On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 2:37 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > The NYT article has a little more background info. It restates the > Broccoli’s continued control of Bond development - though I still suspect > their agreement to letting Amazon do that had to be part of such a hefty > price. >
I'm really not at all sure that this will be the case. They've been so careful over the years with the Bond franchise that I just don't see them bending over and letting Amazon do what they want with it. I'm not even sure that they really think of MGM as part-owners (even though they are) - more a way to help finance the movies. So if Amazon wants to do a "Lord of the Rings" or "Game of Thrones" with Bond, then they're going to need to do some serious persuasion with the Broccolis. Overall, I'm fascinated that a studio like that can be worth so much to Amazon. For them to get value out of it, I would suggest they seriously need to clean up their interface so that you can actually find things. While I'm not familiar with some US-only streamers like HBO Max and Peacock, Amazon's interface is a mess and it's hard to navigate. They're especially bad at surfacing stuff that's in their catalogue. And there's so much dross in there that has obviously been acquired super-cheaply, that gets in the way. Adam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGCYqSO3D8YTd%2B3uQJzpG9DLXdZJXfovwVCRzbZC7_OWmA%40mail.gmail.com.
