Remember when Daniel Craig was announced as the new James Bond, and the British tabloids acted as though somebody had orchestrated an elaborate assassination plot because he was blond? But recent developments about the impending direction of the 26th James Bond film are making me oddly nostalgic for a storm in a teapot that I don’t even remember. As a Variety article has pointed out, the James Bond franchise’s “TV, licensing, spinoff and interconnected cinematic universe potential remains unmined;” but is that negative? ), many people wondered if the character of James Bond was actually dead, given that Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton and Brosnan were all spared. Complementary ‘Next James Bond’ guess: I would say “Not Henry Cavill,” but who knows at this point?

Source: The Times March 12, 2025 12:59 UTC