If you were hoping to see James Bond go a little more Marvel with a TV series spin-off, there's not much chance of that happening, according to Bond producers.
With the franchise due to turn 60 next year, in a chat with Total Film, long-time James Bond producers, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, admitted they have been resisting the shouts for a TV series since the beginning.
Now with MGM being bought out by Amazon, there has been concern among fans that this in some way will negatively impact the franchise, but the producers don't seem concerned.
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"We make films. We make films for the cinema. That's what we do," Broccoli said, firmly denying there will be a YA spin-off detailing 007 as a teen.
Wilson added: "We've resisted that call for 60 years."
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Amazon has assured bosses that it won't be suddenly throwing future films onto their streaming platform and that the upcoming No Time To Die will stay as a big cinema release too.
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In a previous statement issued to The New York Times as part of a piece about MGM's Motion Picture Group chairman Michael De Luca and his deputy Pamela Abdy, Broccoli and Wilson said: "Amazon has assured us that Bond will continue to debut [on the big screen]. Our hope is that they will empower Mike and Pam to continue to run MGM unencumbered."
No Time to Die has been one of the many casualties of COVID-19, having been pushed back several times, and by the time it hits UK cinemas next month, it will be almost two years past its original release date.
No Time to Die is out in UK cinemas on September 30 and in US cinemas on October 8. All the previous Bond movies are available on DVD or Blu-ray.
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment The James Bond Collection 1-24 Blu-ray 2017
Titan Books (UK) No Time To Die: The Making of the Film by Mark Salisbury
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MGM Casino Royale
MGM Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007
MGM Spectre
Orion Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz (with original material by Ian Fleming)
MGM/20th Century Fox Home Entertainment James Bond - The Daniel Craig Collection 4-Pack DVD
Winning Moves James Bond Trivial Pursuit - 007 Edition
Vintage UK Forever and a Day by Anthony Horowitz
MGM/20th Century Fox Home Entertainment James Bond - The Daniel Craig Collection 4K UHD + BD Blu-ray 2019
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