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Line 45: }} ''''' <!--==Cast== *XX as [[James Bond]] Line 53: === Pre-production === In December 2021, [[Barbara Broccoli]] expressed interest in seeing ''[[No Time to Die]]'' director [[Cary Joji Fukunaga]] return to direct another film in the [[List of James Bond films|''James Bond'' film series]].<ref name=":0" /> By July 2023, ''[[Skyfall]]'' and ''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]'' director [[Sam Mendes]] revealed that he had declined a 'generous' offer to return to direct the film.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-14 |title=Sam Mendes rules out return as James Bond movie director |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/hollywood/news/sam-mendes-rules-out-return-as-james-bond-movie-director/articleshow/101762218.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-07-18 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> === Casting === After ''Spectre'', there was speculation that it would the final ''James Bond'' film to star [[Daniel Craig]]. In May 2016, it was reported that Craig had received a $100-million offer from [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] to do two more ''Bond'' films, but turned it down.<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 May 2016|title=Daniel Craig 'rejects £68m Bond offer'|url=http://www.cambridgetimes.ca/whatson-story/6561543-daniel-craig-rejects-68m-bond-offer-/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626213053/https://www.cambridgetimes.ca/whatson-story/6561543-daniel-craig-rejects-68m-bond-offer-/|archive-date=26 June 2019|access-date=23 May 2016|website=cambridgetimes.ca}}</ref> In October 2016, Craig denied having made a decision at that time. He further denied that $150 million was offered to him for the next two instalments.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Shoard|first=Catherine|date=10 October 2016|title=Daniel Craig hints at James Bond return: 'If I can keep getting a kick out of it, I will'|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/10/daniel-craig-james-bond|url-status=live|access-date=12 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209072021/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/10/daniel-craig-james-bond|archive-date=9 February 2017|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In August 2017, Craig said that the next film, later revealed to be ''No Time to Die'', would mark his final appearance as Bond on ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 August 2017|title=Daniel Craig to return as James Bond|url=https://www.007.com/daniel-craig-return-james-bond/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420172512/https://www.007.com/daniel-craig-return-james-bond/|archive-date=20 April 2019|access-date=20 April 2019|website=James Bond 007|language=en-US}}</ref> In September 2021, series producer Barbara Broccoli stated that the search to find the lead actor to play Bond for the twenty-sixth [[Eon Productions|Eon-produced]] film would begin in 2022.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Ritman|first=Alex|date=September 27, 2021|title=No New James Bond Casting Talk Until 2022, Says 007 Producer Barbara Broccoli|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/new-james-bond-no-casting-talk-until-2022-says-007-producer-barbara-broccoli-1235021121/|access-date=September 27, 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2021, Broccoli stated that the next portrayal of the character would remain as male, though could be of any ethnicity or race.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharf|first=Zack|date=December 7, 2021|title=Bond Boss Wants Cary Fukunaga Back, Says Next 007 Is British Male of 'Any' Ethnicity or Race|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/12/james-bond-next-007-british-male-any-race-1234684126/|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=[[IndieWire]]|language=en}}</ref> Following [[Rebel Wilson]]'s hosting of the [[75th British Academy Film Awards]] in March 2022, she got into contact with Broccoli and [[Michael G. Wilson]] and auditioned for a role in the film.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/rebel-wilson-james-bond-audition-senior-year-1235624156/ | title=Rebel Wilson on Auditioning for Bond Movie After Hosting BAFTAs and Why Artists 'Don't Get Any Upside' With Streaming Projects (EXCLUSIVE) | date=May 23, 2023 | access-date=May 24, 2023 | archive-date=May 24, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524223350/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/rebel-wilson-james-bond-audition-senior-year-1235624156/ | url-status=live }}</ref> | |||