So, were all those articles recently, discussions on the rest is Entertainment etc, part of a negotiating tactic on Broccoli and Wilson’s behalf?
Not confident at all by this deal.
American Bond, Q, M and Moneypenny spin offs all incoming.
And there’s zero chance the next bond villain is what it should be, which is a techbro oligarch
I hate everything about this, Bond is probably my favourite franchise.
Oh good, time for Bezos to destroy something I enjoy so he can milk it for every last penny like these hyper-capitalist assholes did with Marvel.
Hope yall are ready for the Bond Cinematic Universe with spinoffs and more origin stories. Also no more super rich guy villains. Next Bond villain will be a robinhood style socialist stealing from the rich to feed starving people. “Oh no! How will Bond save us from this community activist trying to organize labor to get them fair pay?!?!”
Do you think Bezos will cast himself?
James Bald.
Is there anything as a country we haven’t sold off yet? if we’re being honest
I really only have one frame of reference for this, Deutschland 83.
The first series, made by a German production company, was great. Well written, somewhat true to history, a good ratio of style and substance.
The second series was made by Amazon, and it was dogshit. An inverted, disproportionate ratio of style over substance, both of which were terrible. It also got rid of most of the German dialogue in favour of English, despite being set in Germany, Angola and South Africa (assuming this was to make it more sellable around the world). I understand the third series is even worse.
So there we go. That’s my one hundred per cent brilliant take on this: it will be rubbish.
This makes my heart hurt.
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Can’t wait for the post credits that combines Bond, Wheel of Time, the Takeshi’s Castle reboot and Red One.
Oof. I really hope this goes better than I fear.
Well the franchise had a good run, to be honest, No Time To Die was a decent enough send off and they (spoiler!) killed Bond…so happy to check out here and call it a day haha fuck bezos, fuck your expanded universes lol
That’s it done.
Amazon will make an absolute cunt of it.
Felix Leiter series in it’s way?
It already was owned by Amazon and before that the Broccoli family are American, so it hasn’t been owned by ‘Britain’ since…well maybe the books? Not worth crying over anyway. No doubt the Amazon version will be shite but lets be honest, Bond has always been shite. In a good way.
Best case scenario is Amazon tank it over the next 5 years and lose interest, then Broccoli comes back and we pretend the last few never happened.
Bond is old enough to outlast another pump and dump. Hopefully.
Obvious start will be a Felix Lieter origin story spin off that fails so badly that no Bond films will be made for 20 years.
Looking forward to this.
I’ve been a die-hard Bond fan since I was a kid, but I’ve been checked out since Craig. Nothing against the guy, but his movies felt like generic action rather than Bond so I was never into them. Honestly better if they retired it since it’s an out of time character. We can just watch our box sets and argue who was the best Bond and look at that one person who says Dalton was underrated as the village weirdo.
We will always have James Pond the underwater agent at least.
No Prime to Die
Considering the state of everything, are we really shocked to see ANOTHER British institution globalised and enshittified?
Honestly on top of what’s going on in the US, having a British icon be owned by an American billionaire company that also shat on Lord of the Rings too… just feels violating, honestly. It’s from a British author, shot in a British studio, about a British spy and British agency, which had the creative control from a British family. I dunno, feels illegal.
I’m not sure about public domain stuff, but shouldn’t bond be public domain soon?
Marina Hyde and Richard Osman’s “The Rest is Entertainment” podcast just did an episode on this topic (before today’s news!) which had pointed out all the horrible things Amazon had been saying about the character (not getting it at all, suggesting James Bond is a codename, suggesting Bond isn’t a hero) and about expanding into a JBU of Moneypenny and Q TV shows – all stuff which will be hated. And which Wilson and Broccoli were blocking.
Well – Not anymore!
Imagine multiverse Bond, multi bonds depending on the TV shows. Classic Bond, New Bond, Bond with Cherry…
Given I have dumped everything Amazon, I’ll probably never engage with Bond stuff again.
Do you reckon Bezos realises that if Bond was real, he’d be a Bond villain?
First Cadbury, and now this.
Bond is one of the few icons of British cinema, and now not only is an American company taking the reins, but it’s a streaming service – which will likely mean a limited theatrical at best. The UK industry really loses with this one, while the American billionaires get richer…
TBF Bond has been borderline American-owned since the start. Broccoli was always American and Saltzman Canadian, and Danjaq, the holding company that holds the trademarks and copyright (some of it shared with MGM), has always been Californian.
That said, if this means it doesn’t get produced in the UK anymore, that’s sad.
Weren’t the films always technically American made? Produced by the Broccolis, who purchased the rights to film in the 60’s?
Poor reporting to suggest they’re only just now being sold to the Americans because Amazon has purchased the rights.
Money can be saved by having Bezos as the villain.
He has the look and no need to pay for hair and makeup.
I’ll have a Gin and Tonic, shaken not stirred… but actually I’m not too fussed either way.
Saltzman was Canadian and Brocoli was American? It was already controlled by Americans, and several of the Directors and indeed two of the Bonds weren’t British (Australian and Irish). It was never an exclusively British commodity so “sold to Americans” is a misrepresentative title.
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Broccoli sold out.
So, is Ryan Reynolds the next Bond?
So, were all those articles recently, discussions on the rest is Entertainment etc, part of a negotiating tactic on Broccoli and Wilson’s behalf?
Not confident at all by this deal.
American Bond, Q, M and Moneypenny spin offs all incoming.
And there’s zero chance the next bond villain is what it should be, which is a techbro oligarch
I hate everything about this, Bond is probably my favourite franchise.
Oh good, time for Bezos to destroy something I enjoy so he can milk it for every last penny like these hyper-capitalist assholes did with Marvel.
Hope yall are ready for the Bond Cinematic Universe with spinoffs and more origin stories. Also no more super rich guy villains. Next Bond villain will be a robinhood style socialist stealing from the rich to feed starving people. “Oh no! How will Bond save us from this community activist trying to organize labor to get them fair pay?!?!”
Do you think Bezos will cast himself?
James Bald.
Is there anything as a country we haven’t sold off yet? if we’re being honest
I really only have one frame of reference for this, Deutschland 83.
The first series, made by a German production company, was great. Well written, somewhat true to history, a good ratio of style and substance.
The second series was made by Amazon, and it was dogshit. An inverted, disproportionate ratio of style over substance, both of which were terrible. It also got rid of most of the German dialogue in favour of English, despite being set in Germany, Angola and South Africa (assuming this was to make it more sellable around the world). I understand the third series is even worse.
So there we go. That’s my one hundred per cent brilliant take on this: it will be rubbish.
This makes my heart hurt.
From Russia with next day delivery
Can’t wait for the post credits that combines Bond, Wheel of Time, the Takeshi’s Castle reboot and Red One.
Oof. I really hope this goes better than I fear.
Well the franchise had a good run, to be honest, No Time To Die was a decent enough send off and they (spoiler!) killed Bond…so happy to check out here and call it a day haha fuck bezos, fuck your expanded universes lol
That’s it done.
Amazon will make an absolute cunt of it.
Felix Leiter series in it’s way?
It already was owned by Amazon and before that the Broccoli family are American, so it hasn’t been owned by ‘Britain’ since…well maybe the books? Not worth crying over anyway. No doubt the Amazon version will be shite but lets be honest, Bond has always been shite. In a good way.
“Stop getting Bond wrong!”
At home with the henchman sitcom coming 2026
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bond, as we know it, is over.
Inevitable… but FFS
Best case scenario is Amazon tank it over the next 5 years and lose interest, then Broccoli comes back and we pretend the last few never happened.
Bond is old enough to outlast another pump and dump. Hopefully.
Obvious start will be a Felix Lieter origin story spin off that fails so badly that no Bond films will be made for 20 years.
Looking forward to this.
I’ve been a die-hard Bond fan since I was a kid, but I’ve been checked out since Craig. Nothing against the guy, but his movies felt like generic action rather than Bond so I was never into them. Honestly better if they retired it since it’s an out of time character. We can just watch our box sets and argue who was the best Bond and look at that one person who says Dalton was underrated as the village weirdo.
We will always have James Pond the underwater agent at least.
No Prime to Die
Considering the state of everything, are we really shocked to see ANOTHER British institution globalised and enshittified?
Honestly on top of what’s going on in the US, having a British icon be owned by an American billionaire company that also shat on Lord of the Rings too… just feels violating, honestly. It’s from a British author, shot in a British studio, about a British spy and British agency, which had the creative control from a British family. I dunno, feels illegal.
I’m not sure about public domain stuff, but shouldn’t bond be public domain soon?
Marina Hyde and Richard Osman’s “The Rest is Entertainment” podcast just did an episode on this topic (before today’s news!) which had pointed out all the horrible things Amazon had been saying about the character (not getting it at all, suggesting James Bond is a codename, suggesting Bond isn’t a hero) and about expanding into a JBU of Moneypenny and Q TV shows – all stuff which will be hated. And which Wilson and Broccoli were blocking.
Well – Not anymore!
Imagine multiverse Bond, multi bonds depending on the TV shows. Classic Bond, New Bond, Bond with Cherry…
Given I have dumped everything Amazon, I’ll probably never engage with Bond stuff again.
Do you reckon Bezos realises that if Bond was real, he’d be a Bond villain?
First Cadbury, and now this.
Bond is one of the few icons of British cinema, and now not only is an American company taking the reins, but it’s a streaming service – which will likely mean a limited theatrical at best. The UK industry really loses with this one, while the American billionaires get richer…
TBF Bond has been borderline American-owned since the start. Broccoli was always American and Saltzman Canadian, and Danjaq, the holding company that holds the trademarks and copyright (some of it shared with MGM), has always been Californian.
That said, if this means it doesn’t get produced in the UK anymore, that’s sad.
Weren’t the films always technically American made? Produced by the Broccolis, who purchased the rights to film in the 60’s?
Poor reporting to suggest they’re only just now being sold to the Americans because Amazon has purchased the rights.
Money can be saved by having Bezos as the villain.
He has the look and no need to pay for hair and makeup.
https://preview.redd.it/b9wco8j3hbke1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ddc9efb469942da01a30b6f5311148ebf9479fc3
I’ll have a Gin and Tonic, shaken not stirred… but actually I’m not too fussed either way.
Saltzman was Canadian and Brocoli was American? It was already controlled by Americans, and several of the Directors and indeed two of the Bonds weren’t British (Australian and Irish). It was never an exclusively British commodity so “sold to Americans” is a misrepresentative title.
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