It will likely be some time before fans know who will replace Daniel Craig as the next 007.
Franchise producer Barbara Broccoli told The guardIn an interview published online Saturday, he said there was still a “long way to go” before the iconic character is “reimagined for the next chapter.” She added that executives also “haven’t even begun” to modernize the franchise.
Broccoli, who co-directs the film series with her half-brother Michael G. Wilson, said it was important for the next installment to show how the world has changed since Craig took over as James Bond in 2006. But this is nothing new, as the producer noted that 007 has typically been reinvented and modernized over the decades.
“I’m going back to GoldenEye when everyone said. “The Cold War is over, the Wall is over, Bond is dead, Bond is not needed, the whole world is at peace and now there are no more villains” – and boy was that wrong!” she said.
When it came to Craig in the title role, “they wanted to focus on what a 21st century hero would look like.”
“Daniel gave us the opportunity to explore the character’s emotional life… and the world was ready for it,” she added. “I think these films reflect the times they’re in and there’s still a big, big way to go to reinvent them for the next chapter.”
After five parts of the film series, starting with Casino RoyaleFollowing the release of 2021, Craig officially retired from the role No time to die.
Broccoli told us last year The Hollywood Reporter that back then they were more interested in finding out who the next villain would be before thinking about who would play Bond.
“We always sit down with our writers and start by thinking about, ‘What is the world afraid of?’ We start with the question, ‘Who is the Bond villain?’ We try to focus on that as a sort of overstory.” , she explained. “And then we also want to look at Bond’s emotional life and what’s coming to him personally that he’s never had to deal with before. So he has two big themes in the films – one is geopolitical and the other is personal.”
Source : www.hollywoodreporter.com