The next James Bond film is in the works. The bad news keeps coming and even puts an end to all hopes. The fans will cringe.
James Bond, a true cinema icon, has not appeared on the big screen since Dying can wait in 2021 with David Craig. That being said, the franchise has had a few projects under its belt, a return to films, ideas for series… even a video game from IO Interactive, to whom we owe the series Hitman above all. But it seems that nothing is going well anymore.
James Bond loses his license
It is the Broccoli family that has the vision and creative priority over the franchise. Saga, who is obviously still looking for her new artist, but is currently looking for herself. Because if the creative vision belongs to the family, the rights lie in the portfolio of the titan Amazon. And obviously there's water in the gas between the two, so next James Bond is currently forgotten.
Apparently everything has been put on hold for the time being, not to say canceled. Amazon has ideas that don't fit the broccoli family and vice versa. The giant has therefore decided to stop everything for now. It is assumed that everyone will have to discuss and find common ground before the projects restart. The problem is that Barbara Broccoli doesn't really seem motivated to discuss it, as evidenced by her recent extremely salty speech about Amazon.
In fact, she described the Amazon thinkers on file as “fucking idiots.” In your opinion, “They plan everything with the James Bond series” and already imagine expanding the universe “like Marvel” with “Series or even spin-offs” in abundance. Words that are not tender. Amazon, for its part, has not yet said anything.
Agent 00 stays in the locker room while mom and dad get angry
Obviously, Amazon's expansive vision, which will ultimately be driven by trends, is not popular at all. We see more and more universes expanding in this way. The first priority is of course the amazement, which was soon followed by the new DCU, which was brought onto the market by Superman. But also Matt Reeves' DCU The Batman et The penguina real success. Tomb Raider may soon suffer the same fate, with a series overseen by Amazon and a universe just waiting to be expanded. There are many examples, and James Bond could also follow this path.
As it turns out, there are almost as many good examples as bad of this formula, which aims to evolve the universe at every turn. The fans are generally there, even if the quality isn't always right. Is James Bond a license that would survive in such a format? Good question. Everything is frozen at the moment, we can't even begin to know…
Source: Walt Street Journal
