James Bond boss teases new 007 actor will be ‘really different’

Metro ^ | August 6, 2026 | Tori Brazier

[MinorityRepublican]

James Bond producer Amy Pascal has dropped a little more intel on what we can expect from the actor who will replace Daniel Craig in the iconic spy franchise.

And suffice it to say, it sounds like it’s going to be all change.

Since Craig handed in his licence to kill following 2021’s No Time to Die – his fifth outing as the suave MI6 operative – it has become a national pastime to debate who the next actor will be to take on the part, following in the footsteps of Sir Sean Connery, Sir Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan too.

But after nearly five years of rumours and thwarted reports – we all thought we had Aaron Taylor-Johnson confirmed in March 2024 for a second there – we are still in the dark over who the next Bond will be.

However, Pascal – who was confirmed to be taking the reins on the much-loved film series alongside Harry Potter producer David Heyman after Amazon MGM Studios bought full creative control off longtime producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson in February 2025 – has now offered a couple of breadcrumbs.

When asked about an update on the timeline for Bond and any casting announcement, the Spider-Man producer told Deadline: ‘I would say the end of the year is a good bet. We are being really, really methodical.’

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[epluribus_2]

Boy George?

[Gen.Blather]

“I be Bond. Jamaquile Bond.”

[Da Coyote]

It’ll be that tranny wimpoid that was in the Odyssey.

[Gay State Conservative]

Really different? So IOW it will be a smash hit in San Francisco and other Maoist enclaves...and a flop in the rest of the country.

[dfwgator]

Boy George?

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The Palestine fanbois would not approve.

[cloudmountain]

Are there NO British male hunks?
There are but the 007 of the future won't resemble ANY British male hunk I'd pay to see.

WHAT a shame. Ian Fleming must be rolling in his grave.

[Liz]

James Bond producer Amy Pascal---definitely not a "Bond girl."

[bray]

Another woman going to destroy a film dynasty. It will be so hom..cutting edge.

[muir_redwoods]

Let’s see, what are the chances (s)he’ll be

An unarmed vegan dwarf who reads the koran
A left-handed Lithuanian lesbian librarian
A albino Aleut blind chess master with a lisp

[Steely Tom]

I haven’t the slightest idea who or what that is.

[Whatever Works]

If you want to make an iconic character different, just create a new character. Don’t destroy the old one. I predict failure, disaster and disgust at the coming change.

[mairdie]

The days of that statement generating great excitement in me are long past. I stood in line on New Year’s in the Chicago cold for those movies. Never again.

[EvilCapitalist]

I wouldn’t mind her as a Bond Girl.

[The Duke]

Let the destruction of brand value …. begin! (Why should I care, I’ve got other things to do with my limited resources?)

[central_va]

Ex Prince Harry needs a job .

[Blue Highway]

Very ready for DEI Bond complete with fake accent

[dennisw]

The next James Bond will not be out until 2028 so who knows how good, bad, gay or PC/DEI tainted it will be.

[sjmjax]

Since they’ve already killed him, how about a Zombie Bond?

Robo Bond? Bond Clone Army? The Ghost of Bond?

Or maybe, just maybe, something new and original.
Sorry, just kidding! That would be beyond their comprehension and imagination.

[odawg]

Obviously, she won’t choose a masculine, white hero type for the part, it there has to be major changes in the type. The requirements have to be moved away to some other type.

It will probably be a non-white, non-Anglo bisexual, featuring Bond girls and boys.

[Blue Highway]

There should be a warning with that picture. “Looking at this picture may induce Shri’ing the bed”