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  • 'Next phase' for 007

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 20 16:18:32 2025
    James Bond's long-serving producers give control to Amazon

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to JAB on Thu Feb 20 23:07:36 2025
    JAB wrote:

    James Bond's long-serving producers give control to Amazon

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo

    At a guess I'd say the "give" was more likely a case of "sold"...

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 20 19:06:14 2025
    On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 23:07:36 GMT, "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news>
    wrote:

    JAB wrote:

    James Bond's long-serving producers give control to Amazon

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo

    At a guess I'd say the "give" was more likely a case of "sold"...

    With increasing age, it tends to be better to move on....

    Wilson, 83
    Broccoli, 64
    ...
    However in December, the Wall Street Journal reported that "the
    relationship between the family that oversees the franchise and the
    e-commerce giant has all but collapsed".

    The newspaper also claimed that Broccoli had privately described
    Amazon as "idiots".

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Fri Feb 21 12:43:16 2025
    On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, JAB wrote:

    James Bond's long-serving producers give control to Amazon

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo


    License to woke!

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Fri Feb 21 12:43:38 2025
    On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, Blueshirt wrote:

    JAB wrote:

    James Bond's long-serving producers give control to Amazon

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo

    At a guess I'd say the "give" was more likely a case of "sold"...


    8 billion I think the figure was.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 21 14:15:05 2025
    D wrote:



    On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, JAB wrote:

    James Bond's long-serving producers give control to Amazon

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo


    License to woke!

    Jane Bond?! ;-)

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Fri Feb 21 17:13:50 2025
    On Fri, 21 Feb 2025, Blueshirt wrote:

    D wrote:



    On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, JAB wrote:

    James Bond's long-serving producers give control to Amazon

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo


    License to woke!

    Jane Bond?! ;-)


    Excellent! And it has to be either negro or asian of course, and I demand
    that it speaks with a chinese/english accent in order not to discriminate against non-perfect english speakers!

    This will be the comedy of the year!! =D

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to nospam@example.net on Fri Feb 21 10:53:42 2025
    On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:43:38 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

    8 billion I think the figure was.

    Amazon paid more than $1bn to take creative control of James Bond

    007 stars offer mixed reactions to deal with the British-American
    heirs to the film producer Albert 'Cubby' Broccoli

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/21/stars-shaken-stirred-amazon-deal-james-bond

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Sat Feb 22 00:07:26 2025
    On Fri, 21 Feb 2025, JAB wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:43:38 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

    8 billion I think the figure was.

    Amazon paid more than $1bn to take creative control of James Bond

    007 stars offer mixed reactions to deal with the British-American
    heirs to the film producer Albert 'Cubby' Broccoli

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/21/stars-shaken-stirred-amazon-deal-james-bond



    Only 1 billion? That's nothing!

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to nospam@example.net on Sun Feb 23 10:11:26 2025
    On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:43:16 +0100
    D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
    On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, JAB wrote:

    James Bond's long-serving producers give control to Amazon

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo


    License to woke!

    I was expecting that comment. I'm pretty sure woke dead and buried
    now, so I wouldn't count on it. Amazon is almost certainly going to do
    to Bond what Disney did to Star Wars - expect multiple, mediocre
    movies, spin-offs, marketing engagements, an advertising blitz that
    makes your eyes bleed, a TV series available only on Prime-Plus-Ultra*
    and the rest of the horsecrap Corporate America excels at.**


    * $129/month with auto-incrementing cost monthly
    ** viewable only on a new device sold only by Amazon.

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Retrograde on Sun Feb 23 22:34:39 2025
    On Sun, 23 Feb 2025, Retrograde wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:43:16 +0100
    D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
    On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, JAB wrote:

    James Bond's long-serving producers give control to Amazon

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo


    License to woke!

    I was expecting that comment. I'm pretty sure woke dead and buried
    now, so I wouldn't count on it. Amazon is almost certainly going to do
    to Bond what Disney did to Star Wars - expect multiple, mediocre
    movies, spin-offs, marketing engagements, an advertising blitz that
    makes your eyes bleed, a TV series available only on Prime-Plus-Ultra*
    and the rest of the horsecrap Corporate America excels at.**


    * $129/month with auto-incrementing cost monthly
    ** viewable only on a new device sold only by Amazon.


    Of course! I would expect nothing less! I heard a rumour that they did a captain america with a negro as captain america. Horrible! I hope the
    company who did it gets closed down.

    Probably the same will happen with Bond. I mean who ever bothers to watch
    star wars any longer? Andor, strangely enough, was somewhat ok.

    I expect trans-jedis from now on. On the other hand... lots of IT
    billionaires have kissed Trumps hand, maybe Disney and Netflix will do a
    180 and kiss his hand too?

    If so, we might actually get to see some high quality movies for a change!
    =)

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to nospam@example.net on Mon Feb 24 12:30:56 2025
    On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:43:38 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

    8 billion I think the figure was.

    Though there has been a character bible circulating around the studio
    and a few informal meetings with potential creative talent, shooting
    on a new movie is at least a year away. That's been a source of
    frustration at Amazon, which spent $8.5 billion to buy MGM four years
    ago, in no small part because of the ties to Bond. Even with the
    initial acquisition, Amazon MGM only owned 50% of the franchise and
    was relegated to being a passive partner when it came to artistic
    choices.

    https://variety.com/2025/film/news/amazon-james-bond-next-movie-limbo-1236314095/

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Feb 24 23:08:53 2025
    On Mon, 24 Feb 2025, JAB wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:43:38 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

    8 billion I think the figure was.

    Though there has been a character bible circulating around the studio
    and a few informal meetings with potential creative talent, shooting
    on a new movie is at least a year away. That's been a source of
    frustration at Amazon, which spent $8.5 billion to buy MGM four years
    ago, in no small part because of the ties to Bond. Even with the
    initial acquisition, Amazon MGM only owned 50% of the franchise and
    was relegated to being a passive partner when it came to artistic
    choices.

    https://variety.com/2025/film/news/amazon-james-bond-next-movie-limbo-1236314095/

    Aha! 4 billion then!

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