AMAZON bosses approached by the homeowners of the James Bond franchise about making a feminine 007 spin-off present, in line with trade insiders.

Additionally they mentioned the opportunity of one other spin-off involving CIA operative Felix Leiter in addition to a prequel in regards to the MI6 secretary Miss Moneypenny, as reported final month by The Solar.

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The revelation comes after Amazon struck a take care of the Bond bosses to take over management of the franchise.

It left many 007 purists questioning if boss Jeff Bezos would need a string of reveals in regards to the spy on his TV streaming service, Amazon Prime.

Such a transfer, many mentioned, would dilute the model and diminish its international standing as a British icon.

Now trade journal, the Hollywood Reporter, has revealed: “Sources near the franchise say the streamer approached the Broccolis with pitches for a TV sequence primarily based on Moneypenny, the MI6 secretary who’s been batting eyes at Bond since Sean Connery’s days, in addition to a present about Bond CIA buddy Felix Leiter, and perhaps even one thing involving a feminine 007.”

The journal revealed that the then Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson weren’t .

However now virtually full management of the Bond franchise has been handed to Amazon, and The Solar revealed that their first spin off is more likely to be The Moneypenny Diaries that includes Florence Pugh as Miss Moneypenny.

Followers of the franchise had been shocked final month when it was revealed Amazon MGM Studios has taken over inventive control of the spy franchise.

Amazon purchased Bond’s father or mother studio MGM in 2022.

However Ms Broccoli had beforehand branded the agency “f***ing idiots” and refused to green-light the subsequent movie with the involvement of Amazon MGM Studios, at the moment primarily based in California.

The flicks are famed for his or her array of Bond ladies together with Halle Berry, Ana de Armas, Ursula Andress and Barbara Bach and tremendous villains comparable to Blofeld.

And whereas Ms Broccoli and Mr Wilson will nonetheless have co-ownership over the model, it is going to be all the way down to Amazon to direct the course of the blockbuster franchise.

However followers worry the transfer could possibly be the franchise’s downfall, pointing to Star Wars’ perceived demise after Disney purchased it from Lucasfilm.

This week British display legend Ray Winstone threw his title into the ring to be the subsequent James Bond – and had some selection phrases in regards to the undercover agent altering.

Showing on talkSPORT, the 68-year-old hardman mentioned: “The world’s gone loopy.”

He added: “I would truly wish to play Bond, you already know? Get him all the way down to earth, get him a bit gritty.”

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