James Bond 26 won’t be here any time soon, according to the franchise’s longtime producer, who’s stressed that “nothing is happening.”
After 16 years in the tux, Daniel Craig’s tenure as Hollywood’s beloved secret agent came to a breathtaking, unprecedented end in No Time to Die.
We’ll say this: it wiped the slate clean for whoever is picked to play the new Bond, with the series set to undergo a “reinvention” and “modernize” the character for the next era.
It’s been more than three years since Craig’s big finale, and speculation is still fairly intense around what shape the next block of movies will take (and, obviously, who’ll be cast as 007). Alas, this update is far from good news for fans.
“Nothing is happening” with James Bond 26
During the BFI Fellowship Awards, Bond producer Barbara Broccoli said: “There’s nothing I can tell you about the next Bond film. There’s nothing. Nothing is happening yet.”
Barbara Broccoli says “nothing is happening yet” with the next James Bond movie.(Source: Deadline)pic.twitter.com/KJiJB7IWKa
Late last year, that timeline started to look unlikely when Broccoli toldThe Guardian: “There’s a big, big road ahead reinventing it for the next chapter and we haven’t even begun with that.”
That’s not to say there’s no movement at all, even it’s all being kept very hush-hush. At the same awards ceremony, Broccoli avoided saying whether or not she’d spoken to Denis Villeneuve about helming a Bond feature.
The Dune director has been open about the fact he’d say yes to such an opportunity. “I would deeply love to one day make a James Bond movie,” he said on theHappy Sad Confused podcast.
“It’s a character that I’ve been with — like everybody — since my childhood. I have massive affection for Bond. It would be a big challenge for people to try and reboot it after what Daniel did.”
You can find out everything else we know about Bond 26here.
Cameron Frew is Deputy TV & Movies Editor on Dexerto’s UK team. He’s an action movie aficionado, ’80s obsessive, and Oscars enthusiast. He loves Invincible, but he’s also a fan of The Boys, the MCU, The Chosen, and much more. He has previously written for LadBible, UniLad, and Flickering Myth. You can contact him at: cameron.frew@dexerto.com.
