GoldenEye").

But that announcement did not include the movie's title. Instead, producers Cary Joji Fukanaga unveiled the official cast lineup and teased the plot.

ing play the main villain. Malek made a short, weird video about ing the venerable franchise.

Ralph Fiennes as M.

Rory Kinnear as MI6 chief of staff Bill Tanner.

"Quantum Solace" as CIA agent Felix Leiter.

Newcomers include Lashana Lynch ("Captain Marvel") and David Dencik ("The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo").

The producers also confirmed that Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the creator of "Killing Eve" and "Fleabag," has ed as a writer. She s series mainstays Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, as well as Scott Z. Burns. (This also marks confirmation that the production is not using the script devised by Danny Boyle and John Hodge.)

Broccoli said the film starts in Jamaica, where “Bond is not on active service, he is enjoying himself. We’ve got quite a ride in store for him.”

His peaceful retirement is interrupted when Felix Leiter shows up asking for help. But the mission, to rescue a kidnapped scientist, turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with a dangerous new technology.

Bond 25 is slated for release April 8, 2020.