However, as rumors have cropped up, the producers stepped in to confirm that the series won’t be getting a spin-off show for streaming. Now, rivals scramble to secure exclusive content that makes their service more appealing.
Being the exclusive home of the biggest and most recognized franchises in popular culture is the best way to ensure viewers with a limited budget will pick your service over others, alongside the production of exclusive original content. Acquiring MGM brings massive IP under the new owners’ control, like movie classics and heavy hitters such as Gone with the Wind, Rocky, RoboCop or The Hobbit, and more recent television successes like The Handmaid’s Tale. Nonetheless, the producers are adamant and confident that their positions won’t be challenged, and that the James Bond franchise will continue as movies based on Ian Fleming’s novels, and movies alone. Well, sort of - additional media is not unheard of, with some legendary video games being part of 007’s adventures and I.O. Interactive working on a new one right now. Daniel Craig will be donning the suit of the legendary spy for the last time in No Time To Die, and while he’s said it’s his swan song before, this time he seems to mean it. As for what the future of the franchise holds, the producers didn’t want to discuss plans until after the latest movie has had its moment in the spotlight. No Time to Die hits theaters on October 8, after being delayed more than a year.
