{"id":8404,"date":"2021-12-08T12:58:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T11:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1534123"},"modified":"2021-12-08T13:13:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T12:13:08","slug":"james-bond-boss-addresses-franchise-future-with-amazon-things-change","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/james-bond-boss-addresses-franchise-future-with-amazon-things-change\/","title":{"rendered":"James Bond boss addresses franchise future with Amazon: \u201cThings change\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 08 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The release of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/no-time-to-die-review-daniel-craig-disjointed-exhilerating\/&quot;\">No Time to Die<\/a> was the end of an era for James Bond in more ways than one: not only was it the final outing for Daniel Craig as the iconic 00-agent, but it also marked the last film to have been made prior to <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/amazon-buys-mgm-james-bond-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Amazon\u2019s acquisition of MGM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the takeover in May, Amazon announced plans to \u201creimagine and develop\u201d Bond going forward, and long-time producer Barbara Broccoli has now spoken about future plans for the franchise in an interview with <a href=\"\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/barbara-broccoli-profile-james-bond-1235058174\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Broccoli stressed that while she intended for the series to stick to its theatrical release model, it was hard to imagine what changes might occur further down the line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe make theatrical films and go to great pains to make them as cinematic as possible,\u201d she explained. \u201cWe have always worked with great directors and cinematographers and production designers who do their utmost to create a visual feast for people to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s what we intend to do, but things change, so who knows? Down the road, it may be different.\u201d<\/p> <p>However, one thing that Broccoli was keen to rule out was the possibility of any potential spin-offs focusing on characters other than 007 \u2013 explaining that it would be unthinkable to make a Bond film without Bond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure, there are other main characters like M and Q and all that,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we haven\u2019t really wanted to make a Bond film without Bond. It would be like making Hamlet without Hamlet.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch, check out our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our dedicated\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Movies<\/a>\u00a0hub.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Cremona Published: Wednesday, 08 December 2021 at 12:00 am The release of No Time to Die was the end of an era for James Bond in more ways than one: not only was it the final outing for Daniel Craig as the iconic 00-agent, but it also marked the last film to have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":8405,"template":"","categories":[6],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/james-bond-boss-addresses-franchise-future-with-amazon-things-change.jpg",1920,1280,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/james-bond-boss-addresses-franchise-future-with-amazon-things-change-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/james-bond-boss-addresses-franchise-future-with-amazon-things-change-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/james-bond-boss-addresses-franchise-future-with-amazon-things-change-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/james-bond-boss-addresses-franchise-future-with-amazon-things-change-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/james-bond-boss-addresses-franchise-future-with-amazon-things-change-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/james-bond-boss-addresses-franchise-future-with-amazon-things-change.jpg",1920,1280,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Patrick Cremona Published: Wednesday, 08 December 2021 at 12:00 am The release of No Time to Die was the end of an era for James Bond in more ways than one: not only was it the final outing for Daniel Craig as the iconic 00-agent, but it also marked the last film to have&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/8404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}