This isn’t meant to be a slam: these days Cleese will go anywhere for a paycheck.
On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 12:01 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > "007's Road to a Million," to be filmed in many of the same locations as > classic Bond films, will stream worldwide on Prime Video later this > year--the former Logan Roy will play "The Controller," a Bond-villain type > who will direct and misdirect teams of two as they take on missions to win > $1.2M US: > > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/succession-brian-cox-james-bond-game-show-007s-road-to-a-million-amazon-1235400098/ > > It had been assumed that despite the obvious pressure of the new owners of > MGM, who want that sweet IP on Prime Video and Freevee, Bond franchise > controllers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson would turn down any > television offers as they have ever since the animated "James Bond Jr." > series bombed 25 years ago (it aired in syndication and on Cartoon Network > in the US). Obviously, Amazon made an offer that they (and Cox) couldn't > refuse. I will be curious if any of the current Bond supporting cast, > including John Cleese and Dame Judi Dench, will appear in the series. > > -- > 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/00ccf083-7fd0-461f-a781-35612fccb515n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/00ccf083-7fd0-461f-a781-35612fccb515n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAJE-FiEL6QAzsKURroQW04U-ADUJp7ddBFJgiaxdWdhaTQXkfQ%40mail.gmail.com.
