James Bond’s future is shaken by corporate clashes

The world has been waiting with bated breath to find out what is happening James Bond. Now that the Daniel Craig 007 story is over, there have been some mild rumblings about… What’s the next step? For the super spy. But it seems there may be little or no time to plan, after all Broccoli family It conflicts with Amazon, at least.

New report from Wall Street Journal It claims that the relationship between Procolis and Amazon has “broken down” since the latter Bought MGM Back in 2022. The outlet claims that longtime James Bond film producer Barbara Broccoli doesn’t trust “algorithm-centric Amazon” with James Bond, so much so that she doesn’t even want to make a movie with the company. (According to the Wall Street Journal, she reportedly bluntly told friends that people at the tech company were “fucking idiots.”) Things reached a dead end with the new film, and Broccoli allegedly said last fall that “there was no script and no story.” There is no new Bond.

He has broccoli Very tight It can be difficult to control James Bond and get them to agree to do anything with him. A Wall Street Journal report notes that Amazon executives were obsessed with expanding the James Bond franchise once it acquired MGM. These ideas ranged from a Prime Video show to spin-offs for specific characters, or even a project themed around a female 007. But the family (and Barbara in particular) retain creative control over the franchise, and have no desire to turn Bond into a Bond character. Just “content”, those dreams are closed. There was also reportedly pushback against who should play Bond in the future: sources told The Wall Street Journal that people of color, women or gay men should be taken into consideration, and of those three, Barbara was most open to people of color or men. Gay. Her thinking? Bond must always be a British man.

You can read the full story herewhich delves into Barbara Broccoli’s growth into a James Bond agent and that tense relationship with Amazon. It’s unclear where things go from here, or which party might ultimately back down just to make a movie – but you have to assume that James Bond will Return eventually.

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