00:00New James Bond trailer shows Grammy winner as villain.
00:05Legendary musician Lenny Kravitz has been announced as the new James Bond villain.
00:09He will play Bama, the Pirate King, in the upcoming game 007 First Light.
00:15This was confirmed at the Game Awards last night.
00:18The highly anticipated game from the James Bond franchise will feature a brand new original story.
00:24Scheduled for launch next year, the video game has already drawn a lot of attention since its announcement.
00:30The excitement and hype are only expected to increase with Lenny Kravitz also involved in the project.
00:36Bama is the enigmatic leader of Aleph, a vast black market arms network operating across the Western Hemisphere.
00:43By 17, he had risen through the ranks of modern piracy, transforming an abandoned ship graveyard in Mauritania into the foundation of his empire.
00:50The press release from IO Interactive reads about the character.
00:54Lenny Kravitz takes on the role of Bama, providing both the voice and physical likeness of the character,
00:59his first major performance in a video game, the press release adds.
01:03Patrick Gibson is leading the cast in the video game as the new James Bond.
01:07Other cast members in the game include Prianga Burford, Alistair Mackenzie,
01:12Kira Lester, Lenny James, Gemma Chan, and Noemi Nakai.
01:16The new Bond game will trace 007's journey from the very start.
01:20The game's description reads,
01:22In 007, First Light, Bond starts as a Navy aircrewman, when against all odds, an audacious act of bravery propels him on MI6's most challenging training program.
01:33It adds,
01:34This training, coupled with his natural instinct, wits, and heart, will see him grow into a fully-fledged spy.
01:42007, First Light is set to launch on March 27, 2026.
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