Amazon Unveils '007 First Light' Trailer Ahead of May 27 Debut

7 articles · Updated · MovieWeb · May 22

Patrick Gibson leads Amazon MGM and IO Interactive’s new Bond game, with the trailer introducing a younger 007 in an origin story before his full rise inside MI6.
May 27 is the release date for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, with a Nintendo Switch 2 launch set for summer 2026.
The game’s plot sends Bond from Iceland to the Carpathian Mountains and the black market of Aleph after rogue agent 009 threatens the 00 program; Lenny Kravitz voices villain Bawma.
Amazon now controls Bond creatively after Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson stepped back, and the game’s younger take may hint at the studio’s broader reset for Bond 26.
Denis Villeneuve is directing the 26th film and Steven Knight is writing it, while casting for the next live-action Bond is still underway.

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