James Bond: It’s official, Denis Villeneuve will make the next franchise film

After years of silence, the return of one of the most iconic characters in cinema is finally becoming clearer. While Lhe producers David Heyman and Amy Pascal Were put in control of the next component of the James Bond franchise three months ago, it is the film’s director’s turn to be formalized by Amazon MGM Studios.

And the studio did not do things by halves, since it chose one of the most talented filmmakers of its generation to sign the next mission of agent 007: Denis Villeneuve.

“Some of my first cinema memories are linked to 007. I grew up watching James Bond films with my father, since” Dr. No “with Sean Connery. I am an unconditional fan of Bond. For me, he is crowned”he said in the press release.

Denis Villeneuve continues: “I intend to perpetuate the tradition and open the way to many new missions. It is an immense responsibility, but also an immense honor for me. Amy, David and I are absolutely delighted to bring him back to the screen. Thanks to Amazon MGM Studios for his confidence.”

The producers Mike Heyman and Amy Pascal also went there from their little declaration: “Denis Villeneuve is passionate about James Bond films from an early age. Make this film has always been his dream, and now it’s ours. We are lucky to be in the hands of this extraordinary filmmaker.”

For his part, Mike Hopkins, director of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios praised the filmmaker’s ability “has created captivating universes, dynamic images, complex characters and immersive narration”.

“James Bond is in the hands of one of the greatest current filmmakers and we can’t wait to start the next adventure of 007”he concluded.

007 at the crossroads

As a reminder, the latest opus dated the franchise, Dying can waitwas released in the cinema in October 2021. He marked the fifth and last time when Daniel Craig embodied the famous secret agent. The film was a success with $ 774.1 million generated at the world box office, bringing the total revenues of the franchise to almost $ 8 billion in 25 feature films.

Since the end of the Craig era, the lucrative franchise historically owned the MGM studio has passed under the control of Amazon, which has imposed a large flattening to decide its future. The e-commerce giant would certainly love to make the franchise grow with many spin-offs and other projects, but we should not harm the unique DNA of the saga.

Villeneuve’s announcement as director of the next film is a marker of the studio’s intentions, which seems to want to continue in the prestigious blockbuster piloted by strong authors, a dynamic initiated in 2012 with the Skyfall from Sam Mendes. He now remains has formalized the new incarnation of agent 007. Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Bullet train,, 28 years later) is always the favorite of bookmakers, even if other actors are at the heart of rumors, like Aaron Pierre.

Anyway, this next film James Bond still without title will not be immediately since Denis Villeneuve begins the shooting of Dune 3 On July 7 in Hungary, which should occupy him for long months. To follow therefore.

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