[NEWS] No new James Bond movie any time soon

    James Bond Update:
    Amazon & Eon at 'Impasse' Over Future of 007 Movies
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    The future of the James Bond franchise is currently in limbo
    as Amazon and Barbara Broccoli's Eon Productions are
    reportedly at an impasse.

    The last James Bond movie, No Time to Die, was released in
    2021. Marking Daniel Craig's last outing as 007, attention
    has now turned toward who will be cast as the world-famous
    spy next and when another installment of Bond movies will be
    released.

    According to The Wall Street Journal, it might be a good
    while before anything comes to fruition.

    "Nearly three years after Amazon acquired the right to
    release Bond movies through its $6.5 billion purchase of the
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio, the relationship between the
    family that oversees the franchise and the e-commerce giant
    has all but collapsed," The Wall Street Journal's story reads.
    "The decaying partnership has scuttled any near-term hope of
    a new Bond film-a black eye for Amazon's ambitions in
    Hollywood, since at the time of the MGM sale, the Bond
    franchise represented a significant share of the $6.5 billion
    the company paid for the studio.

    "When it comes to Bond's future, the power lies in the hands
    of Barbara Broccoli, who inherited the control from her
    father, Albert 'Cubby' Broccoli, and who for 30 years has
    decided when a new Bond movie can go into production. She has
    told friends she doesn't trust algorithm-centric Amazon with a
    character she helped to mythologize through big-screen
    storytelling and gut instinct. This fall, she characterized
    the status of a new movie in dire terms-no script, no story,
    and no new Bond. To friends, Broccoli has characterized her
    thoughts on Amazon this way: 'These people are f- idiots'"


    What else do we know about the James Bond situation between
    Amazon and Eon?
    The Wall Street Journal spoke to over 20 people who are
    familiar with the feud between Broccoli and Amazon. Despite
    having acquired MGM, Amazon is unable to make any new Bond
    movies or projects without Broccoli's involvement.

    Eon Productions told The Wall Street Journal that Broccoli and
    other members of the family had no comment about the matter.

    According to The Wall Street Journal, Broccoli had
    reservations about the MGM/Amazon deal; however, she "didn't
    want to complicate what many in Hollywood viewed as a massive
    payout for MGM's owners-plus, she and her family would retain
    final say over all creative matters, including who plays
    Bond."

    Amazon has since presented Broccoli with a number of ideas for
    Bond spin-offs, reimaginings, and more. 

    "[Amazon's Mike] Hopkins assigned the delicate task of managing
    the relationship to one of his top entertainment executives,
    Jennifer Salke, a former NBCUniversal executive who has run
    Amazon Studios since 2018. Broccoli was irked in one early
    meeting when Salke referred to James Bond by a dreaded word:
    'content.' Using such a sterile term, one friend reflected, was
    like a 'death knell' to Broccoli."

    At this time, no new Bond movie or project has been officially
    announced.


    
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