James Bond Producers Are Still Searching for the Next 007

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Ever since Daniel Craig said goodbye to the role of James Bond after playing it for 15 years through five movies, the fans were wondering which actor will take his place in the forthcoming movies. The fact is, we still have no idea who will be Craig’s successor, although fans certainly do have their wishes.

Daniel Craig made his debut as James Bond in 2006’s Casino Royale, and he reprised the role in Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre, and last year’s No Time to Die. Before that movie was released, it was clear that Craig won’t play Bond again, but almost a year after No Time to Die premiered, there’s still no word on who the next James Bond is gonna be.

The fans have spoken on social media that they would like blockbuster stars like Henry Cavill, Tom Hardy, and Tom Hiddleston to take the role, but we need to remember that all of them are currently part of the big franchises, and playing James Bond is a huge commitment, which the producers also recently acknowledged. Idris Elba was also mentioned as one of the possible candidates, but the star recently said he doesn’t see himself as James Bond.

“We love Idris. The thing is, it’s going to be a couple of years off. And when we cast Bond, it’s a 10-, 12-year commitment. So he’s probably thinking, ‘Do I really want that thing? Not everybody wants to do that. It was hard enough getting [Daniel Craig to do it].” — Barbara Broccoli for Variety

Daniel Craig was 38 years old when he played Bond for the first time in Casino Royale. Idris Elba is currently 50. Of course, Elba is in great shape, but it looks kinda hard to pull off that decade-or-longer commitment for the franchise with him. Henry Cavill, who is now 39, is one of the most popular choices by the fans. He wouldn’t be a bad choice for the role, far from it, but it’s unknown if the 007 franchise would affect his commitment to The Witcher.

It’s gonna take a while before we find out who will be the next James Bond. Who would you like to see in the role of the most popular agent?

We will watch Daniel Craig in Netflix’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery next December.

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Lukas Abramovich is a freelance writer and photo and video editor based in Croatia. He's also a web designer and holds a Master’s degree in general Computer Science from the Faculty of Informatics based in Pula, Croatia. Since 2018, Lukas has worked on several portals writing about movies, TV shows, and video games. He's currently writing articles for two of them: Fiction Horizon and Comic Basics. He also has a YouTube channel in his native language, and the content there is mostly reviewing popular movies and TV shows. Lukas also has an Instagram page where he once used to post fan-made posters he made, which is something he would like to continue working on, as photo and video editing are also some of his passions. Lukas is a big movie lover who is okay with watching any kind of movie. His favorite movie is Michael Curtiz's Casablanca, but he's a loyal follower of Marvel and DC movies, as well as several other blockbuster franchises he's been following for years; Star Wars, Fast & Furious, Mission: Impossible, and James Cameron's Avatar are only some of them. His favorite director is Christopher Nolan, with Quentin Tarantino and Denis Villeneuve as honorable mentions. Lukas is also a big fan of four fantasy multimedia franchises; The Wizarding World, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Witcher, and The Lord of the Rings. He calls them "the four rulers of the fantasy genre." He loves to write about anything spawned from those franchises (books, games, movies...), as well as anything branded with the Marvel or DC logo. Video games and their adaptations are also something he follows faithfully since he's a big fan of story-driven single-player games like Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us, Uncharted, etc. His favorite video game ever is Red Dead Redemption 2.