James Bond fans are hoping a return is on the horizon for a star who appeared in previous films after he suggested he 'could ...

But his best-remembered role arrived in 1971 when he and jazz bassist Putter Smith played assassins Mr. Whit and Mr. Kidd who are after the blood of Sean Connery’s James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever.

Amy Pascal and David Heyman will take the helm just as longtime Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have given over creative control to Amazon MGM Studios.