Amazon’s takeover of James Bond will be the death of an iconic brand

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Deadline reports that there are no plans currently in place for the 26th film.The wait could be long, and will likely exceed the franchise’s biggest gap — the six years between 1989’s “License to Kill” with Timothy Dalton and 1995’s “GoldenEye” starring Pierce Brosnan.I shudder at what the comeback will look like.In 2018, I went to a party at Broccoli’s Upper East Side townhouse celebrating the Broadway musical “The Band’s Visit,” which she was a producer of.

She excitedly regaled the crowd with stories about growing up on set with Sean Connery and Roger Moore. Incredible stuff.That was the first time I realized the extent to which James Bond has been a family business, and how much that rich history mattered to its future.The end of “No Time to Die” was a first for the series in that it appeared to shut the door on 007.

But at the end of the credits, that classic line still popped up: “James Bond will return.”Now, I don’t think I want him to..