By Lianne Kolirin, NCS
(NCS) — The identify’s Bond, James Bond. But what’s the identify of the next one that’ll be playing him? That’s the query followers have been asking for years — and the wait for a solution could quickly be over.
Auditions have finally begun for the next instalment in the blockbuster film franchise, in line with an announcement from Amazon MGM Studios.
The manufacturing firm issued a brief assertion Thursday with early particulars of plans for the new film, together with the announcement that the search for a brand new main man — or maybe even girl — has begun.
“The search for the next James Bond is underway,” mentioned the statement printed on-line, including that the “casting process has just begun.”
Noting that it received’t be sharing particular particulars whereas the auditions are being held, the firm went on to say “we’re excited to share more news with 007 fans as soon as the time is right.”
Speculation about who will don the tuxedo of Hollywood’s most well-known spy has been mounting for years, with the likes of A-listers Idris Elba, Henry Cavill and Cillian Murphy floated as potential successors to Daniel Craig, whose final outing in the position was in 2021’s “No Time to Die.”
Others who are hotly tipped to be in the operating are British actors Callum Turner, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Harris Dickinson, and Australian star Jacob Elordi.
Last yr it was introduced that inventive management of the sequence — primarily based Ian Fleming’s novels — was being handed off from longtime producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli to Amazon MGM Studios.
The first particular person to play 007 was Sean Connery with “Dr. No” again in 1962 and 6 additional movies. Others who’ve taken the wheel of the famed Aston Martin are George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and, most just lately, Craig, who additionally starred in “Casino Royale” (2006), “Quantum of Solace” (2008), “Skyfall” (2012) and “Spectre” (2015).
And whereas the new movie could have neither a reputation nor a star simply but, some particulars have been launched, together with that it will likely be directed by Oscar-nominated Denis Villeneuve.
The French-Canadian filmmaker, finest identified for his work on “Blade Runner 2049,” “Arrival” and the “Dune” motion pictures, will work with government producer Tanya Lapointe and producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman. The script is being written by Steven Knight, whose credit embody “Peaky Blinders,” “Eastern Promises” and “Dirty Pretty Things.”
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NCS’s Jack Guy and Dan Heching contributed to this report.