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In a special announcement on Thursday, producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson together with director Cary Joji Fukanaga revealed who would be joining Daniel Craig in his fifth and final 007 outing, but didn't unveil a title.

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00:00For those of you eagerly anticipating the next installment in The Adventures of

00:03James Bond, we have news, but still no title. In a special announcement on Thursday,

00:07producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, together with director Carrie

00:11Fukunaga, revealed who would be joining Daniel Craig in his fifth and final 007

00:15outing, which for now is still being referred to as Bond 25.

00:18Oscar winner Rami Malek is now officially being confirmed as the film's main villain,

00:22while Lea Seydoux will reprise her role as Dr. Madeleine Swan from the previous

00:26Bond outing Spectre. Ben Whishaw will return as Q, Ralph Fiennes as M, and Naomi Harris

00:32as Miss Moneypenny. Also returning from Spectre is Rory Kinnear, while Jeffrey Wright,

00:36who was last seen in 2008's Quantum of Solace, will also make a comeback.

00:40Newcomers to the franchise include Ana Diamas, Billy Magnusson, Dali Bensalas,

00:45Tashana Lynch and David Densik. In lieu of being given a title, with Wilson claiming

00:51that keeping it a secret is a tradition, fans were treated instead to some details of

00:54the plot, which sees Bond having left actor's service to enjoy tranquil life in Jamaica.

00:58Of course, his piece is short-lived when he gets pulled into a mission to rescue a

01:02kidnapped scientist, leading him onto the trail of a mysterious villain, played by Malek,

01:06armed with dangerous new technology. While Malek was not in attendance at the

01:10press conference, which occurred via a live stream from Jamaica instead of being

01:13held at Pinewood Studios, he was able to record a message in New York in which he said,

01:17I promise you all I will be making sure Mr. Bond does not have an easy ride of it

01:21in this, his 25th outing.

01:23Now, while Bond himself is no stranger to overcoming obstacles, the film has certainly

01:26seen more than its fair share since its inception. Trainspotting director Danny Boyle

01:31was originally set to direct from a script he had written with his long-standing

01:34collaborator John Hodge. But they parted ways with producer E.ON over creative

01:38differences and Fukunaga was announced in late 2018, with regular Bond writers

01:42Neil Purvis and Robert Wade having returned to the team, later joined by the Bourne

01:46ultimatum Scott Z. Burns. Last month it was reported that Killing Eve creator

01:50Phoebe Waller-Bridge had been brought on board to liven up the script and her

01:53involvement was confirmed by Wilson during the press conference. The various changes

01:57have seen the release of the film, which has already begun some pre-production

02:00work in Italy, Norway and Jamaica and at its regular base at Pinewood, get

02:04pushed back several times from late 2019 to February 2020 and now April 2020.

02:10To read more on this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News,

02:14I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

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