US EditionDenis Villeneuve’s Casting Plans Revealed for His New James Bond Movie
Denis Villeneuve will reset Bond with a new British actor in his late 20s to early 30s, focusing on a brutal, stripped-down character inspired by Ian Fleming's original novels.
- Next year, Denis Villeneuve will begin searching for the next James Bond after finishing Dune: Part Three, and he will make the new film for Amazon MGM Studios.
- A total reboot is planned with a new actor, timeline and creative team, and Steven Knight, screenwriter , is drawing on Ian Fleming's earliest novels for a grittier, stripped-down tone in Bond 26.
- Producers are seeking an unknown British Isles male in his late 20s to early 30s to play Bond, embodying Ian Fleming’s `blunt instrument` who is over six foot tall.
- That rules out non-British, well-known actors Timothée Chalamet and Glen Powell, while older stars like Tom Hardy, Idris Elba and Henry Cavill likely don't fit producers David Heyman and Amy Pascal's criteria.
- Casting has not yet begun and will not start until Villeneuve finishes Dune: Part Three, yet an unprecedented number of applicants have applied and British actors in their mid twenties to early thirties face scrutiny over the next twelve months.
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The next James Bond may be "unknown" British actor as 'director seeks fresh face'
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If this latest report is accurate, you can forget about Henry Cavill or Idris Elba being the next James Bond.According to Deadline’s sources, the filmmakers are looking to cast a “fresh face” as 007 in James Bond 26, specifically an unknown male British actor in their late 20s to early 30s. This “fresh face” criteria would rule out a number of oft-rumored “next James Bond” candidates, including Tom Holland, Taron Egerton, and Aaron Taylor-Johnso…
Denis Villeneuve would wait until the end of the shooting of "Dune 3" before embarking on the search for James Bond's next performer.
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