Next James Bond Movie Is A "Reinvention" Of The Character And At Least 2 Years Away From Filming
The next James Bond movie, which will be the first to feature someone else as James Bond after Daniel Craig leaves the series, is «at least» two years away from filming, producer Barbara Broccoli has said.
It's taking more time than usual to get started on the next Bond movie because the producers are searching for the next actor to play the lead role. Broccoli told Deadline that the next James Bond movie will reinvent who James Bond is.
«We're working out where to go with him, we're talking that through. There isn't a script and we can't come up with one until we decide how we're going to approach the next film because, really, it's a reinvention of Bond. We're reinventing who he is and that takes time.»
Broccoli would not be drawn into commenting on which actors may be in the running for the role of James Bond, saying that right now, «Nobody's in the running.»
Before this, Broccoli said the next person to play James Bond will likely be a British man of any ethnicity or race.
«I think it will be a man because I don't think a woman should play James Bond,» she told The Hollywood Reporter. «I believe in making characters for women and not just having women play men's roles. I don't think there are enough great roles for women, and it's very important to me that we make movies for women about women. He should be British, so British can be any [ethnicity or race].»
This lines up closely with what Craig himself has said about the future of the series. Craig said in an interview that he is not on board with the idea of a woman playing James Bond, but commented that women and people of color should get other roles of a similar stature.
«The answer to that is very simple,» he told Radio Times. «There should simply be better
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