Hacker News with Generative AI: James Bond

License to Shill: Inside Amazon's 007 Takeover, Impact on Future of James Bond (hollywoodreporter.com)
It’s the Bond movies’ most shocking plot twist in decades. But will the tech giant’s surprise buyout of the franchise prove deadly? Or could it breathe new life into cinema’s most famous spy?

Amazon, James Bond, Film Industry, Acquisitions, Franchises

6 points by herbertl 50 days ago | 0 comments

Amazon MGM Studios will gain creative control of the James Bond franchise (aboutamazon.com)
Amazon MGM Studios, Michael G. Wilson, and Barbara Broccoli today announced that they have formed a new joint venture to house the James Bond intellectual property rights, and those parties will remain co-owners of the franchise.

Amazon, James Bond, Film, Entertainment, Acquisitions

56 points by croes 65 days ago | 115 comments

Where is James Bond? Trapped in an ugly stalemate with Amazon (wsj.com)
James Bond has dodged more than 4,000 bullets. He has jumped from an airplane, skied off a cliff and escaped castration by laser beam.

James Bond, Entertainment, Amazon, Movies

103 points by gnabgib 120 days ago | 216 comments