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The report outlined that the fallout is due to differences over the creative direction of the franchise, with Amazon reportedly in favour of “Marvel-style” ideas to expand the franchise, such as spinoff shows and films.

No, for fucks sake. No!

Broccoli is reported to have baulked at the pitch, telling friends that Amazon are “fucking idiots” who are taking the franchise “hostage”. She has reportedly expressed her disinterest in continuing to work with Amazon for any Bond films. NME has reached out to Amazon MGM Studios for comment.

"Fucking idiots" indeed. And too predictable, to be honest.

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[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 15 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

Barbara Broccoli? Is this all a joke timeline?

What does Cara Cauliflower have to say?

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 2 hours ago

Maybe all the joke names in the franchise were actually real names after all.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Angelina Asparagus isn't going to be pleased with this news at all!

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

No, she's gonna be pissed, and if you thought that shit hitting the fan was smelly...

[–] OrderedChaos@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

This is where all of the poorly thought out stories come to life.

[–] CallateCoyote@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Welp… rest well for now, 007. To say it has been a great run is an understatement. Amazon will likely get bored of this toy eventually and perhaps it will end up in competent hands again and we can simply laugh at whatever trash is produced.

[–] prof_wafflez@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Amazon has some good shows, like Invincible, Fallout and The Boys, but then there’s Rings of Power. RoP alone is enough for me to be okay with a Bond pause.

[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 58 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (12 children)

The only type of Bond show I'd be in favor of is a TV series that faithfully recreates the Bond novels in their respective era (1950s-'60s). I would love to see the books remade as a period drama series. Hour-long episodes for each book, maybe multiple episodes if the story was really detailed.

That would be an amazing series, and a unique take, as film Bond is nothing like book Bond. Except for the Daniel Craig era. That's about as close to book Bond as we've ever had. That, and Timothy Dalton's License to Kill film. Book Bond was a very dark and gritty character.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 29 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

I bet they're not telling us the real reason. Bezo's mid-life crisis stepped in and he wanted to play Bond.

[–] hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly doubt it. Bezos' sex scandal involved cheating on his wife with a single age appropriate woman, whom he is currently in an exclusive relationship with.

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[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Hard to leaf a good impression when all these people believe themselves to be broccstars, impossible to bond like that

[–] AshMan85@lemmy.world 89 points 19 hours ago (19 children)

Good, I hope she doesn't let then ruin it

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[–] ryan213@lemmy.ca 64 points 18 hours ago (15 children)

Amazon Bond or no new Bond at all?

I'm good with how the franchise ended in the last movie.

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[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 37 points 17 hours ago (11 children)

God I’m so tired of Marvel.

I know people like it, and that’s okay, but every action movie is now Guardians of the Galaxy. The earlier marvel movies are fun too, but by Ironman 2/3 there was so much product placement and it all felt very stale and sterile.

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

You're trying to tell us you wouldn't be thrilled to go see "Jeff Bezos' Amazon Presents Amazon's James Bond™: The End of The World Is Not Enough: Part 1: When James Met Q: Part 1?"

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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 21 points 16 hours ago (7 children)

Bond hasn't been good since they couldn't use the Soviets anymore as an enemy. Modern producers aren't willing to sacrifice Chinese money to make a real enemy.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Interesting that China is the only country that comes to your mind.

Why not the US? A clash between MI6 and the CIA would be cool!

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 46 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

That name sounds made up.

More power to her though, fuck Amazon.

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 24 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

All of the Bond films were produced by someone named Brocolli.

[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 34 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Albert R. Broccoli was the original co-producer of the Bond franchise (along with Harry Saltzman). Barbara Broccoli is his daughter, who helped him with production through the '80s and took over the franchise starting with GoldenEye in '95.

She's responsible for the more modern era of Bond that started with Pierce Brosnan, and also the rebooted era with Daniel Craig. She specifically rebooted the franchise because of Austin Powers, which satirized the Bond films and basically turned their tropes into a joke. She had to reinvent Bond so people would stop comparing her films to Austin Powers.

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