The last Bond. Photo: Jonathan Olley/Columbia Pictures/Everett Collection It has now been five years since the last James Bond came out, nearly a year since the next film’s director, Denis Villeneuve, was confirmed and well over a year since new producers signed on to the project . Not only is there not a new movie, there’s still no actor cast as James Bond himself. That’s, hopefully, in for a change. Auditions to play the next James Bond have officially begun, per Variety , and Amazon MGM