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‘The November Man’ coming to India on 29 August
MUMBAI: The spy thriller based on the novel ‘There Are No Spies’ by Bill Granger, The November Man will hit the theatres on 29 August 2014.
Starring former James Bond Pierce Brosnan, Australian actor Luke Bracey and Olga Kurylenko, The November Man, is directed by Roger Donaldson, known for his works like Species, The Recruit, The Bank Job and produced by Beau St. Clair of Irish Dream Time and Sriram Das of Das Films.
With a screenplay by Michael Finch and Karl Gajdusek, The November Man is the ultimate cat and mouse game set in the world of international espionage. It is a dark, gritty and realistic story with its roots in spy films of the past.
While Pierce Brosnan plays Peter Devereaux, a man, now living a peaceful life who is reluctantly lured back into his old CIA role for one final mission, Kurylenko is a social worker who is a brave, beautiful, compassionate and insightful woman caught in the middle of other people’s crossfire and forced to trust a complete stranger in Devereaux to protect her.
‘There’s nothing black or white about Devereaux, he’s pretty lethal,” says Brosnan. Talking about Devereaux, director Donaldson says, “He is such a tough, ruthless, bleak character that he’s been nicknamed The November Man. The idea is that it’s like the onset of winter when everything dies and Pierce, I think really rose to the challenge and does a great job with this character.”
Aussie actor Luke Bracey plays the role of David Mason. When asked about acting against Pierce in the film, Luke said, “It was an absolute thrill. I couldn’t believe it at the start when I first got the job but it was great and I felt very fortunate.”
With growing suspicions of a mole in the agency, there is no one Devereaux can trust, no rules and no holds barred. So get ready for this action packed film coming soon in the theatres near you.
Hollywood
Remembering Chuck Norris: the man, the myth, the legend at 86
From martial arts legend to internet folklore, fans honour his final level up
KAUAI: The world lost a legend on 19 March 2026, when Chuck Norris died aged 86. For a man long treated as immortal in internet folklore, the news felt almost unreal. Yet in true Norris fashion, the farewell has been less about mourning and more about myth-making.
Just days before his passing, on his 86th birthday, Norris shared a video from Kauaʻi, Hawaii, showing him sparring under the sun. His caption was characteristically wry: “I don’t age. I level up.” It now reads like a final wink to fans who had spent years elevating him to near-superhuman status.
His death followed a sudden medical emergency while on holiday. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, who described him not just as a global symbol of strength, but as a devoted husband, father and grandfather.
Online, grief quickly gave way to tribute in the language Norris helped popularise. Social media filled with one last wave of “Chuck Norris Facts”, the tongue-in-cheek myths that turned him into a digital demigod. The jokes wrote themselves, as always. Death did not take Norris, it finally dared to meet him.
Behind the humour, however, lies a formidable real-world legacy.
Long before the memes, Norris was Carlos Ray Norris, a decorated martial artist. After serving in the US Air Force, he rose to become a six-time world professional middleweight karate champion. His on-screen duel with Bruce Lee in Way of the Dragon remains one of cinema’s most iconic fight sequences.
Through the 1980s, he became the face of action cinema with films such as Missing in Action and The Delta Force, embodying a stoic, no-nonsense hero. In the 1990s, he reached living rooms worldwide as Cordell Walker in Walker, Texas Ranger, blending Western grit with martial arts flair.
Off-screen, his work carried equal weight. His foundation, Kickstart Kids, continues to teach martial arts to at-risk youth, focusing on discipline and self-worth. He also founded Chun Kuk Do, a martial arts system that trained thousands.
What made Norris unique was not just his strength, but his willingness to laugh at it. When the internet transformed him into an exaggerated symbol of invincibility, he embraced the joke. In doing so, he bridged generations, from cinema-goers to meme-makers.
His passing marks more than the loss of an action star. It signals the fading of a rare cultural crossover, where genuine athletic prowess met Hollywood heroism and early internet humour.
For many, remembering Chuck Norris means recalling a time when heroes were simple, punches were decisive and the internet still felt like a playground of shared jokes.
And if the myths are to be believed, this is not quite the end. It is simply Chuck Norris moving on to his next level.
