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.

  • @[email protected]
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    2118 days ago

    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 she/her
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      18 days 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!

    • GHiLA
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      17 days ago

      they couldn’t use the Societs anymore as an enemy.

      glares at you in Ukrainian

    • @zoostation
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      018 days ago

      Even for the internet, this is stupid.

        • @PapaStevesy
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          That movies haven’t been good since we stopped making Soviets the bad guys? Nah, that’s a shit take for sure.

        • @zoostation
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          Oh I’m sure “a movie can’t be good unless it makes the people I hate the bad guys” is a thing, it’s just shitheaded.

          • DominusOfMegadeus
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            418 days ago

            No, friend, it’s a thing that Hollywood producers will revise scripts and implement last minute edits in order to avoid offending the Chinese people so they can get the dollars from the chinese audiences. Beijing will happily ban a movie if they feel it casts China in a negative light.

            • @zoostation
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              418 days ago

              It’s also a thing that Russia was rarely the villain in the Bond movies, It was usually Spectre or when it was a Russian it was some Russian guy going rogue and not acting in Russia’s interests.

              The top 5 Bond movies by IMDB rating are Casino Royale, Skyfall, Goldfinger, No Time to Die, From Russia With Love. And Spectre is the villain in the latter. So is it really not possible to make a good Bond film without Russia?