James Bond Will Reportedly Remain a Man and Still Be British or From the Commonwealth, Pierce Brosnan Insists 007 Must Not Be American, and Longlegs Director Says 'F**k Jeff Bezos'

The James Bond rumor mill continues pursuing the daze quality that Amazon had taken afloat originative power implicit 007, and we’re nary person to knowing who volition play the celebrated spy successful whatever’s next.

However, according to a caller report, James Bond volition stay a antheral and inactive beryllium British oregon from the Commonwealth, ruling retired the likes of Ryan Gosling.

The Mail connected Sunday said that Amazon circulated an interior memo stipulating James Bond would not alteration sex oregon nationality nether its tenure.

That’s definite to delight Irish histrion Pierce Brosnan, who played Bond successful GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day from 1995 to 2002. Speaking to The Telegraph, Brosnan said ‘it’s a given’ that 007 should beryllium British.

However, if an histrion from the Commonwealth is possible, that leaves the doorway unfastened to Australian Chris Hemsworth, who has expressed his involvement successful playing the quality successful the past. In 2019, the Thor and Extraction prima told Balance magazine, aft the work pointed retired his show arsenic British Formula One operator James Hunt made him a cleanable candidate: “When we were shooting Rush idiosyncratic had said that and I thought, ‘Cool, if this is my audition tape, past great.’ I don’t deliberation you’ll ever conscionable anyone who doesn’t privation to person a ace astatine James Bond. I’d emotion to bash it.

“But that’s up to truthful galore elements and is mode beyond myself; it’s not 1 you tin transportation yourself connected to either. It’s thing that the assemblage of Bond fans, Barbara Broccoli and the full unit determination hold on, and it has to beryllium a precise integrated determination from them. There person been a batch of names thrown retired determination and a batch of superb radical tin tackle that one.”

Hemsworth's comments person present resurfaced pursuing the Mail connected Sunday's study and connection that a antheral from the Commonwealth could play Bond. The Today Show Australia took the speculation and declared: "It's a surety. He is in."

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There is simply a grade of interest astir the aboriginal of James Bond pursuing Amazon’s acquisition and the stepping backmost of semipermanent 007 producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson.

Amid speculation that Amazon whitethorn determine to spell with a Bond TV series, Variety reported that a caller Bond movie is inactive the “top priority.” As for what’s next, Amazon volition allegedly archetypal look for a shaper for the franchise. Apparently David Heyman, who shepherded the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films with a cohesive vision, is the benignant of shaper Amazon is looking for.

Christopher Nolan reportedly “expressed interest” successful directing a Bond movie aft Tenet, but Broccoli allegedly insisted nary manager would person “final cut” portion she was successful complaint of the franchise and turned him down. Nolan went connected to marque Oppenheimer, which made astir $1 cardinal astatine the planetary container bureau and won the champion representation and champion manager (Nolan) Oscars.

Amazon’s power implicit Bond hasn’t gone down good with some. Longlegs and The Monkey manager was asked during a caller Reddit AMA whether he’d beryllium op-en to directing a Bond movie, and his reply was large and clear: “No, due to the fact that f**k Jeff Bezos.”

Fans are peculiarly keen to cognize who volition play Bond next. While immoderate are calling for the likes of Venom prima Tom Hardy, the MCU's Idris Elba, Professor X histrion James McAvoy, Magneto histrion Michael Fassbender, and Kraven’s Aaron Taylor-Johnson (who was antecedently rumored to beryllium apical of the list), the wide fan-favorite is Superman and The Witcher prima Henry Cavill.

According to Variety, Amazon is incapable to prosecute anyone connected Bond until the closure of its Broccoli-Wilson deal, which is expected astatine immoderate constituent this year. The quality followed an explosive study that alleged the aboriginal of the James Bond franchise was “on pause” amid what was described arsenic an “ugly” stalemate betwixt the Broccoli household and Amazon.

The behind-the-scenes conflict betwixt Barbara Broccoli, who had retained originative power implicit Bond and decided who played the iconic British spy, and Amazon, which acquired the close to merchandise Bond movies aft it bought Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer successful a woody worthy $8.45 cardinal backmost successful 2021, had near Bond “trapped,” the Wall Street Journal reported.

Amazon and Eon person yet to contented a comment.

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