After Daniel Craig retires from his role of James Bond, a lot of actors have the similar talent and potential as him. Tom Hardy, Micheal Fassbender, Tom Hiddleston, and David Oyelowo are some of the probable choices.
However, for the particular James Bond 007 character, Idris Elba is the preferred choice, after a series of controversies and discussions regarding Idris replacing Daniel Craig.
Several emails were floated in the year 2014 while the massive Sony hack was going on. Amy Pascal, the then-studio co-chair stated to a colleague that Idris should be the next James Bond. Elbas, however, was strictly against playing the role. According to him, the next James Bond should be a female.
As per recent reports, the producers of James Bond are now inclining towards the idea of Elba taking up the assignment. This is the first positive step towards the next version of James Bond. But on asking Elba, it always seems as if no one has yet approached him for the role yet.