The Rest is Entertainment<\/a> podcast, The Guardian reporter Marina Hyde reveals that Jacob Elordi (Euphoria) is seemingly in an advantageous spot to play Bond.<\/p>\n\u201cI have to say \u2014 just the mere fact of me saying this means it won\u2019t happen \u2014 but I\u2019ve heard from a number of people that Jacob Elordi has kind of moved into pole position,\u201d said Hyde. \u201cNobody has signed anything yet, which is interesting because Callum Turner is way out ahead, \u201d she added.<\/p>\n
While this is not confirmation that Elordi is the new Bond, it adds more weight to the theory that he will wind up being cast as the iconic spy. Amazon has yet to officially announce the casting, along with plot details and a release date. The untitled Bond film will be the 28th installment in the franchise, with Elordi, or whoever is cast in the role, being the eighth actor to portray the British agent.<\/p>\n
Elordi is best known for playing Nate Jacobs in Euphoria, but the actor recently made headlines for being nominated at the Academy Awards for his portrayal of Frankenstein\u2019s monster in Guillermo del Toro\u2019s 2025 film.<\/p>\n
Courtenay Valenti, head of film at Amazon MGM Studios, previously said in a statement that thhat the company will take its time to find the right actor for the role.<\/p>\n
The upcoming James Bond movie will be directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Steven Knight. Villeneuve will start work on the project following the release of Dune Part 3 this year.<\/p>\n
Originally reported by Rahul Majumdar on ComingSoon.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ever since it was announced that Amazon had obtained the creative rights to the James Bond franchise, there…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[3468,47453,321,30935,93,61,60,9404,18747,131947],"class_list":["post-438053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-amazon","tag-callum-turner","tag-celebrities","tag-denis-villeneuve","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jacob-elordi","tag-james-bond","tag-marina-hyde"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438053","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=438053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}