• James Bond won’t be making a comeback to the big screen for at least two more years.
• Because the franchise’s producer Barbara Broccoli is giving the role a makeover.
• Broccoli provided an update on the selection process but refrained from commenting on who might play Bond in the upcoming films.

James Bond, the charming and fashionable British secret service agent, won’t be making a comeback to the big screen for at least two more years. Because the franchise’s producer Barbara Broccoli is giving the role a makeover.

The producer announced that it will be “at least two years” before the next 007 picture begins production at a star-studded private event. Held in central London to honour Broccoli and her brother Michael G. Wilson for their BFI Fellowships. Daniel Craig’s replacement casting hasn’t started, she claimed, “because it’s a reinvention of Bond.”

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Broccoli provided an update on the selection process but refrained from commenting on who might play Bond in the upcoming films.

She said, “Nobody’s in the running. 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. I’d say that filming is at least two years away.”

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The evening was filled with heartfelt and humorous video tributes from famous Bond figures including Daniel Craig, Dame Judi Dench, Lea Seydoux, Rami Malek, and Sam Mendes, the filmmaker of “Skyfall” and “Spectre.”