Will Tom Hardy Be the Next James Bond?

For what it’s worth, Barbara herself said (as of June 2022) that there nobody was in the running at the moment, reiterating that the production team were focusing on the reinvention of the iconic character.

The producer said, “We’re working out where to go with him, we’re talking that through. There isn’t a script and we can’t come up with one until we decide how we’re going to approach the next film because, really, it’s a reinvention of Bond. We’re reinventing who he is and that takes time.”