James Bond producer is ‘reinventing’ franchise — but it will ‘take time’

nypost.com:

Barbara Broccoli has revealed that the next film in the enduring 007 series will be a complete reinvention. However, casting — always a hot topic among franchise fans — has not yet commenced. “Nobody’s in the running — we’re working out where to go with him, we’re talking that through,” Broccoli said during the BFI Fellowship dinner recently, Deadline reported. “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,” she teased about the next iteration of the suave British spymaster. “We’re reinventing who he is and that takes time.

Filming is at least two years away.”[Warning: Spoilers below].Of course, Daniel Craig was the latest actor to take the helm of Bond, starting his tenure with 2006’s “Casino Royale” and ending with 2021’s “No Time to Die.”His character was effectively killed off by Rami Malek’s villainous Safin in last year’s long-delayed-by-COVID action epic.Meanwhile, an always growing plethora of young male actors’ names have been thrown into the mix for quite some time as options to replace Craig, 54.Rumored names have included “The Crown” star Matt Smith, Ben Barnes, “How To Get Away With Murder” alum Alfred Enoch, Henry Cavill, Idris Elba, Richard Madden and many more.Broccoli divulged last year that 007 would be returning in some way, shape or form.“We’ll figure that one out, but he will be back.