Who will be the next actor to play 007, the agent with a license to kill?
Although doesn’t was decided, the new owners of James Bond – Amazon MGM – arrested Las Vegas for Cinemacon, the annual agreement of cinema owners, to talk about the future of the spy of the creation of favorite Martinites of Great Britain.
“We are committed to honoring the inheritance of this emblematic character while bringing a new exotic and exotic chapter to an audience around the world alongside Amy (Pascal) and David (Heyman)”, the leaders of the Studio Courtenay Valenti and Sue Kroll declared on stage on the Caesars Palace on Wednesday evening. “They are both in London to start and could not be here tonight, but we wanted to thank them for what we know to do an incredible partnership.”
Earlier this year, longtime producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli have made the shocking decision to retreat from the James Bond franchise and give way creative control of Amazon MGM. The three entities, Wilson, Broccoli and Amazon MGM, have formed a joint venture to shelter intellectual property rights while allowing the three to remain co -owners of the property. Last week, Pascal and Heyman were used to produce the next Bond payment.
With the purchase of 8.5 billion dollars from Amazon from MGM in 2021, the streamer acquired the rights to distribute all the films of James Bond but only held 50% of the franchise and was relegated to a passive partner in terms of artistic choices. Since the fifth and last round of Daniel Craig as leap in “No Time to Die” of 2021, there have been endless pressing on the next steps. But that will probably change soon, given the new concerts of Pascal and Heyman. They were appointed by Amazon MGM’s cinema head, Courtenay Valenti, who is the presidency of Mike Hopkins after the release of Jen Salke as a studio chief.
“James Bond is one of the most emblematic characters in the history of cinema,” said Pascal and Heyman in a press release on their hiring. “We are humiliated to follow in the footsteps of Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson who made so many extraordinary and honored films and excited to keep the spirit of Bond very alive while he embarks on his next adventure.”
