James Bond 25 to go direct to streaming – for the right price

James Bond Studio Allegedly Wanted $600M To Skip Theatrical Release

With theatrical movie releases being pushed back during the pandemic, the upcoming James Bond film “No Time To Die” was considering skipping the traditional release and heading straight to a streaming platform.

Like so many other films.

That was until the streamers heard the eye-watering price that MGM studios wanted to skip a theatrical release.

Oh, and what price was that?

According to Variety, “The studio was said to be looking for a deal of roughly $600 million.”

Did the film studio change their name to S.P.E.C.T.R.E. ?

They added it was “a price tag that was deemed too rich for two of the free-spending streaming services.”

Netflix, Apple and a few others were being considered.

For those few that don’t know:

Spectre, or rather SPECTRE, stands for the Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion, a global terrorist organization that plays a major role in the Bond stories.

At $600Million, I consider that extortion!