Amazon MGM is getting all the way down to work on Bond.
Courtenay Valenti, head of Movie, Streaming and Theatrical, and world advertising and marketing chief Sue Kroll, mentioned tonight that producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman are at the moment in London shifting ahead with a brand new 007 in the end.
Valenti referred to as the duo “filmmaking legends.” After paying as much as acquire artistic management of the franchise, Amazon MGM just lately introduced them on to provide the following 007 installment.
“We’re dedicated to honoring the legacy of this iconic character, whereas bringing a recent, exhilarating new chapter to audiences around the globe alongside Amy and David,” she mentioned. “They’re each in London getting began and couldn’t be right here tonight, however we wished to thank them for what we all know will likely be an unimaginable partnership. Thanks, Amy and David!”
The massive step ahead on Bond was made potential by a deal in February with longtime James Bond producers and inventive masters Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, who relinquished management of the beloved spy franchise and handed the reins to the brand new homeowners.
Amazon acquired the studio in 2022 for $8.5 billion. That included all its IP. However the Bond franchise was uncommon because it remained creatively the area of Wilson and Broccoli, who had declined to maneuver forward on something new for the reason that merger.
The e-commerce big paid out one other $1 billion to achieve artistic management. As a part of the deal, Amazon and the producers fashioned a brand new three way partnership to accommodate the Bond mental property rights, with Broccoli and Wilson remaining co-owners of the franchise.
The very urgent query mark stays the brand new James Bond himself. Regardless of years of untamed hypothesis about who may substitute Daniel Craig, there have been no substantive updates, though it now appears that should change.
The Bond replace arrived at Amazon MGM’s debut at CinemaCon, the annual gathering of theater homeowners in Las Vegas. The studio is ramping up its theatrical slate to 16 movies in 2027 and constructing out a world distribution arm.
