{"id":584545,"date":"2026-05-15T00:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/584545\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T00:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:38:18","slug":"james-bond-casting-kicks-off-for-daniel-craigs-successor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/584545\/","title":{"rendered":"James Bond Casting Kicks Off for Daniel Craig&#8217;s Successor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260514_7e451f9838d248a0a42544b3480e33f3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6736a505-ac48-429f-8a9e-7f268dcfd0ce\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7e451f9838d248a0a42544b3480e33f3_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-daniel-craig-alamy-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The search for the next James Bond has officially begun &#8230; and a big industry name is attached to help on the hunt.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ has confirmed the 007 casting process started &#8212; an Amazon MGM Studios spokesperson saying &#8230; &#8220;While we don&#8217;t plan to comment on specific details during the casting process, we&#8217;re excited to share more news with 007 fans as soon as the time is right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251014_c25b32e12ca54341b960fee4fdc4c533\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6736a505-ac48-429f-8a9e-7f268dcfd0ce\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c25b32e12ca54341b960fee4fdc4c533_md.jpg\" alt=\"james-bond-No-Time-to-Die-everett-collection-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A source with knowledge confirmed to TMZ &#8230; renowned &#8220;Game of Thrones&#8221; casting director Nina Gold has been enlisted to help find the next British secret agent.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Amazon is keeping any other deets about the process close to the vest &#8230; not even hinting if some Hollywood hunks have already come in to read.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260514_7d5a73d36cf146dc8ab94b97ec204eb3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6736a505-ac48-429f-8a9e-7f268dcfd0ce\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7d5a73d36cf146dc8ab94b97ec204eb3_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-daniel-craig-casino-royale-alamy-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The update is a huge deal for Bond fans &#8230; who have been awaiting any news on the franchise since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/daniel-craig\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Craig<\/a> retired from the role &#8230; and Amazon scored the Bond IP when it acquired MGM.<\/p>\n<p>The only solid update on a new project since the last film, &#8220;No Time to Die&#8221; in 2021, was &#8220;Dune&#8221; director Denis Villeneuve had been tapped to direct the next movie.<\/p>\n<p>This news has gotten us shaken and stirred!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The search for the next James Bond has officially begun &#8230; and a big industry name is attached&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-584545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}