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Disney CEO Bob Iger Teases That The James Bond Franchise Is Something He Wouldn’t Mind Buying

BringBackSonics

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Not sure how Bond would fit in regards to being used at the parks tho.


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Disney CEO Bob Iger Teases That The James Bond Franchise Is Something He Wouldn't Mind Buying

Despite always being a powerhouse studio, Disney has risen to incredible heights in recent years thanks to acquisitions such as Lucasfilm, Marvel, Fox, and Pixar. And while the studio has more money than it probably knows what to do with, it would appear that CEO Bob Iger isn’t on the hunt for...
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Despite always being a powerhouse studio, Disney has risen to incredible heights in recent years thanks to acquisitions such as Lucasfilm, Marvel, Fox, and Pixar. And while the studio has more money than it probably knows what to do with, it would appear that CEO Bob Iger isn't on the hunt for another purchase. But if he was, he does have one franchise in mind.

Speaking to Time, after being named Businessperson of the Year, Bob Iger was asked if Disney had any plans on another big purchase in the near future. 2019 is probably going to go down as the year that the Mouse House finalized its deal to buy Fox, which led to the successful launch of Disney+ and the studio's streaming future. But if Iger had his way, the next purchase wouldn't be a rival studio. Instead, it's a franchise that he likes quite a bit — James Bond.

"We're not looking to buy anything right now," he said. "But I've always been a huge James Bond fan."
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Trisc

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Can we get a president in office who's not keen on allowing American corporations to devour every single brand and become omnicorps? That'd be great, thank you.
 
Bregor

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jelly

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The broccolis are woeful with Bond but Disney owning another, not a good thing. I could see them selling out to someone though.
 
Blader

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That strikes me as more of a joke and I don't quite know what Disney would even do with Bond anyway, because it doesn't quite hold the same cross-audience appeal as Marvel, Star Wars, etc. That said, while I wouldn't really want Disney to be the one to buy it, I'd be fine with almost anybody buying the franchise off from Broccoli and Wilson.
 
petethepanda

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My instinct is to say "nightmare future" or something but we're already knee-deep in the nightmare, lol. Even the suggestion of Disney buying up something else is enough to get me frustrated
 
Lifejumper

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Full quote.

When asked which IP he would buy if in some fantasy world he could: Harry Potter, Gandalf or James Bond, Iger smiles. "We're not looking to buy anything right now," he says. "But I've always been a huge James Bond fan."
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Its not that serious.
 
Kromeo

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Sure, let's have them release yearly remakes of every movie while they're at at, on top of the yearly new ones
 
Doctoglethorpe

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The names America. Captain America. License to never kill. I'm a double O agent in that I'm 100% American. 001 is my code name. That's 100 backwards, because I'm pretending to be a bad guy. They'll never suspect me.
 
T002 Tyrant

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No thanks Bob, stop your spending spree please, instead buy Spider-Man back from Sony, that's something I wouldn't object to, but Disney will soon own a whole country at this rate!
 
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