Like a seasoned croupier brushing the felt off everyone’s chips, Amazon MGM Studios boss Jennifer Salke revealed this week in an interview with the Guardian that there is absolutely nothing to worry about with regard to the complete and utter absence of any significant sign of a new James Bond movie, any time soon. “The global audience will be patient,” she said. “We don’t want too much time between films, but we are not concerned at this point.”
In an era of constant content, of three Marvel movies and at least a couple of related Disney+ shows a year, it has to be said this is quite a refreshing perspective, until you remember that Amazon MGM is really the backseat-driving M to Eon Productions’ go-getting 007. It is the latter’s Barbara Broccoli, daughter of Bond legend Albert, who truly controls the creative direction of these films, and given Salke reportedly got told off for having the temerity to suggest that Her Majesty’s favourite spy might one day be seen on the small screen, it is quite clear who’s in charge.
