{"id":2046132,"date":"2025-09-24T11:14:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2046132"},"modified":"2025-09-24T11:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:14:49","slug":"anthony-horowitz-says-he-wouldnt-write-james-bond-script-after-franchises-big-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/anthony-horowitz-says-he-wouldnt-write-james-bond-script-after-franchises-big-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Horowitz says he wouldn\u2019t write James Bond script after franchise\u2019s big \u2018mistake\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Anthony Horowitz<\/a> has said he would never pen a James Bond<\/a> script because you need a thick skin to handle big-budget film producers.<\/p>\n

The 70-year-old author and screenwriter, who\u2019s best known for the Alex Rider book series, said he\u2019s never been asked to write a Bond script but thinks he\u2019s \u201cprobably happier out of it\u201d.<\/p>\n

Horowitz added that he thought it was a mistake for Bond writers to have killed off 007 at the end of the 2021 film No Time to Die<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last time we saw Bond he was poisoned and blown to smithereens \u2013 how will they get past the fact he is dead with a capital D?\u201d he asked during a Radio Times<\/a> interview.<\/p>\n

Horowitz continued: \u201cI think that was a mistake, because Bond is a legend. He belongs to everybody, he is eternal \u2013 except in that film.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I was asked tomorrow to write the script, I wouldn\u2019t be able to do it. Where would you start? You can\u2019t have him waking up in the shower and saying it was all a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new Bond film won\u2019t follow on from No Time to Die, instead serving as a relaunch of the 007 series with a new actor in the lead role.<\/p>\n

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Anthony Horowitz has said he wouldn\u2019t write a James Bond script after 007 was killed off in \u2018No Time to Die\u2019 (PA Archive)<\/p>\n

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 35, has long been the rumoured frontrunner<\/a> to replace Daniel Craig. However, lesser-known star Rose-Marsh (Wolves of War) reportedly auditioned<\/a> for the role last month.<\/p>\n

The new film will be directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight<\/a>, who said he hoped the new movie will be \u201cbetter, stronger, and bolder\u201d than those that preceded it.<\/p>\n

The next Bond film will be the first after the franchise changed hands with Amazon MGM taking full creative control <\/a>by striking a deal with long-time stewards Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. It will be overseen by producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman.<\/p>\n

When he was confirmed as the film\u2019s director<\/a>, Villeneuve said: \u201cSome of my earliest moviegoing memories are connected to 007. I grew up watching James Bond films with my father, ever since Dr No with Sean Connery. I\u2019m a die-hard Bond fan. To me, he\u2019s sacred territory.\u201d<\/p>\n

The film is not expected to be released until 2028.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anthony Horowitz has said he would never pen a James Bond script because you need a thick skin to handle big-budget film producers. The 70-year-old author and screenwriter, who\u2019s best known for the Alex Rider book series, said he\u2019s never been asked to write a Bond script but thinks he\u2019s \u201cprobably happier out of it\u201d. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2046133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[379276,379277,315031,379278],"class_list":["post-2046132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-anthony-horowitz","tag-film-producers","tag-james-bond","tag-new-bond-film"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anthony-Horowitz-says-he-wouldnt-write-James-Bond-script-after.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2046132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2046133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2046132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2046132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2046132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}