Since Amazon bought the rights to James Bond, there has been much speculation on where the franchise would go. Will Bond become a social justice warrior? Maybe Bond will be a black man - Idris Elba was once suggested - or even a woman. Heck, Lashana Lynch could just resume her position as Agent 007 from No Time to Die (2021). An online creator suggested that Pierce Brosnan resume the role as Old Man Bond, something along the lines of Logan (2017). Then there is the idea of having Young Bond. This could be like Batman Begins (2005), exploring Bond's final days in the Royal Navy and joining MI-6. A series of 9 novels have been written about Young Bond. Another suggestion, and one which appeals to me, is to do the literary Bond.
Ian Fleming set the books in his present, which was the 1950s and early 1960s. Amazon could do for James Bond what Granada Television did for Sherlock Holmes. Jeremy Brett played the most faithful adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. It was an outstanding series. Eventually, the literary Bond will be made. Will it take almost a century as it did with Holmes or will Amazon take the leap?
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