Expect more films, for one: a film once every three years, most likely with some kind of TV spinoff to plug the gap and remind us (as if we needed reminding) that Bond still exists, and still wants your cash.
Bond nepo-babies and siblings Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have been in charge of the character for years, ever since they took over control of it from their father – who himself launched the entire thing, back with the first Roger Moore film in 1962.
They’re still numbers regular cable channels would give their right eye for, but the drop-off rate is worrying news for a show that still has three seasons to go: it’s a classic case of giving viewers too much of something they didn’t ask for.
No new films for us, no; just the news that the Broccoli family and Amazon have finally agreed to resolve the drawn-out spat they’ve been having over the franchise’s future for years – by ceding complete creative control of it to Amazon.
And as entertaining as a “Q goes to Paris” TV series would be, or a James Bond: The School Years, keeping us begging for more was the right move.
