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The 25th James Bond movie is coming to theaters next year - here are all the details

The 25th James Bond movie is coming to theaters next year - here are all the details

Bond 25 comes to theaters April 8, 2020.

It's directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga.

Fukunaga is known for directing the first season of HBO's "True Detective," the Netflix original movie "Beasts of No Nation," and the Netflix limited series "Maniac."

He replaced "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle, who was originally attached to direct Bond 25, but exited last year over creative differences.

The movie is written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Scott Z. Burns, and "Killing Eve" creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

It was confirmed Thursday that Waller-Bridge had joined.

Daniel Craig will return for his fifth, and final, movie as Bond.

Craig will return as Bond despite saying in 2015 that he'd rather "break glass and slit" his wrists than play Bond again.

Variety reported last year that he'd be paid $25 million for Bond 25.

Producer Barbara Broccoli said that Bond isn't on active duty at the start of the movie, and is hanging out in Jamaica.

Ralph Fiennes is returning as M.

He took over the title from Judi Dench for 2015's "Spectre."

Returning Bond women include Naomie Harris as Moneypenny and Léa Seydoux as Madeleine Swann.

Other returning cast members include Ben Whishaw as Q, Jeffrey Wright as CIA agent Felix Leiter, and Rory Kinnear as Bond ally, Tanner.

Oscar-winning "Bohemian Rhapsody" actor Rami Malek has joined the cast, likely as the villain.

"I promise you all I will be making sure Mr. Bond does not have an easy ride of it in this, his 25th outing," Malek said in a video message on Twitter on Thursday.

Other additions to the cast include Billy Magnussen, Ana de Armas, David Dencik, Lashana Lynch, and Dali Benssalah.

Magnussen is known for his role as Ryan in "Game Night"; de Armas was the AI Joi in "Blade Runner 2049"; Dencik will appear in the upcoming HBO mini-series, "Chernobyl"; Lynch recently starred in "Captain Marvel" as Maria Rambeau; and Benssalah has starred in the French film, "A Faithful Man."