Amazon takes creative reins of James Bond, ending an era of family control of 007

Who’s the Next James Bond Now That Bezos’ Amazon Acquires Franchise for $1B

Daniel Craig, the current James Bond, at the Berlin premiere of the 007 film “Spectre”. Credit: Glyn Lowe – CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Amazon MGM Studios, owned by Jeff Bezos, announced on Thursday that it had gained full control of the James Bond franchise after lengthy negotiations with the Broccoli family, who had owned it for decades. Once negotiations concluded, Mr. Bezos promptly asked fans who they thought the next James Bond should…

Why Amazon's takeover of James Bond is 'absolutely terrible news'

HE has seen off Russian terror organisations, survived explosions, dodged 4,000 bullets and narrowly avoided having his privates lopped off with a laser beam. But now James Bond faces his biggest threat to date — surviving Jeff Bezos’s franchise-crunching business colossus after his Amazon MGM Studios took “creative control” of the famous spy series. AlamySean Connery played Ian Fleming’s iconic spy in 1960-67, 1971 and again in 1983[/caption] K…

Meghan Markle's staunch critic asks Jeff Bezos to pick him as next James Bond

Amazon's MGM Studios will take creative control of the James Bond film franchise under a new joint venture with longtime rights holders Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.The deal will allow Amazon to take on a more...

For years, stepsisters Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson watched over 007 and the rights to the franchise, now Amazon takes over. The spy has survived many death traps, but does he survive a tech company?

Every actor who has played James Bond, ranked from worst to best

Daniel Craig, Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.MGMJames Bond is entering a new era as Amazon MGM has taken creative control over the franchise.The franchise has been in limbo since Daniel Craig's last outing as Bond in 2021's "No Time To Die."Below, Business Insider has ranked all seven actors who have portrayed Bond in film.Over 60 years and 25 movies, seven actors have played the legendary spy James Bond on-screen over the past 60…

Big news for James Bond fans, although it probably wasn’t the news they were waiting for. After years of radio silence and the lack of a new Bond actor, it was announced on Thursday that producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli are handing over creative control to Amazon MGM Studios. “This puts a bomb under the entire franchise.”