The future of James Bond

On the topic of age, I would argue that a 50 something Elba is a lot more vital and physically capable than a 50 something Moore. No disrespect to Moore, but actors in general take much better care of themselves these days. A short 3 movie run wouldn't hurt at all.

And while the more recent Craig movies went out of their way to have more physically demanding fight scenes (brought about by the influence of Bourne), I usually picture Bond as more of a swift smooth operator, rather than a hulking brawler, as Craig positioned himself as.

In saying all that, I've no problem with them leaning younger instead. The tricky part is finding a young actor who has genuine presence and swagger....

I'd love to see Elba as Bond even if was for only two movies.

And for those saying you can't change to a black man, I say you'll forget his race in about ten minutes if the performance is strong and you are guaranteed that with Elba.

Elba is very fresh looking for his age too.

As for Carmichael, I think the best Bond, Sean Connery, looked very like him.

I could watch the Connery movies 100 times, just in a different league to everything that came after them.

Moore wasn't bad, Dalton was better. Brosnan was okay as was Craig. I thought Lazenby was quite good in his only movie.

Watching Secret Invasion which is not a great show but Kingsley Ben-Adir could be a good shout although he is late 30s.

Apparently a new Bond book out and getting a bit of a slagging ha ha

Kinda looks like Jason Isaacs

That could be a very interesting casting call if going for an older Bond... Isaacs isn't a huge star (despite being very famous from his role in the Harry Potter series)/

He tends to raise the quality of whatever he's in. He kinda reminds me of Dalton a little, looks-wise (back in the day for both).

And the Fleming estate chooses what they sign off on so if it doesn't sell, they likely won't sign on future writings from the author but they will if it does. So they were fine with it, a couple of publications getting outraged by a paragraph 4 months later is more amusing.

If going for a younger actor, Jacob Elordi would be good, quiet versatile, charismatic

That is a snippet from the book, and also features an action by the main character which is completely and utterly out of character for him based on previous stories and his history. I don't need to read any more of it.

Dalton is Nolan's favourite Bond, I would love to see a Nolan Bond film

Are they still talking about that guy from Bridgerton or something? Seems to have the suave and sophistication down. I know there would be a bit of a fuss kicked up with him being black but I don't think there would be as much as before. Rege-Jean something? Thought he was quite funny in the (surprisingly good) dungeons and dragons movie.

I remember years ago reading some comment when Craig became bond. Something along the lines of "Clive Owen must have cr*pped into someone's tea that he's not Bond, he's been such the obvious choice for years". Elba would have been great years ago. Too old now. Could have given it a pre-Luthor type toughness.

But, god, acting-wise, it really is a double-edged sword. To be tied to SUCH an iconic character. MAYBE Craig has broken that "curse" with his Benois Blanc movies.

And it's hard to know how "successful" Bond movies really are. I mean, these days, anything under a billion dollars is almost considered a failure for mainstream action movies. I mean, the last one made "only" 760 million. It seems that there is very little ground these days for the "mid budget" movie. Something that's not expected to make 1.5-2 billion but turn over a nice few hundred million (700-900 million) for a 100-150 million dollar budget. Look at the Star Trek movies: Always in the 400-600 million takings. They only seem to double their money (Actually, IF that...).

There will be much fanfare (And histrionics, no doubt. There always is) when the new Bond is announced but... Who would want it?

That's right. The product placement in Bond is off the scale and can actually be off-putting at times as it can be quite ungraceful. I believe the same was for Minority Report - that its budget was covered by product placing. I thought it worked there as it came across as a social commentary about the pervasiveness of advertising (And the personalization of tailored advertising)

It is surprising he wasn't offered it before Craig got cast. Owen would have been 42 in Casino Royale in 2006. A good age to be Bond. Sadly for him Craig would play Bond for another 15 years so I guess his only shot was around back then. At least Bronson got another chance. Alas, wasn't to be.

Could play a Bond villian now tho. Only 59 in October. It's a shame Skyfall had the idea of an old agent coming back to haunt. Owen could have played 004 or whoever. Basically a repersentation of what 'James Bond' used to be.