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Next James Bond: are we in for a ‘darker’ 007?

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Next James Bond: are we in for a 'darker' 007?
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Next James Bond: are we in for a 'darker' 007?
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Lain_Staley Apr 2, 2026 +20
Campy would be more innovative in CURRENT_YEAR. 
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JakeGittes1974 Apr 2, 2026 +25
No, we just had that lol
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BlekSheep_ Apr 2, 2026 +4
I was going to say. Can you go darker than Craig’s bond and not abandon what Fleming was trying to do with the series? I’m honestly curious because I’ve not read the books but I remember some saying Craig’s bond is the furthest from the book version in some ways.
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Studdz Apr 2, 2026 +33
Was Daniel Craig not the darker Bond? I'd kind of prefer a return to the campier tone of the Moore movies, but if we're going even darker...sheesh, things are about to get depressing.
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bartekkenny Apr 2, 2026 +5
The ending is literally him left with 2 depressing options and he chooses the more depressing one.
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Sundance37 Apr 2, 2026 +1
Mike Meyers please!
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Blacknite45 Apr 2, 2026 +9
Daniel Craig's bond was a ptsd afflicted alcoholic who struggle in the art of subtlety 
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VampireHunterAlex Apr 2, 2026 +6
Whatever route they go, can we please return to STAND-ALONE-FILMS: I don't want a storyline that follows Bond through the entire run. Return to the standard formula. But you just know theyre thinking expanded universe, with streaming series spin-offs and prequels.
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Accomplished-Use-175 Apr 2, 2026 +3
I really liked Timothy Dalton Bond. Hope we get more of that.
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Shooter_McGavin_666 Apr 2, 2026 +1
I’m a slasher! Of prices! I must be stopped! Catch me later.
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woodpaulusgnome Apr 3, 2026 +1
For the greater good.
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Wyatt821 Apr 2, 2026
Maybe we can get him back?
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Accomplished-Use-175 Apr 2, 2026 +3
He’s 80. That would be funny 😁. But hey maybe he could play M. I just really liked the more serious tone of his movies.
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deathxcannabis Apr 2, 2026 +3
Well what the f*** was all that Daniel Craig stuff, then?
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AnonBaca21 Apr 2, 2026 +3
Cast Jonathan Bailey and give us a jaunty 60s period piece full of espionage and intrigue. I’m not in the mood for a series of action packed techno thrillers full of explosions and VFX. Please spare us a story centered on AI or whatever some Amazon exec is interested in.
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Atkena2578 Apr 2, 2026 +1
I saw rumors about Jacob Elordi, Wagner Moura, Jean Dujardin
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Shooter_McGavin_666 Apr 2, 2026 +3
I’ve had enough trauma Bond. Let’s get back to having cool, composed bond who enjoys his work and has fun foiling his foe’s plans. I don’t was 5 more British Jason Bourne movies.
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Masethelah Apr 2, 2026 +2
While I think C***** Royale and Skyfall may very well be the 2 best bond films ever made, along with Goldeneye, I am dying to see a campy comedic bond again.. I am not sure if they have what it takes to make films like that anymore though, since the 2000s I feel like we don’t see it much. And with Denis Villeneuves history, I am not sure how likely we are to see a less dark bond, or anything it might go even more serious and ”epic”.
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AcrobaticMistake2468 Apr 2, 2026 +1
Undoubtedly. You don’t hire Denis for camp
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chrisr3240 Apr 2, 2026 +1
Darker the better imo. I couldn’t stand the old camp James.
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Scared_Wrangler3419 Apr 2, 2026 +3
Hey everyone has their own tastes. But Daniel Craig's Bond was just a series based on copying other movies and characters. A campy Bond would be more interesting at this point compared to the "I'm a god, but I want people to see me as a sad boy" method we endure for 15+ years. Dark Bond feels more indulgent and lazy after all of that.
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ArchdukeToes Apr 2, 2026
Daniel Craig’s movies started really strong with Hotel Royale and then kind of fizzled. There were some great set pieces, but the films themselves felt pretty weak.
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Scared_Wrangler3419 Apr 2, 2026 +2
I enjoyed C***** Royale. Skyfall was good, but it felt like when his Bond should have ended, and every subsequent one after was just like watching someone do CPR on a corpse.
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givemethebat1 Apr 2, 2026 +2
No Time To Die is honestly pretty great as well. Much better than Spectre and arguably Quantum of Solace too.
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Scared_Wrangler3419 Apr 2, 2026 +1
Clickbait article. We already had a "dark 007", and that was spawned by Austin Powers taking the piss out of James Bond. Then we had James Bond pretending he was Jason Bourne. Then we had James Bond inspired by The Dark Knight series. If they don't make a cheeky James Bond movie, it's gonna flop.
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irespondwithmyface Apr 2, 2026 +1
Depends what you mean by dark. Like Idris Elba? Or Marilyn Manson?
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ApathyMoose Apr 3, 2026 +1
Pedro Pascal.
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