Arrival . Blade Runner 2049 . Dune . And now, Bond. Since June, Quebecois auteur Denis Villeneuve has been at the helm of the next James Bond movie (colloquially known as "Bond 26" until a real title comes along), set to be the first under the new Amazon MGM Studios regime. But Villeneuve's involvement raises big questions about the future for the spy franchise. Mainly: What's Bond 26 going to look like? And who will the next James Bond be?
The search for the next Bond is underway, with Deadline reporting on September 24 that Villeneuve will formally begin the casting process after Dune: Part Three completes production next year. Deadline 's sources say that the filmmakers are aiming to find "an unknown" fresh face in his "late twenties or early thirties." Deadline a