The future of James Bond

Yeah, right now my picks would be Hoult, Hiddleston (maybe a hair old at 41, but still just about viable) or as an interesting outside option, Riz Ahmed. He's a shorty, but he's still taller than Tom Cruise - screen presence counts for a lot, and Riz has plenty of that! Some crafty camera angles and blocking and I don't think his height would be an issue.

He's the same heights as Tom Cruise. Certainly didn't stop Cruise.

But he is too baby-faced for the role.

Michael Fassbender or Jamie Dorman, perhaps?

I'll freely admit that Dalton was always my favourite Bond. He's the only one I ever really found believable as a killer and always found it telling that Brosnan's only good Bond movie (Goldeneye) was origianlly written for Dalton.

At 76 you couldn't have him brawling in Bathrooms like Craig's Bond but there'd be nothing stopping him still being capable with a sniper rifle, using spycraft, being able to drive like a bat out of hell and as @Homelander points out, he's aged very well, you could still have him seducing women (which would in it's own right be an interesting departure if you used actresses that were age appropriate (plenty of glamourous actresses in their 50's that could still make good Bond Girls: Michelle Pfeiffer, Naomi Watts, Sharon Stone, Rachel Weisz, Helena Bonham Carter etc.)

I doubt it'll ever be done but if you like the idea of this kind of spy movie you might enjoy The Worricker Trilogy with Bill Nighy as an ageing MI5 officer. They're more political espionage than "super spy". I think they're still on Netflix ("Page Eight", "Salting The Battlefield" and "Turks & Caicos").

I think that the actor isn't the problem, but more the tone/direction. The Craig moves went the Bond Begins/Bourne gritty route, so where do the new films go? We have always come to expect gadgets, stunts, evil villains and birds from Bond. More of it will be just stale and a deviation won't be Bond.

Throw a wad of cash at the above idea of Dalton's Bond in the vein of The Dark Knight Returns or give it a cyanide pill. I think Dalton is also Christopher Nolan's favourite Bond.

I'm sorry but James Bond has to be male somethings cannot change, seductive, charm, ladies, action, violence, choice of drink and car etc.,

If you want a female spy film I'm sure someone could write one

I've seen names like Richard Madden, Jack O'Connell, Sebastian Stan, Miles Teller and James Norton rumoured also

Whomever does take over, tough job following Craig even though Casino Royale was his best imho

Harry Styles or Luke Evans could be a singing Bond 😁

What about an Irish actor. I could see Ardal O'Hanlon (Despite the Fr Ted) being a good option. Or Michael Fassbender as a more conventional choice.

I think it's time we had anything but a white man in the role. I don't care if he's mixed race or where his family came from. I think he should be British.

They changed the dynamic long ago that James Bond is one person. It's now the name of the selected agent so he can be any colour or creed.

Strangely enough, I could actually see Harry Styles in the role. Sans singing of course.

Dougal as a shout for James Bond has to be one of the funniest things I've heard in ages.

Colin Farrell as 007 and Brendan Gleason as M.

The Russians are the baddies again so perhaps not so much back in time.

He played a detective already in Murder in Paradise. Probably can't see past the 'Fr Dougal' image.

Too old now anyway unless they want an old Bond coming out of retirement for some last mission?