stepped down from their roles<\/a> in February.<\/p>\nVilleneuve will also serve as an executive producer of the new film, having received global acclaim for helming the Dune franchise, as well as Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival.<\/p>\n
Amazon did not give any hints on the next actor to play James Bond in the announcement, after Daniel Craig stepped back from playing the most recent incarnation.<\/p>\n
Villeneuve acknowledged the “massive responsibility” of helming the new film and expressed his excitement at the challenge.<\/p>\n
“I grew up watching James Bond films with my father, ever since Dr No with Sean Connery. I’m a die-hard Bond fan. To me, he’s sacred territory,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I intend to honour the tradition and open the path for many new missions to come.”<\/p>\n
He added that he and fellow producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman – who have overseen Spider-Man and Harry Potter films respectively – were “thrilled to bring [Bond] back to the screen”.<\/p>\n
Head of Amazon MGM Studios Mike Hopkins hailed Villeneuve as a “cinematic master” and praised his ability to deliver “immersive storytelling” for global audiences.<\/p>\n
It remains unclear when the next Bond film will be released, as the search for the next actor to play the titular spy continues.<\/p>\n
British actors Aaron Taylor-Johnson and James Norton have been rumoured as frontrunners for the part, while Irish actor Paul Mescal’s name has also been thrown into the mix.<\/p>\n
Villeneuve gained prominence with a series of critical successes including Sicario, Prisoners and Incendies.<\/p>\n
His 2016 science fiction thriller Arrival earned him his first Oscar nomination for directing.<\/p>\n
Most recently, blockbusters Dune and Dune: Part Two grossed a combined total of more than $1bn (\u00a3730m) worldwide, with both films nominated for Best Picture Oscars in their respective years.<\/p>\n
Villeneuve is expected to start shooting Dune Messiah, the third movie of the Dune franchise, later this year, with a potential release date in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Denis Villeneuve, the Oscar-nominated French-Canadian filmmaker, will direct the next James Bond film, Amazon MGM Studios has announced.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[77,3943,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-215370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114748643334045697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}