The producers behind the “Spider-Man” and “Harry Potter” movie franchises will oversee the following James Bond film, Amazon MGM Studios introduced Tuesday.
The appointment of Amy Pascal and David Heyman is step one in Amazon’s plan to relaunch the British spy franchise, after taking full inventive management final month.
The producers are anticipated to play a serious position in deciding who will exchange actor Daniel Craig because the super-suave MI6 agent, in addition to selecting the following movie’s director and manufacturing schedule.
Amazon MGM Studios movie chief Courtenay Valenti stated the pair would “deliver to global audiences storytelling that upholds the impeccable legacy of this beloved character.”
Pascal, who beforehand ran main Hollywood studio Sony Pictures, is best-known for her work on numerous “Spider-Man” movies, together with the current live-action films starring Tom Holland.
She isn’t any stranger to the Bond franchise. During her tenure, Sony Pictures launched 007 movies “Casino Royale,” “Quantum of Solace” and “Skyfall.”
Heyman, who’s British, produced all eight movie diversifications of J.Okay Rowling’s “Harry Potter” books.
His different credit embody “Gravity,” “Barbie,” and the “Paddington” movies.
The announcement will solely gasoline the swirling hypothesis about who will subsequent play James Bond, one of the crucial well-known characters within the historical past of cinema.
Craig’s ultimate outing, “No Time to Die” — the twenty fifth James Bond movie — was launched in 2021 and earned $775 million.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Henry Cavill and Theo James are amongst these at present thought-about frontrunners.
In 2022, Amazon purchased storied Hollywood studio MGM, which held distribution rights to Bond’s intensive again catalog.
But it was not till final month that the corporate struck a cope with longtime Bond producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, to acquire full inventive management. The deal was closed Monday.
The franchise had been carefully guarded by the Broccoli household since 1962’s “Dr. No.” They famously insisted on preserving the integrity of the Bond character and model, resisting spin-offs and licensing that many business consultants anticipate to see following Amazon’s takeover.
“James Bond is one of the most iconic characters in the history of cinema,” Pascal and Heyman stated in a joint assertion.
“We are humbled to follow in the footsteps of Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson who made so many extraordinary films and honored and excited to keep the spirit of Bond very much alive as he embarks on his next adventure.”
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