Amy Pascal and David Heyman to Produce Next James Bond Film for Amazon MGM Studios

Producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman have come aboard to produce Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming James Bond film, the company announced Tuesday.

Pascal will produce via Pascal Pictures, and Heyman will produce via Heyday Films. Amazon officially closed the deal for the James Bond rights on Monday.

“We are approaching every creative decision with James Bond, which Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have so masterfully steered, with the greatest sense of responsibility,” Courtenay Valenti, Amazon MGM Studios’ Head of Film, said in a statement. “Part of an elite group of producers who have developed and managed massive film franchises to box office success and critical acclaim, Amy Pascal and David Heyman are two of the most accomplished, experienced, and respected film producers in our industry. We are honored to be working with them on James Bond’s next chapter and are excited to deliver to global audiences storytelling that upholds the impeccable legacy of this beloved character.”

“James Bond is one of the most iconic characters in the history of cinema,” Pascal and Heyman added. “We are humbled to follow in the footsteps of Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson who made so many extraordinary films and honored and excited to keep the spirit of Bond very much alive as he embarks on his next adventure.”

Bond reunites Pascal with Amazon MGM Studios. She is currently in post on the studio’s upcoming Phil Lord and Christopher Miller-directed “Project Hail Mary,” starring Ryan Gosling, which the studio is releasing on March 20, 2026. Previously for Amazon MGM, she produced the Luca Guadagnino-directed “Challengers,” starring Zendaya.

Along with Lord and Miller, she is producing the upcoming MGM+ and Prime Video streaming series, “Spider-Noir,” starring Nicolas Cage. Upcoming, she is producing “Narnia” alongside Mark Gordon, which Greta Gerwig is directing for Netflix, as well as Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly,” alongside David Heyman, starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler, also for Netflix.

Pascal is best known for her work on the “Spider-Man” franchise, serving as a producer on the last three Spider-Man movies, starring Tom Holland, with the fourth movie, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, starting production this summer. She has also produced the “Spider-Verse” movies, with production currently under way for the third movie, “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.”

Heyman produced all eight film adaptations of J.K Rowling’s “Harry Potter” books, as well as the three “Fantastic Beasts” films. Among his other credits are Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story, starring Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver and Laura Dern, Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity”, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, as well as the Paul King-directed “Paddington, Paddington 2,” and “Wonka,” starring Timothée Chalamet. 

Heyman is currently in pre-production on the “Harry Potter” television series and in post-production on Taika Waititi’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguru’s “Klara and the Sun,” starring Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams; as well as Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly,” which he is producing alongside Amy Pascal, starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler. 

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