'Bond 26' – Denis Villeneuve will direct the next installment of the James Bond saga

The next installment of The James Bond saga He found its director. Denis Villenueve He has been chosen to take charge of the next film, the first one under the Amazon Mgm Studios stamp.

Villenueve will also be the executive producer, along with Tanya Lapointe – his partner and wife – with Amy Pascal and David Heyman as producers.

In a press release, Villenueve called a “great honor” to be the director of the next James Bond:

“Some of my first cinematographic memories are related to 007. I grew up watching James Bond movies with my father, from ‘Dr. No’ con Sean Connery. I am an unconditional fan of Bond. For me, it is sacred territory. I intend to honor tradition and open their way to many new future missions. Es A huge responsibilitybut also incredibly exciting for me and a great honor.”

According to THR reports, among the directors who were candidates for this film and came to have meetings are Edward Berger, Edgar Wright and Paul King.

At the moment the production start date is unknown. After assuring Villenueve as director, The search will concentrate on the screenwriter who will work side by side with Villeneueve.

The filmmaker originally from Canada, has one of the most attractive filmographies of recent times, and is considered by many cinephiles as one of the filmmakers with perfect filmography, that is, without any bad film. Among his most acclaimed projects – practically his full work body – are Fire (2010), Polytechnic (2009), Prisoners (2013), Enemy (2013), Sicario (2015), Arrival (2016), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Dune: Part One (2021) and the sequel Dune: Part Tworeleased in cinemas in 2024.

Villenueve is now in the preparations for the start of the filming of the third installment of the saga Duneentitled Dune: Messiahwhich will begin this summer.

The new bond will mark Delivery number 26 of the long -lived spy franchise 007. It will be the first film from No Time to Die (2021) directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, who also became the farewell of Daniel Craig as agent 007.

It will also be the first Bond film after the acquisition that Amazon made of MGM Studios, the original study of the Bond franchise. With a mega agreement valued at $ 8,450 million, Amazon acquired MGM in 2022. It became the most ambitious strategy of Amazon within the entertainment industry, and its second largest acquisition at a general level, after the purchase of Whole Foods in 2017 for $ 13.7 billion dollars.

With the acquisition of MGM Studios, Amazon expanded and reinforced its catalog of the then Amazon Studios and Prime Video, as MGM had approximately 4,000 movies and 17,000 television programs

In February of this year, it was announced that Amazon MGM Studios would obtain the creative control of the future deliveries of James Bond, with the departure of the franchise producers, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.

On the arrival of Villeneuve to the saga, Pascal and Heyman declared:

“Denis Villeneuve has been passionate about James Bond's films since childhood. It was always his dream to make this movie, and now he is also our luck to have this extraordinary filmmaker.”