Barbara Broccoli’s longstanding beef with Amazon is an enormous a part of what saved the e-commerce giant-turned-studio from producing new James Bond motion pictures following its acquisition of MGM in 2021. But now, it looks as if each events have put aside their variations with the intention to get the ball rolling on 007’s subsequent chapter.
Today, Amazon MGM, Broccoli, and fellow Bond producer Michael G. Wilson introduced the formation of a brand new three way partnership that can give the studio full artistic management over the Bond film franchise. After the deal is finalized, Broccoli and Wilson (who’re half-siblings) will stay co-owners of the franchise with Amazon MGM. But in a press release concerning the deal, each producers had been clear about their needs to step again and concentrate on different endeavors after spending most of their lives engaged on Bond.
“My life has been devoted to sustaining and constructing upon the extraordinary legacy that was handed to Michael and me by our father, producer Cubby Broccoli,” Broccoli stated. “With the conclusion of No Time to Die and Michael retiring from the movies, I really feel it’s time to concentrate on my different tasks.” Wilson echoed his sister’s sentiments and insisted that they trusted Amazon MGM to “lead James Bond into the longer term.”
Previously, Broccoli — identified for making Bond-related selections primarily based on her personal instincts — was very outspoken about her perception that Amazon may wreck the franchise due to its extra algorithmically-driven strategy to growing leisure tasks. Following the current announcement, Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos took to his X account to ask his followers who the subsequent Bond must be.
According to a Wall Street Journal report from final December, Broccoli noticed Amazon growth execs as a bunch of “f— idiots,” and her emotions gave the impression to be borne out in the way in which there has not been a brand new Bond movie since 2021’s No Time To Die. It’s not clear what precisely introduced Broccoli and Wilson round on the concept of letting Amazon MGM steer the 007 ship. But now that they’ve, it in all probability received’t be lengthy earlier than we begin listening to what’s subsequent for the enduring character.
