American filmmaker Cary Joji Fukunaga is replacing Danny Boyle as director of the next James Bond movie, producers announced Thursday.

Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli and star Daniel Craig said the still-untitled Bond 25 will start filming at London's Pinewood Studios on March 4, and will be released on Feb. 14, 2020.

Release was delayed from the planned November 2019 after 

&nbsp;director Boyle left the project last month over what producers said were creative differences.

Danny Boyle departs James Bond movie over 'creative differences'

The next James Bond movie has lost its director.

In this March 6, 2017 photo, director Danny Boyle poses for a portrait at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., to promote his film, "T2: Trainspotting," a sequel to the 1996 film, "Trainspotting." (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Danny Boyle Portrait Session

Danny Boyle has exited the next James Bond film over 'creative differences.'

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British actor Idris Elba is stoking speculation he may take over the role of James Bond when Daniel Craig steps aside, offering an enigmatic Twitter post that fueled the buzz about him becoming the first black Bond.

2016 Met Gala co-chair Idris Elba kept it classic for the futuristic ball, because dapper will never go out of style.  

Met Gala Idris

Idris Elba, seen here at the 2016 Met Ball, has made fans wild with speculation about the possibility of him becoming the next James Bond.

Fukunaga won an Emmy Award for the first season of TV series 

&nbsp;and wrote and directed gritty war movie 

,&nbsp;starring Idris Elba — often named as a potential successor to Craig as the suave superspy.

The new film will be Craig's fifth, and likely last, performance as 007.

FILE - In this Monday, April 9, 2018, file photo, actor Daniel Craig attends The Opportunity Network's 11th Annual Night of Opportunity Gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. After more than a decade at Sony Pictures, James Bond has a few new homes. In a joint announcement with their new partners Thursday, May 24, 2018, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said Universal Pictures will release the 25th installment of the superspy franchise internationally while MGM will release the film in the U.S. Craig will be reprising his role as 007 in the film and Oscar-winner Danny Boyle will direct. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

James Bond 25-Distribution

Fukunaga, 41, is the first American director in the series, which began in 1962 with 

Wilson and Broccoli said Fukunaga's "versatility and innovation make him an excellent choice for our next James Bond adventure."

Emmy-winning American filmmaker Cary Jogi Fukunaga will direct the next instalment of the iconic James Bond film franchise.

James Bond producers tap 1st American director for upcoming 007 film

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