Zack Snyder — if he were to pursue a project with a 20-year-old 007 — could also look to television as a source of inspiration in addition to the “Young Bond” books. In 1991, “James Bond Jr.” — an obscure animated series that rewrote James Bond history — ran for 65 episodes in syndication. Unlike the title of the series implies, however, Bond Jr. (voiced by Corey Burton) was not the son of the famed superspy, but his nephew.
While “James Bond Jr.” doesn’t seem to fit the mold of a typical James Bond project — it’s the only narrative television series produced in conjunction with the 007 franchise — it does have strong ties to the 007 film series. It was co-created by Michael G. Wilson, who produces the Bond theatrical movies with his half-sister, Barbara Broccoli.
Meanwhile, Zack Snyder isn’t the only director who would like to give the movie series a different spin. Snyder’s “Man of Steel” collaborator Christopher Nolan has said he’d definitely direct a Bond movie if he could reboot the series on his terms. As far as Snyder’s idea goes, the youngest actor to play James Bond to date was George Lazenby, who was 29 when he starred in his first and only 007 movie, 1969’s “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.” The last Bond movie, “No Time to Die,” starring Daniel Craig as 007, was released in 2021.
