But he does anticipate that it will reflect the current tastes of the audience.
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James Bond’s future remains uncertain and it doesn’t seem like it’s something that’s going to change in the near future. After the giant Amazon bought Metro Goldwyn Mayer in its entirety in 2021, which includes the juicy license of the espionage saga, we have known little or nothing about the return of the British agent to the big screen.
As pick up The Guardian between its digital pages after a brief interview with producer Barbara Broccolithere is still “a long way to go”, and apparently there is still the future of the saga has not been decidedmuch less who will take over from the iconic character created by Ian Fleming, with a totally ruled out Idris Elba when the actor confirmed that he made the decision not to put on the tuxedo at the moment when his possible choice and the comments that accompanied it “became a racial issue.”
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Although the information arrives in dribs and drabs about what’s new about Bond (probably because there isn’t much to tell yet) what has become clear is that 007 has assured his return to the cinema. “Our focus is on making feature films. When we embark on a Bond film, it needs our full attention for three or four years,” Barbara said. “We make the Bond films for the big screen and everything around the Bond films is for the public to see them all over the world in that format, so we have not wanted to make television,” the producer continued in reference to the next television show that will air on Prime Video later this year and will be hosted by Brian Cox, 007: Road to a million.
But the modern James Bond will not be like that of Craig, nor even like that of Pierce Brosnan or Timothy Dalton, and of course not like that of Roger Moore or Sean Connery, but rather will adapt to current tastes and trendssince “these films reflect the era in which they are found, and there is a long and wide path to go to reinvent it in the next chapter, and we have not even begun to do so,” comments the producer.
For now we will have to be content with the reality show that Amazon is preparing or with the game for Apple Arcade Cypher 007now available, at least until we know more about Bond’s return to the big screen or until IO Interactive gives more details about the return of the spy to the world of video games on console and PC.
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