Aaron Taylor-Johnson is reportedly being lined up as the subsequent James Bond following Daniel Craig’s exit from the 007 franchise.A supply informed British tabloid The Solar that the actor acquired a “formal supply” for the function and is predicted to just accept imminently, with manufacturing beginning this yr, placing an finish to months of hypothesis about who will take over as the subsequent James Bond within the wake of Craig’s 15-year tenure because the well-known fictional spy.The supply informed the outlet: “Bond is Aaron’s job, ought to he want to settle for it. The formal supply is on the desk, and they’re ready to listen to again.”So far as Eon is anxious, Aaron goes to signal his contract within the coming days, and so they can begin making ready for the large announcement.”The Subsequent James Bonds Who By no means Performed 007Reports surfaced early final yr that Taylor-Johnson had met with 007 producers in regards to the function, and the assembly went “very effectively,” placing him within the operating alongside a number of different actors, together with Cillian Murphy and Henry Cavill. It appears Taylor-Johnson is now the frontrunner and is poised to play Bond within the twenty sixth movie.Taylor-Johnson’s previous credit embody Kick-Ass, Tenet, and Bullet Practice. He additionally famously starred as Pietro Maximoff within the MCU’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, launched in 2015. He’ll subsequent seem in The Fall Man, starring reverse Ryan Gosling, and in Sony’s upcoming Marvel movie Kraven The Hunter, taking part in the titular Spider-Man villain.Bond producers have been reportedly on the lookout for a “thirty-something” actor who might decide to the function for at the least a decade. At 33 years of age, evidently Taylor-Johnson is the candidate they’ve chosen to take over from Craig as 007 and to assist “reinvent” the franchise for the subsequent period of films after No Time to Die.Picture credit score: Photograph by Aldara Zarraoa/Getty ImagesAdele Ankers-Vary is a contract leisure author for IGN. You possibly can comply with her on X/Twitter @AdeleAnkers.