{"id":533814,"date":"2026-04-16T09:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/533814\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:10:09","slug":"amazon-mgms-courtenay-valenti-on-james-bond-that-film-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/533814\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon MGM\u2019s Courtenay Valenti On James Bond: \u201cThat Film Is Coming&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/courtenay-valenti\/\" id=\"auto-tag_courtenay-valenti\" data-tag=\"courtenay-valenti\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courtenay Valenti<\/a>, head of film at <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/amazon-mgm-studios\/\" id=\"auto-tag_amazon-mgm-studios\" data-tag=\"amazon-mgm-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon MGM Studios<\/a>, address the elephant in the room right off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cNow, I know you\u2019re all wondering when we\u2019re going to announce who\u2019s playing <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/james-bond\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-bond\" data-tag=\"james-bond\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Bond<\/a>,\u201d she said taking the stage at <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/cinemacon\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cinemacon\" data-tag=\"cinemacon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CinemaCon<\/a> on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. \u201cPlease know that we\u2019re taking the time to do this with care and deep respect. It is the dream of a lifetime for all of us to bring audiences this next chapter, and it\u2019s a responsibility we don\u2019t take lightly.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated Stories\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/04\/mike-hopkins-amazon-mgm-theatrical-cinemacon-1236862584\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MCDPRHA_MG008.jpg\" alt=\"'Project Hail Mary' box office\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/gallery\/james-bond-movies-in-order-bond-girls-villains-posters\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/james-bond.jpg\" alt=\"James Bond\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cWhat I can tell you is this: when you pair one of the most beloved franchises in history with a world-class filmmaking team, including the brilliant director Denis Villeneuve, extraordinary producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman, executive producer Tanya Lapointe, and screenwriter Steven Knight, you\u2019re setting the stage for something that\u2019s truly worthy of the Bond legacy. That film is coming, and when the time is right, we\u2019ll have much more to share.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMore to come<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Courtenay Valenti, head of film at Amazon MGM Studios, address the elephant in the room right off. \u201cNow,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[11807,167494,184614,96,59,5453,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-533814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-amazon-mgm-studios","9":"tag-cinemacon","10":"tag-courtenay-valenti","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-gb","13":"tag-james-bond","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}