Sony May Lose Lucrative James Bond Film Franchise

Financial Times: James Bond returns to the big screen in November in “Spectre,” starring Daniel Craig. What happens once the film is released, though, could leave Sony Pictures, shaken, if not a little stirred. “Spectre” is the last movie in a deal between Sony and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and EON Productions, the companies that control the rights to the Bond franchise. Hollywood is buzzing with talk that MGM and EON are preparing to take the series to a new studio. “It’s one of the premier franchises. There isn’t a studio around that wouldn’t jump at the chance to have it under their umbrella.”