Amazon MGM takes creative control of Bond; Pascal and Heyman to produce

On 20 February 2025, Amazon MGM Studios announced that it had taken creative control of the James Bond franchise, ending a decades-long arrangement under which the Broccoli family ran the series. Amy Pascal and David Heyman were named to produce the next film.

Pascal is a veteran Hollywood executive and producer known for the recent Spider-Man films. Heyman produced the Harry Potter series and later films such as Paddington. Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, whose family company Eon Productions had made the films since 1962, stepped back from day-to-day control. They were expected to remain as co-owners of the underlying rights.

The change followed Amazon's 2022 purchase of MGM, and it came after Daniel Craig's final outing, No Time to Die (2021). It opened the way for a new creative team and, above all, a new actor in the lead role. It also set the stage for the long-running speculation about who would be cast as the next 007.