James Bond fell into the hands of the billionaire business, after Amazon revealed that she had acquired “creative control” on the spying privilege from the broccoli breed.
Amazon MGM Studios said on Thursday that she had concluded a deal with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, the heirs of British Americans to the legendary film producer “Cubby” Broccoli and Longtime Mostards of the Bond Films.
A Amazon spokesman said that the financial conditions of the deal were only for their eyes.
But the second largest company in the world, through revenues, confirmed that it formed a new joint project with Wilson and Broccoli to accommodate James Bond intellectual property, with Amazon’s “creative control.”
The agreement can open the door to production, starting from a long -awaited new movie and to ice collapse, which is likely to be limited to the cross -TV programs for the Amazon flow service.
It is not believed that the deal is linked to the Dubai -based real estate developer, which was unveiled by the Guardian last week, to seize the brand of James Bond through a group of goods and services.
Amazon, founded by the second richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos has had a financial interest in James Bond since 2022, when she paid $ 8.5 billion for MGM, where he got 007 as part of a catalog for more than 4000 films and 17,000 TV programs. The MGM Amazon deal gave the right to distribute all James Bond films, but it will now get the ability to move forward in new installments, as the production line that stopped in recent years has started.
In the previous years of Bond, the concession was a regular player, and even annually, in the calendar, where 16 films were released between Dr No in 1961 and the murder license in 1989. History of Bond.
Four years have passed since the release of 2021 of any time to death, and without a new production movie, the current stop is on its way to become the longest vacation at 007 ever.
Obtaining creative control will give Amazon the ability to move forward without the approval of Wilson and Broccoli, who worked as accurate guardians of personal integrity originally created in 1953 by the author Ian Fleming.
“Since his theatrical introduction more than 60 years ago, James Bond has been one of the most famous characters in the video entertainment,” said Mike Hopkins, President of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios.
He said that Amazon was grateful to Lilson and Bocoli “for her uncomplicated dedication and her role in continuing the legacy of the concession, which is cherished by fans all over the world.
“We are honored to continue this dear heritage, and we look forward to entering the next stage of the legendary 007 of the masses worldwide.”
Wilson, 83, said he was finishing his filmmaking activities. “With my career 007, which spanned nearly 60 years, I return from the production of James Bond films to focus on artistic and charitable projects. So, I agree with Barbara, it’s time for our reliable, Amazon MGM Studios, to lead James Bond in the future.”
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“My life has been allocated to preserve the extraordinary legacy that Michael delivered me by our father, Cubby Broccoli. I have been honored to work closely with four great talented actors who played 007 and thousands of great artists in this industry. With no time to death, Michael retires from movies, I feel that it is time to focus on my projects The other.
Brocoli is the daughter of Cubby Broccoli, who co -founded the series with producer Harry Sultan. She started working on teenage films in simple roles, before she behaves as an assistant director in Octopussy in 1983 and auxiliary producer in the live day light in 1987. The first balance of the entire bond product was in Goldneye in 1995.
Wilson is a broccoli cubby puppet. He is a qualified lawyer, joined Eon Productions in Broccoli in 1972 and became an executive producer in Moonraker in 1979, and moved to the product to obtain a view to killing in 1985.
The couple built Bond in one of the most successful privileges in the history of cinema, after achieving more than $ 7.8 billion worldwide, behind the Marvel Film Universe only, Star Wars, Harry Potter and Spider-Man. The most successful Skyfall, which was released in 2012, remains a total of $ 1.1 billion.
Eon was largely hesitant to spread the name of the bonds through this type of display that has proven to be fruitful for broadcasting services, which was retracting the popularity of films such as Star Wars or Zombie Tv Show The Walking Dead.
There was a rare group outside The Bond Films is the creation of 007: Road to Million, a reality competition series that was released on Amazon Prime Video, which features nine teams competing for a prize of one million pounds.