Whereas Henry Cavill continues to boast a devoted fanbase, the actor has struggled with regards to launching franchises, with one such failed try now discovering some shock success on free streaming. Not solely has Cavill seen the likes of Superman and The Witcher slip away over the previous couple of years, the panned motion outing that’s now climbing the streaming charts could have put a cease to him ever main one of the iconic franchises of all time: James Bond.
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Let’s transcend the pink cape and dive into the versatile motion film profession of one in all cinema’s most commanding actors, Henry Cavill.
A longtime 007 favourite, Henry Cavill performs a really totally different sort of spy in final yr’s Argylle, the motion thriller was directed and produced by Matthew Vaughn, who’s finest identified for the same espionage escapades on the Kingsman. Argylle finds Cavill main the best way as a super-spy and starring alongside a stacked ensemble solid that features Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson, Ariana DeBose, Bryan Cranston, Dua Lipa, and Catherine O’Hara.
Argylle is now climbing the charts on Apple TV+, touchdown at #6 on the streamer’s Prime 10 alongside Chris Evans and Ana de Armas’ motion comedy Ghosted, the Matt Damon-led heist film The Instigators, motion sci-fi outing The Gorge, Sydney Sweeney’s thriller thriller Echo Valley, and Man Ritchie’s Indiana Jones-esque Fountain of Youth, which remains to be at #1. You may take a look at the official synopsis for Argylle beneath.
“Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World franchise) is Elly Conway, the reclusive writer of a collection of best-selling espionage novels, whose thought of bliss is an evening at dwelling along with her pc and her cat, Alfie. However when the plots of Elly’s fictional books—which heart on undercover agent Argylle and his mission to unravel a worldwide spy syndicate—start to reflect the covert actions of a real-life spy group, quiet evenings at dwelling turn into a factor of the previous. Accompanied by Aiden (Oscar® winner Sam Rockwell), a cat-allergic spy, Elly (carrying Alfie in her backpack) races the world over to remain one step forward of the killers as the road between Elly’s fictional world and her actual one begins to blur.”
Henry Cavill Wonders Whether or not ‘Argylle’ Dominated Him Out because the Subsequent 007
Sadly, regardless of each Henry Cavill and Matthew Vaughn having excessive hopes for an Argylle sequel and subsequent franchise (“E-book one is about: how did Argylle turn into a spy? That would be the subsequent movie,” Vaughn revealed beforehand, earlier than including, “After which Argylle 2 is – I don’t need to give all of it away, however there’s the younger Argylle, and that turns into Henry, as a result of Henry loves the concept of doing a correct Argylle film as properly.”) the film was broadly panned by critics, touchdown a ranking of simply 33% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Whereas the film fared higher with audiences (70% on the Popcornmeter), the twisty motion comedy was a field workplace flop, grossing simply $96.2 million worldwide towards its reported $200 million finances. The function itself on the time additionally led to Cavill questioning whether or not enjoying one other spy after 2015’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E. would rule him out as the subsequent James Bond. Truthfully, contemplating the vital and field workplace outcomes, starring in Argylle is unlikely to have helped his already diminishing possibilities.
Argylle
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- Launch Date
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February 2, 2024
- Runtime
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139 Minutes
