James Bond: HUGE bet put down on Tom Hardy to be next 007 – Is an announcement looming?

JAMES BOND favourite Tom Hardy has seen a huge bet placed on him to replace Daniel Craig, so is an announcement imminent?

By George Simpson, Senior Film and Arts Reporter

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Movies fans are still in the dark as to whether Craig will return for a fifth outing and when it would be released.

While stars like Tom Hiddleston, Michael Fassbender, Aidan Turner and Idris Elba are hot favourites at the bookies, it’s Tom Hardy who’s currently most likely to take up the License to Kill at 3/1.

Now one punter has placed a huge three figure wager on the Mad Max star, across numerous bookmakers.

According to Oddschecker, the move suggests that the person is someone with “some pretty solid connections in Hollywood.”

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James Bond: HUGE bet put down on Tom Hardy – is an announcement looming?

Hardy certainly would make sense, especially as his regular collaborator

Hardy has previously revealed that he’d like the Dunkirk and Dark Knight director to helm the next 007 outing.

Another sign that an announcement for the next Bond film and/or actor is looming, was

On Facebook there are two officially verified pages, one for the franchise itself (James Bond 007) and one for the latest film (Spectre).

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However last Friday evening, the Spectre page mysteriously had its name changed to “James Bond 007 Movies”.

While its been 18 months since the film was released, it does seem rather random for the page to have its name changed.

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