Cinema007: Christopher Nolan negotiates with Amazon to take over James Bond franchise, says website

THE Amazon MGM Studios follows in negotiations so that Christopher Nolan Take the direction of the next movie James Bondaccording to information released by the The wrap. The British filmmaker, responsible for successes like OPPENHEIMER and The originIt would be the company’s main choice to conduct the new phase of the franchise, now under the command of the streaming giant.

Since the acquisition of MGM for $ 8.5 billion, the Amazon It showed interest in revitalizing the secret agent’s saga and, for this, invested another $ 1 billion to obtain full control over the franchise’s creative supervision. Before that, the decisions were in the hands of Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilsonproducers responsible for managing 007 films for over 60 years. With this new structure, the company intends to give a more ambitious for the universe of James Bond And, according to studio sources, Nolan is seen as the ideal director for this transformation.

Nolan and franchise 007

The interest of Christopher Nolan In driving a feature of James Bond is not recent. The director has already publicly stated that the work of Ian Fleming was a great influence on his career and was even considered to take over the franchise after Tenet(2020). At the time, however, negotiations did not advance due to an impasse with BARCCOLI BARCwhich did not accept to grant the filmmaker the final cut of the film – something essential for Nolanwhich requires total creative freedom in their projects.

Now, with the command of the franchise in the hands of Amazon, the studio would be willing to meet the demands of the filmmaker (via Deadline). However, the director is currently involved with the production of The Odysseyfilm that is being developed by Universal and which is scheduled to debut in 2026. This means that if Amazon insists on having it ahead of the new James Bondyou will have to wait at least a year to make it available.

James Bond’s future in theaters

So far, there is no concrete information about the next movie 007including cast or release date details. With the exit of Daniel Craig the role of James Bond after No time to die (2021), the studio has not yet officially announced the new performer of the secret agent, although several names have been speculated over the last few years.

Also, with the new control of Amazon about the franchise, there is rumors that the studio would be studying expanding the universe of James Bond For streaming, possibly with derived series or spin-offs. This approach resembles the strategy of other major franchises, such as Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematographic Universebut has not yet been officially confirmed.