Overview
- IO Interactive’s Dominic Vega praised Patrick Gibson’s performance and called First Light “the beginning,” while stopping short of confirming sequels.
- The origin-story game launches May 27, 2026 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S, and Eurogamer reports the Nintendo Switch 2 version will arrive later in the summer.
- Lennie James, who plays Bond’s mentor in the game, said the “people in control would be mad not to consider” Gibson for the next live-action Bond.
- GamesRadar reports Amazon wants a 007 actor under 30 and has Denis Villeneuve set to direct the next film, and it notes Gibson is 31.
- IOI announced a cast led by Gibson with Priyanga Burford as M, Alastair Mackenzie as Q, Kiera Lester as Moneypenny, and Lenny Kravitz as the villain, plus a title song by Lana Del Rey with composer David Arnold.