As Amazon MGM Studios takes full control of the iconic James Bond franchise with a reported additional $1 billion payment to longtime producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, fans worldwide are questioning what direction the spy series might take under its new corporate ownership. The deal, which comes on top of Amazon’s initial $8.5 ... Read more
  • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    You mean just make a spy movie? I don’t think they need to own the rights to the Bond franchise to do that.

    • CameronDev
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      2 months ago

      Well, yeah, exactly. They could have just done their own thing.

        • CameronDev
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          2 months ago

          I guess so, first I’ve heard of it, wonder if they advertised it in Aus?

          • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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            2 months ago

            From what I’ve heard it was a bit of a mess. But at any rate, new spy movies and shows are made all the time, with varying degrees of success.

            Nobody really talks about those ones very much though. We are talking about James Bond. That name has value. Which why they’ll continue making them.