James Bond: Licence Renewed

James Bond: Licence Renewed is an upcoming computer-animated spy film produced by MGM Animation Studios and Eon Productions. It is unrelated to the novel of the same name by John Gardner. Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli serve as executive producers for the computer-animated James Bond film, with David Bowers and Cary Joji Fukunaga directing.

The film will be released in the United States on October 27, 2023, by United Artists Releasing.

Premise
James Bond (Henry Cavill) is back on his first computer-animated feature 007 movie. Inspired by the Bond novel by John Gardner, Bond is assigned to investigate Dr. Anton Murik (Christian Bale). Can 007 succeed in his first animated mission?

Cast

 * Henry Cavill as James Bond, a British MI6 agent, codename 007.
 * Christian Bale as Anton Murik, a nuclear physicist, entrepreneur, and Scottish landowner.
 * Karen Gillan as Lavender Peacock, the legal ward of Anton Murik and later a Scottish peer and heiress to the estates of Murcaldy.
 * Rosario Dawson as Sarah-Mellon Bond, James Bond's wife.
 * Ethan Hawke as Andrew Jackson
 * Damian Lewis as Taylor Smith
 * Lucy Liu as Melanie Wung
 * Ben Schwartz as Jiminy Washington
 * Dingdong Dantes as Edwardo Benito
 * Daisy Ridley as Miss Moneypenny, M's secretary and Bond's ally.
 * Rowan Atkinson as Q, the head of Q Division.
 * Ralph Fiennes as M, the head of MI6 and Bond's superior officer.

Development
In April 2020, MGM Animation Studios head of animation Melissa Hester announced an animated feature film based on the James Bond series. Hester noted that she was a long-time fan of the James Bond movies. Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli were brought on board to executive produce the film through Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions. On October 7, 2021, a day before No Time to Die was released in the United States, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer scheduled the film for 2023. On February 20, 2022, it was announced that David Bowers and Cary Joji Fukunaga will direct the now-titled James Bond: Licence Renewed.

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Casting
On June 1, 2022, Henry Cavill was cast as the voice of the main titular character, James Bond. In September 2022, a statement from MGM Animation Studios revealed that Tiffany Haddish was originally cast as the voice of an unnamed Bond girl, but was quickly dropped out over her sexual abuse allegations. In an exclusive interview in SlashFilm, Rosario Dawson was announced as the voice of the new "Bond girl", now named Sarah-Mellon Bond, replacing Haddish.

Animation
This will be the first MGM Animation Studios film to have its animation provided by DNEG, with DNEG Animation co-producing the film. Additionally, MGM Animation Canada is also set to provide additional animation services for this movie.

Release
The film was set to be released on October 27, 2023, by United Artists Releasing. It was originally set to be released on October 20, 2023 (taking over the slot of Dune: Part Two), before moving up a week later to October 27. The film will be released in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2023, by Universal Pictures.