Academy Awards Set to Honor Outgoing James Bond Producers After Amazon Takeover

The 97th Academy Awards are able to shake, not stir, issues up because the occasion hails the inventive masterminds behind the James Bond movie collection. The fast-approaching Oscars are set to honor outgoing Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson by means of a musical presentation.

Through Selection, the upcoming Oscars will characteristic a tune tribute hailing the long-lasting Bond themes over the franchise’s shelf-life as a homage to Broccoli and Wilson. Particulars in regards to the tribute stay scarce, with it being unknown whether or not it is going to acknowledge all James Bond theme songs or simply those which have gained or been nominated for Oscars. Sources near the manufacturing declare the tribute will embrace an “meeting of unusual and immense skills.”

James Bond themes are among the many hottest and profitable themes in movie historical past. Six songs from the franchise have been nominated for Academy Awards, together with Paul McCartney’s “Stay and Let Die” from the titular 1973 movie, Carly Simon’s “No person Does It Higher” (The Spy Who Liked Me) and Invoice Conti and Micki Leeson’s eponymous tune from For Your Eyes Solely. The final three James Bond films produced Oscar-winning themes, together with Adele’s “Skyfall” (Skyfall), Sam Smith’s “Writing on the Wall” (Spectre) and Billie Eilish’s titular monitor for No Time to Die.

Broccoli and Wilson have acquired honorary Oscars at previous Governors Awards and have seen James Bond films obtain 9 Academy Award nominations throughout their run because the franchise’s primary producers between 1995 and this yr. The duo ceded inventive management of the Bond movies to Amazon in a blockbuster announcement earlier this month, although they may stay co-owners of the property.

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Earlier than the takeover, Broccoli and Wilson had been mulling over the profile of the subsequent 007, with Wilson extra open to the opportunity of a girl, a person of shade or a homosexual man turning into the subsequent Bond, whereas Broccoli most popular a British man within the function. The duo had been additionally not sure in regards to the archetype of the subsequent Bond villain, with experiences after the takeover claiming the 2 did not all the time see eye-to-eye over inventive selections.

Who Will Be the Subsequent James Bond?

With Amazon main the way in which, hypothesis has ramped up concerning the subsequent James Bond sequel, with CEO Jeff Bezos fueling a few of it. The movie has been in search of a Bond alternative since Craig’s closing flip because the costly suit-wearing agent in No Time to Die, with a number of names advised, together with Henry Cavill, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Kingsley Ben-Adir. In the meantime, experiences recommend Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan may get his probability to guide a James Bond film following the takeover, with inventive variations between Nolan and Broccoli stopping it from taking place years earlier.

The 97th Academy Awards ceremony takes place on Mar. 2 at 7 p.m., with the occasion exhibiting reside on ABC and streaming by way of Hulu.

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James Bond

Created by

Ian Fleming

Newest Movie

No Time to Die

Forged

Daniel Craig, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery, Timothy Dalton, Roger Moore, David Niven, George Lazenby

Character(s)

James Bond