The world’s most famous secret agent is in the midst of one of the biggest periods of change in the franchise’s history, with Amazon MGM preparing to introduce a new actor as 007 and several other projects expanding the character’s world across different forms of entertainment.Credit: MGM/EON ProductionsDaniel Craig’s final Bond movie, No Time to Die (2021), brought his five-film tenure to an end, while the next cinematic adventure is being directed by Denis Villeneuve (the Dune films), written by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders), and produced by Amy Pascal (Spider-Man: Brand New Day) and David Heyman (the Harry Potter films).While the studio has yet to announce the next Bond actor, Pascal recently told Deadline that “the end of the year is a good bet” for finding out who it is.But the next Bond isn’t the only new 007 fans will meet this year (and no, we aren’t talking about Patrick Gibson, who plays the character in the video game 007 First Light).Credit: IO Interactive under license from Amazon MGM Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Eon ProductionsRelated: New ‘James Bond’ Is Officially a Sequel, Previous 007 Will ReturnA Different Kind of James Bond Arrives This OctoberEarlier this year, Big Finish Productions announced Isaac Rouse (The Crown Season 6) as the voice of a teenage Bond.Rouse will star opposite Charlotte McBurney, who voices Wilder Lawless, in Young Bond: SilverFin, a new audio drama production based on Charlie Higson’s novel SilverFin (2005). Higson himself has also been cast as Bond’s mentor Michael Merriot.Miriam Margolyes, best known for playing Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films, has also been cast as Cleek MacSawney, while Harry Marcus (Poldark) will voice Bond’s friend Red Kelly, and Christopher Nathan (The Walking Dead: World Beyond) has been cast as Eton bully George Hellebore.The story follows Bond during his time at Eton, where he becomes embroiled in a dangerous adventure involving the mysterious Loch SilverFin and a secret that could threaten a new era of warfare. Now, the scale of the project has been confirmed.Credit: MGM/EON ProductionsSplit across two parts, Young Bond: SilverFin will consist of 16 half-hour episodes, for approximately eight hours of full-cast audio drama. The complete story will be released across two box sets.The first volume is scheduled to arrive in October, with Big Finish Productions producing the adaptation. The company’s official listing confirms that each part will run for four hours.Credit: MGM/EON ProductionsFor Bond fans, the series provides a very different look at the character.Rather than following the experienced spy audiences know from the movies, SilverFin explores Bond before he became 007, when he was still a student discovering the skills and instincts that would eventually define him.It also gives Rouse the opportunity to establish a new interpretation of Bond at a much earlier stage of his life — just as another actor prepares to take over the role in the cinematic franchise.So while the next cinematic Bond remains under wraps, 007 is already getting a new voice.Are you excited to hear Isaac Rouse’s take on a young James Bond? Let us know!The post Official ‘James Bond’ Series Arrives in October, 16 Episodes Confirmed appeared first on Inside the Magic.