Overview
- Amazon acquired MGM in 2022 for $8.45 billion and assumed creative control of the James Bond franchise in February 2025
- Denis Villeneuve will direct and executive produce the next Bond installment, marking the first 007 entry under Amazon MGM Studios
- Tanya Lapointe joins Villeneuve as executive producer while Amy Pascal and David Heyman will produce the project
- Filming is expected to start in 2027 or later once Villeneuve finishes his third Dune film
- The search for a new actor to portray Bond remains ongoing since Daniel Craig’s exit after 2021’s No Time to Die