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My big takeaway is for decades and decades a lot of studio execs and ownership groups thought they could make the Broccolis yield. They all failed. In time, I suspect, Amazon will realize they can't do it either. "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" is perhaps a first step of reconciliation. Amazon could go further and cut a check for "Othello" with a guaranteed theatrical window.
It doesn't sound like this tenuous relationship happened overnight. I don't think there is any reason to doubt what Peter has shared based on this article. It may just provide greater insight into why a deal with a director was delayed earlier this year.
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Do I have this right?
It all goes back to when Harry sold his share of EON to united artists who was then bought out by MGM who then was bought out by Amazon. It’s crazy how Harry‘s decision to do that has caused all this in a way.
That's probably simplified to some extent. EON have seemingly been open to expanding Bond (ie. with Project 007 and Road to a Million which seem to have projects started prior to the Amazon MGM takeover). And Amazon want some level of quality even with more quantity. But very broadly, more or less that's the case from what I understand.
Oh yeah. Bond's legal issues are shockingly long and sometimes complicated.
An agreement must be reached and Cavill has already been tested by EON
Big Tech (and Wall Street) have turned the international entertainment industry into a mere content machine. A machine fed by AI and algorithms. A machine that drains the lifeblood from artists and craftsmen for quarterly earnings. I haven’t read all articles linked, but what’s not being explicitly said is that Broccoli is protesting the mistreatment of her industry as a whole. What happens with the Bond franchise over the next decade may be a bellwether for the movie business.
Whether or not any particular executive likes Bond as a character is irrelevant. I’m sure many studio executives have worked on film and tv projects that didn’t appeal to their tastes. But this isn’t just about Bond. It’s about respecting the film business as the most successful artistic endeavor created by humankind. It’s about keeping people working. It’s about making sure that art and entertainment is actually produced by people at all levels of craft, expertise and budget.
I’ve wondered if George Lucas’ decision to sell Lucas Film to Disney was, in part, because it’s both the biggest studio and not owned by a third party conglomerate. Disney has a lot of problematic business practices, but it’s the only studio big enough to compete with Netflix, Amazon and Apple as an independent entity.
A win for EON in their struggle with Amazon is a win for the film industry. This may be a significant inflection point in the history of cinema.
Basically, blame Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. They let their relationship deteriorate to the extent that Saltzman petulantly sold his half of Bond to United Artists instead of Broccoli, whereas before this Danjaq owned James Bond 007 in entirety. Thanks to them we're in the position where Bond is half-owned by Eon and half-owned by MGM/Amazon.
It's that deal which left Bond in its post-LTK hiatus, and we're stitched up by it again.
I don’t want that block of wood as Bond.
There is a reason EON seldom talks about his contributions, or when they do that make him look like a fool!
He auditioned 20 years ago. There's all kinds of reasons he wouldn't be the best choice.
There'll have to be some sort of agreement in the long run, yes. But ultimately I don't think the solution is a half arsed Bond film with Henry Cavill. But that's just me.
It worked with Brosnan.
Anyway It's better than playing chicken
I don’t think that many people are that eager to see Cavill play Bond. Not compared to Brosnan anyway. They can do much better. And anyway, they need to actually make the film.
Oh yeah. Pretty much in every Bond documentary they make it look like Cubby was always the smarter of the two. And to be fair he kind of was because he didn’t make a lot of bad investments like Harry did. They both had their flaws. Harry‘s flaws were more on the financial side while I think Cubby’s flaws had more to do with the creative side of Bond.
Barbara says no.
The only way Amazon makes a movie without her complete creative control is if they buy her out. What do you think her price is? Pretty high, in the billions, I'd say.
Cubby cut a great deal for himself!
P.S. Harry was primarily responsible for OHMSS. That one film is an amazing legacy for him.
They have the money if they wanna buy her out. It just all depends on how much of a priority James Bond is to Amazon.
No, she has to want to be bought out. No indication of that.
She's holding all the cards.
Of course! but everybody has a price. Anybody who says they don’t is lying to themselves.
Why would you want them to buy out EON?
I didn’t say I want them to. I just said everybody has a price and Babs could be bought if Amazon pushed hard enough
The eight word pronouncement by woke Amazon employee that derailed new James Bond movie
As others have pointed out, the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang remake indicate that both parties are seriously working to unthaw their relationship. The WSJ article may be an accurate reflection of the current state of things or it may be a month out-of-date.