The cast of the 2025 spy thrillerBlack Bagincludes two formerJames Bondcast members (including Bond himself) and two popular contenders for the role of 007. For the most part,the Bond actorshave managed to avoid typecasting and work outside the spy genre. Sean Connery appeared in everything from war movies to romantic thrillers. Timothy Dalton played a sadistic supermarket manager inHot Fuzz.Daniel Craig is getting Oscar buzzfor his turn in the surrealist love storyQueer.
But Bond is such an iconic property that any actor who appears in one of its movies will be forever associated with it.Connery essentially played an older Bond inThe Rock, directed by Michael Bay. Roger Moore played the self-parodying 007-esque role of Seymour Goldfarb in the ensemble cast of the car chase comedyThe Cannonball Run. There are a lot ofgreat action movies starring Bond actors. An upcoming spy movie is jam-packed with former Bond actors and would-be Bond actors.
Black Bag Stars Michael Fassbender, Naomie Harris, Pierce Brosnan & Regé-Jean Page
Bond, Moneypenny & Two 007 Candidates Are In This Upcoming Spy Thriller
Set to be released in theaters on July 28, 2025,Black Bagis a new spy thriller about a husband-and-wife secret agent team. When the wife is accused of betraying the nation, the husband has to choose between his loyalty to his beloved spouse and his loyalty to his beloved country. The film starsa former Bond actor, Pierce Brosnan; a former Moneypenny actor, Naomie Harris; and two popular picks for the role of 007, Michael Fassbender and Regé-Jean Page.
Filming forBlack Bagbegan in London on August 20, 2025.
The cast also features such great actors as Cate Blanchett, Tom Burke, and Marisa Abela, best known for her recent turn as Amy Winehouse in the biopicBack to Black. So, it’s got a pretty impressive ensemble full of veteran screen legends and up-and-coming stars.Black Bagis beingdirected byOcean’s Eleven’s Steven Soderbergh(who’s also shooting and editing the movie under the pseudonyms Peter Andrews and Mary Ann Bernard, respectively)from a script byJurassic Park’s David Koepp.
Black Bag Is A Darker Take On The Spy Genre Compared To James Bond
Black Bag Has A Grimmer, Grittier Tone
What makes the Bond franchise so much fun is its blockbuster escapism. 007 is equipped with far-fetched gadgets and travels around the world fighting larger-than-life villains and looking good doing it.Black Baglooks like a very different take on the spy genre.It’ll be a darker, grittier, decidedly more realistic spy movie in which loyalties are testedand intelligence agents face the dire consequences of bending the rules.Black Bagmight have some Bond alumni, but the similarities to Bond will end there.
Black Bag
Cast
Black Bag is a Steven Soderbergh directed thriller from Focus Features. Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Regé Jean Page and Marisa Abela lead the cast, along with Naomie Harris, Pierce Brosnan, and Tom Burke. The story, which is currently under wraps, was written by David Koepp.
