First, Amazon MGM secured creative control of the James Bond IP, then it brought Amy Pascal and David Heyman in to produce a new feature about the iconic spy. Now, the studio has found a director to lead the project.

Denis Villeneuve is going from “Dune” to Bond. Amazon MGM Studios announced Wednesday that Villeneuve will direct the next James Bond movie. The untitled film will be the first since the studio took creative reins of the storied film franchise after decades of control by the Broccoli family.

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,