From Matt Belloni's newsletter tonight...
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So who's gonna direct the first post-Broccoli Bond movie for Amazon?
The meetings are happening right now, actually. In the nearly three months since I first reported that David Heyman and Amy Pascalwould be the lead Bond producers, the duo has set get-togethers with several filmmakers vying to make that all-important first film of the post-Broccoli era. Edward Berger (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front) has already pitched, per two sources familiar. Denis Villeneuve (Dune, Arrival) is set to offer his take, as are Certified British People Edgar Wright (Baby Driver, and this fall's The Running Man); Jonathan Nolan (TV's Westworld and Fallout); and Paul King (Paddington, Wonka), who has a long relationship with Heyman. Alfonso Cuarn (Gravity, Harry Potter 3), who also has a strong Heyman relationship and has talked about making a Bond film, recently took himself out of consideration, per these same sources.
The new Amazon brain trust - Heyman, Pascal, and top executives Mike Hopkins and Courtenay Valenti - plan to set the director this summer, then get the script written, then cast the next Bond. Though obviously the filmmakers' thoughts on 007, and who might play him, will come up in the meetings - most of which are taking place at Heyman's house in London. If they filmed these pitches and aired them on Prime Video, I'm betting they would likely rate higher in the U.K. than most of the actual programming on the service.