New Bond movie stuck due to rift between Broccoli family and Amazon. ‘These people are f— idiots’

The James Bond franchise is in jeopardy as tensions between Barbara Broccoli, the creative steward of 007, and Amazon, the e-commerce giant that owns the rights to the films, have brought production to a halt, The Wall Street Journal reported. Amazon’s $6.5 billion bet The James Bond franchise faces an uncertain future as a reported feud between the Broccoli family, which holds creative control over the films, and Amazon, the e-commerce giant that acquired rights to the series through its $6.5 billion purchase of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, has brought production to a standstill, The Wall Street Journal reported. Key franchise asset at stake Nearly three years after Amazon acquired MGM Studios for $6.5 billion, the relationship between the company and the Broccoli family, which controls the Bond films, has “all but collapsed,” according to the American news publication. The news outlet noted that Broccoli characterized the status of the next Bond installment in grim terms this fall: “No script, no story and no new Bond.” Clash at the core The standoff, described by the news report as a cultural clash, pits Broccoli’s traditional Hollywood approach against Amazon’s ethos of prioritizing data and algorithms.