Next James Bond – Newly Oscar-nominated rising star ‘in 007 casting talks’ | Films | Entertainment | EUROtoday

It’s been 5 years since Daniel Craig exploded himself out of the James Bond movie franchise in No Time To Die.

Since then, Eon Productions has bought its complete 007 inventive management to Amazon MGM Studios in a close to $1 billion deal.

David Heyman and Amy Pascal are producing the Bond reboot and have employed Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight to pen the script, which might be directed by Denis Villeneuve.

And now, by the sounds of a number of sources, the latter is in severe consideration.

According to scooper Roger Friedman: “Rumours are Elordi’s had meetings with the producers and director Denis Villeneuve.” This was corroborated with World of Reel, who reported at present: “Back in October, I had a well-placed source telling me that Amazon/MGM was quietly pushing for Elordi to be the next Bond, though no formal offer has been sent out, and that Elordi was likely to have a screen test in 2026 — the usual tuxedo fitting and action scene… Villeneuve is expected to have a say in the matter, and so far there’s been no indication of pushback on his part in terms of Elordi’s casting. In fact, if we take today’s reporting, it seems as though Elordi privately met with the filmmaker. A final decision is supposed to be made on the next 007 actor in mid-2026.”

The 28-year-old Australian hunk starred in Saltburn, performed Elvis Presley in Priscilla and is ready to behave reverse Margot Robbie in Wuthering Heights subsequent month as Heathcliff. If that wasn’t sufficient, Elordi obtained his first Oscar nomination at present for enjoying Frankenstein’s monster in Gulliermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. If forged he can be the youngest Bond and first Aussie to take up the Licence to Kill since as 29-year-old George Lazenby.