Daniel Craig as James Bond.Photo: Nicola Dove / MGM / © Danjaq / Courtesy Everett Collection
The next installment in theJames Bondfilm series will look nothing like the saga has ever seen before.
Barbara Broccoli, one of the franchise’s lead producers, recently toldDeadlinethat the next 007 movie will be a “reinvention of Bond.”
Noting that “nobody’s in the running” to portray the character afterDaniel Craigcompleted his run playing the iconic spy last year, Broccoli, 62, said, “We’re working out where to go with him, we’re talking that through.”
“There isn’t a script and we can’t come up with one until we decide how we’re going to approach the next film because, really, it’s a reinvention of Bond,” she continued. “We’re reinventing who he is and that takes time.”
Broccoli also added that filming for the next iteration of a Bond film “is at least two years away.”
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Talks of who will play the next Bond have been swirling for years since it was announced Craig’s final movie as the character would be last year’sNo Time to Die.
Earlier this year, Broccoli and fellow Bond producer Michael G. Wilson were asked on Deadline’sCrew Callpodcastif they’ve consideredIdris Elba.
Maintaining that they hadn’t fully begun the process yet, Broccoli said, “Well, we know Idris, I’m friends with him, and he’s a magnificent actor.”
“You know, it’s been part of the conversation, but it’s always difficult to have the conversation when you have someone in the seat,” she continued. “I think we have decided that untilNo Time to Diehas kind of had its run and Daniel has been able to, well, we’ve all been able to, reap the benefits of Daniel’s wonderful tenure, we’re not gonna think about or talk about anybody else, actors to play the role or storylines or anything. We just wanna live in the moment, the present.”
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnsonhas previously expressed interest in the role of Bond, tellingEsquirein November 2021 that he wants to succeed Craig as the iconic spy after his grandfather, Peter Maivia, played a villain in the 1967 007 film,You Only Live Twice.
“Yes, my grandfather was a Bond villain … with Sean Connery. Very, very cool and I would like to follow in his next footsteps and be the next Bond,“Johnson saidwhile appearing in theEsquirevideo seriesExplain This. “I don’t want to be a villain. You gotta be Bond.”
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Jamie Dornanalso got real about the possibility of becoming the next Bond in an interviewpublishedwith the outlet in April, where he acknowledged being on a list of actors who fans would like to see portray the character.
“It’s fun and it’s a cool thing to be in the mix for that sort of thing,” he said at the time.
source: people.com
