Amazon May Be Close to Finding Its New Bond Managers

Before Amazon even thinks about casting the next James Bond (or planning the inevitable myriad spinoffs it’s already tried to get off the ground), with the creative exit of Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson last month the studio needs to find producers willing to take on the next chapter of the legendary spy-fi franchise. And now, it might be close. Variety reports that Amazon and MGM Studios are in close talks to bring aboard both Amy Pascal and David Heyman to shepherd its new creative ownership of the Bond franchise. Pascal—the former head of Sony Pictures best known among nerd circles for production of the Spider-Man movies, a role she continued over the course of the Tom-Holland-led trilogy with Marvel Studios, and will continue with the upcoming Spider-Man 4—has history with 007, having been a key player in Sony’s distribution of several Bond films in the Daniel Craig era. Heyman, meanwhile, guided the production of the Harry Potter films and their spinoffs at Warner Bros., ... Read full article.