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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 25 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

Barbara Broccoli? Is this all a joke timeline?

What does Cara Cauliflower have to say?

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 days ago (3 children)

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

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[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Mind blowing bit of trivia - her ancestors did in fact "invent" broccoli, they made the hybrid and a fortune in the process.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 3 points 6 days ago

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

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Bond should go into the vault and should only be taken out after a decade or two intermission. The Daniel Craig era is a nice capstone to pause the franchise on. IMHO while Casino Royale was a nice reimagining of Bond the last three movies have become too derivative. Let the franchise rest and only revive it when it’s for something fresh and worthwhile. Don’t just make Bond movies for the sake of continuing the franchise.

[–] Amanduh@lemm.ee 6 points 5 days ago

Yeah but money

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I think also older audiences were more forgiving of the fuzzy, sometimes contradictory continuity between the older films. Somehow Pierce Brosnan and Sean Connery were the same guy and everyone just kind of rolled with that.

The future of Bond should tighten up continuity from here on out, because for better or worse I don't think modern audiences are as able to just fuzz away discrepancies.

My idea would be to pull from the "James Bond is a codename" fan theory- which currently doesn't work, but to say Daniel Craig is the original James Bond and all the Bonds after him take up the name as a code name. This can open up some possibilities and just make it easier to keep things straight. Old Bonds don't necessarily even have to die, they can retire or be moved out of the roll. You can bring them back as villains, or make one into the new Q or something.

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm actually not that opposed to a Bond TV show, shorter Bond adventures with more of the older style bonds campy nature and gadgets sounds like a fun time.

Or maybe use the Young Bond book series as a basis, they were pretty fun reads.

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[–] CallateCoyote@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days 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 3 points 6 days 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.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

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

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