In the present day, Amazon MGM introduced that it has tapped veteran producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman to provide a brand new untitled Bond characteristic. Pascal, finest identified for her work on Sony’s Spider-Man cinematic franchise and different Bond movies together with On line casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, and Skyfall, will produce the brand new Amazon undertaking by Pascal Photos. Heyman, who produced all eight of Warner Bros.’ live-action Harry Potter movies and is presently engaged on HBO / Max’s reimagined sequence, is hooked up to the undertaking by Heyday movies.
In a press release about their new gigs, Pascal and Heyman mentioned that it was an honor to take stewardship of the Bond IP after Broccoli and Wilson. “We’re humbled to comply with within the footsteps of Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson who made so many extraordinary movies and honored and excited to maintain the spirit of Bond very a lot alive as he embarks on his subsequent journey,” they mentioned.
Amazon MGM’s head of movie Courtenay Valenti famous Pascal and Heyman’s previous success main huge movie franchises, and insisted that the studio is “approaching each artistic choice with James Bond… with the best sense of accountability.”
Valenti’s assertion reads somewhat ominous given how reluctant Broccoli and Wilson reportedly had been about letting Amazon totally take over the Bond franchise after MGM’s acquisition again in 2021. However with the previous guard bowing out, this new growth was inevitable, and now all there may be to do is wait and see simply what Pascal and Heyman determine to do with the sequence.
