The American retailer Amazon has become the head of the copyright of the James Bond franchise, the amount of the transaction is estimated at $ 1 billion, reports The Guardian. Amazon shares the rights of a franchise with Barbara Broachlori and Michael G. Wilson, Perennial managers of the franchise.
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“It is a great honor for us to continue with this beautiful inheritance, we expect the opportunity to present to the audience of the world the development of the history of the legendary [агента] 007, ”said the transaction of the Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios Mike Hopkins unit.
Amazon did not reveal the financial terms of the transaction, but the US publication deadline reported that the “creative control” on the bond franchise was bought by Amazon for around $ 1 billion.
Now Amazon can create new films and television spin-off without the approval of Wilson and Broccoli, which for a long time controls the filmmakers about the integrity of the character created by Jan Fleming in 1953, writes The Guardian.
Meanwhile, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos launched among his subscribers in survey X, which of the actors would choose for the role of the new James Bond. Based on the results of the survey, the absolute favorite for the role of Bond was the American actor Henry Cavill.
In 2022, Amazon closed the agreement to acquire the oldest film study of Hollywood Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The amount of the transaction amounted to $ 8.5 billion.
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