The Daily Mail is reporting that 2x Academy Award-winner Christoph Waltz will reprise his role as
Spectre villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the upcoming
Bond 25, which will mark the end of Daniel Craig's five-film run as 007.
Variety has since confirmed the report.
Waltz is the latest returning face from the previous Craig installments, joining Ralph Fiennes (M), Naomie Harris (Moneypenny), Léa Seydoux (Madeleine), Ben Whishaw (Q), Rory Kinnear (Tanner), and Jeffrey Wright (Felix). Newcomers to the franchise will include Academy Award-winner Rami Malek (
Bohemian Rhapsody), Ana de Armas (
Blade Runner 2049), Billy Magnussen (
Game Night), Lashana Lynch (
Captain Marvel), Dali Benssalah (
Flash), and David Dencik (
Quicksand).
Cary Joji Fukunaga is directing with a screenplay he wrote with contributions from Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Scott Z. Burns, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Production is currently underway in London with an April 8, 2020 release date already set.
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