James Bond is about to enter uncertain waters, as Amazon.com, which purchased MGM four years ago for $8.5 billion, has now assumed creative control over the franchise.
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Amazon reportedly paid an extra billion dollars just for the Bond films. What they craved, however, was creative control over the Bond brand. Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, the heads of Eon and custodians of everything related to James Bond, entered into a joint venture with Amazon MGM. The Broccolis will retain an ownership stake in Bond and his films, but Amazon MGM will be in the driver’s seat creatively.
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That means, in all likelihood, woke changes to the character, with possibly a female Bond, and certainly a Bond of a different color.
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