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A new report reveals conflicts behind the scenes of James Bond. The long-running Eon spy film franchise is based on the books by Ian Fleming and began in 1962. Over the years, 25 films have been made with various stars in the lead role, with Daniel Craig most recently playing Bond, wrapping up his five-film run. mandate with 2021 There's no time to die. Although the film's end credits promised the character would return, the next Bond 26 has so far failed to make much progress, and no official casting for the iconic super spy has been announced despite a plethora of rumors.
THE Wall Street Journal recently published a report offering an update on James Bond. According to WSJThe relationship between the Broccoli family, which oversees the franchise, and Amazon (which purchased the franchise's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio in 2022) has deteriorated. According to the report, Longtime franchise administrator Barbara Broccoli confided to her friends that “These people are idiots” amid concerns that she doesn't trust Amazon with the future of her big-screen property, partly spurred by a lack of marketing push for the reality series 007: Road to a Million and James Bond once being referred to as “happy.”
Broccoli's distrust of Amazon would have led to the new film being stalled even further, as Currently there is no story or main actor. It appears she is biding her time with the project, having shared this advice: “Don't let temporary people make permanent decisions.” While some of these concerns appear to center on Amazon's streaming ethos, the company has committed to releasing any future Bond films theatrically as part of the MGM acquisition.
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Source: The Wall Street Journal
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