5 h. ago Head of 'brutal' Mexican cartel known as James Bond finally captured and behind bars

Violent Jesus Ricardo Patron Sanchez, 39, took over a major Sinola cartel operation that moves heroin, cocaine, meth and other drugs across the Mexico-US border

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15 h. ago James Bond producers turned down Christopher Nolan over director’s demand

The Oscar-winning director wanted to make a 007 film as his follow-up to ‘Tenet’

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21 h. ago ‘Kind of sad’: Timothy Dalton reacts to Amazon’s James Bond deal

Ex-007 praises Broccolis for series while expressing concern for its future after bombshell announcementThe ex-007 star Timothy Dalton has weighed in on last week’s announcement on the future of the James Bond franchise.On 20 February, Amazon announced it had struck a deal to have “creative control” over the movies after negotiating with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, the heirs to the series. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Amazon will try and ‘dominate entire year’ with Bond franchises, says author

Amazon MGM Studios announced last week that they were taking creative control of the 007 character.

Culture

25 h. ago Former James Bond Timothy Dalton says 007 Amazon deal is 'sad' and reveals why he thinks any new actor cast to play the super

Dalton, who took the leading role in The Living Daylights and Licence To Kill, has become the latest to raise concerns over the new takeover deal just announced.

Economics

43 h. ago Iconic Bond villain actor begs Amazon not to take movie franchise woke

A former James Bond villain has voiced concerns about the franchise's future following Amazon's acquisition of creative control.

Culture

48 h. ago The 'fascinating' life of Scottish author of famed Alfred Hitchcock classic who inspired James Bond

John Buchan was born in Perth in 1875

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59 h. ago James Bond legend seen on rare outing amid news Amazon is taking control of 007 franchise

Amazon Prime Video spent over $1B to take control of the James Bond franchise after the streamer already spent $8.5B to acquire MGM Studios

Politics

66 h. ago Legendary casting agent who found the last three Bonds quits after the creative control of the movies is sold to Amazon

Debbie McWilliams has worked on James Bond for 13 films over a period of more than 40 years. However, she said it 'won't be the same' now that creative rights have been sold to Amazon.

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4 d. ago The brutally frank comment from an Amazon insider that sums up the fate of James Bond... and who 'villain' Bezos could choose as the next 007, revealed by CAROLINE GRAHAM

The announcement that creative control of 007 would be ceded to Amazon came following reports that the Broccoli-controlled film franchise had been in 'crisis' since Daniel Craig's No Time To Die.

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4 d. ago The iconic Bond girls then and now: As 007 fans are left furious as Amazon gain 'creative control' of the franchise we take a look back at the film's glamorous female stars

No James Bond film is complete without a Bond Girl and over the decades there have been an abundance of actresses who have taken on the roles. 

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5 d. ago Amazon's takeover of the James Bond franchise branded 'absolutely terrible news' amid fears 007 story will be 'diluted or exploited' and turned into a TV series

Amazon's takeover of the James Bond franchise has been branded 'absolutely terrible news' amid fears it will 'diluted or exploited and possibly be turned into a TV series.

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5 d. ago Hollywood icon Florence Pugh set to 'star in James Bond spin

A Hollywood actress is reportedly set to sat in a spin-off series of the James Bond franchise following its Amazon takeover

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5 d. ago Live like James Bond: The 007 filming locations you can visit

The secret agent has left bullet holes and martini glasses across the world, from Jamaica to the Scottish Highlands, Istanbul to Shanghai

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5 d. ago James Bond star complains 007 'won't be British anymore' after bombshell takeover

Following the shock news that the James Bond franchise is now under the control of Amazon, a former Bond girl has shared her concerns about how 'British' it will be going forward

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5 d. ago Amazon's James Bond takeover sparks fan anxiety and fury: exciting new era or a fumble for 007?

Reactions range from despair to cautious optimism as the streaming giant takes creative reins from long-time stewards Broccoli and Wilson

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5 d. ago Amazon paid more than $1bn to take creative control of James Bond

007 stars offer mixed reactions to deal with the British-American heirs to the film producer Albert ‘Cubby’ BroccoliBusiness live – latest updatesAmazon has paid more than $1bn for “creative control” of the James Bond franchise, the Guardian understands, in a deal that has met with a mixed response from stars of the films.Amazon MGM Studios said on Thursday that it had struck a deal with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, the British-American heirs to the film producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli and longtime stewards of the Bond films. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago All the actors who are tipped to be the next James Bond from Aaron Taylor

When Daniel Craig announced No Time To Die would be his final outing as 007 in 2019 speculation has been rife about who will next take on the coveted role.

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5 d. ago The name’s Bezos, Jeff Bezos: what can we expect from Amazon’s James Bond?

With one of the film industry’s most lucrative franchises signed over to Amazon MGM, 007 could be facing down the barrel of spin-offs, quasi-crowdsourcing and a cinematic universe to rival MarvelThe ink could hardly have dried on the contract between Amazon MGM and Eon Productions, the legendary Bond film company run by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, before Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos put up a social media post that went to the heart of the conundrum faced by one of the film industry’s most lucrative franchises: “Who’d you pick as the next Bond?”The reality underlying Broccoli and Wilson’s decision to cede control to Amazon, the company that has since 2021 been responsible for co-producing Bond films after its purchase of MGM, is that since it became apparent that Daniel Craig wanted to leave the role, the franchise has been struck by a kind of creative paralysis. We are used to increasingly long gaps between their release, but with no new lead actor in sight, Bond 26 has still no...

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5 d. ago James Bond fans fume franchise will be 'destroyed' as bosses make bold decision

Film fans are not happy with the latest decision regarding the future of the James Bond franchise and many of them have taken to social media to share their frustrations

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