James Bonded
Amazon spent a billion dollars+ to get control of the James Bond franchise rights – Deadline Hollywood
The article talks about the war of words between the previous rights holders and Amazon. Apparently the family of classic Bond producer-mastermind Albert R. Broccoli isn't too keen on the new ideas Amazon has been thinking up.
... Amazon’s desire to expand the James Bond franchise into its own universe akin to Marvel or Star Wars."
Our project pitch: since they have control now, immediately Amazon should launch a series with a talking Aston Martin DB5 automobile and it could feature guest stars like the Batmobile, the Casket-Racer from The Munsters and maybe the Beverly Hillbillies' car. Or have it take on all the cars from the Fast and Furious franchise in a gigantic carmegeddon.
One thing about Amazon versus the traditional motion picture studios: It will spend and market to the high heavens to make a movie, for as a streamer, they don’t have any stakes..."
There's a dubious aspect to seeing Amazon spend mountains of dollars on (some) shows that do not attract large audiences.
More of the Amazon spending spree:
- $8.45 Billion to get M-G-M
- $250 Million for rights to The Lord of the Rings TV Show
- $76 Billion DealNBA Streaming Rights (2025-2036)
- $1 Billion per year / 11-year deal for NFL Thursday Night Football
- Estimated $600 million for Tomb Raider Franchise
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Original page Feb 26, 2025