Amazon’s James Bond movie will likely be directed by Denis Villeneuve

Amazon MGM Studio’s James Bond film, the primary of what could possibly be many in a collection, will likely be directed by Denis Villeneuve. The corporate has revealed that he will likely be main the manufacturing in an announcement, the place it additionally named Villeneuve’s spouse Tanya Lapointe as an govt producer. Villeneuve is maybe finest recognized for guiding Dune and Dune: Half Two, the newest diversifications of Frank Herbert’s novel starring Timothée Chalamet. He additionally directed the sci-fi drama Arrival with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner, in addition to Blade Runner 2049 with Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford.

“A few of my earliest movie-going reminiscences are related to 007,” Villeneuve, who’d beforehand expressed many times in the past that he wished to direct a Bond film, stated in a press release. “I grew up watching James Bond movies with my father, ever since Dr. No with Sean Connery. I am a die-hard Bond fan. To me, he’s sacred territory. I intend to honor the custom and open the trail for a lot of new missions to come back. This can be a huge accountability, but additionally, extremely thrilling for me and an enormous honor. Amy [Pascal], David [Heyman], and I are completely thrilled to carry him again to the display screen. Thanks to Amazon MGM Studios for his or her belief.”

Amazon purchased MGM again in 2021 for $8.5 billion, and with it got here the rights to the James Bond franchise. Nonetheless, Barbara Broccoli, the producer who inherited the rights to the franchise from her father, reportedly didn’t trust Amazon with the property, placing the event and manufacturing of the subsequent Bond movie on pause. Earlier this 12 months, each events have lastly come to an agreement. It is unclear if Amazon advised Brocolli again then that Villeneuve was a possible director, however she and her half-brother Michael G. Wilson finally agreed to take a step again and provides the corporate full artistic management over the subsequent Bond movies. Amazon has but to announce the franchise’s new star, however seeing as plenty of actors wish to work with Villeneuve nowadays, the manufacturing will not have a scarcity of names to select from.