No one has been cast as 007, but the French Canadian filmmaker has been tapped by the franchise's new producers to launch a new era.

Villeneuve said, "Some of my earliest movie-going memories are connected to 007. I grew up watching James Bond films with my father, ever since Dr. No with Sean Connery. I'm a die-hard Bond fan. To me,

Denis Villeneuve has become one of those directors where I perk up when I hear about a new project he’s working on. With the exception of Enemy, I’ve seen every one of his films since 2013’s Prisoners,