EoN sells up - Amazon MGM to produce 007 going forwards (Steven Knight to Write)

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• MSL49 Finland

  12:33pm Posts: 742

  Escalus5 wrote: »

  peter wrote: »

  There are no action scripts in the last 60 years which were written by just one writer.

  
  Shane Black is an exception; he writes scripts either alone (LETHAL WEAPON, THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, KISS KISS BANG BANG) or in partnership (IRON MAN 3, THE NICE GUYS, THE PREDATOR). And he's considered one of the best genre writers in the business and is a script doctor himself, so his scripts don't usually have other hands involved beyond who's credited.

  
  Predator 2018 was too much of a mess simpler would have been better.
• Troy

  6:56pm Posts: 395

  Earlier this week, the Mail had a story about Tom Holland being ruled out. This may or may not be true, but there was a throw-away sentence near the end of the article which said: ‘The franchise's 26th film will go into production next April at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire.’
  
  I’ve not seen this timeline before. Has anyone else?
  
  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15206479/Tom-Holland-007-revealed-new-James-Bond-storyline.html
• echo 007 in New York

  7:45pm Posts: 7,019

  Here's a report saying Eon got $20 million, not $1 billion:
  
  https://deadline.com/2025/10/amazon-mgm-studios-eon-productions-20m-james-bond-1236594201/
• K2WI Europe

  8:13pm Posts: 69

  echo wrote: »

  Here's a report saying Eon got $20 million, not $1 billion:
  
  https://deadline.com/2025/10/amazon-mgm-studios-eon-productions-20m-james-bond-1236594201/

  Sources say that Amazon’s deal with EON is structured as a joint venture, and over time the Broccoli company is going to get paid. Amazon has the majority stake. The $20M is believed to be an initial payment, with EON getting recompensed in different ways over time. This payment was part of the deal, not the entirety of the deal.
• Troy

  9:37pm Posts: 395

  $20m is very very nice, but knowing you may get another $980m is Amazon get it right - or a lot less if they screw up must be stressful as you no longer have any control.
• mtm United Kingdom

  10:17pm edited 10:25pm Posts: 19,439

  Arf! I love the amazing bit of journalism here:
  

  Sources say that Amazon’s deal with EON is structured as a joint venture

  
  Here's the news article on 007.com breaking the news back in February:
  
  Amazon MGM Studios Announces New Joint Venture with Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli
  
  What a scoop :))
  
  Also:

  Another interesting detail in the EON note is that the transaction was completed on February 20, meaning Amazon MGM Studios’ spy signing went under the radar for more than a month before being announced.

  
  What absolute nonsense. Look at the date on the first post in this thread. Or are they trying to say that the deal was a secret before it was completed, which is kind of obvious isn't it? I thought Deadline were better than this?