007 at CinemaCon: Amazon MGM Promises Exotic New Chapter to James Bond Franchise

The future of James Bond has been shaken and it’s been stirred, and now, we’re just waiting for it to be poured into theaters under its new leadership at Amazon MGM. At this year’s CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Amazon MGM’s executives, Courtenay Valenti and Sue Kroll, took the stage to discuss the new direction the franchise is headed in, as the British spy has found his new home at the studio.

“We are committed to honoring the legacy of this iconic character while bringing a fresh,

Amazon MGM’s Next James Bond Movie to be Produced by Veteran Hit-Makers Amy Pascal & David Heyman

Amazon MGM has tapped two veteran producers—Amy Pascal and David Heyman — to steer the next Bond film. The Pascal and Heyman announcement follows Amazon MGM’s industry-shaking move when the studio closed its own deal with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson to take over the franchise. Broccoli and Wilson’s family has been shepherding the super spy on the big screen since the 1960s.

The dynamic producing duo will use their namesake companies,

The Next James Bond Will Be in his 30s

Now that Daniel Craig has finished his run as James Bond with 2021’s emotional sendoff No Time To Die, attention has naturally turned to who will become the next 007. This past June, franchise producer Barbara Broccoli said that a new Bond film was at least two years away and that casting was going to take time because they were doing a complete “reinvention of Bond.”

“Nobody’s in the running,” Broccoli said to Deadline at the time.

The Next James Bond Will Likely Arrive in About Two Years

Bond 26 is coming a little sooner than we expected. Following the epic sendoff for Daniel Craig with 2021’s No Time To Die, Craig’s 5th and final assignment as James Bond, we figured it might be a long time until a new Bond would be coming our way. Happily, that appears not to be the case, as series producer Barbara Broccoli says we can expect a new Bond in the near-ish future.

How the Olympics Put Danny Boyle on the James Bond Directing Shortlist

Remember when James Bond paid a visit to Queen Elizabeth II that ended with her parachuting into the 2012 London Olympics? Of course, you do. It was unforgettable. Well, that collaboration could lead to another unlikely pairing. Danny Boyle directed that brief sketch and is now on the short list to direct a Bond film.

Deadline reported that Boyle and Bond actor, Daniel Craig, really hit it off during the filming.

The Next James Bond Will Be…Daniel Craig!

Yesterday, Daniel Craig made a shocking, positively shocking announcement on The Late Show. The seventh James Bond actor confirmed to host Stephen Colbert that he will be returning to the role in the franchise’s 25th installment. 

The news came as a surprise particularly following previous comments made by the actor. After the 2015 release of Bond film Spectre, Craig had some harsh words for the character that made him famous,

Daniel Craig to Return as James Bond in 2019

The New York Times Brooks Barnes reports that Daniel Craig will be returning as James Bond in the franchise’s 25th film, due in theaters in November 8, 2019. Barnes writes that Eon Productions, the London-based company that holds the rights to the Bond franchise, said the script will be penned by longtime Bond scribes Robert Wade and Neal Purvis. The two have written every Bond script sicne 1999’s The World is Not Enough. 

Top Blu-Rays and DVDs of 2012, From Bond 50 to Vertigo

Hollywood’s always looking over the horizon towards the next big technological innovation, expanding as fast (if not faster) than any industry when it comes to making the most of cutting edge technology. Take this season’s blockbuster The Hobbit, which was digitally shot and is being projected in select theaters at 48 frames per second, twice the normal rate. As Douglas Trumbull told us in a recent interview, the resulting movie “

Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, and Sam Mendes Make Skyfall an Instant Classic, While Taschen Releases the Epic “The James Bond Archives”

James Bond returns with a vengeance in Skyfall, and this superb 23rd entry in the legendary movie series is a smashingly successful tribute to the iconic British spy, who’s celebrating his 50th year in movies. After rebooting the 007 franchise with Daniel Craig as the new Bond in Casino Royale (2006), not only one of the best films in the series but one of the best films of that year,

Bond Goes Viral: James Bond Day Observances Around The Globe

Fancy yourself a Bond fan? Then you’re likely already observing one of the most revered days on your collectible James Bond calendar. Yes, today marks the 50th anniversary of the first-ever Bond film release of Dr. No, which hit U.K. theaters on October 5, 1962. Fanboys and Bond groupies, break out your greatest 007 trivia, memorabilia, and quotes, because October 5, 2012 is Global James Bond Day; the first official observance of the super spy’s half-century legacy of weapons,

Shades of 007: Which Bond Are You?

To help celebrate Global James Bond Day on October 5th, 2012, commemorating the 50th anniversary premiere of the first Bond film Dr. No in 1962, we ask you to take a closer look at Agent 007 through the prism of the six lucky actors who have portrayed him. There is Sean Connery’s lethal charm, George Lazenby’s gentle viciousness, Roger Moore’s playful wit, Timothy Dalton’s moral rectitude, Pierce Brosnan’s cool panache, and current Bond Daniel Craig’s brute physicality.

50 Reasons to Love James Bond

Last week marked the highly anticipated arrival of BOND 50 – the complete James Bond film collection showcasing all 22 classic titles on Blu-ray together for the first time ever, in one sleek collectable box-set. This Limited Edition set marks the debut of nine James Bond films previously unavailable in high definition Blu-ray and comes with a dossier of more than 122 hours of bonus features

Bond’s impact on our culture is such that the Museum of Modern Art in New York City is saluting her majesty’s favorite spy (for the second time,

Before There Was Apple, There Was Bond (And Q): 50 Years of Impeccably Cool Gadgets

The James Bond movie franchise celebrates its 50th birthday this year, and the world’s favorite secret agent will blow out the candles with the Nov. 9 release of Skyfall, the 23rd Bond film. The old saying goes that behind every great man is a woman, but there’s one enduring character who is arguably more helpful than Bond’s scantily clad femme fatales: Q. One trailer for Skyfall shows Bond (Daniel Craig, in this incarnation) being presented with a gun featuring a palm-print identity checker so that it can only be fired by the man with a license to kill.

James Bond Trivia

In celebration of the newly released Bond 50 Blu-ray collectible box set–and to officially kick off our James Bond week-long extravaganza here at The Credits–we salute our favorite secret agent in this week's quiz.

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