James Bond as an Amazon Prime original? Yep, that's about to happen after Amazon acquired creative control of the franchise.
Ever since 1962's Dr. No, one family has guided the franchise into the multibillion-dollar industry it's become. Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, the children of original Bond producer Albert R. 'Cubby' Broccoli, have guided the franchise over the last few decades. On Thursday it was announced that Broccoli and Wilson would hand over creative control to Amazon MGM (in 2021 Amazon purchased MGM). This move worried fans of the franchise. Would it become a series? Would there be spinoffs?
But the big question is, who will Amazon MGM pick as the next Bond? Names like Tom Hardy, Idris Elba, Cillian Murphy and Henry Cavill have all been in the mix, but frankly, I think they're going to go younger for the next Bond. (Sorry, just keeping it real.) That opens things up for Dan Stevens, Henry Golding, Jonathan Bailey, Richard Madden, Leo Woodall and Dev Patel.
But if you're asking me, there really are only two younger actors who could take on this role: Aaron Taylor-Johnson or Harris Dickinson, best known for his performance in Babygirl. My money is on Dickinson, only because he's still relatively unknown to audiences and playing Bond could really define him in the way it defined Daniel Craig.
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