{"id":161668,"date":"2025-02-21T00:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T00:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1835990"},"modified":"2025-02-21T00:57:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T00:57:00","slug":"jeff-bezos-asks-james-bond-fans-who-they-want-cast-now-he-has-the-keys-to-the-kingdom-and-they-have-only-one-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/jeff-bezos-asks-james-bond-fans-who-they-want-cast-now-he-has-the-keys-to-the-kingdom-and-they-have-only-one-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos asks James Bond fans who they want cast now he has the keys to the kingdom, and they have only one answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-64.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/tag\/james-bond\">James Bond<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s future just got a major shake-up, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is making sure fans have a say in the franchise&#8217;s new direction. With <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/movies\/from-007-to-just-plain-000-james-bond-fans-weep-as-amazon-gains-full-creative-control-of-the-franchise\/\">Amazon MGM Studios taking creative control of the legendary franchise<\/a>, Bezos posed a simple question to his millions of followers on X: \u201cWho\u2019d you pick as the next Bond?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who\u2019d you pick as the next Bond? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u7nBaRROlf\" >pic.twitter.com\/u7nBaRROlf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffBezos\/status\/1892590064766484622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >February 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Within hours, plenty of names were thrown into the mix. However, the majority delivered a resounding answer that it should be <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/tag\/tom-hardy\/\">Tom Hardy<\/a><\/strong>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/tag\/henry-cavill\">Henry Cavill<\/a><\/strong> was close second. \u201cHenry Cavill is great, but Tom Hardy is my vote for James Bond,\u201d one fan declared. Another wrote, \u201cI think it may only be Tom Hardy that\u2019s going to make me watch a James Bond movie.\u201d A different user quipped, \u201cHenry Cavill is the only choice to heal the world and the franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Hardy, 47, and Cavill, 41, are no strangers to action-packed roles, but Hardy seems to have the edge when it comes to embodying intense, unpredictable characters.<\/p>\n<p>Hardy\u2019s resume is stacked with physically demanding, chameleonic performances. He has played the lone drifter Max Rockatansky in <em>Mad Max: Fury Road<\/em>, the dual-personality anti-hero Eddie Brock in <em>Venom<\/em>, and the unhinged, real-life criminal Charles Bronson in <em>Bronson<\/em>. He\u2019s even taken on the Star Trek universe as the sinister Praetor Shinzon in <em>Nemesis<\/em>. He will next appear as a detective battling the criminal underworld in Netflix\u2019s upcoming <em>Havoc<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Henry Cavill is great but Tom Hardy is my vote for James Bond <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WVWTkzqTzr\" >pic.twitter.com\/WVWTkzqTzr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Melonie Mac <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/271d.png\" alt=\"\u271d\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f3ae.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfae\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f5a4.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udda4\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> (@MelonieMac) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MelonieMac\/status\/1892709151119200640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >February 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Cavill, meanwhile, has long been a fan-favorite for Bond, thanks to his suave portrayal of superspy Napoleon Solo in <em>The Man from U.N.C.L.E.<\/em> and his action chops in <em>Mission: Impossible \u2013 Fallout<\/em>. But despite his overwhelming qualifications, Hardy\u2019s grittier, rough-around-the-edges persona may be what wins him the role in the eyes of many social media users.<\/p>\n<p>While Hardy and Cavill dominated the poll, other actors got honorable mentions, including Michael B. Jordan, Matthew Goode, Chris Pratt, Chris Hemsworth, Michael Fassbender, and James McAvoy. And, of course, the internet being the internet, some users jokingly suggested <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/tag\/elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a> take up the tuxedo and Walther PPK for the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>Moments before Bezos asked the important question, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/news\/company-news\/amazon-mgm-studios-james-bond\" >Amazon announced<\/a> that the famous spy series is undergoing a seismic shift after Daniel Craig ended his run as Bond in 2021&#8217;s <em>No Time To Die<\/em>. In a deal that rewrites the franchise\u2019s future, Amazon MGM Studios has formed a new joint venture with longtime franchise gatekeepers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. While Wilson and Broccoli remain co-owners of the six-decade-old property, Amazon now holds the ultimate creative power over the superspy\u2019s next releases.<\/p>\n<p>This follows Amazon\u2019s $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM in 2022, which gave the tech giant control over an expansive catalog of more than 4,000 films and 17,000 TV shows, including every Bond movie to date. Now, Amazon isn\u2019t just distributing Bond films. It is also shaping the future of the well-loved spy series.<\/p>\n<p>The Broccoli family has long been the guardian of the Bond legacy, with Albert \u201cCubby\u201d Broccoli first bringing Ian Fleming\u2019s super-spy to the big screen in Dr. No (1962). Since then, Barbara and Wilson have carefully controlled the franchise by overseeing its evolution across six decades.<\/p>\n<p>But with Amazon now holding creative control, the franchise is on the brink of its biggest transformation yet. As Mike Hopkins, head of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, put it in a statement obtained by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/amazon-mgm-studios-james-bond-franchise-1236141794\/\" >The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em>: \u201cWe are honored to continue this treasured heritage and look forward to ushering in the next phase of the legendary 007 for audiences around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Bond\u2019s future in Amazon\u2019s hands, the next 007 will be a game-changer in the series. Now, we&#8217;ll just have to wait and see if Bezos will listen to who fans want to see next portraying the iconic role.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-64.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>The frontrunner has the filmography to back him up in landing this role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2501,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[6166],"tags":[33,30,29,26,35,27,38,37,34,36,28,32,31],"class_list":["post-161668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie","tag-cyberpunk","tag-fortnite","tag-free-fire","tag-game","tag-lol","tag-minecraft","tag-mobile-games","tag-pokemon","tag-pubg","tag-pubg-mobile","tag-steeam","tag-valorant","tag-xbox-series-x"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2501"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}