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The Mail Room: Bond Directors, Blumhouse’s ‘Saw’ Deal & Apple’s Post-F1 Strategy

With the first half of 2025 nearly behind us, let’s open up my inbox for reader questions on everything from the 007 director bake-off and why Warner Bros. didn’t win the ‘Matrix’ auction, to Baldoni-Lively aftershocks and Tom Cruise’s honorary Oscar.

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In the nearly three months since I first reported that David Heyman and Amy Pascal would be the lead Bond producers, the duo has set get-togethers with several filmmakers vying to make that all-important first film of the post-Broccoli era Photo-Illustration: Puck; Photos: Joe Maher/Alberto Rodriguez/Variety via Getty Images
Matthew Belloni
June 20, 2025

It’s been a while since I’ve answered reader questions, so earlier this week I threw out the request in this space and—gulp—on Twitter/X. As usual, I got some super-smart questions, so I’ve polled my sources and offered some of my own insights to answer them below. I’ve edited the questions lightly for clarity.