Overview
- Courtenay Valenti, who addressed exhibitors at CinemaCon on Wednesday in Las Vegas, said the team will choose the next 007 with “care and deep respect” and offered no casting reveal.
- Amazon MGM says the film is being built around a top team with Denis Villeneuve directing, Steven Knight writing, producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman, and executive producer Tanya Lapointe.
- The studio has not named a new Bond and industry chatter about timelines points to a possible 2027 start and 2028 release, which outlets report as expectations rather than official dates.
- This installment is the first since longtime stewards Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson ceded creative control in 2025, following Amazon’s more than $8 billion purchase of MGM in 2022 to secure the franchise.
- Bond casting has long relied on confidential screen tests, a practice that explains the secrecy and the slower pace as the studio works to protect a marquee brand.