While it’s still not clear exactly who will play James Bond in this next era for the iconic MI6 agent, we at least know who’ll be at the helm when he returns to our screens. On Wednesday evening, Amazon MGM – the studio who acquired full creative control of the 007 series earlier this year – announced that the next Bond movie will be directed by Denis Villeneuve.

Yesterday, it was officially confirmed that Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Denis Villeneuve has been tapped to direct the next James Bond movie for Amazon MGM Studios. Before Villeneuve was chosen,

The "Dune" and "Arrival" filmmaker said in a statement that some of his "earliest movie-going memories are connected to 007."Denis Villeneuve is going from the deserts of Arrakis to the world of Aston Martin DB5s and martinis — shaken,