James Bond fans face five year wait to see new 007 on screen after Daniel Craig exit

The last 007 movie was No Time To Die released in September 2021 but 'Bond 26' is nowhere to be seen following a string of delays and the hunt for Daniel Craig's replacement

Fans of James Bond are set to a wait more than five YEARS in total to see 007 back on screen - because of delays to the production and casting.

Daniel Craig's final film No Time To Die was released in September 2021 and the following year in June 2022 Bond producer Barbara Broccoli said the next Bond was a long way from filming. At the time she told Deadline: "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. I’d say that filming is at least two years away."

That deadline has now passed and the transition to find a new 007 has not been smooth with no leading man named and the next project years from hitting cinemas. To add to this, Bond executive producer Broccoli now has commitments to a musical called Sing Street transferring to London stage in the Summer of 2025. This is likely to take up some of her time in the coming months.

With no official title 'Bond 26' is only listed as 'In Development' on industry websites without a leading man confirmed as in place and no shooting locations or plot. There is no shooting schedule which would normally be drafted months in advance and Bond films in the past have taken up to two years to film and edit.

"The best case scenario is a new Bond film in cinemas by the end of 2026 - which is five years after No Time To Die - and that's if things get shaken up soon," said one film insider. Another source said there were rumours of problems with scripts and delays.

Men's magazine GQ last month asked who would be the new Bond, highlighting reports previously that Aaron Taylor-Johnson had auditioned for the role and is said to have verbally agreed to the part. It also suggested Masters Of The Air star Callum Turner who bookmakers say has been backed to play the smooth spy. Further reports last month also linked Aaron Pierre who would be the first black Bond as well as Theo James from The White Lotus.

Fans have been debating the delay on forums, hoping the wait to find out who replaces Daniel Craig after five films as 007 is not much longer. Gaps between Bond films vary with No Time To Die delayed by Covid and coming out six years after Spectre. But in the two decades of films before that though, the 007 films tended to come out every 2-4 years. Bond film producers EON were contacted but did not comment on when the next film would be released.

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