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Daily Mail
8 hours ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
First look at next James Bond in the 007 franchise is released - with fans convinced they know who is playing the secret agent
Four years on from Daniel Craig 's hugely dramatic exit from the world of James Bond, a new actor is set to step into the frame as the world's most famous spy - but not in the way that fans might expect. Yesterday, Bond bosses at Amazon MGM Studios unveiled the first look at a new, younger version of 007 in an officially endorsed prequel. Entitled 007: First Light, it's a completely fresh retelling of Bond's origin story as a promising but rebellious Royal Navy air crewman who is recruited into MI6. The breathless trailer, released yesterday, features intense car chases, explosive gun fights and brutal hand-to-hand combat straight out of the Daniel Craig flicks. It bears all the hallmarks of his character: losing his parents at a young age, his roguish streak of insubordination, and his remarkable good luck. There are British brands by the boatload, an endless repertoire of snappy one-liners and even the prerequisite Aston Martin - in this case, a V8 Vantage, as seen in The Living Daylights. Fans are convinced the new Bond - seen smirking as he stands on the ramp of a cargo plane, ready to make a parachute jump - is Patrick Gibson, the Irish actor best known as the star of prequel series Dexter: Original Sin. If confirmed, Gibson will be the second Irishman to be cast as Bond after Pierce Brosnan and the second youngest person after George Lazenby, who was cast at 29. Familiar faces like M, Q and Moneypenny are set to appear - along with a new character, John Greenaway, a mentor figure played by Lennie James, best known for his role as Morgan in the Walking Dead. But all is not quite as it seems - and film fans will have to hold their breath a little longer for news on the next cinematic iteration of Bond. Rather than appearing in cinemas, this version of 007 is coming to smaller screens at home in the form of a new, officially approved videogame. 007: First Light is an action-adventure game that will see players take on the role as Bond, using his wealth of gadgets and sneaking skills to guide him on the road to becoming a fully fledged secret agent. IO Interactive - which produced the award-winning Hitman series of games - has promised that it will be true to the 007 spirit. And the trailer features moments that wouldn't be out of place in any Bond movie, including a scene in with 007 accidentally sets off a dirtbike-mounted flamethrower with his Omega watch. While not in the teaser, the new Q will almost certainly tell him in true Desmond Llewelyn style: 'Grow up, 007.' Would-be mentor Greenaway is seen arguing with what appears to be this iteration of Bond's M, an Asian woman, branding him as 'always at odds with authority'. An unspecified incident in Iceland as a Navy man was 'ill-disciplined, utterly reckless... he only survived thanks to blind luck', as the scene cuts to Bond emerging from the flaming wreckage of a plane wreck in the sea. 'Bond is a bullet without a target,' she tells him, as a smirking Bond, with a scar on his right cheek, is seen standing on the edge of a plane about to jump. She adds: 'Let's give him one.' The teaser trailer released yesterday shows Bond in hand-to-hand combat - with a Land Rover visible in the background The trailer goes on to show Bond seemingly meeting Moneypenny, a young woman with glasses, before taking on target practice and then sneaking into a museum, taking down guards. It cuts to a ruined hotel room, as Bond quips to a stunned maid walking in: 'Jet lag. Gets me every time.' He's seen racing through tropical islands on a speedboat, and disarming thugs as fireworks go off in the background - and ends on a cliffhanger as he and Greenaway are lowered towards a pit of hungry crocodiles. Bond wisecracks: 'I suppose this is another teachable moment?' British brands are featured by the boatload, from a Land Rover Discovery in the background of a fight scene to a Triumph motorbike and at least two Aston Martins - suggesting the game will be just as enrobed in British heritage as the films. There's even a suggestion that, similar to Brosnan flick Goldeneye, a rouge 00 agent will be a villain. While nobody has been officially confirmed as the actor playing Bond, fans of Patrick Gibson are convinced that it is him. 'Watching the trailer and knew the face looked familiar. After about a minute or so I screamed "DEXTER",' wrote one fan on Reddit. 'The smirk gave it away,' said another, while a third added: 'It's 100 per cent him, I was thinking the same thing. I am thinking they even are using him as the voice actor.' MailOnline has contacted Gibson's (non-secret) agent for comment. Meanwhile, speculation continues to grow over who will be the next big-screen Bond, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson touted as a favourite among industry figures. James Bond has been a gaming star for years, with the 1997 Nintendo 64 adaptation of GoldenEye (with a virtual Pierce Brosnan pictured) acclaimed as one of the best games ever The acquisition of the Bond franchise by Amazon earlier this year has also prompted a flurry of guesses as to where they might take the franchise next. Bond has been spoiled with video game adaptations since the 1980s, with early adaptations taking the form of shooting games or text adventures in which players typed in what they wanted the super-spy to do. The most famous adaption was the 1997 Nintendo 64 game GoldenEye, a first-person shooter recapping the events of the film that has since been acclaimed as one of the best games ever made. Interactive retellings of Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough followed, using soundalikes rather than the real stars. But a big-budget original story 007: Everything or Nothing, saw Pierce Brosnan, Judi Dench and John Cleese reprise their roles as Bond, M and Q - Brosnan and Cleese for the last time, after Die Another Day - alongside Heidi Klum and Willem Dafoe. Sean Connery also returned to voice the spy in a videogame version of From Russia With Love - which even let players use the jetpack seen in Thunderball. Daniel Craig - a self-confessed gamer - lent his voice and likeness to an adaptation of Quantum of Solace and to James Bond 007: Blood Stone, an original story featuring his iteration of the spy. But after 007 Legends, a 'best of' video game recreating moments from across the Bond movies, received a critical mauling the spy was put out to pasture. IO Interactive is best known for the Hitman series, which casts players as a professional assassin sent around the world to take down powerful targets by any means necessary. The firm even recruited Bond actor Sean Bean - who played rogue spy 006 in GoldenEye - as an assassination target after he became an internet meme due to his reputation for always being killed off in movies and TV shows.
Hypebeast
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Watch the First Trailer for '007 First Light,' The First 'James Bond' Video Game in Over a Decade
Summary IO Interactive, the studio behindHitman,unveiled the first trailer for its upcomingJames Bondvideo game,007 First Light. Set for a 2026 release, the game allows players to control a young Bond as he is recruited into MI6's 00 program. The extensive three-minute trailer starts off with a brief background on the character, including his upbringing and how his recklessness can be seen as either an asset or a liability. He's then assigned to a high-risk mission that, if successful, will give him a 00 number. Bond meets a woman on the field, however, and he seemingly throws caution to the wind for her. 007 First Lightwill mark the first video game in the007franchise in 14 years. The last game to release was 2012's007 Legends, which allowed players to go on missions from different James Bond eras. These included Sean Connery's in Goldfinger, George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Roger Moore in Moonraker, Timothy Dalton in Licence to Kill and Pierce Brosnan in Die Another Day. Daniel Craig in Skyfall was later added as a free DLC. Watch the trailer above.007 First Lightreleases 2026.
Time of India
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
James Bond video game 007 First Light announced at PlayStation event, what to expect
Video game company the IO Interactive has officially announced 007 First Light , its upcoming third-person action-adventure game, at Sony's State of Play online event on Wednesday. It revolves around a standalone re-imagining of James Bond 's origin. The official release date of the game has not been announced but it is expected to come out in 2026, according to PlayStation Blog. The James Bond video game was announced at the PlayStation event. In the debut trailer, it was confirmed that the game will also be released on Xbox, PC, and the Switch 2 in addition to the PS5, according to The Verge. The game is expected to follow a much younger version of Bond. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Вот что поза во сне говорит о вашем характере! Удивительные Новости Undo The IO Interactive, developers of the Hitman video game franchise, also revealed that it began working on this project in 2020. 007 First Light: what to expect from this video game The cinematic trailer for the game revealed a fresh-faced James Bond at the start of his career as an agent, IGN reported. He joins MI6 and meets new versions of classic characters M, Q and Moneypenny. Live Events The trailer also showed the involvement of The Walking Dead's Lennie James. He will portray the role of Bond's mentor John Greenway. According to PlayStation Blog, in 007 First Light, Bond is shown as a 26-year-old and he isn't the fully fledged 007 but a man with sharp instincts who is still learning when to fight, when to bluff, and when to disappear into the shadows. The game will be released on PlayStation 5 in 2026. It will be enhanced for PlayStation 5 Pro, using PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) and having optimized performance. The game will be playable at 60 FPS in Quality Mode.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
OO7 First Light Reveals Our New Digital James Bond
Today, during Sony's big State of Play, IO Interactive revealed a new trailer for its upcoming James Bond game, 007 First Light. The big news out of the trailer is the first official reveal of the game's new James Bond, which you can see in the image above. Here's the full trailer straight from State of Play: And here's the game's official description, courtesy of YouTube: In 007 First Light, follow James Bond as a young, resourceful, and sometimes reckless recruit in MI6's training program, and discover an origin story of the world's most famous spy. Coming 2026. Earlier this week, IOI, the studio famously behind the excellent Hitman franchise, finally revealed more about its upcoming Bond game, including its name: First Light. The game is coming to PS5, Xbox, Switch 2, and PC in 2026. According to First Light's website, which was updated earlier this week, IOI's game will feature a 'wholly original Bond origin story' that will let players 'step into the shoes of the world's favorite Secret Agent to earn their 00 status.' And in this new trailer, we got a good look at this new Bond. Personally, while the game looks very exciting and fun, I'm disappointed by how bland and boring the new Bond looks. He looks like the guy you start with in a big RPG character creator, the guy you immediately modify to make them look interesting. It's been a long wait for this game. IOI first announced this new 007 game nearly five years ago, back in November 2020. Now, we know that nearly six years later, 007: First Light will finally be arriving on consoles and PC. Will Agent 47 make a cameo appearance? I hope so. For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Express Tribune
2 days ago
- Business
- Express Tribune
007 First Light revealed: New James Bond game by IO Interactive
Danish studio IO Interactive has confirmed the official title of its long-anticipated James Bond game. Formerly referred to as Project 007, the game is now known as 007: First Light and will be unveiled later this week, ahead of the annual Summer Game Fest. According to the game's official website, 007: First Light will present 'a wholly original Bond origin story,' allowing players to step into the role of the iconic British spy and earn their 00 status. The studio has not disclosed specific platforms for the game, but First Light was briefly teased during April's Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, suggesting the title will appear on Nintendo's upcoming console. IO Interactive, best known for its Hitman series, is crafting the game independently of any existing James Bond films. Chief executive Hakan Abrak confirmed in previous interviews that the studio's iteration of Bond will be unique to its universe and not derived from the portrayals seen in cinema. 'What's exciting about that project is that we actually got to do an original story,' Abrak said. 'It's not a gamification of a movie. It's completely beginning and becoming a story, hopefully for a big trilogy out there in the future.' 007: First Light is set to launch as the opening chapter in a planned trilogy. Its announcement is part of a broader slate of third-party titles revealed for the Nintendo Switch 2, including Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Street Fighter 6, Yakuza 0: Director's Cut, and FromSoftware's The Duskbloods. Nintendo also confirmed several first-party titles, such as Donkey Kong Bananza, Mario Kart World, and Kirby Air Riders. While IO Interactive has not confirmed whether First Light will feature at Summer Game Fest Live—scheduled for Friday, 6 June—fans are anticipating further details. The showcase is also expected to feature new footage from Hideo Kojima's studio and a mysterious title known only as Ill.
