Amazon will take creative control of the James Bond franchise

[arista]

[Amazon will take creative control of
the James Bond franchise under a new
joint venture with longtime rights holders
Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.

The deal comes after Amazon bought
MGM Studios in 2022 as a part of its
media push.
The acquisition gave Amazon distribution rights
to the 007 franchise but not creative control.]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/consumer/article-14417665/Huge-change-James-Bond-technology-giant-buys-rights-make-new-movies.html


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[Crimson Dynamo]

New James Bond incoming....

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[Kate!]

New James Bond incoming....

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Oh dear God, don't give them ideas

[Ray.]

Yet another staple of British iconography to be blandly corporatised and ruined.

[bots]

i'm not invested enough in the franchise to be that bothered. If they produce good movies, i will watch them, if they don't, i won't :laugh:

[GoldHeart]

Can someone explain to me where they're going with the franchise, considering they've ' killed off bond himself '. You can't have bond without bond , sure a different actor will play him...but why did they kill him off in the last movie? :conf: :rolleyes: .

Is it all going to turn out to be a dream ? ,and bond is alive and safe and well. Whilst he goes on his next MI5 mission or whatever. Or did he pull a Sherlock move and fake his own death?.

[UserSince2005]

So there will be three new films a year?

[Ray.]

So there will be three new films a year?

And two or three spin-offs.

And a web series of shorts where Moneypenny and Q hang out in the break room and spill the tea about each other's unsatisfying sex lives. Moneypenny bitching about her sub boyfriend who likes to act a sissy and get pegged, etc. :shrug: You know the deal.

[Mystic Mock]

The new star of James Bond will be.

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/BT363F/obese-man-at-400lbs-front-BT363F.jpg

We all know what modern Hollywood is like.

[bots]

Amazon has produced some of the best stuff that is currently available and really, james bond isn't known for its complex plot lines and deep character acting :laugh:

[DrunkerThanMoses]

I look forward to the spin off show they make where they show bond going through training to become a agent

[Oliver_W]

"No Mr Bond, I expect you to DEI."

[Kate!]

"No Mr Bond, I expect you to DEI."

I see what you did there. Very good.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Live and let DEI

[arista]

So long as though do not
use a female as 007
all should go well.

[Kate!]

So long as though do not
use a female as 007
all should go well.

Wouldn't watch it. Pah.

[arista]

Yes, it is written as a Male Agent.

[user104658]

The quality of Amazon content is... mixed. Some of it is excellent, to be fair.

I'd say the same about Bond films (inconsistent - I enjoy some and find others insufferably boring) so maybe it's a good match.

[Oliver_W]

I try to take a "nothing is sacred" approach when it comes to adaptations. Make it easier.

[Crimson Dynamo]

The quality of Amazon content is... mixed. Some of it is excellent, to be fair.

I'd say the same about Bond films (inconsistent - I enjoy some and find others insufferably boring) so maybe it's a good match.

which?



James Bond films
1962 Dr. No Sean Connery
1963 From Russia with Love Sean Connery
1964 Goldfinger Sean Connery
1965 Thunderball Sean Connery
1967 You Only Live Twice Sean Connery
1969 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service George Lazenby
1971 Diamonds Are Forever Sean Connery
1973 Live and Let Die Roger Moore
1974 The Man with the Golden Gun Roger Moore
1977 The Spy Who Loved Me Roger Moore
1979 Moonraker Roger Moore
1981 For Your Eyes Only Roger Moore
1983 Octopussy Roger Moore
1985 A View to a Kill Roger Moore
1987 The Living Daylights Timothy Dalton
1989 License to Kill Timothy Dalton
1995 GoldenEye Pierce Brosnan
1997 Tomorrow Never Dies Pierce Brosnan
1999 The World Is Not Enough Pierce Brosnan
2002 Die Another Day Pierce Brosnan
2006 Casino Royale Daniel Craig
2008 Quantum of Solace Daniel Craig
2012 Skyfall Daniel Craig
2015 Spectre Daniel Craig
2021 No Time to Die

[bots]

people are acting like james bond (a fictitious character) is an important part of their lives.

Every single james bond film that had roger moore was a pile of horse dung

[Crimson Dynamo]

people are acting like james bond (a fictitious character) is an important part of their lives.

Every single james bond film that had roger moore was a pile of horse dung

What unmitigated tosh

Jesus wept

[arista]

2006 Casino Royal

Was the best.

[Mystic Mock]

Amazon has produced some of the best stuff that is currently available and really, james bond isn't known for its complex plot lines and deep character acting :laugh:

Amazon are normally good tbf, I agree with you on that.

[Mystic Mock]

people are acting like james bond (a fictitious character) is an important part of their lives.

Every single james bond film that had roger moore was a pile of horse dung

Not Octopussy!?:bawling:

It has such a great title.

[Livia]

I like all the Bonds and all the films except the last one. No Time To Die showed Bond as jaded and in the opening scene that's supposed to pull you in to the story, he was arguing with his girlfriend. He seemed tired. I want Bond to be the cold, womanising, hard drinking killer he's supposed to be not some whiney bore in touch with his feminine side.

[user104658]

which?



James Bond films
1962 Dr. No Sean Connery
1963 From Russia with Love Sean Connery
1964 Goldfinger Sean Connery
1965 Thunderball Sean Connery
1967 You Only Live Twice Sean Connery
1969 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service George Lazenby
1971 Diamonds Are Forever Sean Connery
1973 Live and Let Die Roger Moore
1974 The Man with the Golden Gun Roger Moore
1977 The Spy Who Loved Me Roger Moore
1979 Moonraker Roger Moore
1981 For Your Eyes Only Roger Moore
1983 Octopussy Roger Moore
1985 A View to a Kill Roger Moore
1987 The Living Daylights Timothy Dalton
1989 License to Kill Timothy Dalton
1995 GoldenEye Pierce Brosnan
1997 Tomorrow Never Dies Pierce Brosnan
1999 The World Is Not Enough Pierce Brosnan
2002 Die Another Day Pierce Brosnan
2006 Casino Royale Daniel Craig
2008 Quantum of Solace Daniel Craig
2012 Skyfall Daniel Craig
2015 Spectre Daniel Craig
2021 No Time to Die

I'm not going to go through them one by one but, loosely, I can appreciate the Connery era for what they are (movie history), Moore is hit and miss though honestly I find them more boring than not (maybe I just find him boring :think: ) ... I enjoy the Brosnan era because it's all a bit over the top and cheesy but that's fun... obviously Goldeneye is peak. Might just be because of my age at the time and nostalgia I suppose. Casino Royale is a great film, Quantum of Solace LITERALLY put me to sleep, Skyfall was decent and I've not seen the most recent two.

All of that said - I've not seen any of the old ones for 15+ years and having recently rewatched a few older films that I wouldn't particularly have rated when I saw them as a kid/teen/20's, and found that I thought they were brilliant, so who knows. Maybe my opinion would be different these days.

For example; watched The Sound of Music with eldest recently, which my sister loved as a kid and I despised... discovered that it's actually a great piece of cinema. Shocked to my core with that one.

Little Shop of Horrors also (the 80's one) - I remember I vaguely liked it as a "silly weird film" when I was a kid, watched it recently, fkn loved it. Maybe I'll have to force myself to sit through a Roger Moore bond film.

[Nicky91]

couple of actors who'd make proper bond villains i think

- Rafe Spall
- Skeet Ulrich (i mean it would be nice seeing him playing a baddie again, a first since Billy Loomis in the scream franchise, also think he could pull off a similar psychotic villain like Carlyle's Renard)



and considering S.E.A.L Team has ended, how about David Boreanaz for the role of some CIA operative?



Henry Czerny would also be a good shout as he already has some experience with spy films like in Mission Impossible, and he played a bad guy before in Supergirl (The Toymaker)

[arista]

Denis Villeneuve

He Directed the 2nd Blade Runner
and Dune films


Has been announced
as the New 007 Director.


Of course, the New James Bond
is still to come.


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[Mystic Mock]

I hope that Pedro Pascal and Zandaya get cast as James Bond and Bond Girl.

I haven't seen them in awhile.:hehe:

[Nicky91]

Pedro Pascal wouldn't be a great James Bond actor though


although i could see him in another role :think: maybe in a similar role to Felix Leiter, but then a original character



out of these actors shortlisted for Bond, Tom Holland is the one with most experience i think, but Jacob Elordi would be a nice risk worth to take i think, considering his success with Saltburn


i'd say keep Ralph Fiennes as M, he did do a good job at that role so why not, i mean Judi Dench also had this role with two different bond actors (Brosnan, Craig)


and as the baddie, i kinda would love for Willem Dafoe to make his live action 007 debut, maybe also with a live action version of his video game character he voiced, we kinda need a bad guy as powerful as the likes of Robert Carlyle, Javier Bardem pulled off stellar performances, especially coming of the back of that iconic bad guy masterpiece that was Rami Malek's character


maybe also another female villain, i mean we have had fewer of those, Skyler Samuels :think: i mean she did a decent job as a supporting villain in The Meg 2

[Crimson Dynamo]

Pedro Pascal wouldn't be a great James Bond actor though


although i could see him in another role :think: maybe in a similar role to Felix Leiter, but then a original character



out of these actors shortlisted for Bond, Tom Holland is the one with most experience i think, but Jacob Elordi would be a nice risk worth to take i think, considering his success with Saltburn


i'd say keep Ralph Fiennes as M, he did do a good job at that role so why not, i mean Judi Dench also had this role with two different bond actors (Brosnan, Craig)


and as the baddie, i kinda would love for Willem Dafoe to make his live action 007 debut, maybe also with a live action version of his video game character he voiced, we kinda need a bad guy as powerful as the likes of Robert Carlyle, Javier Bardem pulled off stellar performances, especially coming of the back of that iconic bad guy masterpiece that was Rami Malek's character


maybe also another female villain, i mean we have had fewer of those, Skyler Samuels :think: i mean she did a decent job as a supporting villain in The Meg 2

Pascal is not British, too old and way too stupid to play Bond

don't be ridiculous

[Nicky91]

and i think Amazon also needs to look at the actors who portrayed villains on Strike Back, oh and also one of the last main cast, Jamie Bamber i could see as a nice addition for another Mi-6 character


there are quite some among those who have Bond bad guy potential

[Nicky91]

Javier Bardem as another baddie, i mean he could play Silva's twin brother


and with his natural dark hair this could work obviously, considering he had dyed his hair blonde for the role of Silva in Skyfall ;)



i even know a storyline

wanting to avenge his twin brother Raoel Silva's death, Lisandro Silva has created a terrorist group to attack british embassy's where top Mi-6 operatives are stationed

+ Skyler Samuels as one of his lieutenants of that terrorist group


and having a role for Willem Dafoe with a shady mysterious role, similarly mysterious as Blofeld, but someone different, whom is also behind funding that terrorist group, and revealed to be the mastermind boss of the Silva's, and of course a role set up for multiple films


:think:


i'd be an epic screenwriter/producer myself honestly

[Livia]

Henry Cavill would make a great Bond. Obviously Tom Hardy would make a better Bond but they probably couldn't afford him.