{"id":339507,"date":"2026-03-10T22:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/339507\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T22:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:49:13","slug":"riz-ahmed-might-be-the-next-james-bond-in-bait-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/339507\/","title":{"rendered":"Riz Ahmed might be the next James Bond in Bait trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickeringmyth.com\/riz-ahmed-might-be-the-next-james-bond-in-bait-trailer\/bait-official-trailer-_-prime-video-0-31-screenshot\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1962758 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\" \" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1962758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bait-Official-Trailer-_-Prime-Video-0-31-screenshot-600x377.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"377\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prime Video has dropped a new trailer for the upcoming comedy series Bait, which follows struggling actor Shah (Riz Ahmed) over the period of four days as he life spirals out of control when he is offered the chance to audition for the role of a lifetime \u2013 James Bond.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Ahmed in the cast are Guz Khan, Sheeba Chaddha, Sajid Hasan, Aasiya Shah, and Ritu Arya. Check out the trailer below\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickeringmyth.com\/riz-ahmed-might-be-the-next-james-bond-in-bait-trailer\/bait-key-art-4x5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1962753 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\" \" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1962753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bait-Key-Art-4x5-1-600x750.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"750\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickeringmyth.com\/riz-ahmed-might-be-the-next-james-bond-in-bait-trailer\/bait-first-look\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1962754 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img title=\" \" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1962754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BAIT_Riz_Ahmed_Still_Image_FINAL_5_13_34PM_700-600x338.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickeringmyth.com\/riz-ahmed-might-be-the-next-james-bond-in-bait-trailer\/bait-first-look-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1962755 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img title=\" \" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1962755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BAIT_S1_FG_101_00041309_Still076_700-600x312.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"312\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickeringmyth.com\/riz-ahmed-might-be-the-next-james-bond-in-bait-trailer\/bait-first-look-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1962756 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img title=\" \" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1962756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BAIT_S1_FG_101_00214611_Still603_700-600x312.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"312\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickeringmyth.com\/riz-ahmed-might-be-the-next-james-bond-in-bait-trailer\/bait-first-look-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1962757 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img title=\" \" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1962757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BAIT_S1_FG_104_00141314_Still198_700-600x324.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"324\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From Oscar and Emmy winner Riz Ahmed comes Bait, a comedy about Shah Latif, a struggling actor. His last chance to hit it big comes in the form of an audition of a lifetime. We follow him over the course of four wild days as his life spirals out of control and his family, ex-lover and the entire world weigh in on whether he is the right man for the job.<\/p>\n<p>Bait premieres on Prime Video on March 25th.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Video has dropped a new trailer for the upcoming comedy series Bait, which follows struggling actor Shah&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,270],"class_list":["post-339507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}