An explosive new report has alleged the way forward for the James Bond franchise is “on pause” amid what was described as an “ugly” stalemate between the household answerable for the character and Amazon.
The behind-the-scenes battle between Barbara Broccoli, who retains artistic management over Bond and decides who performs the enduring British spy, and Amazon, which acquired the precise to launch Bond motion pictures after it purchased Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in a deal value $8.45 billion again in 2021, has left Bond “trapped,” the Wall Street Journal reported.
Broccoli, based on the report, doesn’t belief the “algorithm-centric” Amazon with the Bond character, preferring to make use of “intestine intuition with a wholesome quantity of danger.” According to WSJ, the place Broccoli solid the comparatively unknown Daniel Craig as Bond for 2006’s massively profitable Casino Royale and its sequels – Amazon prefers to calculate danger primarily based on elements together with an actor’s previous efficiency or the prior success of comparable movies. Amazon isn’t eager on casting an unknown in a lead position like Bond, WSJ reported.
The upshot of all that is that there isn’t any script and no new Bond for a brand new film. The WSJ mentioned: “To mates, Broccoli has characterised her ideas on Amazon this fashion: ‘These persons are f***ing idiots.’ “
Bond manufacturing firm Eon mentioned Broccoli had no remark.
One of the largest questions in Hollywood is who will play the subsequent Bond. Kraven the Hunter star Aaron Taylor-Johnson is the candidate to have gained probably the most traction up to now, with British tabloid The Sun reporting in March that the actor had obtained a “formal supply” to change into Craig’s successor. Idris Elba is commonly talked about as a possible Bond, too.
The WSJ mentioned Broccoli has no difficulty casting a nonwhite or homosexual actor as Bond, however insists Bond is at all times performed by a British man. As for Amazon, apparently there are inside discussions about Bond’s place within the trendy world, “and whether or not the valorization of a dangerously violent, womanizing undercover agent is what’s greatest for society at the moment.”
If a brand new Bond film does find yourself occurring, it can launch in theaters, Amazon has promised. As of at the moment, that appears additional away than ever.
Image credit score: EON Productions Limited.
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