James Bond has some new caretakers. Former Sony Footage chief and producer of the “Spider-Man” and “Spider-Verse” movies Amy Pascal and “Harry Potter” and “Gravity” producer David Heyman are being eyed to supervise the 007 franchise for Amazon MGM Studios with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson ceding management, IndieWire has discovered.
Pascal and Heyman are simply in talks in the intervening time, because the deal reported final month between Amazon MGM and the Broccolis remains to be being finalized. Amazon MGM had no remark.
Amazon MGM on February 20 introduced it was forming a brand new three way partnership to deal with the James Bond IP, with the studio acquiring inventive management of the franchise. Broccoli has been the principle caretaker of the franchise’s course for many years, alongside along with her half-brother Wilson.
The final Bond movie to hit the display screen was “No Time to Die” in 2021, the ultimate entry starring Daniel Craig, who solely made 5 Bond movies however had the longest tenure as Bond, courting all the way in which again to 2006 with “On line casino Royale.” Amazon bought MGM in 2022 for $8.5 billion, buying all of the IP and library rights to over 4,000 movies and 17,000 exhibits, however the crown jewel of that library, 007, had remained in limbo.
The Wall Road Journal had a prolonged report concerning the friction and variations of opinion between the Broccolis and the opposite powers that be at Amazon MGM, and although the Broccolis had collaborated with Amazon MGM on different initiatives and a few unscripted Bond initiatives for TV, the movies didn’t have a course or a brand new Bond to take up the mantle. Extra eyebrows have been raised within the wake of the information when Amazon founder Jeff Bezos requested followers on-line who they wished to see solid as 007.
Pascal, since leaving Sony in 2015, has grow to be one of the profitable franchise producers in Hollywood. She’s produced Sony’s “Spider-Verse” animated movies, the Tom Holland “Spider-Man” MCU movies, and important darlings like “Little Ladies” and final yr’s “Challengers.” Whereas at Sony, she additionally oversaw the discharge of probably the most commercially profitable Bond movie to this point, 2012’s “Skyfall.”
Heyman, in fact, is not any slouch. He produced all of the “Harry Potter” movies and the “Unbelievable Beasts” follow-ups and has the “Potter” collection reboot at HBO, and a few of his different field workplace hits have included “Gravity,” “Paddington 2,” “As soon as Upon a Time …i n Hollywood,” and “Barbie.” He’s additionally a producer on the Matthew McConaughey movie “The Rivals of Amziah King,” which simply premiered at SXSW and is searching for distribution.
When Scott Stuber left Netflix to relaunch United Artists beneath Amazon MGM, there was the sensation that he might be in line to shepherd Bond contemplating the label’s historical past with the 007 franchise.
Puck first reported the information of Pascal and Heyman’s involvement.