In just some months it’s going to have been two years since No Time To Die, which was delayed a yr and a half by COVID, hit cinemas.

Daniel Craig bowed out as James Bond somewhat explosively after a document 16 years within the position, however how lengthy will it’s earlier than the following one?

A yr in the past, franchise boss Barbara Broccoli shared that filming on Bond 26 can be at the very least two years away.

Now 12 months on and we determined to ask Martin Campbell, who directed the final two 007 reboots in 1995’s GoldenEye starring Pierce Brosnan and 2006’s Casino Royale starring Daniel Craig.

The 79-year-old has mentioned in interviews during the last yr how he’d be open to introducing a brand new Bond star for a 3rd time with the following film, so has he had any conversations but?

Speaking completely with Express.co.uk to advertise the London Action Festival this week, Campbell mentioned: “No, [I’ve not been asked yet]. Look they won’t do Bond [26] for another year, two years to be honest. They space in between. I don’t envy them looking for the next Bond. God knows who will play Bond because it’s very difficult. Also, tonally where do you keep Bond?

“Daniel Craig did a very internalised Bond in some ways; a man clearly complicated psychologically and so forth. And he brought a kind of gravitas to it… I’m sure there are certain people who probably miss the humour and tone of the earlier Bonds, but I think he did a terrific job. He was marvellous.”

Last time round there was a four-year hole between Pierce Brosnan’s Die Another Day and Craig’s Casino Royale, which was launched in 2006. The casting announcement was in 2005, so if EON Productions are engaged on the identical timeline maybe the following Bond can be revealed in 2024 with the movie releasing in 2025?

Asking Campbell how he would reboot Bond a 3rd time if he was given the chance, the filmmaker admitted: “I actually don’t know. Look I feel what occurs is, whenever you do a Bond, you go into it and your thoughts can’t even begin engaged on that state of affairs till you’re truly prepping it. And it often takes a very long time to prep. Obviously the script course of, the sheer measurement of the film… Honestly, I don’t what I’d do otherwise.

This week, the two-time Bond director is participating within the London Action Festival the place he’ll converse at a Q&A throughout a Twenty fifth-anniversary screening of The Mask of Zorro. The 79-year-old will even be on a panel referred to as Anatomy Of A Set Piece, wherein he’ll discuss what he thinks is among the finest motion scenes in cinema historical past.

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