As JAMES BOND Producer Labels Amazon "F***ing Idiots," Josh O'Connor Emerges As Possible Next 007

As JAMES BOND Producer Labels Amazon "F***ing Idiots," Josh O'Connor Emerges As Possible Next 007

Longtime James Bond franchise producer Barbara Broccoli is said to be butting heads with MGM owners Amazon. Meanwhile, there are rumblings that Challengers star Josh O'Connor is the frontrunner for 007...

By JoshWilding - Dec 22, 2024 12:12 AM EST
Filed Under: James Bond
Source: ActioNewz.com

It's been over three years since No Time to Die ended Daniel Craig's tenure as James Bond - with the character's death, no less - and we're seemingly no closer to seeing 007 return. 

The franchise is a guaranteed money-maker but, as some fans have theorised, Amazon's purchase of MGM for a massive $6.5 billion is causing major problems for both them and longtime franchise producer Barbara Broccoli. 

While the Bond franchise falls under the MGM umbrella, Broccoli has a huge amount of creative control and, for the past three decades, her family have decided when a new movie goes into production (she inherited the property from her father Albert "Cubby" Broccoli).

According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal (via ActioNewz.com), "[Broccoli] has told friends she doesn’t trust algorithm-centric Amazon with a character she helped to mythologize through big-screen storytelling and gut instinct. This fall, she characterized the status of a new movie in dire terms - no script, no story and no new Bond."

In conversations with friends, she's allegedly expressed her thoughts on Amazon by bluntly saying, "These people are f***ing idiots."

The issue is that the company needs Broccoli to decide on the direction of the franchise moving forward; however, she doesn't want to make a new movie with the company. At the heart of that is the fact Amazon wants an MCU-style shared world of movies and TV shows, rapidly expanding the property and making it as profitable as possible. 

As Bond's gatekeeper, Broccoli wants to keep the character in theaters and isn't looking to bring the secret agent into the world of streaming.

As the site's report explains, "Broccoli has complained that Amazon isn’t a good home for Bond, since the company’s core business is selling everything from toilet paper to vacuums - a perspective Amazon executives find unfair. But since she makes the creative calls that come first—script, casting, story - Broccoli can hold Bond hostage from Amazon for as long as she sees fit."

This comes after rumblings, first published by The Hollywood Reporter, that Kraven the Hunter star Aaron Taylor-Johnson is no longer in the mix to play the next James Bond. Instead, a likely new contender has emerged in The Crown and Challengers star Josh O'Connor.

At this point, it doesn't sound like anyone will be signing up to star in another movie starring the iconic Sir Ian Fleming creation as there's clearly an impasse that's going to require some major negotiations.

Amazon won't be giving up the rights any time soon, that's for sure, so Broccoli may have to come to terms with the fact MGM has new owners unless she's happy keeping Bond on the shelf for the foreseeable future.

As always, keep checking back here for updates on Bond's big screen future as we have them. 

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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 12/22/2024, 12:12 AM
sounds like eceryone involved are idiots in fact
TK420
TK420 - 12/22/2024, 12:29 AM
@Malatrova15 - After the last couple Bond outings, I don't trust her ass w/it's future, either.
jst5
jst5 - 12/22/2024, 2:55 AM
@TK420 - Given she's made comments about it being time for a female 007....yea I would not trust that idiot either.
Mihkdan29
Mihkdan29 - 12/22/2024, 3:22 AM
@jst5 - she never said that she debunked it
jst5
jst5 - 12/22/2024, 3:32 AM
@Mihkdan29 - After she got major heat for making an "off the record comment)...two outlets said they heard her make the comment but it was "off the record"
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 12/22/2024, 4:06 AM
@Malatrova15 - What a wrong statement to have a typo in.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 12/22/2024, 4:17 AM
@MosquitoFarmer - no no ...its ok , trust me in this one buddy
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 12/22/2024, 12:15 AM
A Bond villain maybe.
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 12/22/2024, 12:21 AM
"Amazon wants an MCU-style shared world of movies and TV shows"

The shared universe concept is killing so much potential in Hollywood.
dracula
dracula - 12/22/2024, 12:25 AM
@TheJok3r - Guess it's possible to make work

They have Jack Reacher and Jack Ryan

We don't need some shared spy universe but I guess its possible

Jack Ryan kind of is the american james bond
fanboy03191
fanboy03191 - 12/22/2024, 1:56 AM
@dracula - He’s not a spy but I always saw Indiana Jones as our Bond. 🤷🏻‍♂️
movieguy18
movieguy18 - 12/22/2024, 12:25 AM
How is there no script, casting or story but Josh O’Connor is a contender out of nowhere? Gimme a break, man.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 12/22/2024, 12:31 AM
@movieguy18 - to be fair , they might have an idea of the type of Bond they want and they feel Josh O Connor could fit that.
TK420
TK420 - 12/22/2024, 12:27 AM
Babs is into it w/Amazon. Henry Cavill has BEEN into it w/Amazon... both over established properties.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 12/22/2024, 12:28 AM
Damn if true lol…

I do feel like Bond has some spinoff potential but not as much as Amazon might think tbh.

Hell the best opportunity for atleast a spin-off they had was after NTTD with Lashana Lynch’s Nomi and Ana De Armas’s Paloma…

I think it could have been fun to have the more no nonsense Nomi and bubbly Paloma possibly team up to take on a threat but oh well , that ship has passed now imo.

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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 12/22/2024, 12:38 AM
Also idk if I’m fully sold on Josh O Connor as the next James Bond…

He’s a good actor imo but I think he would fit a more period take on the character rather than modern day if that makes sense.

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MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 12/22/2024, 1:03 AM
After being traumatized for life by the absolute horrible movie that was No time to die, i don't trust Barbara Broccoli to make a good Bond movie ever again.

She killed the oldest movie franchise to make Bond an idiot who just gave up and died for nothing.

He should have just activated his watch and killed all the nanites in his bloodstream with the EMP, escaped from the island before the missile hit, changed his appearance and continued to be 007 after faking his death, protecting his family from afar.

But no, he had to die for the sake of female empowerment and being a presumably outdated male role model.

Woke crap.
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 12/22/2024, 1:08 AM
@MarvelZombie616 - " he had to die for the sake of female empowerment and being a presumably outdated male role model."

This is the type of storytelling we'll be stuck with for at least the next 4 years.
DS6I6
DS6I6 - 12/22/2024, 1:56 AM
@MarvelZombie616 - Another pathetic braindead rage-baby who doesn't remotely know what "woke" means LOL enjoy the basement screeching at non-existent boogeymen, oh wait...boogeyWoMeN!!!!!
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 12/22/2024, 1:25 AM
Daniel Craig James Bond films ranked…

1.Casino Royale
2.Skyfall
3.No Time to Die
4.Spectre
5.Quantum of Solace

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TheShape9859
TheShape9859 - 12/22/2024, 2:22 AM
Who is that fruit loop?
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/22/2024, 4:53 AM

Shot through the heart, and who’s to blame, they give Bond a bad name.

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