On Tuesday, Amazon MGM Studios announced that producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman would produce the company’s upcoming James Bond film. But in hindsight, the press release was perhaps just as noticeable for what it didn’t include: A quote from Amazon MGM Studios head Jennifer Salke. Instead, it was head of film Courtenay Valenti who announced the deal.
Hollywood was perhaps shaken, but not stirred, by this week’s news that Salke has exited after seven years at Amazon — and how James Bond was perhaps among the issues that lead to her departure. Talk of Salke’s departure amid a power struggle with Mike Hopkins, the head of Prime Video
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