The next James Bond movie has a home: Amazon MGM Studios. It has a director: Denis Villeneuve. It has a writer: Steven Knight. It even has not one but two high calibre producers, too: Amy Pascal and David Heyman. But still it seems there’s something — some crucial ingredient in the 007 recipe — that’s missing. Oh yeah! Bond 26 hasn’t actually got a Bond yet. But fear not, folks, as Amazon is working on that. Today, Deadline‘s sources have confirmed that Oscar-nominated Hamnet, Conclave, Andor, and Game Of Thrones casting director Nina Gold is leading the hunt for the next 007. And what’s more, Amazon has shared its own update via social media on the casting process for Bond. Check it out below;
“The search for the next James Bond is underway,” reads the statement from Amazon MGM Studios’ socials. “While we don’t plan to comment on specific details during the casting process, we’re excited to share more news with 007 fans as soon as the time is right.” Lovely stuff! So we’ll have our new James Bond confirmed real soon then, right? Well, not quite. Per Deadline‘s sources, fully fledged auditions for MI6’s finest are still a way off right now as Denis Villeneuve and Steven Knight continue to polish their script for the movie. Even so, this is still a major step forward on the road to Bond 26 — and perhaps a reminder to not invest too much stock in the casting rumours that have been doing the rounds over the past few months.
While the likes of Callum Turner, Harris Dickinson, Jacob Elordi, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Tom Holland among many other have all had a spin on the rumour mill since Daniel Craig’s explosive farewell in No Time To Die, it would appear that they have all been a tad premature. The real search for Bond No. 8 has only just begun. And so, by our reckoning, we’re all still in with a shout. Even I, Online Writer Jordan King, am in with a shout. Nina, call me!