I’m shocked how a lot 007 information the 2025 film schedule has yielded. One second we have been all sitting there questioning what’s subsequent for James Bond 26, after which a brand new growth crossed the cultural gun barrel. With Amazon-MGM’s 007 deal giving the studio full artistic management, the world has been left to marvel simply why Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson would hand over their management over the franchise?
Jeff Bezos Was Allegedly Behind Amazon’s James Bond Deal
THR has spoken to a “supply acquainted” with this earthshaking growth, and it seems that Jeff Bezos could have been the general catalyst. In a rundown that theorizes what truly occurred, this unnamed occasion alleges that the founding father of Amazon pulled the set off because of this concern:
He learn her quote within the Journal and received on the telephone and mentioned, ‘I don’t care what it prices, eliminate her.
That “quote within the Journal” is from that report on Barbara Broccoli’s alleged frustrations with Amazon. It’s an unsurprising growth, as that supposed bombshell wasn’t precisely flattering to the commerce large’s picture. When coupled with different rumors of assorted spinoffs plans, and even alleged tone considerations over Bond 26, longtime followers of how the 007 machine has been run up to now have been iffy over what to make of those newest developments.
For a second, EON Productions’ management over the franchise co-founded by Albert “Cubby” Broccoli appeared like it will stay resolute. Shortly earlier than the announcement, Martin Campbell, the director of On line casino Royale, shared his ideas on how “Barbara will completely stick with her weapons.” Which makes this subsequent quote from an alleged insider to Deadline form of heartbreaking:
She’s a fighter, however she received uninterested in preventing.
With all of those nameless whispers filling the air, it seems one in all my biggest fears could have got here true. As Amazon-MGM and EON Productions have been in a stalemate, somebody needed to make the transfer to finish it. With co-producer/half-brother Michael G. Wilson able to retire, the alternatives have been forge forward alone or make a deal. And whoo-boy, that deal lived as much as Jeff Bezos’ supposed calls for.
Amazon-MGM Studios’ James Bond Deal Went Fairly Arduous
How do you assume Amazon-MGM Studios paid for artistic management over Bond, James Bond? The reply, per that beforehand cited Deadline article, is $1 billion, and we don’t even understand how that’s being paid out. That is on prime of Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson remaining co-owners of the 007 cinematic franchise, which ensures monetary safety after strolling away from artistic management.
That price ticket by itself won’t appear too steep, particularly in gentle of Disney’s acquisitions of Lucasfilm, Marvel and twentieth Century Fox. Nonetheless, this fast and soiled primer on the formation of Amazon-MGM Studios, once more from Deadline, paints a really completely different image:
Although valued between $3.5 billion-$4 billion, the legendary movement image studio was absorbed by the streamer for $8.5 billion, the hefty sum propped up by the potential entry of the 007 franchise.
Going into the Amazon-MGM acquisition period, I didn’t assume that EON’s management over James Bond can be challenged in such a method that it will ultimately relinquish that energy. However instances have modified, and I assume generally it is advisable choose your battles fastidiously. For now, I’ll preserve an open thoughts, as we don’t know if these insider rumors are literally true.
Ought to they be confirmed to be correct, Amazon’s replace on the Bond franchise would possibly really feel a bit extra ominous in the long term. With Bond 26’s destiny changing into much more evasive, we’re caught between a probably rushed spinoff to whet the gang’s urge for food, or a protracted wait to “get it proper.”
We’ll have to simply wait see how the brand new gamers on the board transfer on this regard, martinis on the prepared and tuxedos firmly pressed. As a result of for the time being, the query of concern is not if James Bond will return, however fairly how that resurrection will occur.