the search for the next james bond following daniel craigs exit after no time to die would begin later this year but it turns out actor tom holland already tried to pitch where 007 should go nextwhile speaking to a magazine ahead of the release of the video game adaptation of uncharted holland revealed he pitched the studio on a james bond origin story movie in which the worlds most famous spy would be a young man just starting out in the world of highstakes espionage i had a meeting after or during spiderman 2 spiderman far from home with sony to pitch this idea of a young bond film that id come up with holland said he continued it was the origin story of james bond it didnt really make sense it didnt work it was the dream of a young kid and i dont think the bond estate was particularly interested hollands failed james bond pitch did not entirely bomb according to the actor his interest in doing an origin story for a popular franchise character is part of what nudged sony in the direction of adapting the blockbuster video game series uncharted as holland explained the idea of a young bond film sparked this idea in turn that you could do a nathan drake story as an origin story rather than as an addition to the games and that opened a conversation holland stars as nathan drake opposite mark wahlberg as victor sully sullivan in uncharted directed by ruben fleischer the film also stars sophia ali tati gabrielle and antonio banderas with its february 18 release date in the us the film marks sonys first tentpole of the new year and a reunion with holland after the recordbreaking box office success of spiderman no way home as for the bond franchise its anyones guess as to what will happen to 007 now that craig has departed the series predictions for who will replace craig include idris elba henry cavill and bridgerton favorite regejean page