23rd James Bond Movie Officially Announced!

[Rappy Veteran]

Sir Anthony Hopkins is reportedly close to signing up to star in the latest James Bond movie.

According to The Sun, the Oscar-winning Silence Of The Lambs actor is in discussions about playing 007's nemesis in the spy series' 23rd instalment. Insiders have likened the part to recurring villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld from the early Bond pictures.

"The only stumbling block seems to be the number of films he is signing up for," a source said. "There is a chance the character they want him to play could become a regular feature, like Blofeld back in the day."

Hopkins recently appeared in horror movie The Rite and can next be seen as Odin in Marvel adaptation Thor.

Daniel Craig and Judi Dench will return for the untitled Bond adventure, while Javier Bardem and Ralph Fiennes are allegedly circling roles in director Sam Mendes's film.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a307471/anthony-hopkins-to-play-bond-villain.html

[QuantumTrickery]

What they need to do for a nemesis, is to convince Sean Connery to return to the big screen for the role. It would be perfect.

[ThisSiteHasLostItsCharm]

I want them to release a QOS special edition with deleted scenes...the movie was too short for bond movie. Should have been 2hrs+

[oceanmotion]

Anthony Hopkins would be great. Bond needs a continuing story line through a few movies. They kinda blew it with QoS but hope they can put things straight, risk it for once, killing off Vesper right at the end was a bad move in an otherwise very good film. Would Daniel Craig be up for a few more films alongside Hopkins though ?

Pity Connery is retired, looks quite old now too. I remember him saying he would love to play the bad guy in a Bond film.

Slightly off topic, please replace David Arnold, the music composer for Bond over the last decade or so. It's like beating a dead horse with him. Totally void of ideas.

[.Markus]

If only they could make it more gritty and realistic like the Bourne series, I'd be all over it. (Y)

Also getting a bit tired of all these random, unconvincing villains that Bond has to confront in every film....

[mudslag]

If only they could make it more gritty and realistic like the Bourne series, I'd be all over it. (Y)

Also getting a bit tired of all these random, unconvincing villains that Bond has to confront in every film....

These last two films have had a major step up in terms of villains from previous films.

[MistaT40]

Bond forever! Can't wait!