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This is a great comment. I've enjoyed every single actor to different degrees, I will no doubt like the next.
Right so according to this article it appears that Jeff Bezos himself may have been the driving force behind this whole deal accelerating.
“ THR has spoken to a “source familiar” with this earthshaking development, and it appears that Jeff Bezos may have been the overall catalyst. In a rundown that theorizes what actually happened, this unnamed party alleges that the founder of Amazon pulled the trigger due to this concern: He read her quote in the Journal and got on the phone and said, ‘I don’t care what it costs, get rid of her.’”
This just drives my hatred for this company even further and makes Bezos’ social media post asking about the next Bond a cocky victory lap.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/barbara-broccoli-sells-james-bond-decision-1236146734/
Every day that Bond gets closer to public domain is a day closer to Eon starting to lose control over the character, and the value of Eon's Bond going down.
Sure, Eon could rightly sue over use of the gunbarrel, Barry-like music, etc., but that takes money and time, and Michael is the lawyer and is retiring, and maybe Barbara just didn't want an ongoing legal headache going into her 70s.
I agree with this.
Amazon is getting everything. They are not going to pay that much not to get the whole package.
I think we can expect spin offs with Amazon for sure. If the Billion dollar pay off is true? I can't see why with multiple writers? We could hope for a new Bond movie every 2 to 3 years?
Have them as individual missions, so more than one story can be worked on at the same time. Cost is clearly no longer going to be a problem.
Would that not be included in the deal though? Bab's and MGW struck the new deal so they are co owners?
No Babs and Michael never owned that piece of music. The Barry estate owns it.
That's the kind of thing Amazon might be looking for to win over Bond fans instantly. I think they're going to look for all our Bondian soft spots to win us over. Because they're aware we (Bond fans) aren't entirely comfortable with the news of their take over.
That's interesting? Never knew that! Well? If they Amazon can Bab's and MGW off? I'm sure they will come to an arrangement with the Barry estate before the new James Bond actor is revealed. As they will want to use it for the big reveal?
Does that mean every piece Barry composed for a Bond film is owned by the Barry estate rather than the studio who hired the composer? Is this general practice in film scoring? I would've thought studios typically owned the music and composers got fees for their use as well as licenses to perform it in concerts or wherever.
I certainly hope so in that I don't think it helps Bond if there are a bunch of copies flooding the market.
Even if the copyright can be defended, I think Amazon is better to do it than Barbara, who at that point will be in her 70s. Maybe she didn't want that fight, either.
Perfect
While i need to read back through the last 20 pages i just saw this
“Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, has spoken out about the future of the James Bond franchise following Amazon MGM Studios' takeover of creative control.
The chief executive addressed speculation about what's next for 007 in a recent interview with CNBC and delivered a candid update on the progress of the hotly anticipated next film:
“We don't have a plan yet on what the next theme is going to be. We haven’t – nobody’s written the story yet. But we will take great care. It’s an amazing franchise that we care a lot about and that we expect to develop over a long period of time.
During the interview, which focused on new AI features for Amazon's Alexa, Jassy dismissed concerns about artificial intelligence writing future Bond films.
“First of all, I don’t believe that AI is going to write a Bond movie any time soon. We’re incredibly honored to have the ability to help shepherd the Bond franchise for the next generation. And we have amazing filmmakers that we have hired over time at MGM Amazon Studios.””
Good so they don’t have a plan either so much for a quick turnaround
I will be taking a nap and dreaming for a new franchise
I don't expect a quick turnaround either. Nor do I think AI will ever fully write a Bond movie.
However, it seems every one of us has been wrong about something in the past! So I suppose never say never.
That's one of my biggest fears with this deal in general
That we didn't come out of the last Bond with any sense of direction makes me think EON wasn't up for another film. When you know before filming ever begins you're going to kill off your main character, you don't wait until the film is finished to begin thinking about the next film, unless of course your heart isn't in it. BB could have easily said I'm taking a couple of years off from Bond, but when I'm back, have some ideas for me to look at. It seems this is where it was always going.
Added later.
Oscars give Bond some love. In recognition of BB & MW, Halle Berry introduced a Bond highlight reel, followed by three singers doing not doing a very good job of LALD, DAF, and SF. Raye, however, was the best of the three. But the walk on song introducing Berry was an instrumental version of GF, still the most iconic Bond song of all time.
I was okay with Eon taking its time when they still owned it, because my reasoning was that once they got the ball rolling with Bond 26 we wouldn’t see anymore delays between films. It’s easier to take your time between Bonds than do that within an actor’s tenure, and the gap between SP and NTTD was more circumstantial than intentional.
Yeah. Well put.
I love Barry, but 007 has never really done much for me.