We’ve been waiting patiently for Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s next project to drop, and it seems the award-winning writer and actress is set to create a series on James Bond’s assassin daughter. Waller-Bridge, the creator of Fleabag, has reportedly been asked to develop a spin-off that would follow Bond’s daughter, Mathilde, as she trains to become a spy.
“Bond bosses are very excited about 007 having a daughter and creating a new franchise around her,” a source told The Mirror. “It is likely to feature Bond conflicted over having to train her up as an assassin combined with Waller-Bridge’s trademark black humour, shown in Killing Eve. She may just offer ideas and co-produce as roles are yet to be decided, but bosses are keen to give her a big part in the film’s production.”
It was announced last year that Waller-Bridge had signed on to help finesse the script of the latest 007 movie, No Time To Die by Bond actor Daniel Craig and producer Barbara Broccoli.
The writer made history as the second woman to work on a Bond script, but has explained that the hiring had nothing to do with gender.
“The reality was I got a call from Barbara [Broccoli, the film’s producer] and Daniel saying, ‘We like your work, can you come in and help us?’,” she explained in an interview at Southbank Centre with The Guilty Feminist podcast host Deborah Frances-White.
“There wasn’t ever really a conversation about can you come in and help us with ‘the ladies’. They said [producers and Craig], ‘It will be your take, can you come aboard and help us polish the script?’
“The characters were there, the story was there, it was just really exciting to be a part of it. There was a bunch of writers, I was a small contribution to this thing.”
In No Time To Die, Craig’s final film as Bond, his character will be introduced to Lashana Lynch, the franchise’s first-ever black and female 007. The film, which is directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga is the 25th Bond film in the franchise.
Early last year, Waller-Bridge spoke to Deadline about the relevance of the film to today’s audience, saying, “There’s been a lot of talk about whether or not [the ‘Bond’ franchise] is relevant now because of who he is and the way he treats women.”
“I think that’s bollocks,” she continued. “I think he’s absolutely relevant now. It has just got to grow. It has just got to evolve, and the important thing is that the film treats the women properly. He doesn’t have to. He needs to be true to this character.”
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