The name is Villeneuve. Denis Villeneuve. ‘Dune’ director will helm next James Bond film

Photo credit: Raph_PH via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Jake Coyle, AP. PBS News – June 26, 2025.

NEW YORK (AP) — Denis Villeneuve is going from “Dune” to Bond. Amazon MGM Studios announced Wednesday that Villeneuve will direct the next James Bond movie. The untitled film will be the first since the studio took creative reins of the storied film franchise after decades of control by the Broccoli family. Producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman had maintained that before the next Bond is cast, they would develop a screenplay and find a director first. Now, they have one of the most respected blockbuster makers in Hollywood, who’s coming off a pair of widely acclaimed “Dune” films. […]

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