Sony no more, Bond 25 finds distribution from Universal, MGM
In this Monday, April 9, 2018, file photo, actor Daniel Craig attends The Opportunity Network’s 11th Annual Night of Opportunity Gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. After more than a decade at Sony Pictures, James Bond has a few new homes. In a joint announcement with their new partners Thursday, May 24, 2018, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said Universal Pictures will release the 25th installment of the superspy franchise internationally while MGM will release the film in the U.S. Craig will be reprising his role as 007 in the film and Oscar-winner Danny Boyle will direct. Image: Invision/Evan Agostini via AP
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After more than a decade at Sony Pictures, James Bond has a few new partners.
In a joint announcement Thursday, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said Universal Pictures will release the 25th installment of the superspy franchise internationally while MGM will handle the U.S. release.
Daniel Craig will reprise his role as 007 in the film and Oscar-winner Danny Boyle will direct.
Sony’s Bond contract expired in 2015 and many of the major studios competed for the chance to distribute the profitable franchise.
As per tradition Bond 25 will open a bit earlier in the U.K., on Oct. 25 2019, than in the U.S., where it will debut on Nov. 8, 2019. Production will begin in December at Pinewood Studios in London. CC
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