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- 0:00Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
- 0:03Speaker 2: The search for the next James Bond has been the
- 0:05Speaker 2: biggest casting story in Hollywood for a couple of years now,
- 0:07Speaker 2: with all sorts of rumors suggesting producers were closing in
- 0:10Speaker 2: on their choice, but it sounds like the truth is
- 0:12Speaker 2: they are in no rush.
- 0:13Speaker 3: Amazon recently acquired the rights to Double O seven from
- 0:17Speaker 3: the Broccoli family, who'd produced basically every Bond movie up
- 0:20Speaker 3: until now, so.
- 0:21Speaker 4: This will be the first time that someone in their
- 0:23Speaker 4: legendary producing family isn't involved with picking the next Bond.
- 0:27Speaker 4: The entire franchise is in unproven hands.
- 0:29Speaker 3: But Amazon knows how big a responsibility this is. The
- 0:32Speaker 3: head film warns the crowd at CinemaCon, don't get too
- 0:36Speaker 3: excited about Bond just yet.
- 0:39Speaker 2: She promised they're taking the time to cast them with
- 0:41Speaker 2: care and deep respect. The entire team considers it the
- 0:44Speaker 2: dream of a lifetime to be involved in Double OH
- 0:46Speaker 2: seven's next chapter, so it's a responsibility they don't take lightly.
- 0:49Speaker 4: And you can tell based on the picks that they
- 0:51Speaker 4: have already made done. Director Denis ville Eneuve is behind
- 0:55Speaker 4: the camera, and Peaky Blinders writer Stephen Knight is handling
- 0:58Speaker 4: the script. They clearly want to make this good.
- 1:00Speaker 2: And Amazon promises when the time is right, rest assure
- 1:03Speaker 2: they'll have plenty of bond details to share.
- 1:06Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.