The producers of the James Bond franchise, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have quickly moved to rule out a straight-to-streaming shift for future movies – reassuring fans that “we are committed to continuing to make James Bond films for the worldwide theatrical audience”.
“We make films. We make films for the cinema. That’s what we do,” said Broccoli when asked by Total Film about the possibility of bringing Bond to the small screen, with Wilson going on to add that: “We’ve resisted that call for 60 years.”
This came after many expressed concern as to what the deal could mean for the future of 007 Amazon had agreed an $8.45 billion deal to acquire MGM back in May, giving the corporate giant control of the studio’s film library, the jewel in the crown of which is the James Bond rights.
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Questions like; would future movies go directly to Amazon’s streaming service? Could we expect to see the franchise expand with spinoffs, a la Star Wars and Marvel on Disney+? Were asked at the time.
But the producers of the James Boon 007 fracnhise have seemingly closed the door on any possible small screen projects after the release of the statement.
