The James Bond film franchise is one of the oldest and most successful in cinema history. It has been produced by Eon Productions and the Broccoli family for the entirety of its existence.
Until now.
Barbara Broccoli announced last week that she would no longer be producing Bond and that 'full creative control' has been passed to Amazon Studios. Yes, that's right, the same Amazon belonging to the mega rich and powerful Bond villainesque Jeff Bezos.
Unfortunately for fans of the Ian Fleming novels and the Eon films, this news is disastrous. We know what studios like Amazon do with beloved historical works as anyone who has witnessed their Rings of Power travesty will know. If JRR Tolkien is spinning in his grave, then Fleming is sure to be rotating very soon as we embark on a new cultural Marxist interpretation of the world's most famous and unapologetically masculine spy.
Will James become Jane? Will Bond be non-binary, queer or bisexual? Will he be a black man fighting bigots and transphobes in the name of open borders, diversity and equity?
We'll get a hint of direction soon enough when the actor or actress or they/them is cast in the role...
One former Bond actor has reacted with dismay at the Amazon takeover. Timothy Dalton, who played Bond in the late 1980s, expressed shock and concern and said any threat to the franchise would be 'kind of sad'.
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