Amy Pascal and David Heyman may be brought in to help Amazon MGM Studios oversee the James Bond franchise, Variety confirmed, UNN reports.
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The pair are reportedly "in talks." However, a deal cannot be signed until the streamer finalizes its deal to buy creative control from Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, producers whose family has overseen all things 007 for decades.
Pascal, the former head of Sony, has reinvented herself as one of the industry's most successful producers since leaving that job in 2015. In addition to producing the Spider-Man franchise, she has also been involved in critical hits such as Challengers and Little Women. At Sony, Pascal handled the studio's deal to distribute several Bond films, including Skyfall, the highest-grossing film in the spy franchise's history.
Heyman is also familiar with the demands of overseeing a franchise as large as Bond, having played a similar role in the Harry Potter films and its less popular spin-off Fantastic Beasts. He also produced Gravity, a sci-fi blockbuster that won several Oscars, and the Paddington films.
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Amazon announced its deal to acquire creative control of the franchise last month, stunning Hollywood. Meanwhile, development of a new film, as well as the casting of another Bond, has essentially stalled.