Ralph Fiennes Festival FEST. He filmed his version of Shakespeare's "Coriolanus" in the Serbian capital of Belgrade. Fiennes reunited with Kathryn Bigelow for her Iraq War film "The Hurt Locker," released in 2009, appearing as an English Private Military Contractor. They had previously worked together on "Strange Days" (1995). In April 2010, he played Hades in "Clash of the Titans", a remake of the 1981 film of the same name. In 2012, he starred in the twenty-third James Bond film, "Skyfall," directed by Sam Mendes. He will replace Dame Judi Dench as M in future Bond films. Dench had also starred alongside
Sam Mendes Globe Award, Directors Guild of America Award, and the Academy Award for Best Director, becoming the sixth director to earn the Academy Award for his feature film debut. Mendes's second film, in 2002, was "Road to Perdition", which grossed US$181 million. The aggregate review score on Rotten Tomatoes is currently 81%; critics praised Paul Newman for his performance. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor, and won one for Best Cinematography. In 2003 Mendes established Neal Street Productions, a film, television and theatre production company he would use to finance much of his later work.