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2024-12-21 00:23:31 UTC
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.
<https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1896764-james-bond-update-amazon-eon-impasse>
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.
<https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1896764-james-bond-update-amazon-eon-impasse>