Re: [NEWS] No new James Bond movie any time soon

Oh well. At least, Daniel Craig's era ended nicely IMO.


In alt.fan.james-bond Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:


>    James Bond Update:
>    Amazon & Eon at 'Impasse' Over Future of 007 Movies
>    ---------------------------------------------------
>    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.


>    
> <https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1896764-james-bond-update-amazon-eon-impasse> 






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