As both a tentpole and an artifact, the new James Bond movie now belongs to the increasingly voracious Jeff Bezos. Most of it, anyway.In acquiring MGM for $8.45 billion, Amazon can claim proprietorship of No Time to Die, which opens October 8, but some insiders argue it’s a mixed blessing.
A $300 million theatrical release, the latest Bond represents a tangle of rights agreements dating back 60 years that reflect the legalistic compromises of the past rather than the slick streamer dealmaking of the present.
Sequel prospects also lack a pre-geriatric star (Daniel Craig, 53, has signed off). Some ticket buyers may also see its plot as a creaky reminder of white-bread misogyny.Nonetheless, the Bond franchise has accounted for many hundreds of
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