James Bond Writer Fears for Future Under Amazon
Spectre, said he feared that the takeover of MGM Studios by Amazon could lead to the spy franchise’s demise.
The recently announced $8.45 billion deal included a guarantee that Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson and their Eon Productions corporation would retain artistic control over the $7 billion, 24-movie series. The release of the 25th Eon film,
No Time to Die, planned for September release, is regarded as the event that could help the movie industry recover from the pandemic.
But Logan wrote in a
New York Times opinion piece that he experienced a “chill” when he heard news of the acquisition, fearing that Amazon’s business model would impose itself on 007 sooner or later. “Bond isn’t just another franchise, not a Marvel or a DC," he said. "It is a family business that has been carefully nurtured and shepherded through the changing times by the Broccoli/Wilson family. When you work on Bond movies, you’re not just an employee. You’re part of that family.”