David Heyman Inks First-Look Film Deal With Amazon MGM Studios

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has closed a first-look film deal with veteran producer David Heyman‘s Heyday Films. Heyman is already in business with the studio — along with Amy Pascal, he produces Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming Denis Villeneuve-directed James Bond film.

The anticipated 007 franchise reset, which has been the object of a global media frenzy, does not fall under the multi-year pact, which will give Amazon MGM Studios a first look at scripted and unscripted live-action and animated films that Heyman intends to produce.

Heyman is known for his three-decade-long association with Warner Bros. where he had been under a string of first-look deals. He is moving to Amazon MGM Studios after his most recent pact recently came to an end.

Warner Bros.’ talent roster has been under scrutiny in light of Paramount’s pending acquisition of parent Warner Bros. Discovery and the uncertainty surrounding it. On the TV side, Quinta Brunson recently moved to Disney’s 20th TV Television when her WBTV overall deal was up.

At Warner Bros., Heyman produced all eight Harry Potter and three Fantastic Beasts films as well as the Academy Award-nominated Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling; Wonka, starring Timothée Chalamet; and Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. On the TV side, he is executive producing the studio’s upcoming Harry Potter series for HBO Max.

Elsewhere, Heyman has produced such movies as Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, and the Paul King-directed Paddington franchise. Coming up are Taika Waititi’s Klara and the Sun, starring Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams, and Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial starring Andrew Garfield. Heyman is repped by WME and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.