Fans of the James Bond movies have called for a Harry Potter actor to be cast as the forthcoming film's main antagonist.

"Late 2026, at the ­earliest. Maybe 2027. Perhaps even 2028," said The Telegraph, citing the British film industry's "current best guesses". The franchise has "taken a similar hiatus before", such as the gap between 1989's "Licence to Kill" and 1995's "GoldenEye", starring Pierce Brosnan.

JAMES Bond fans have ‘named’ the new movie’s villain and demanded that the hunky British actor lands the gig. There has been a huge amount of speculation as to who will play the next James Bond.

The James Bond franchise makes mega-stars out of the actors that have portrayed 007 over the years, from Sir Sean Connery to Pierce Brosnan, Sir Roger Moore and Daniel Craig. All in all, six actors have had the popular spy’s licence to kill bestowed upon them,