Amazon MGM is Taking No Time to Rush James Bond’s Return

Earlier this week, October 8 marked the third anniversary of No Time to Die. Not solely was it the final James Bond movie to star Daniel Craig, it’s additionally the final huge Bond factor to hit interval, except you depend that recreation present. Regardless of rumors popping up over the previous couple of years concerning the next actor, Amazon MGM and the Broccoli household haven’t stated something definitive about who’s up subsequent to be 007, or when to count on his subsequent outing.

The explanation for that, based on the corporate’s world head Jennifer Salke, mainly boils right down to confidence. In a latest interview with The Guardian, she believed the world “will probably be affected person” and gladly take the following James Bond movie every time it comes. They’re not trying to have an enormously lengthy wait between No Time and no matter’s subsequent, however for now? “We’re not involved at this level,” she conclusively acknowledged.

Final 12 months, the Broccolis revealed the franchise’s executives had been making an attempt to determine what path for James Bond to go subsequent. Salke additionally feels there are “a lot of alternative ways” to take the character subsequent, however MGM itself gained’t be placing any concepts of its personal ahead. Its “good and shut relationship” with the Broccolis and the movies’ longtime producer Michael G. Wilson means the studio “isn’t trying to disrupt the best way these fantastic movies are made.”

Three years isn’t that lengthy within the grand scheme, and it’s not even the longest hole for Bond particularly. Nevertheless it is noticeable within the fashionable franchise age: take a look at numerous superhero franchises, the place an honest hole between motion pictures can elicit confusion or concern amongst followers and basic audiences. (Have a look at Physician Unusual, Shang-Chi, and Batman as notable examples.) Not like Marvel or DC characters, James Bond doesn’t actually have something like a TV present or video game to make people ignore that isn’t simply one other spy franchise like Mission Not possible. Letting the studio cook dinner and discover the appropriate actor and workforce is all the time the appropriate transfer, however how lengthy can Bond afford to remain in cinematic retirement?

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