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Daniel Craig will shootBond 25before beginning work on Showtime’sPurityseries , say the meshing ’s president and CEO David Nevins . Though Craig is still not officially confirmed to be returning as James Bond , it isconsidered a lockthat the actor will play 007 for a 5th time in the 25th shackle photographic film , which isset for release in 2019 .
It wasfirst reportedin 2016 thatCraigwould be taking on a role in Showtime’sPurity , a series based on Jonathan Franzen ’s novel . Craig is countersink to play Andreas Wolf in that project , a character described as a Julian Assange - like hacktivst who is crusading for revolutionary foil . David Nevins enounce that the program is forPurityto reach over two ten - episode seasons with Craig appearing in the bulk of the 20 episodes .
At this year ’s Television Critics Association press tour , David Nevins bring out that Craig will shootBond 25before going to work out onPurity , a berth that could possibly delay the commencement of shooting on the Showtime serial until 2019 ( viaSlashfilm ) . Nevins said :
“ He ’s doing Bond first . I ca n’t say anything about what I know or do n’t know about Bond . That ’s not my field . ”
Nevins says he expectsPurityto inject internationally , though the majority of the action would still take place in the United State . Todd Field ( Little Children ) has been knock to direct all 20 installment and will also co - write along with Jonathan Franzen and David Hare . The news report center around a young woman named Pip who depart her dissatisfying life to move to South American and join Andreas Wolf ’s underground hacker group The Sunshine Project . Craig ’s character is the only one who thus far has been cast .
It was something of a huge muckle forPurityto land an actor of Daniel Craig ’s stature in a major function , and with Craig as the show ’s major merchandising point for oecumenical audiences not familiar with Jonathan Franzen ’s work , the production has little choice but to wait for the adept . It voice likePuritywill be a semi - large production that will photograph in at least a few international emplacement , so it ’s not something that could be induce into motion chop-chop forrader of Craig ’s work onBond 25 .
detail aboutBond 25are still whole under wraps , but there have been someinteresting rumorsabout the film , include an alleged title of respect and surmise about the villain being unreasoning . Producers still have not named a director to take on the project , but it was late reported that Denis Villeneuve , David MacKenzie and relative unnamed Yann Demangeare amongthe front - runner to win the gig . Christopher Nolan continues to be ask about his interest in tackling Bond butrecently saidhe would only do the occupation if the serial publication were in direful straits and want reinvention .
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Source : Slashfilm
