{"id":643535,"date":"2026-05-14T22:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/643535\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T22:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:54:08","slug":"were-one-step-closer-to-the-next-james-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/643535\/","title":{"rendered":"We’re One Step Closer to the Next James Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"

In most cases, a casting director joining a film production wouldn\u2019t be huge news. But this is no ordinary role being filled; it\u2019s the next James Bond. And the casting director is a recognizable name in her own right: Nina Gold<\/a>, who has outstanding credits across TV (Game of Thrones, Andor) and film, including several Star Wars features<\/a>. She was also one of the first creatives to be nominated for the brand-new Oscar<\/a> for Achievement in Casting for her work on Hamnet.<\/p>\n

The news of Gold\u2019s involvement in Denis Villeneuve\u2019s Bond film<\/a>\u2014the first since Daniel Craig bowed out as 007 as well as the first since Amazon MGM Studios took control<\/a> of the franchise\u2014came from Variety<\/a>, which also had a statement from the studio: \u201cThe search for the next James Bond is underway. While we don\u2019t plan to comment on specific details during the casting process, we\u2019re excited to share more news with 007 fans as soon as the time is right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Official channels may not plan to divulge any details, but you can expect speculation, which was already running pretty hot, to get even more intense as the process continues. As Variety reminds us, Jacob Elordi, Callum Turner, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson are just a few of the names who\u2019ve surfaced; the general understanding has been that a younger actor is wanted for the role. (Craig was in his early 50s when he starred in No Time to Die\u00a0in 2021.)<\/p>\n

With Gold now in the picture, we can now start to wonder if any stars from her earlier projects might now be contenders. That would include Taylor-Johnson, who was cast by Gold in his breakout film, 2009\u2019s Nowhere Boy. Who do you think should play the superspy next?<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In most cases, a casting director joining a film production wouldn\u2019t be huge news. But this is no…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,37117,206],"class_list":["post-643535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-james-bond","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}