21 h. ago Amazon MGM paid £20 million to Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson for full creative control of the James Bond franchise

Sooner or later everyone has a price, but in the case of James Bond 's former paymasters it's significantly lower than the incredible sums being reported as recently as last week.

Economics

24 h. ago Amazon MGM paid just $20 million to Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson for full creative control of the James Bond franchise

Sooner or later everyone has a price, but in the case of James Bond 's former paymasters it's significantly lower than the incredible sums being reported as recently as last week.

Economics

36 h. ago Amazon paid significantly less for James Bond rights than thought, new report reveals

It was previously reported that Amazon MGM paid up to a billion dollars for control of the long-running film franchise

Politics

1 week ago James Bond fans say one theme song is 'better than the movie it was made for'

One James Bond theme song has been singled out by fans of the franchise, with the track believed to be far better than the movie it was written for, though some suggested that wasn't hard

Culture

2 w. ago Maintenance Required review – Amazon’s synthetic You’ve Got Mail rip

The beats of the 1998 rom-com, which was itself a re-imagining of The Shop Around the Corner, are shamelessly regurgitated for this charmless copycatWatching, or rather enduring, Amazon-MGM’s charmless new romantic comedy Maintenance Required, I was so convinced it was an officially sanctioned re-imagining of You’ve Got Mail that I scoured the credits for confirmation. Surely, even in this cursed AI era of copyright erosion, no one would so shamelessly regurgitate the beats of that much-adored film without giving the requisite credit?But try as I might, I could not find a “based on” or even a “thanks to”, the film a copy of a film which was itself a (legally sound) remake of a film which had been inspired by a play (the script even, cheekily, refers to “a sweet little shop around the corner”). In a film that will hopefully be used as evidence in an upcoming lawsuit, a woman tries to keep her struggling local business alive as a big brand competitor opens over the street while she se...

Politics

3 w. ago GoldenEye review – Pierce Brosnan’s ‘sexist, misogynist dinosaur’ makes his Bond movie debut

The 1995 spy adventure introduced Brosnan as 007 and Judi Dench as M – blending high-octane action with a cheeky post-Soviet self-awarenessThis James Bond film from 1995, reissued for its 30th anniversary, is named after Ian Fleming’s own “Goldeneye” estate in Jamaica – though perhaps oddly, the film’s only Caribbean location is supposed to be Cuba. There’s a fair bit to enjoy here, although perhaps it’s best experienced on TV over Christmas in a Quality Street stupor. GoldenEye was the first to star Pierce Brosnan as 007, the first to see Judi Dench as M, and the first film to challenge its own franchise identity. As M crisply says to Bond: “I think you are a sexist, misogynist dinosaur and a relic of the cold war” – although her criticism of her star agent begins and ends with that description.The film gamely attempts to reposition itself in the new post-Soviet world, with a key scene (and some of the opening sequence) taking place among the discarded, crumbling statues of Soviet ...

Politics

4 w. ago James Bond casting curveball revealed amid search for new 007 after Daniel Craig left franchise

Though big-name stars have been linked to the role - including Idris Elba , Tom Hardy, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jacob Elordi, Tom Hollan , and Harris Dickinson - Villeneuve will lead the search next year.

Politics

4 w. ago Anthony Horowitz says he wouldn’t write James Bond script after franchise’s big ‘mistake’

‘You need a thick skin for that business,’ author said

Politics