JAMES BOND 25 Cast Announced, Rami Malek Confirmed as Film's Villain

The cast is not enough.

BBC News has provided details from this morning's announcement of the still-untitled 25th official James Bond film, currently referred to only as Bond 25, starring Daniel Craig in his fifth and final outing as British MI6 agent James Bond.

The live announcement was made at Goldeneye, the original name of James Bond creator Ian Fleming's estate on Oracabessa bay on the northern coastline of Jamaica, which now operates as Goldeneye Hotel and Resort.

Asked about the plot, producer Barbara Broccoli stated, "Bond is not on active service when we start the film.  He is actually enjoying himself in Jamaica.  He starts his journey here. We've built an extraordinary house for him.  We've got quite a ride in store for Mr. Bond... and no title, unfortunately."

Phoebe Waller-Bridge was announced as a writer of the screenplay along with Scott Z. Burns.  She's best known as the writer and producer of BBC America's Killing Eve, and as the voice of the droid L3-37 in Solo: A Star Wars Story.

In addition to Craig as Agent 007, the Bond 25 cast includes:

• Rami Malek, who has been confirmed as the film's villain.  Malek wasn't at the official launch but sent a video message saying, "I'm stuck here in New York in production but I'm very much looking forward to joining the whole cast and crew.  I will be making sure Mr. Bond does not have an easy ride in this, his twenty-fifth outing.  See you all soon."  Malek recently won Best Actor at the Oscars for his performance of Freddie Mercury in the film Bohemian Rhapsody, and has won an Emmy for playing Elliot Alderson in the USA Network series Mr. Robot.
  
• Léa Seydoux, returning as Dr. Madeleine Swann after appearing in the previous Bond film Spectre.
  
• Lashana Lynch, who recently appeared as Maria Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Captain Marvel.
  
• Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, and Jeffrey Wright, coming back in their respective roles as M/Gareth Mallory, Q, Eve Moneypenny, Bill Tanner, and Felix Leiter.
  
• Ana de Armas, Dali Benssalah, David Dencik, and Billy Magnussen, all appearing in unspecified roles.

Bond 25 is currently expected to arrive in theaters on April 8, 2020.