Following swiftly on news that multinational technology company Amazon has acquired creative control of fictional superspy James Bond comes word that it has selected American Amy Pascal and British filmmaker David Heyman as the producers of any future Bond movies.
Bill Koenig explains in his blog, The Spy Command, that “Pascal has produced recent Spider-Man movies with Tom Holland. … She is also a former chief at Sony Pictures. During her tenure there, Sony distributed four Bond films: Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, and Spectre. Heyman has produced Harry Potter movies as well as such films as Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.”
Koenig wonders, in a separate post, how long this pair might realistically helm the 007 franchise. “Both are busy with many film projects,” he observes. “Pascal is 67. ... Heyman will turn 64 in June.
“Now, you can be a movie producer for a long time past normal retirement age. Still, Bond fans are used to continuity. I wouldn’t go banco that the new Bond producer duo has a super-long run. The movie business is a lot different than in 1961 when Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, already in middle age, struck their 007 deal with United Artists. Broccoli would be associated with the series until his death in 1996.” Saltzman passed away two years earlier.
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
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