A 'Dire' Clash Behind the Scenes Is Holding Up the Next James Bond Film: Report
Mar. 15, 2025Daniel Craig in 2012’s Skyfall.Photo:Francois Duhamel/Columbia Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection
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Fans ofJames Bondmight have to wait longer than expected for the next 007 entry.
“She has told friends she doesn’t trust algorithm-centric Amazon with a character she helped to mythologize through big-screen storytelling and gut instinct,” the report reads. “This fall, she characterized the status of a new movie in dire terms — no script, no story and no new Bond.”
Representatives for Amazon and Eon, the production company that makes the Bond movies, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Barbara Broccoli and Daniel Craig on Oct. 4, 2024.JC Olivera/A24 via Getty
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Per the report, Broccoli feels that Amazon “isn’t a good home for Bond” given the company’s primary business of “selling everything” and retains the ability to “hold Bond hostage from Amazon for as long as she sees fit” given her creative control over the films.
While the report indicates Amazon has remained consistent on its goal to release a new Bond film in theaters, Broccoli reportedly balked when Amazon executives suggested a variety of spin-offs and took offense when one executive referred to the franchise as “content” during a 2022 meeting.
Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli on Nov. 17, 2024.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
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Broccoli and Wilsonappeared alongside Craig, 56, at the15th Governors Awardsin Los Angeles on Nov. 17, where the sibling producer duo received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Prior to the event, Broccoli and Wilson spoke with TheAssociated Pressand simply said that casting a new Bond is “a big decision.”
“People are playing it very safe. I think in times of crisis like this, you’ve got to be brave,” Broccoli said at that time. “It’s certainly a new era in the movie business, so we’re trying to figure it out.”
source: people.com
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