{"id":485368,"date":"2026-05-15T03:20:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/485368\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T03:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:20:25","slug":"next-james-bond-film-taps-nina-gold-as-casting-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/485368\/","title":{"rendered":"Next &#8216;James Bond&#8217; Film Taps Nina Gold As Casting Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe search for who will play <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/james-bond\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-bond\" data-tag=\"james-bond\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Bond<\/a> has taken an important step as sources have confirmed to Deadline that <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/nina-gold\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nina-gold\" data-tag=\"nina-gold\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nina Gold<\/a> has closed a deal to become the casting director for the next 007 film. Gold will work with director <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/denis-villeneuve\/\" id=\"auto-tag_denis-villeneuve\" data-tag=\"denis-villeneuve\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denis Villeneuve<\/a> and producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman in finding that next actor to play the famous MI6 spy over the coming weeks and months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/amazon-mgm-studios\/\" id=\"auto-tag_amazon-mgm-studios\" data-tag=\"amazon-mgm-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon MGM Studios<\/a> on Thursday released a statement on its social media platforms informing fans of this latest update.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement from Amazon MGM Studios:<br \/>\u201cThe search for the next James Bond is underway. While we don\u2019t plan to comment on specific details during the casting process, we\u2019re excited to share more news with 007 fans as soon as the time is right.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ngND7VS83I\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ngND7VS83I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Bond (@007) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/007\/status\/2055011724944986357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhile this marks an important first step in finding the actor to play Bond, sources tell Deadline that full-on auditions are still a beat away as Villeneuve and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/steven-knight-james-bond-bucket-list-1236476308\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1236476308\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">writer Steven Knight<\/a> put the final touches on the script.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tGold is considered one of the industry\u2019s best casting directors and her track record backs that up. The list of shows and movies she has worked on over the years includes HBO\u2019s Game of Thrones, the Netflix series The Crown as well as five films in the Star Wars franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tShe most recently was <a data-id=\"1236690305\" data-type=\"pmc_list\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/lists\/2026-oscar-nominations-list\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nominated for an Oscar <\/a>for her work on Hamnet, marking the first time the award was given out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tVariety was the first to report Gold\u2019s involvement on the 007 project.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The search for who will play James Bond has taken an important step as sources have confirmed to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[332,14170,18,117,19,17,7391,327,36789],"class_list":{"0":"post-485368","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-amazon-mgm-studios","9":"tag-denis-villeneuve","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-james-bond","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-nina-gold"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116576441220384632","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}