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09.03.25 - 18:12
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Next James Bond should be British, says former 007 Pierce Brosnan (The Guardian)
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Leak reportedly confirms next Bond will be a man, as actor says it was 'right decision' to pass franchise to AmazonThe next James Bond should be British, Pierce Brosnan has said, as a leaked memo reportedly confirmed the character will remain a man.The Irish actor, who played the spy from 1995 to 2002, also said it was the “right decision” for creative control of the franchise to be handed to Amazon-MGM, in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph. Continue reading......
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01.03.25 - 19:30
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James Bond nightclubs, vodka, aftershave: 007 writer on the spy′s future with Amazon (The Guardian)
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As the Bond franchise heads to the online giant, thriller author William Boyd foresees a slew of spin-offs and says AI is not a threat to human screenwritersAmong the people best placed to predict how any James Bond of the future might look is a British writer with a strong feel for spies and for spying. William Boyd has been drawn back to the terrain repeatedly in his books. What's more, he wrote his own official Bond novel, Solo, in 2013.Now Amazon has picked up the rights to the character, Boyd foresees a succession of 007 spin-off products and entertainments. Perhaps even be new AI-generated novels? “Certainly wait for Bond aftershave – and for the theme park and the dinner jackets,” he said. “The new owners will have to commodify everything about their billion-dollar purchase, so there will be nightclubs and vodkas.” Continue reading......
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28.02.25 - 11:30
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James Bond by Amazon isn′t a bad thing – we could finally get an update to the groundbreaking GoldenEye 007 (The Guardian)
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Some fans are up in arms about the corporate behemoth taking over the franchise. But I'll wade through any amount of spin-offs for another crack at the best multiplayer game of the 90sThe year 2025 is shaping up to be a corker, isn't it? It's all happening: bird flu is back, we're getting tariffs on everything, Russia has twinned with the US, and it seems there are more Nazis around than there were last month. People are even turning on Ryan Reynolds, for crying out loud.But it's going to be OK. Because Amazon now has creative control over James Bond. Continue reading......
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26.02.25 - 15:42
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′Kind of sad′: Timothy Dalton reacts to Amazon′s James Bond deal (The Guardian)
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Ex-007 praises Broccolis for series while expressing concern for its future after bombshell announcementThe ex-007 star Timothy Dalton has weighed in on last week's announcement on the future of the James Bond franchise.On 20 February, Amazon announced it had struck a deal to have “creative control” over the movies after negotiating with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, the heirs to the series. Continue reading......
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22.02.25 - 11:18
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The name′s Bezos, Jeff Bezos: what can we expect from Amazon′s James Bond? (The Guardian)
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With one of the film industry's most lucrative franchises signed over to Amazon MGM, 007 could be facing down the barrel of spin-offs, quasi-crowdsourcing and a cinematic universe to rival MarvelThe ink could hardly have dried on the contract between Amazon MGM and Eon Productions, the legendary Bond film company run by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, before Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos put up a social media post that went to the heart of the conundrum faced by one of the film industry's most lucrative franchises: “Who'd you pick as the next Bond?”The reality underlying Broccoli and Wilson's decision to cede control to Amazon, the company that has since 2021 been responsible for co-producing Bond films after its purchase of MGM, is that since it became apparent that Daniel Craig wanted to leave the role, the franchise has been struck by a kind of creative paralysis. We are used to increasingly long gaps between their release, but with no new lead actor in sight, Bond 26 has still not even reached ...
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21.02.25 - 15:12
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Stars shaken and stirred by Amazon $1bn James Bond deal (The Guardian)
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Daniel Craig congratulates producers Broccoli and Wilson, while actor Valerie Leon says Bond franchise won't be as 'British'Business live – latest updatesAmazon has paid $1bn for “creative control” of the James Bond franchise, the Guardian understands, in a deal that has met with a mixed response from stars of the films.Amazon MGM Studios said on Thursday it had struck a deal with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, the British-American heirs to the film producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli and longtime stewards of the Bond films. Continue reading......
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21.02.25 - 11:45
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Amazon übernimmt Kreativkontrolle über James Bond (Tagesschau)
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Lange war der berühmteste Spion der Filmgeschichte Familiensache. Die Broccoli-Familie hütete die Rechte an James Bond für Jahrzehnte. Nun geht die kreative Kontrolle für die Reihe an Amazon. Was bedeutet das für Agent 007? Von Gabi Biesinger....
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20.02.25 - 17:00
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James Bond producers give Amazon full creative control of 007 (The Guardian)
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Deal struck with heirs to legendary film producer Albert 'Cubby' Broccoli, long-serving stewards of franchiseBusiness live – latest updatesJames Bond is now in the hands of a billionaire's business empire, after Amazon announced it has acquired creative control of the spy franchise from the Broccoli dynasty.Amazon MGM Studios said it had struck a deal with Michael G Wilson, and Barbara Broccoli, the heirs to the legendary film producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli, and long-time stewards of the Bond films. Continue reading......
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