Who will be our next James Bond? With Denis Villeneuve firmly planted in the director’s chair, it’s only a matter of time before the world meets its newest martini-sipping, cold-blooded operative. And with Amazon at the helm of the franchise, the next 007 will likely be as masculine as they come—a nice chunk of red meat thrown to the same audiences that eat up Prime Video originals like “Reacher” and “Jack Ryan.”
But maybe it doesn’t have to be that way. One recent spy thriller (which just made its streaming debut) reveals another path forward for the world’s most famous secret agent.
