However, a separate source close to the situation tells EW that is not true.

Taylor-Johnson also demurred when asked about the rumors in a recentRolling Stone U.K.feature.

EW has reached out to EON Productions, MGM, and Taylor-Johnson’s reps for comment.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson rumored as next Bond: Here’s what we know about the search for a new 007

Aaron Taylor Johnson; Daniel Craig.getty (2)

So where does everything stand now?

Here’s everything you gotta know about the search for the next James Bond.

Who decides?

When will we know?

“We’re reinventing who he is, and that takes time.

I’d say that filming is at least two years away.”

“We haven’t begun the hunt,” she said.

So we’ll start thinking about that sometime next year."

Whos being considered?

Never say never, but Broccoli previously expressed doubts that there’d be a gender swap.

“Bond is male,” she toldThe Guardianin 2018.

“He’s a male character.

He was written as a male and I think he’ll probably stay as a male.”

“And that’s fine.

We don’t have to turn male characters into women,” Broccoli added.

“Let’s just create more female characters and make the story fit those female characters.”

That’s what I think is more interesting than flipping things."

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