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Who will inherit 007's licence to thrill? 'The world is not enough' in the hunt for James Bond

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Who will inherit 007's licence to thrill? 'The world is not enough' in the hunt for James Bond

More than six decades after James Bond first appeared on the big screen, the search for Daniel Craig's successor has become a revealing debate about the future of one of cinema's most enduring, and endearing, franchises. "From the cold-blooded sexual magnetism of Sean Connery to the more tongue-in-cheek take of Roger Moore, to Daniel Craig's gritty realism, there's really a James Bond for everyone." But who will inherit the licence to thrill?

FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell takes us on this exciting edge-of-your-seat adventure with a "view to a kill". Should Bond remain faithful to his traditional identity, or reinvent himself to reflect changing attitudes towards gender, diversity and contemporary heroism?