Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterIn a perfect symbol of our times, James Bond and Whole Foods will soon have the same owner.Tech giant Amazon on Wednesday officially announced plans to merge with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the 97-year-old studio that’s home to the 007 franchise, Rocky Balboa and “Thelma and Louise.” The eye-popping $8.45 billion sale is the second-biggest acquisition in Amazon’s history following its $13.4 billion purchase of Whole Foods in 2017.Does the pending marriage mean future Bond installments will see the suave spy refuel at the Whole Foods hot bar in between deadly missions? (Probably not, but more on that later).Still, the mega-merger — intended to help Prime Video compete in the streaming wars — leaves plenty of.
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