The title’s Bond, James Bond. But what’s the title of the following one who’ll be playing him? That’s the query followers have been asking for years — and the watch for a solution could quickly be over.
Auditions have finally begun for the following instalment within the blockbuster film franchise, in accordance with an announcement from Amazon MGM Studios.
The manufacturing firm issued a brief assertion Thursday with early particulars of plans for the brand new film, together with the announcement that the seek for a brand new main man — or maybe even lady — has begun.
“The search for the next James Bond is underway,” stated the statement revealed on-line, including that the “casting process has just begun.”
Noting that it gained’t be sharing particular particulars whereas the auditions are being held, the corporate 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 within the function was in 2021’s “No Time to Die.”
Others who are hotly tipped to be within the working 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 collection — based mostly 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 not too long ago, Craig, who additionally starred in “Casino Royale” (2006), “Quantum of Solace” (2008), “Skyfall” (2012) and “Spectre” (2015).
And whereas the brand 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 govt producer Tanya Lapointe and producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman. The script is being written by Steven Knight, whose credit embrace “Peaky Blinders,” “Eastern Promises” and “Dirty Pretty Things.”