Overview

• Helen Mirren told Saga Magazine that, despite her feminist beliefs, James Bond “has to be a guy” or the character loses its essence.
• Pierce Brosnan reversed his 2019 support for a female 007 by declaring in the same interview that the next Bond “has to be a man.”
• Their remarks came in a joint Saga Magazine feature while promoting their new film, The Thursday Murder Club.
• Amazon MGM Studios, which gained creative control from Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson earlier this year, has attached Denis Villeneuve as director and Steven Knight as screenwriter for the next installment.
• Speculation over the new Bond remains intense, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Idris Elba, Tom Holland, Jacob Elordi, Harris Dickinson and Callum Turner among the names most frequently mentioned.