Re: [NEWS] Amazon given full control of James Bond

On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:41:59 +1300, Your Name <[email protected]>
wrote:

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>After many months and reportedly calling Amazon "idiots", Barbaba 
>Broccoli now simply hands the entire franchise over to them. I guess 
>the number of zeroes on the cheque changed her mind. Now fans can no 
>doubt expect loads of Political Correctness silliness and a massive 
>cash-in exercise of spin-offs ruining yet another franchise. :-\
>
>
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>    James Bond's long-serving producers give control to Amazon
>    ----------------------------------------------------------
>    The James Bond film franchise will no longer be controlled
>    by the Broccoli dynasty, after long-serving masterminds
>    Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson announced they are
>    stepping down.
>
>    The Bond films were launched by Albert "Cubby" Broccoli in
>    1962, before his daughter and stepson took over.
>
>    The pair will now give creative control to Amazon MGM
>    Studios, which was formed when Amazon bought Bond's parent
>    studio in 2022.
>
>    The new deal comes after mounting speculation about the fate
>    of the British spy, four years after his last outing in
>    No Time to Die, which was also Daniel Craig's final
>    appearance in the role.
>
>    Amazon will now decide which actor will take over the famous
>    character, but there is still no timescale for when that
>    that will happen or when the next film will be made.
>
>    James Norton, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Theo James are among
>    the bookmakers' favourites to fill Craig's shoes.
>
>    After Thursday's announcement, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
>    canvassed fans' opinion on social media, asking: "Who'd you
>    pick as the next Bond?"

Look for a nonsense woke film that destroys the franchise which is the
current trend.