Amazon Needs Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Bond&...

Now that we all know a Denis Villeneuve-helmed Bond reboot is formally coming, there’s a really apparent subsequent query: who’s gonna step into the role of 007? A brand new report from Variety suggests a number of the prime contenders, and the choice of actors within the working is fascinatingly combined, not less than within the sense that the character is historically performed by a Brit.

Australian-born Jacob Elordi, star of Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Frankenstein for Netflix, is a powerful choose and stands other than the remainder of the competitors with current moody turns in roles similar to Elvis in Priscilla and an ill-fated wealthy child in Saltburn.

Then there’s Tom Holland, the Spider-Man star whose identify has been floating round for some time for the position and whose upcoming roles embrace being a part of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey epic.

And at last, Harris Dickinson, whose credit embrace Babygirl, The Iron Claw, and The King’s Man: Gents—the latter of which is a no brainer of a transition. We’ll see who Villeneuve goes with within the weeks to return.

In response to the Selection report, the stress to choose is being fast-tracked. Amazon was described as “ a 2028 launch date for Bond 26” and with Villeneuve going into Dune: Messiah for a 2026 launch, it’s seemingly he’ll be leaping straight into Bond as quickly as that wraps. Amazon has but to announce a author, in order that’s additionally within the strategy of getting locked down.

Keep tuned right here at io9 for extra breaking Bond information.

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