The hiring of "Dune" filmmaker Denis Villeneuve to direct James Bond signals a prestige approach to the beloved franchise is on tap.

In the 2021 film "No Time to Die," Daniel Craig repeats one of the James Bond franchise’s most enduring lines to Léa Seydoux: "We have all the time in the world." Well, not quite. Now that Amazon has tapped Denis Villeneuve as the franchise's next director,

In the 50-plus years of James Bond, the wait between films has never gone longer than six years. The next entry, and first since Daniel Craig’s dramatic exit, may test that — but things are speeding up.