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View to a killing: can Jeff Bezos be trusted with James Bond?

View to a killing: can Jeff Bezos be trusted with James Bond?

A scheming billionaire has once again put the British agent in peril. Fans are hoping Amazon won’t milk the living daylights from the 007 franchise.

Something Jane Seymour once said over lunch came back to me last week, as the world learned that Amazon had seized creative control of the James Bond franchise.

Seymour, of course, played the tarot-reading temptress Solitaire in 1973’s Live And Let Die, a box office success even by the generally successful standards of the 25 James Bond films.

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Michael Bailey
Michael BaileyArts & Culture editorMichael Bailey writes on arts and culture, and edits Weekend Fin. He is a former editor of the Financial Review Rich List. He is based in Sydney. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at m.bailey@nine.com.au

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