I've said this before but if they were gonna connect anything they should have made Brosnan the villain in Skyfall. Could you imagine the dynamic of being a forgotten agent if it was pierce, who still handle action. That would have been fucking nuts. Even bardem's gentleness towards M in the finale would have been more poignant.

I think I prefer Brosnan's post-Bond career actually.

In terms of the next James Bond, I suspect it will be a lower-profile (and younger) British or Irish actor rather than a frequently named option such as Elba or Hardy. A brooding type perhaps poached from television, a la The Tudors' Henry Cavill as Superman.

Consider:



Christian Cooke



JJ Feild



Luke Treadaway



Aidan Turner

Lord help us.

Let's go younger and stick Nicholas Hoult in it.

Connery was huge in the 80s and 90s. Shame he turned down LOTR for LOEG.

Not really though until Untouchables in 1987. His only hit between his bond films (Never Say Never again included) were smaller ensemble roles in Bridge to Far, Time Bandits, and Murder on the Orient Express. There's about 12-14 flops mixed in there. Some of them weren't that bad of films though.

Called it!

http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/aidan ... -ja/402357

Meh choice. They just offered Craig a huge pay day a few days ago For 2 more. If he does one final one, which I think he will.could be another 3 years. Hopefully someone better comes along

It was originally reported by the Mirror so you can probably count him out.

I'd vote for:

1. Jason Statham
2. Michael Fassbender
3. Tom Hardy

I'm still all in for Luke Evans.

Statham is 48. You'd get two films out of him and most and then he'd be too old. They need a franchise guy.

Might not be a bad idea to transition between the next series, we go with a stand alone "Old James Bond story." I'd rather they keep trying new things than go back to the stale formula

Apparently it's going to be Aaron Taylor Johnson

He’s been offered but hasn’t signed.

I didn't buy it at first (still kinda don't) because the rumor started with The Sun which I'm not sure has ever got one James Bond prediction correct, but it is kind of interesting that reputable news sources are starting to pick up the story.

If he turns out to be the guy I'm surprised they went with someone this well known. He's not famous to general audiences, but he's been in things and he'll be more well known (for better or worse) once Kraven the Hunter comes out. I thought after Craig they'd stick with almost complete unknowns. He'd probably be at the same level of fame as Brosnan when he was cast. If all goes well he could have quite the run too at 33. On paper that's a 20 year run with 5 or 6 films depending on how fast EON wants to churns them out.

I like him and I trust Broccoli and Wilson even more. They know what they're doing. That's if any of this is even remotely true.

Not convinced he's a #1 guy and if they go "rough/tumble" version it will seem like Craig's. Tough spot since they can't really go back to sex machine Bond yet which would be a good palate cleanser from Craig, I think they have to wait out the current environment a bit longer.

Johnson will be like a Dalton or Lazenby, a very short stint.