Before Amazon eventhinks about castingthe next James Bond ( or design the inevitable myriad spinoffs it ’s already attempt to get off the ground ) , withthe creative exitof Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson last month the studio needs to find producers willing to take on the next chapter of the legendary spy - fi franchise . And now , it might be close .
Varietyreports that Amazon and MGM Studios are in close talks to bring on base both Amy Pascal and David Heyman to shepherd its young originative ownership of theBondfranchise . Pascal — the former headland of Sony Pictures best known among grind circles for production of the Spider - Man moving-picture show , a role she continue over the path of the Tom - Holland - take trilogy with Marvel Studios , and will continuewith the upcomingSpider - valet de chambre 4 — has history with 007 , having been a key participant in Sony ’s distribution of severalBondfilms in the Daniel Craig epoch . Heyman , meanwhile , guided the production of theHarry Potterfilms and their spinoffs at Warner Bros. , so is no stranger to the demands of producing a major franchise .
Whether or not Amazon ultimately tap Pascal and Heyman , the studio is expire to need to line up people who are not just willing to manoeuver up a huge serial likeBond , but ones willing to lean in the direction Amazon desire to take with the franchise . After all , part of the ground the studio apartment has made this deal with Broccoli and Wilson to get them out of the franchise is that the preceding few years have been spent with less body of work onBondmovies , and more withbehind - the - scenery squabblesbetween the ferociously protective producer and Amazon ’s desires to spin out its investment beyond just films and into TV and other locus .
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Whoever becomes the next proverbial M of the franchise then , is n’t last to just have to consider with handle the next chapter of Bond ’s level , but the whim of an executive branch who need much more victimisation of the series than we ’ve seen for a foresightful while . A bit Bond - ian in and of itself , really .
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