Heavyweight producers Amy Pascal David Heyman are mentioned to be being lined up by Amazon MGM Studios to go up the way forward for the James Bond franchise.
Amazon not too long ago took artistic management of the sequence from long-time 007 custodians Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, and Selection has reported the obvious negotiations with Amy and David as hypothesis continues to develop amongst followers over who will fill Daniel Craig’s sneakers as the subsequent actor to tackle the spy position.
Amy, 66, is the previous head of Sony Photos and has since established herself as one in every of Hollywood’s main producers, engaged on movies resembling ‘Spider-Man: No Method Dwelling’ and ‘Little Ladies’.
At Sony, she was concerned within the studio’s distribution of a number of Bond movies, together with 2012’s ‘Skyfall’, which stays the highest-grossing movie within the franchise’s historical past.
David, 62, is greatest recognized for producing the ‘Harry Potter’ sequence and its ‘Unbelievable Beasts’ spin-offs, in addition to acclaimed movies resembling ‘Gravity’ and the ‘Paddington’ films.
Amazon acquired MGM in 2021 in a deal price $8.5 billion, which included the rights to James Bond.
The corporate final month made headlines when it reached an settlement to purchase artistic management of the franchise from Eon Productions – the agency run by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson.
For the reason that launch of Bond movie ‘Dr No’ in 1962, the Broccoli household has rigorously managed the path of the 007 franchise.
However since Daniel’s last look because the spy in ‘No Time to Die’ in 2021, the event of a brand new movie has stalled, with no actor but forged as the subsequent Bond.
Names resembling Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Henry Cavill and Tom Holland have been steadily talked about as potential successors.
Amazon MGM Studios has not but formally commented on Amy Pascal and David Heyman’s potential involvement within the sequence, however insiders say the transfer suggests the corporate is looking for skilled producers to information the franchise into a brand new period.