Amazon's First James Bond Project After Buying MGM Announced
The James Bond-themed game show, 007's Road to a Million, has officially been greenlit by Amazon for its streaming service. The series is inspired by the long-running film series based on the original Ian Fleming novels where the titular character treks across the world to fight global terrorists in over-the-top set pieces with magnetic charisma. The series first began in 1962 with Dr. No starring Sean Connery as the lead. The franchise has since led to 24 additional sequels culminating with Daniel Craig's send-off, No Time to Die. The film series has been immensely successful for MGM, grossing over $7 billion, currently sitting as the fifth highest-grossing film franchise of all time.
Earlier this month, Amazon closed on an $8.5 billion deal to buy MGM studios and its properties. The deal gives the e-commerce giant access to a tremendous catalog of films and TV shows dating back to the studios founding in 1924. This includes classic MGM films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Gone With the Wind, and An American in Paris, but also ongoing film series such as the Rocky spin-off Creed and James Bond. Although no plans have been announced about the secret agent's next phase in the series, Amazon has assured fans that no changes will be made to the franchise.
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Variety reports that the James Bond-themed game show 007's Road to a Million is now officially in development for Amazon's streaming service. Per Variety, the series has been in the works for four years, so it pre-dates the Amazon-MGM deal, and isn't related to any shows to come out of the acquisition. The upcoming show is described as a secret agent take on the race-around-the-word style of competition, similar to
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