James Bond reboot director has unhealthy news for followers awaiting the brand new 007

In just some months it’ll have been two years since No Time To Die, which was delayed a 12 months and a half by COVID, hit cinemas.

Daniel Craig bowed out as James Bond moderately explosively after a report 16 years within the position, however how lengthy will it’s earlier than the following one?

A 12 months in the past, franchise boss Barbara Broccoli shared that filming on Bond 26 can be no less than two years away.

Now 12 months on and we determined to ask Martin Campbell, who directed the final two 007 reboots in 1995’s GoldenEye starring Pierce Brosnan and 2006’s Casino Royale starring Daniel Craig.

The 79-year-old has mentioned in interviews over the past 12 months how he’d be open to introducing a brand new Bond star for a 3rd time with the following film, so has he had any conversations but?

Speaking solely with Express.co.uk to advertise the London Action Festival this week, Campbell mentioned: “No, [I’ve not been asked yet]. Look they won’t do Bond [26] for another year, two years to be honest. They space in between. I don’t envy them looking for the next Bond. God knows who will play Bond because it’s very difficult. Also, tonally where do you keep Bond?

“Daniel Craig did a very internalised Bond in some ways; a man clearly complicated psychologically and so forth. And he brought a kind of gravitas to it… I’m sure there are certain people who probably miss the humour and tone of the earlier Bonds, but I think he did a terrific job. He was marvellous.”

Last time round there was a four-year hole between Pierce Brosnan’s Die Another Day and Craig’s Casino Royale, which was launched in 2006. The casting announcement was in 2005, so if EON Productions are engaged on the identical timeline maybe the following Bond shall be revealed in 2024 with the movie releasing in 2025?

Asking Campbell how he would reboot Bond a 3rd time if he was given the chance, the filmmaker admitted: “I actually don’t know. Look I believe what occurs is, while you do a Bond, you go into it and your thoughts can’t even begin engaged on that situation till you’re really prepping it. And it normally takes a very long time to prep. Obviously the script course of, the sheer dimension of the film… Honestly, I don’t what I’d do in another way.

This week, the two-time Bond director is participating within the London Action Festival the place he’ll converse at a Q&A throughout a Twenty fifth-anniversary screening of The Mask of Zorro. The 79-year-old can even be on a panel referred to as Anatomy Of A Set Piece, during which he’ll discuss what he thinks is among the greatest motion scenes in cinema historical past.

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