New Delhi, April 17 -- The bond, James Bond, market is heating up.

For almost a year, Denis Villeneuve has been on tap to direct the next 007 installment, the first since Daniel Craig exited the role. Producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman have been lined up since March 2025. The big missing piece: Who'll play the guy in the tux?

The casting process - the first that isn't being overseen by the Broccoli family, which relinquished creative control to Amazon MGM last year - has been typically secretive. That hasn't stopped rampant speculation about who'll be the next Bond.

The oddsmakers have a few favorites, among them Callum Turner, Jacob Elordi and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. But our task here, today, is to open up the possibilities. This is ...