James Bond: The next 007 movie is looking for its new director, and Denis Villeneuve (‘Dune’) is the favorite

Daniel Craig’s throne as the famous agent 007 came to an end with ‘No time to die’ in 2021an explosive and emotional farewell for one of the actors who has been lucky enough to wear the James Bond tuxedo.

Now, almost two years later, speculation is mounting about who will be cast as the next Bond, as well as what form the film will take. Will it be a full reboot, will someone be reprising their roles, will there be a much younger Bond, and who will direct him? In fact, a few days ago, the casting director, Debbie McWilliams, recognized how hard it is to find the right protagonist. But on the one hand she is choosing the casting, and on the other the technical team.

While ‘Bond 26’ is likely to be at least a year away from production, now a new rumor has just emerged that focuses on the person in charge of sitting in the management chair: Apparently a filmmaker is already being mentioned to take charge of the film. And that is none other than Denis Villeneuve. Will he end up being in charge of the 26th Bond film?

Let’s insist on something: at the moment it is not known. However, a new rumor from World of Reel and DeuxMois claims that Denis Villeneuve is the “favourite.”The search for the next James Bond actor is still going on, but the search for the next 007 director is on and none other than Denis Villeneuve seems to be the frontrunner right now.“, the medium wrote.

The media are pointing out what they have been hearing since January, and that is that the director of ‘Prisoners’ or ‘Blade Runner 2049’ is the number one target for the Bond producer, Barbara Broccoli.”

Villeneuve, known for his work on those two films as well as ‘Sicario’, ‘Enemy’ or ‘Arrival’, has spoken on occasion about how much he would like to get behind the camera in the James Bond franchise. “Frankly, and I can’t believe he’d say that, but the answer would be a big yes.” He thus acknowledged it in October 2021 during an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. “I would love to do a James Bond movie one day. He is a character that I have been with, like everyone, since my childhood. I have great affection for Bond.”

In the event that he were to direct the new Bond film, Villeneuve would fulfill another of his dreams, after carrying out a new adaptation of his favorite novel: ‘Dune’. Right now, the Canadian is behind the long-awaited sequel, ‘Dune 2’, which is already finished and will hit theaters on November 17, 2023. The film was confirmed after the success of the first part, premiered at the festival of Venice in 2021.