How will Bond 26 and the new 007 speak to our current times?
The Craig era deals heavily with the moral conundrums that come with being a legal assassin for a major superpower at a time when our trust in government institutions is being tested daily. 1995’s GoldenEye and Pierce Brosnan tackled a changing world in the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall. No hit theaters just as the Cuban Missile Crisis was about to get underway. Sean Connery’s Bond fought countless Soviet enemies at the height of the Cold War - Dr. So, whoever jumps into the Aston Martin next will not be a continuation Craig’s Bond.īut “reinventing” may also speak to how the themes of this new 007 will have to reflect the modern day. The Craig era changed all that, with the five latest films giving his Bond a definitive beginning, middle, and end. Of course, modern audiences are much more comfortable with reboots now than they might have been a few decades ago when it could still be assumed by the general viewer that each new incumbent was playing the same man. After all, “reinventing” Bond isn’t an easy task, especially after you’ve just killed him off. And that’s if all goes well with the writing and casting.
Broccoli’s estimate that production is still two years away means that we won’t see Bond 26 until 2025 at the earliest.
