For decades, the James Bond film franchise was tied to a weak studio (MGM). That resulted in delays in 007 movies, including from 1989-2005 and 2008-2012.
In 2021, MGM was acquired by tech giant Amazon for $8.45 billion. MGM's financial problems seemed solved.
Beware what you wish for.
MGM and Bond are, relatively speaking, a small part of Amazon in the 2020s.
This month, Amazon agreed to pay $20 billion over 11 years to televise NBA and WNBA basketball games, according to The Washington Post. That's on top of hefty payments Amazon is making to televise Thursday night National Football League games.
In 1965's Thunderball, Sean Connery's Bond tells Felix Leiter one of Emilo Largo's henchmen was a "small fish."
Today, MGM and James Bond comprise a small fish for Amazon.
To be clear, Amazon's MGM would like a James Bond movie sooner than later. Still, from Amazon's perspective, it has bigger fish to fry than 007.
For more than six decades, Bond movie fans have thought of the franchise as a global behemoth. Now, it's part of an even larger global business behemoth.
There is no sign of when the next Bond movie will come out. That's a concern for Bond fans.
For Amazon? It has bigger concerns.
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