The search for the next 007 has been on since Daniel Craig exited the franchise in 2021, and with Amazon's recent acquisition of the franchise, a new James Bond might be right around the corner. Below,

British male Daniel Craig is the most recent actor to portray the famous spy in live-action. Craig first appeared in Casino Royale in 2006 before also suiting up in Quantum of Solace in 2008, and then four years later he made his third James Bond appearance in Skyfall in 2012.

Actor Pierce Brosnan has said it is a "given" that the next James Bond should be British. In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, the former Bond also said he thought it was the "right decision" for the franchise's long-standing producers to hand creative control to Amazon.

Nobody knows who will play James Bond in the brave, new world of Amazon 007 projects, but former 007 Pierce Brosnan has interestingly emerged as the internet's favorite speculative front-runner. Everyone from Bond experts to those just nostalgic for the 90s seems to want Brosnan to return

Drogheda-born screen legend Pierce Brosnan has teased that he'd be up for another go-round as the suave secret agent James Bond. The 71-year-old, who played the iconic role of 007 from 1995 to 2002, admitted to GQ that he's itching to get back in action,