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Where does Bond go after Craig?

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  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited 1:37am Posts: 4,300
    CrabKey wrote: »
    Scaramanga1974 wrote: »
    The best Bond has been killed off. Not sure how to follow Craig anyway. That presumably is where EONs thinking is at. Might as well mothball the franchise until the right actor comes along.

    Every Bond has his day and his fans. It's unlikely the next Bond will be a dud. You'll miss Craig like some of us missed Connery. But life and Bond go on.

    Indeed. The next Bond will have his fans. Perhaps even be regarded as one of the best in the right circumstances for a majority. It's the beauty of the franchise. Every Bond is someone's favourite, and there are so few of them anyway. They're also so different but the same.
  • 007ClassicBondFan007ClassicBondFan
    Posts: 2,295
    mtm wrote: »
    007ClassicBondFan wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    Just wondering, why can't the rights be sold to EON? Is the price too high? Is no one willing to allow them that particular favour?

    Why would they sell? They own half of James Bond.

    But what exactly is the financial incentive for keeping the rights if no films are going to be made? If another 5 or so years pass with no movement on the next era, why WOULDN’T Amazon sell off their share? At that point they wouldn’t have made much of a return investment.

    Because you own all of the rights for all 007 movies to be made in perpetuity. Yes there's an impasse right now, but it would be as stupid as Saltzman ditching all his rights back in the mid 70s or Lazenby passing up the role because Bond wasn't as cool as Easy Rider. Remember all those Easy Rider sequels? Good call right?

    I honestly don't understand why folks are thinking that MGM would sell up. If you owned half of James Bond would you sell up? Come on.

    Because it’s not MGM who’s in control; it’s Amazon. It’s not MGM who would make that decision to sell; it’s Amazon. Yeah selling Bond would entail losing out on the money made from streaming and merchandise, but Amazon is worth $2.37 Trillion Dollars and the company continues to grow each day. Do you honestly think they’ll lose sleep over potentially losing Bond? Bond is child’s money to them and I’m sure they know it. They could hardly care less I feel.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,169
    mtm wrote: »

    I honestly don't understand why folks are thinking that MGM would sell up. If you owned half of James Bond would you sell up? Come on.

    I have to agree with you here @mtm
    Amazon may be the wealthiest company in the world, with trillions of dollars.
    But Bond is a massive deal. In cinematic history it's a legendary franchise. Still going after over 60 years. It's a not a matter of money.
    Amazon don't need to sell their share; it owns a 50% stake in the James Bond franchise.

  • echoecho 007 in New York
    Posts: 6,380
    If this detail is true, Amazon is a bunch of f***ing idiots:

    "Wilson, her stepbrother, has complained to friends that he couldn’t land a meeting with anyone at Amazon above an “L6,” the internal designation for a senior role that is nonetheless six rungs below Chief Executive Andy Jassy, an L12."

    I mean, c'mon! They just got an honorary Oscar last month.
  • BMB007BMB007
    Posts: 573
    echo wrote: »
    If this detail is true, Amazon is a bunch of f***ing idiots:

    "Wilson, her stepbrother, has complained to friends that he couldn’t land a meeting with anyone at Amazon above an “L6,” the internal designation for a senior role that is nonetheless six rungs below Chief Executive Andy Jassy, an L12."

    I mean, c'mon! They just got an honorary Oscar last month.

    Classic tech company nonsense. They think they can bypass the norms and traditions of legacy industries. Relationships are everything in this space.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,600
    007ClassicBondFan wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    007ClassicBondFan wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    Just wondering, why can't the rights be sold to EON? Is the price too high? Is no one willing to allow them that particular favour?

    Why would they sell? They own half of James Bond.

    But what exactly is the financial incentive for keeping the rights if no films are going to be made? If another 5 or so years pass with no movement on the next era, why WOULDN’T Amazon sell off their share? At that point they wouldn’t have made much of a return investment.

    Because you own all of the rights for all 007 movies to be made in perpetuity. Yes there's an impasse right now, but it would be as stupid as Saltzman ditching all his rights back in the mid 70s or Lazenby passing up the role because Bond wasn't as cool as Easy Rider. Remember all those Easy Rider sequels? Good call right?

    I honestly don't understand why folks are thinking that MGM would sell up. If you owned half of James Bond would you sell up? Come on.

    Because it’s not MGM who’s in control; it’s Amazon. It’s not MGM who would make that decision to sell; it’s Amazon. Yeah selling Bond would entail losing out on the money made from streaming and merchandise, but Amazon is worth $2.37 Trillion Dollars and the company continues to grow each day. Do you honestly think they’ll lose sleep over potentially losing Bond? Bond is child’s money to them and I’m sure they know it. They could hardly care less I feel.

    If they’re worth so much why would they sell? It’s not like they need a quick hit of money, best to keep a more lucrative asset.
    ‘Not caring’ isn’t a reason to sell.
  • HildebrandRarityHildebrandRarity Centre international d'assistance aux personnes déplacées, Paris, France
    edited 11:40am Posts: 488
    mtm wrote: »
    Because you own all of the rights for all 007 movies to be made in perpetuity. Yes there's an impasse right now, but it would be as stupid as Saltzman ditching all his rights back in the mid 70s or Lazenby passing up the role because Bond wasn't as cool as Easy Rider. Remember all those Easy Rider sequels? Good call right?

    I'm a little ashamed to admit it, but there is an official Easy Rider sequel, as someone managed to snag the rights to the name and to produce Easy Rider: The Ride Back, with a pro-military message.

    https://thedissolve.com/features/you-might-also-like/486-yes-theres-an-easy-rider-sequel-and-yes-its-awful/

    Also, I admit, without any shame, that I love most of the low-budget movies that the majors produced in the wake of Easy Rider, and I prefer them to the original: Two-Lane Blacktop, Electra Glide in Blue, Vanishing Point…
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