French Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve (proper) and his spouse, Canadian producer Tanya Lapointe, will work collectively on the following installment of the James Bond franchise.
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Dune director Denis Villeneuve views the world of James Bond as “sacred territory.” Now he’ll have an opportunity to form that world: the Quebecois filmmaker is directing the following installment of the venerable spy’s adventures.
“I grew up watching James Bond movies with my father, ever since Dr. No with Sean Connery,” Villeneuve stated as Amazon MGM introduced that he’ll helm the following 007 film. “I am a die-hard Bond fan.”
Will probably be the most recent status property for Villeneuve, who made Blade Runner 2049 earlier than turning to the notoriously difficult tales of Dune. However do not count on a Bond movie any time quickly: Villeneuve is engaged on Dune: Messiah, his third movie primarily based on Frank Herbert’s epic collection. Dune: Messiah just isn’t anticipated to hit theaters till December 2026.
Villeneuve, nominated for Academy Awards for Arrival and the Dune movies, says he is excited to inform the following story in regards to the well-known British undercover agent with a license to kill.
“To me, he is sacred territory,” Villeneuve stated. “I intend to honor the custom and open the trail for a lot of new missions to come back. This can be a large accountability, but additionally, extremely thrilling for me and an enormous honor.”
The collection of Villeneuve to steer the following movie, alongside together with his spouse Tanya Lapointe as government producer, is the most important Bond-related determination but to emerge from Amazon MGM. The American firm took over inventive management of the franchise in February from Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, representatives of the British American household that stewarded the Bond tales for many years.
The U.Ok.-based James Bond Worldwide Fan Membership is welcoming Villeneuve’s hiring, saying on its web site that the selection “will delight Bond followers the world over.”
“Welcome again, Mr. Bond. We have been anticipating you,” the group added.
When information first emerged that Amazon would ship Bond on his subsequent mission, it didn’t sit effectively together with his English followers, who apprehensive that American actors and themes would possibly invade the world created by novelist Ian Fleming, a former British intelligence officer. The Telegraph’s movie critic wrote, “Amazon’s Bond takeover is an assault on Britishness.”
Villeneuve can be working with producers Amy Pascal (Challengers; Spider-Man) and David Heyman (Harry Potter; Paddington).
“We’re fortunate to be within the palms of this extraordinary filmmaker,” the pair stated in an announcement.
There is no such thing as a phrase but on who will succeed actor Daniel Craig to painting Bond within the upcoming movie, a casting determination that’s a perennial supply of hypothesis.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sparked a guessing recreation on-line, asking, “Who’d you choose as the following Bond?” Many replies urged Henry Cavill, the Superman actor. (Amazon is amongst NPR’s monetary supporters.)
In British media and betting homes, different potential Bond actors vary from Aaron Taylor-Johnson of 28 Years Later and Kick-Ass to Aaron Pierre of Insurgent Ridge and The Underground Railroad. Extra contenders are listed in latest roundups by British GQ and the playing agency Ladbrokes.
As with all Bond movie, Villeneuve’s work can be judged in opposition to the catalog of movies that got here earlier than it, stretching again to the Nineteen Sixties.
That time was emphasised by a joke one fan informed to NPR’s Lauren Frayer, again in February:
“What number of Bond followers does it take to alter a light-weight bulb?
“One, however 10 to complain about how a lot better the unique was.”
