Author of the James Bond novel: ‘The series is with new producers in completely safe hands’

Horowitz, the creator of the fictitious teen -year -old Alex Rider and the author of the three novels on the most famous agent of the secret service, stated that former producers Bonda Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli had made a « mistake » by killing a character in the last movie when Daniel Craig left the franchise.

In February, Amazon gained creative control over the British spy franchise in February, after an agreement under which Broccoli and Wilson of Eon Productions withdrew as producers.

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Horowitz welcomed the appointment of new producer David Heyman, who worked on all eight film adaptations of the book on Harry Potter by writer JK Rowling.

The upcoming film about the Amazon MGM agent’s agent will produce Amy Pascal with him, best known for Tom Holland’s films about Spider-Man.

Horowitz told BBC Breakfast: “I think Barbara Broccoli has done an absolutely brilliant job in the years she has run, but David Heyman is a big fan. He is a man behind Harry Potter films and is probably our most successful producer, not (just) in the United Kingdom. I can hardly wait to see what happens. « 

« I think it was a mistake, if I could say so, kill Bond at the end of the last movie, and I regretted seeing it because Bonda, you can’t kill him, he’s an icon. He’s a legend. He’s so fun. He was a big part of my life. But that is some kind of obstacle that he will have to overcome, I probably assume, complete ignoring that act.

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He also said he thought « the new actor will buy the audience very quickly, » and called it a « great cultural event in this country. »

Daniel Craig, 57, made his last appearance as an agent of the British secret service in « No Time to Die » last year, and his successor has not yet been appointed.