UPDATE: Amazon has made it absolute that Amy Pascal and David Heyman are running point as producers for the next 007 movie.
Pascal will produce the film via Pascal Pictures, and Heyman will produce via Heyday Films.
“We are approaching every creative decision with James Bond, which Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have so masterfully steered, with the greatest sense of responsibility,” said Amazon MGM Studios’ Head of Film, Courtenay Valenti. “Part of an elite group of producers who have developed and managed massive film franchises to box office success and critical acclaim, Amy Pascal and David Heyman are two of the most accomplished, experienced, and respected film producers in our industry. We are honored to be working with them on James Bond’s next chapter and are excited to deliver to global audiences storytelling that upholds the impeccable legacy of this beloved character.”
“James Bond is one of the most iconic characters in the history of cinema,” said Pascal and Heyman. “We are humbled to follow in the footsteps of Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson who made so many extraordinary films and honored and excited to keep the spirit of Bond very much alive as he embarks on his next adventure.”
Bond reteams Pascal with Amazon MGM Studios. She is currently in post on the studio’s upcoming Phil Lord and Christopher Miller-directed Project Hail Mary, starring Ryan Gosling, which the studio is releasing on March 20, 2026. Previously for Amazon MGM, she produced the Luca Guadagnino-directed Challengers, starring Zendaya. Along with Lord and Miller, she is producing the upcoming MGM+ and Prime Video streaming series, Spider-Noir, starring Nicolas Cage. Upcoming, she is producing Narnia alongside Mark Gordon, which Greta Gerwig is directing for Netflix, as well as Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, alongside David Heyman, starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler, also for Netflix.
Former Sony Motion Pictures Boss Pascal is known for her work on the Spider-Man franchise, serving as a producer on the last three Marvel Studios’ movies, starring Tom Holland, with the fourth movie, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, rolling cameras this summer. She has also produced the Spider-Verse movies, the first of which won a Best Animated Feature Oscar, with production currently under way for the third movie, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.
Heyman produced all eight film adaptations of J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter books, as well as the three Fantastic Beasts films. Among his other credits are Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, starring Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver and Laura Dern, Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, and Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, as well as the Paul King-directed Paddington, Paddington 2, and Wonka, starring Timothée Chalamet.
Heyman is currently in pre-production on the Harry Potter television series and in post-production on Taika Waititi’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguru’s Klara and the Sun, starring Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams; as well as Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, which he is producing alongside Amy Pascal, starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler. He recently produced the SXSW world premiere, The Rivals of Amziah King starring Matthew McConaughey. The movie is 96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes is currently up for sale via WME.
PREVIOUS MARCH 21: We’re hearing that there’s truth to Amy Pascal and David Heyman being in talks with Amazon MGM Studios to steer the Bond franchise once the hand-off is finalized from Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson to the studio.
Talk about the melding of two great producing minds: Pascal, while at Sony, saw the 007 franchise to its best grosses of its franchise with Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Spectre and Skyfall, the latter the highest grossing in 007 history with $1.1 billion alone. After exiting as Sony Motion Pictures chief, Pascal has gone on to produce Sony’s mega-grossing Spiderverse animated movies and its Tom Holland Spider-Man movies with Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige. At $1.95 billion, 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home is the seventh highest-grossing movie of all time, and 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is an Oscar-winning animated movie.
Then there’s Heyman, who is the captain of the blockbuster Harry Potter movie franchise (which is now getting spun off into an HBO series) as well as multi-Oscar-winning movies like Gravity. Heyman recently saw his latest production, The Rivals of Amziah King starring Matthew McConaughey, get a standing ovation at its world premiere at SXSW and it is 95% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie from writer-director Andrew Patterson is a potential awards contender for the taking; it’s being sold by WME.
The priority is for Amazon MGM Studios to make a 007 movie first before they start thinking about any series spinoffs. The studio had no comment today.
Puck first had the news last night about Pascal together with Heyman. InSneider heard about Heyman’s circling Bond a few weeks ago.
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