Over the weekend, there was some hubbub in the James Bond community when fans online noticed that Prime Video (the Amazon platform that now owns the IP) was using some interesting key artwork for the series' listings in their catalogue.It appeared that the thumbnails removed all firearms from the images, including ones where Bond was posing with the weapon close to his face. — (@) This was apparently contained to the Prime Video U.K. site. It was likely spotted quickly because Oct. 5 was James Bond Day, which is celebrated every year to honor the release of the first Bond film, Dr. No.The resulting images, to varying degrees of success, concealed the presence of the Walther PKK in the image by either removing the gun entirely, leaving a hand empty, or altering other elements, such as arm length and the image crop. Dr. NoCredit: Prime VideoX (formerly Twitter) and Reddit weren't too happy to make the discovery, and the backlash was swift. Many expressed concern that this was an indication of the franchise's potential direction. As of early 2025, Amazon MGM Studios acquired creative control over the character and the franchise's future productions. Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, who managed the series for decades through their company Eon Productions, announced they would step back from creative direction.On a post about the images, one Reddit user, Kozmo_Arkanis, quipped, "The Man with the Golden Airbrush."Of course, the internet had a field day, Photoshopping items back into Bond's empty hands. Screenrant even...
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