12M] when we ran our predictions on Friday. It’s coming in well ahead of what our model was seeing based on $1.7 million in previews on Thursday, although it will end up with a so-so $18 million, according to Universal’s Sunday-morning projection.
Its international numbers aren’t looking great, with $17.345 million expected this weekend, led by $2.633 million in the United Kingdom, where it will finish second this weekend. It’ll top the chart in Australia (with $1.57 million), France ($1.527 million), Mexico ($1.32 million), Taiwan ($540,000) and the U.A.E. ($519,000).
In a sense, these results are somewhat academic, because Apple footed the production cost, and will get another high-profile movie added to their streaming service down the line. By way of comparison, the company only needs to sell 50,000 or so of their new Vision Pro headsets to put $200 million back in the bank. Getting Argylle the Immersive Experience on to Apple TV+ may be the long-term play here.
$18,000,000 Domestic
$17,345,000 International
$35,345,000 Worldwide
Critics Consensus: Argylle gets some mileage out of its silly, energetic spin on the spy thriller, but ultimately wears out its welcome with a convoluted plot and overlong runtime.
18% Top Critics (49)
35% All Critics (214)
71% Verified Audience (500+)
67% All Audience (1000+)
36 Metascore
06 (12%) Positive
26 (50%) Mixed
20 (38%) Negative
4.5 User Score
23 (35%) Positive
16 (25%) Mixed
26 (40%) Negative
“How does Apple get away with not being dinged?” is what I’m often asked by several industry sources when it comes to the tech company playing in the fields of box office.
On one hand, there’s something to be thankful for on behalf of exhibition that the streamer is embracing wide theatrical. Exhibitors need movies like air, and in the case of Argylle stateside, it’s $9 million in the bank (when you factor circuits’ rental). Then again, the overall marketplace is at an estimated $63.4M this weekend for all titles, -22% from a year ago.
We certainly don’t want Apple to abandon theatrical. However, how long can this reign of $150M-$200M under-grossing movies continue for the streamer? That’s the question. Will Apple ultimately belt-tighten after this string of uber expensive movies? Who makes an R-rated $200M movie? Because at the end of the day, every corporation wants to profit.
The defense has been that these movies, i.e. Argylle, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Napoleon are brand plays for the service, trinkets to drive global subs to Apple TV+. One film finance source told me that despite these movies being textbook bombs, to Apple, they’re advertising costs. Witness the ten Oscar nominations and 200 accolades (per Apple boss Tim Cook) for Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, and the anecdotal claim that the movie is “the most popular movie across streaming platforms” despite the fact that it hasn’t appeared in the Nielsen streaming rankings yet.
Are these movies spurring Apple consumers to buy Apple products? Because I think that the products were selling themselves just fine before this content spending came along. Cook boasted recently that Apple Services, the division that includes Apple TV+, is up 11% to $23 billion in the latest quarter, with Apple TV+ subscriptions over a billion.
Streamers such as Apple and Amazon who are playing in the theatrical space realize they need it to eventize their movies, and reportedly, more than profit, are looking at other diagnostics as benchmarks of achievement, i.e. subscriber churn on the streaming site, and how a movie translates into sales on the site (which is specific to Amazon).
As one industry financial analyst told me recently: “Apple market cap is $2.87 trillion. If the stock moves 0.007% or about 1.3 cents, that covers a $200M production.”
In regards to Universal’s skin on Argylle, I hear it’s a distribution deal in the sense that they get around an 8% fee of the box office. Chances are, Uni isn’t going to collect that. I hear Universal is on the hook for 50% of this $80M marketing campaign (which has Vaughn’s heavy fingerprints on its creative), and that the studio collects back what it’s owed in marketing from the box office before it collects a distribution fee. Why did Universal get involved with Argylle? I understand that Uni Boss Donna Langley wanted to get into future business with Vaughn. All these Apple distribution deals work differently.
With Argylle, Vaughn arguably clocks the lowest CinemaScore of his career to date. By the way, financially, he’s alright: His Marv-financed Argylle, and then sold it to Apple for $200M. The filmmaker self-finances and then sells his movies, which has been his practice going back to The Kingsman movies at 20th Century Fox, that studio acquiring the first two films at $100M+ apiece.
More under the hood on Argylle: Mostly guy-leaning here at 52% to females 48%. Men over 25 at 40% were the majority who bought tickets and gave Argylle a 73% grade. Women over 25 at 38% followed and graded the PG-13 action movie at 78%. Diversity demos were 53% Caucasian, 20% Latino and Hispanic, 12% Black, and 10% Asian.
The chest hair is there to be stroked.
It does. I was one of those who wanted the rumor to be true.
Trades and outlets should quit playing dumb and change the way they look at things. Argylle didn't open big, but it just started. Also, it's a "flop" according to traditional studio standards. But Apple is a Tech company with a streaming platform that also has immersive experience. It needs content and doesn't rely on ticket sales.
Universal will get the $40M it invested in the marketing of Argylle via ticket sales for sure. Argylle will make $80M. Apple, on the other hand, will get the $40M it invested in the marketing another way.
Reply by Triksy
on February 7, 2024 at 11:58 PM
I have tea
https://twitter.com/HC_Turkey/status/1754961775085211963
HC happy sad confused
https://twitter.com/FictionalPhotos/status/1754828718608904379
Henry Cavill in a musical?
https://twitter.com/HC_Turkey/status/1754935751324639491
HC
https://twitter.com/HC_Turkey/status/1754574630486983069
https://twitter.com/HC_Turkey/status/1754523751297823055
HC [hiding Argylle books]
https://twitter.com/HC_Turkey/status/1753314293028618368
I would have the same reaction. #HenryCavill #ArgylleMovie
https://twitter.com/HC_Turkey/status/1753163235602096354
Henry Cavill in Happy Sad Confused Podcast with Josh Horowitz [stills]
https://twitter.com/updatesofHC/status/1754563847921250612
HC [doesn't know TikTok?] https://twitter.com/updatesofHC/status/1753749312062861445
ARGYLLE FULL Cast Q&A - New York feat Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell & Matt Vaughn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFT0UlGtKbo
Cat’s out of the bag! Mighty Jaxx is proud to announce our partnership with @ArgylleMovie! 🤩
Who are you getting?
Argylle in cinemas everywhere beginning February 2.
Collectibles available on http://mightyjaxx.com.
https://twitter.com/MightyJaxx/status/1753418261641805916
Henry Cavill & Matthew Vaughn talk ARGYLLE, WARHAMMER, HIGHLANDER I Happy Sad Confused
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1ZI-P9AiTQ
.#HenryCavill Reveals the Most Difficult Action Scene of His Career
Cavill, #BryceDallasHoward, #CatherineOhara, #SamRockwell & #MatthewVaughn also share some great behind-the-scenes stories about making #Argylle
This is one the Q&As I moderated in NYC last week.
https://twitter.com/colliderfrosty/status/1755033583364784593
Henry Cavill did not want to drop his “precious cargo” (AKA Dua Lipa) while filming ‘Argylle.’ 😅
https://twitter.com/etalkCTV/status/1753487203374960795
When a Russian oligarch's ambitions threaten to bring the world to the brink of destruction, CIA executive Frances Coffey knows there's only one person who can help stop him: Argylle, a man with a dark past and a talent for espionage.
.#Argylle is out now: https://bit.ly/499XpKG
https://twitter.com/PenguinUKBooks/status/1754565650574716958
Ariana DeBose & Boy George perform “Electric Energy” from @argyllemovie, in theaters today! 🪩 #ArgylleMovie #FallonTonight
Watch the full performance ⬇️
https://youtu.be/1EBvrJyWv2Q
https://twitter.com/FallonTonight/status/1753290129798549780
Henry Cavill shared how they developed Agent Argylle while filming. See it all come to life in #ArgylleMovie, Now Playing at Silverbird Cinemas. Visit http://silverbirdcinemas.com for showtimes and ticket bookings.
Distributed by @SilverbirdFilmD
https://twitter.com/SilverbCinemas/status/1754191451947176153
The Argylle Movie and Soundtrack is OUT NOW!! Play it loud and let it transport you, would love to know what your favourite tracks are!
Listen now: https://Platoon.lnk.to/argylle
https://twitter.com/Lornebalfe/status/1753450458008420862
Thank you to the wonderful music team and talented musicians who worked across the Argylle Score.
Listen now on Apple Music: https://platoon.lnk.to/argylle
https://twitter.com/Lornebalfe/status/1753807393870258324
A little look at behind the scenes on the making of the #Argylle Score, live from @AIRstudios
The soundtrack is out now on all platforms: http://platoon.lnk.to/argylle #ArgylleMovie @argyllemovie
https://twitter.com/Lornebalfe/status/1754933035038810527
.#HenryCavill and the cast of #Argylle reveal the incredible choreography behind the train fight, why driving on-screen is much harder than driving IRL, and more. https://imdb.to/3vX2ojE
https://twitter.com/IMDb/status/1753871101342404872
Henry Cavill and Sam Rockwell: kings of the awkward silence.
Could you last as long?
(Also this one goes out to Craig Ferguson - @CraigyFerg - the best there’s ever been)
https://twitter.com/AliPlumb/status/1754106309157241016
Which was more challenging for Henry Cavill: executing action sequences or managing a flat-top hairstyle? 😂
Thank you @UIPMalaysia for this wonderful opportunity for @AstroGempak & @heydanielcheang to interview the casts of #ArgylleMovie during the premiere in Korea 🥰 Don't miss #Argylle in the cinema today! 😺 Get tickets now! 😉
https://twitter.com/GSCinemas/status/1753580430262149331
The latest #EmpirePodcast has #ArgylleMovie stars Henry Cavill & Sam Rockwell talking up dancing, fighting and dance-fighting, while #MigrationMovie's Kumail Nanjiani discusses voicing a duck. Plus! News! Reviews! Nonsense!
Listen via Empire:
https://empireonline.com/movies/news/empire-podcast-602-henry-cavill-sam-rockwell-kumail-nanjiani/
https://twitter.com/empiremagazine/status/1753493487843250512
“I don’t understand them – I’m not a fan,” Cavill said about sex scenes. “There are circumstances where a sex scene actually is beneficial to a movie, rather than just the audience, but I think sometimes they’re overused these days.”
“It’s when you have a sense where you’re going, ‘Is this really necessary or is it just people with less clothing on?’” he continued. “And that’s when you start to get more uncomfortable and you’re thinking, ‘There’s not a performance here. There’s not a piece which is going to carry through to the rest of the movie’.”
Cavill explained that while there are times where “sex scenes can be great in a movie” and “can really help with the storytelling … Most of the time the human imagination is going to trump it. So, it can be a little bit of a cop-out if a TV show or a movie is just filled with gyrating bodies and you’re going, ‘Okay, but what is this doing for us apart from the idea of, “Oh naked person, great.”‘”
“[I’m] not a fan of doing them,” he reiterated.
Well, if you stick around to watch a credits scene after "Argylle" ends in theaters, you might have some idea of what's happening. Actually, in all honestly, you may walk away even more confused. But we're gonna try to break it down for you.
If you caught the mid-credits scene and weren't sure what you were supposed to take away from it, don't feel dumb. There are people whose job it is to cover entertainment for a living, and even they were perplexed as to the significance of the "Argylle" credits scene. Thankfully, we got a chance to chat with Matthew Vaughn about that credits scene and confirmed just what it might mean for the future of "Argylle." But we're not sure it will make certain details any less perplexing. First, let's recall the "Argylle" credits scene, but beware of major spoilers for "Argylle" from here on out!
The mid-credits scene flashes back 20 years and shows us the exterior of The King's Man tavern, so right away, we're thinking that "Argylle" will somehow tie in to the "Kingsman" universe. But rather than showing us any of the characters we've been introduced to in "Argylle," a scrappy teen walks into the bar with purpose. After asking the bartender for a drink "with a twist," he then strips away all the order's ingredients, indicating that all he wants is "the twist." The bartender, understanding the cryptic conversation unfolding, returns with a wooden box containing a gun and silencer, and he inquires who the young man is. He slow rolls his name a bit for dramatic effect by saying, "My name is Aubrey. Aubrey Argylle."
Suddenly, we cut to a poster that appears to be in Elly Conway's office that has a framed poster featuring the cover art for the "Argylle" book that's now on shelves. Finally, text shows up below the poster saying, "Book One, The Movie, Coming Soon." Do you get it?
Speaking with Matthew Vaughn leading up to the release of "Argylle," we asked about this mid-credits scene and confirmed that this is intended to tease the possibility of adapting Elly Conway's "Argylle" book into a movie. Here's what Vaughn had to say:
"Yeah, as you said, tease is the word, and it's more about, 'Hey, you know what? If everybody goes and buys tickets to these movies and makes it into a hit, there's a lot more ingredients that we want to play with and make some more fun, tasty movies for them.' But we need them to buy into the first one first."
Since they already used the title "Argylle" for the movie that isn't based on the book, what are they going to call the proper adaptation of the "Argylle" novel?
Last warning for "Argylle" spoilers!
The marketing for the "Argylle" movie has been teasing the identity of "the real agent Argylle." When we finally see the movie, we learn that Bryce Dallas Howard's character Elly Conway is actually the real agent Argylle. Real name Rachel Kylle (Agent R. Kylle), the spy was injured during a mission and woke up with amnesia. While in the hospital, the leader of the villainous organization known as The Division (Bryan Cranston) and his right-hand scientist (Catherine O'Hara) pretended to be Rachel's parents and used psychological manipulation to convince Rachel that she was a reclusive writer.
After encouraging Rachel, now identified as Elly Conway, to start her writing career while recovering in the hospital, the "Argylle" series came to life. But rather than being fictional stories, they were actually memories of missions that Rachel executed.
Now, this is what makes the mid-credits scene even more confusing. The "Argylle" movie shows us that Elly Conway is Agent "Argylle," albeit with a different name, and the character that she based her novels on is herself, not another agent who looks like Henry Cavill. Furthermore, all of the missions within the books are supposed to be based on Conway's memories as Rachel Kylle.
If that's the case, then who is this young Aubrey Argylle? Will we be watching him go on the same missions that Rachel did before she lost her memory? Or will Aubrey Aryglle be portrayed as a fictional character that exists in the "Kingsman" universe? If so, does that mean the entire "Kingsman" franchise exists as fiction within the "Argylle" movie universe? This doesn't even dig into the reveal in the final scene of the movie where Henry Cavill appears in-person at one of Elly Conway's author Q&A events, sporting a curly mullet and a southern accent, and indicating that he knows something else that Conway doesn't.
The actual writers of Argylle, the book, have been revealed: Terry Hayes, an Australian author and screenwriter best known for 2013’s I Am Pilgrim, and Tammy Cohen, a British writer of psychological thrillers. The pair went public in an interview with The Telegraph. Both Hayes and Cohen were previously floated by Vanity Fair as prime suspects for authorship of Argylle.
“God, I hope all the people that pre-ordered on the basis that Taylor wrote it aren’t disappointed,” Cohen told the publication in reference to the popular theory that Taylor Swift was behind the book.
“I hope they are!” Hayes quipped. “If that’s why they buy a book, they deserve every punishment they get.”
The hardest part of keeping their involvement with the project a secret for the last three years was “not being able to tell my support group of writer friends who I ring up every time I get into a mess,” Cohen said. “And also trying to account for a large amount of time when I apparently haven’t produced a book.” Hayes, who took a decade to complete his second novel, 2023’s The Year of the Locust, joked, “That was no problem for me.”
“I’m retired from talking about my body,” Bryce Dallas Howard tells me as we sit in a fancy Manhattan hotel lobby a few days before the premiere of her new movie Argylle. It turns out, however, that she has plenty to say about it.
To be fair, I was the one who started the conversation. I had gone to a screening a few weeks earlier, and I could not take my eyes off Howard. She looked like so many women I knew. O.K., more beautiful than most women I know, but with a familiar silhouette. The feeling was reminiscent of the first time I saw a female in an action movie who could hold her own. (It was the drinking scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark, regrettably, but still!) A bit like terror, and a bit like hope.
It feels taboo to even talk about this, but Howard, who plays a spy novelist with mysterious powers, is what is sometimes referred to in the fashion industry as “not sample size.” (Sample sizes start at 4 and go down from there.)
It’s all a little much, even from Vaughn, who, with the Kingsman movies, has contributed his fair share of improbable espionage cinema. But the most daring thing he does, to me, [...]. It’s the heroine who is not rail thin. As with her roles in Jurassic Park and Spider-Man, Howard’s part in Argylle involves action. (She was an accomplished martial-arts athlete in her youth.) “I was actually able to be stronger on this movie than any other film I had ever done,” she says. “Because I wasn't hungry for one day.”
A beautiful, smart, non-sample-size woman in a $200 million action movie by a major director should not be that rare in 2024, but it is. And it should also not feel like such a blow for rightsizing our attitude toward women’s bodies, but it does. “It's very strange that that's been something that's been specifically policed, where people hiring actresses say, ‘We want you, but 20 pounds less you,’” says Howard. “What it means is the person who would be what is called straight-sized, or medium, is being forced for a period of time to become fatigued, which is not sustainable.”
Sure, there have been movies featuring non-skinny women, most of them named Melissa McCarthy, but in many the weight is played for laughs. Sometimes the actor seems to be in on the joke, like when Rebel Wilson’s character embraces the name Fat Amy in Pitch Perfect or McCarthy and Octavia Spencer squeeze into a tiny car in Thunder Force. But in Argylle, the fact that Howard is not a stick of spaghetti is neither disguised nor the point of a gag. It’s not even a plot point. She’s just who she is. She wears sexy gowns and clingy jeans and gets the soft-lighting treatment the same as any romantic lead would.
Howard has talked before about the impossible standards women in Hollywood face. At the 2016 Golden Globes Red Carpet, she spoke of the limited options size 6 actresses have for designer gowns. In 2022, she revealed she’d been “asked to not use her natural body” in one of the Jurassic World installments. To her, it feels like asking actors to lose weight is a workplace safety issue. “Being asked to change yourself in ways that are actually not healthy and not appropriate,” she says, “shouldn't even be part of the conversation right now.”
But the attitude extends way beyond movie stars. Despite the activism of advocates for body acceptance, not being thin is considered, to many in the U.S., such a horrific fate that there isn’t even an acceptable, nonjudgmental word for it. Heavy, ample, plump, tubby—these might as well be curse words. It’s not people’s fault for feeling this way; society tells us from the time we’re young that thin is perpetually in.
And while we’re not supposed to comment on body size, the pressure to shrink oneself doesn’t go away just because it’s not verbalized. In the age of Ozempic, many of us are engaged in a quiet – or not-so-quiet – game of “Was that body earned or medicated?” as if skinniness were a reward for good behavior, rather than one of humanity’s many diversities. There is such a prohibition on size, in fact, that people took to Twitter to celebrate the closing of Sports Illustrated in January, because the editors once had the temerity to put more fleshy models on the cover of its swimsuit issue. And yet, in the U.S., the average woman wears a size 16-18.
Howard admits that with a famous director dad, her “proximity to power since childhood has been immense,” and therefore she has more protection from the whims of producers than others. Or as she puts it, she sometimes has “a f-ck-you 15” that producers have to deal with or not. It’s strange that this blow for returning our sense of a woman’s size to normality should come from a director like Vaughn, who is married to Claudia Schiffer, a legit supermodel. But for the sake of women everywhere, and their daughters, we’ll take it.
Reply by Blue-Rose
on February 16, 2024 at 5:57 AM
Argylle opened #1. It was #1 the whole week, it's second weekend and on 02/13 and 02/13. It was #4 on 02/14.
The Numbers
$31,301,360 Domestic
$32,675,135 International
$63,976,495 Worldwide
Critics Consensus: Argylle gets some mileage out of its silly, energetic spin on the spy thriller, but ultimately wears out its welcome with a convoluted plot and overlong runtime.
17% Top Critics (58)
32% All Critics (267)
72% Verified Audience (1.000+)
67% All Audience (2.500+)
35 Metascore
06 (11%) Positive
30 (53%) Mixed
21 (37%) Negative
3.7 User Score
39 (25%) Positive
38 (25%) Mixed
76 (50%) Negative
It's almost the weekend, my friends! Which means it's time to see Argylle! Get ready for a slightly mad, but extremely fun movie. See you in the cinema!
https://www.instagram.com/p/C22TJoqoY2-/
HC
https://twitter.com/HC_Turkey/status/1758030088153579970
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HC
https://twitter.com/updatesofHC/status/1756005838840340702
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Of course Henry Cavill named his dog after a LORD OF THE RINGS character.
https://twitter.com/joshuahorowitz/status/1755202467166302308
Henry Cavill in a musical?
The full #happysadconfused chat: https://youtu.be/I1ZI-P9AiTQ?si=kk3__B9pIX-zrsL2
https://twitter.com/joshuahorowitz/status/1754843431795347560
I hear those Vision Pro headsets are very expensive. A $4,000 profit apiece wouldn't surprise me.
So Apple won't lose any sleep over Argylle's poor BO numbers. In that case, since I was deceived, Apple owes me a proper adaptation of the Argylle book.
Well, even Leo couldn't make Killers Of The Flower Moon a hit. I think that films made for streaming should remain for streaming. There might be a streaming curse. Argylle, Napoleon and Flower Moon were all made for streaming.
Before making a film, the streamer should decide if the film is for streaming or theater.
The current Argylle film is from Matthew's twisted mind. Well, someone remind me to give Matthew a piece of my twisted mind.
Matthew said he read the Argylle book/manuscript and it was the best spy novel he ever read. It will change the spy genre or something like that.
Well, the current Argylle film is awful and it won't change the spy genre. Matthew just ruined our opportunity to see a great spy novel come to life on the big screen. The authors deserve to see a proper adaptation of their book too.
Yeah, especially the ice skating sequence. As an ice skater, I was like WTH?
I watched it three times. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Each time with another group of people. My job as an HC fan is done. Actually, I deserve a shirtless pic for this torture.
That seems to be the trend right now. HC is front and center in every promo stuff, but he's less than ten minutes in the film. WTH?
My friends went nuts when they saw LP. They were the first group I took to see Argylle. I was so pissed off that I didn't care about anything.
So you need to be fat to hold your own?
Is it OK if I call Howard a refrigerator? A barrel? A tub?
Why can't we talk about every body size with respect? It's not spaghetti peeps' fault that the entertainment and fashion industry prefer them.
Reply by Sue-Yin
on February 25, 2024 at 9:10 AM
What possessed him to make Argylle? Maybe it should have stayed a streaming film.
He was inspired by a great book to go make a crappy film. Is that considered an achievement? Because this crap keeps happening. Filmmakers and showrunners keep thinking they can do better than the source material.
Awesome cast wasted in a horrible story, because the director thought he could come up with a better story.
Can they?
It's OK to call slim peeps spaghetti and stuff like that, because a lot of people want to be slim. Are there many peeps who want to be thick or fat? That's why it's not OK to call peeps those things.
Exactly.
Reply by AnnaB
on March 1, 2024 at 9:47 PM
At least, Universal can sleep soundly. lol Argylle is currently at $87.8M. That's enough for Uni to recover the allege $40M they invested in the promo.
What a joke. Just a stupid excuse that fat people use to make themselves feel better.
Exactly. Slim people can be called anorexic or bulimic, but you can't call thick people obese or say that they should eat less. But they're allowed to say that you don't eat.
I don't care. Call me spaghetti or say I have an eating disorder and I'll call you stuff too. We will get very childish. I'm tired of this BS.
Reply by Cashmere
on March 20, 2024 at 11:09 AM
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Grab a seat — Argylle is available now to buy or rent.
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Matthew Vaughn‘s spy movie Argylle might have crashed in theaters, but apparently, audiences were just waiting to watch it at home.
The stylish thriller starring Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard and Henry Cavill debuted at the top of the streaming charts on Vudu, Fandango’s on-demand streaming service, for the week of March 4 – March 10.
Jason Statham‘s The Beekeeper ranked second, and Warner Bros.’ Timothée Chalamet-led smash Wonka ranked third.
https://1430wcmy.com/2024/03/11/argylle-tops-vudus-streaming-list/
HC
https://twitter.com/HC_Turkey/status/1767130002376556970
Exactly.
Keeps happening.
Reply by AnnaB
on March 24, 2024 at 8:09 PM
HCU
Everything's right when HC is clean-shaven and looks like HC. The uniform makes him even hotter.
This one is gorgeous too. He's at the TMOUW photocall in London.
https://twitter.com/HC_Turkey/status/1771225062135235019
Reply by Blue-Rose
on March 29, 2024 at 5:07 AM
Oh, my. HC in a uniform is like something really delicious in a very beautiful package. I don't want to tear off the gorgeous uniform. But I must, if I want to get the delicious white chocolate Ken doll with licorice as hair.
Maybe HC should grow a beard and be uglier than sin, because I can't handle 168 pounds of candy.
Reply by Sue-Yin
on April 2, 2024 at 7:49 AM
The uniform makes him supernova.
Does it come in 6’1” 3D? Somebody make it.