First, Amazon MGM secured creative control of the James Bond IP. Then, it brought Amy Pascal and David Heyman in to produce a new feature about the iconic spy. Now, the studio has found a director to lead the project.

Some new details about Denis Villeneuve's James Bond directing deal with Amazon MGM Studios have been revealed.

In the 50-plus years of James Bond, the wait between films has never gone longer than six years. The next entry, and first since Daniel Craig’s dramatic exit, may test that — but things