Exclusive – Former Bond -Schurk Robert David Was worried about the future of the 007 franchise, even before the Bombshell news that it would leave the hands of a family dynasty.
For decades, the James Bond -Franchise Is under the creative control of the Broccoli family, first under Albert Romolo Broccoli, nicknamed “Cubby” and co-producer Harry Saltzman. It then fell under the care of his daughter, Barbara Broccoli, and his stepson, Michael G. Wilson.
But on Thursday the entertainment world was startled by the news that they would give the reins to Amazon MGM Studios. Now Amazon MGM Studios, Wilson and Broccoli have formed a new joint venture to accommodate James Bond’s intellectual property rights. The three parties remain co-owners of the iconic franchise, but Amazon MGM will have creative control, Variation reported.
Because Daniel Craig officially hung his hat as a bond with his last film, “no time to that”, there has been constant chat about which direction the franchise will go afterwards. Rumors have found that there could even be a female bond or a homosexual bond for the next episode.
Robert Davi poses for a portrait in his house in June 1993 in Los Angeles, California. ((Photo by Bill Nation/Sygma via Getty images))
Davi, who played the Bond -Schurk Franz Sanchez In “License To Kill”, a close relationship with “Cubby” and his wife Dana remembered, and weighed where the franchise is on his way in comments before the announcement of the Amazon, and admitted that he was worried that bond “awake can be “.
“I hope it doesn’t,” Davi, a pronounced conservative, told Fox News Digital. “You know, I was very close to ‘Cubby’ Broccoli and his wife, Dana, and the inheritance … And they were, as far as I’m concerned, they were conservatives of Ronald Reagan and great people. And you know, I think that If we collapse for every craze – especially one that is not based on total science – it is a bit frightening. “
Davi said that a simple solution would be to create a completely new character, instead of completely changing and loving the protagonists and loving it as the male and female pursuit 007.
Craig played for the first time as a bond in “Casino Royale.” (Greg Williams)
“And I think they should keep certain things, create a different character, I would say,” he continued. “Create another character. Let someone – not Ian Fleming – let someone else write a character based on the current day and divorce that from Bond. But try, you know, to find out again. It’s nice to go to things Sometimes look through different eyes.
Davi is not the only person in the Bond family who is resistant to such potential changes. In an interview with The Times, the British actress Gemma Arterton shunned the idea of ​​a female 007.
Arterton played British agent Strawberry Fields in the bond film ‘Quantum of Solace’ from 2008. She said that Hollywood should respect the inheritance of the character.
“Sometimes you just have to respect tradition,” she said.
“Is there no female James Bond like Mary Poppins played by a man?” She wondered. “They talk about it, but I think people would find it too outrageous.”
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“Bond” producer Barbara Broccoli has given the creative reins to Amazon MGM Studios. (Getty Images)
NY Post Writer Johnny Oleksinski responded to Amazon MGM Studios News in A blunt op-edDeclare that it would be the “death” of the Bond brand.
“Many of them are exceptional and some were messy (cough, ‘quantum of comfort’, cough), but they were all made with the care and consideration of children with a father’s inheritance in mind. That is over,” he wrote.
Amazon, he suggested, will pump as much content as possible at the expense of quality now that it has left the family business.
Fox News Digital has contacted Amazon MGM Studios for comment.
Another former Bond actress, Valerie Leon, who appeared in the Bond films “The Spy Who Loved Me” and “Never Say Never Again”, with Roger Moore and Sean Connery respectively, was also angry about the news.
“I think it’s madness, absolute madness,” Leon told “Good Morning Britain” During an interview on Friday and added: “I think it’s really very sad that Amazon does this.”
“I’m just – the bond franchise was very British, and it won’t be anymore,” she noticed later.
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Given the news, the gap between “no time to die” and the next film could break the six -year record for the longest period between bond releases, the BBC noticed.
Fox News’ Scott Whitlock, Alexander Hall and Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi have contributed to this report.
