Wouldn’t you love a limited series about when M was young? Maybe something crazy happened to her!!
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Last week, Barbara Broccoli — like brick-and-mortar bookstores and shopping malls before her — lost her battle against Amazon. The giant megacorporation assumed control over the James Bond franchise following years of tenuous conversation about the series’ continuation after 2021’s No Time to Die. Broccoli’s protection over the franchise prevented dozens of spinoffs, video games, television shows, and other misguided ideas from coming to life. She cedes control of the 007 to a company whose executives she allegedly called “fucking idiots,” James Bond is now…
