An insider named the main candidate for the role of the new Bond. This is Kraven the Hunter

The Daily Mail, citing an insider in the film industry, shared details about the future of the Bond film. Thus, the source revealed the favorite for the role of James Bond after Daniel Craig - Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

The 33-year-old British actor is known for his leading role in the Kick-Ass duology, Quicksilver in the films Avengers: Age of Ultron and “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”, he will also play the role of supervillain Kraven the Hunter in the upcoming solo film of the same name MCU.

With Craig's farewell to his role in "This is not the time to die“Two years have passed, and the name of the new agent 007 has not yet been officially announced. Taylor-Johnson's name has already appeared in leaks: back in November 2022, The Sun named his main contender for the role, and later Chris Evans in an interview with Wired called him his personal favorite to replace James Bond.

Another popular candidate during these two years called Regé-Jean Page ("Bridgertons»). If the Daily Mail insider is right, then preference was still not given to him.

The insider also confirmed that Christopher Nolan is "very interested in doing something completely new with the franchise." But the producers have not yet decided on a director: for this position, in addition to Nolan are considering Matthew Vaughn, Denis Villeneuve and Danny Boyle.