US EditionAmazon’s Jeff Bezos paid nearly $1 billion for creative rights to James Bond
- Broccoli and Wilson received an honorary Oscar for their work on the Bond franchise, which was inherited in 1995 from Albert Broccoli, and they recently announced the sale of Bond to Amazon.
- Amazon purchased MGM, Bond's home, for $8.5 billion in 2022, aiming to expand the Bond brand into a larger universe.
- Despite the sale, there has been no progress on a new Bond film since 2021, with no script, director, or actor confirmed.
- Former Bond actor Timothy Dalton expressed his disappointment over the sale but remains optimistic about Amazon creating successful films.
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Amazon Confirms: James Bond Will Stay British And Male, Hunt For Casting Continues
A growing list of actors is reportedly being considered for the role of next James Bond and the competition is heating up. According to a recent casting update, there are at least two key criteria for whoever steps into the tuxedo next.
Ciara Kelly: Turning James Bond into a woman makes just as little sense as creating a male version of Bridget Jones - and I’m a feminist!
So Amazon MGM has taken over the James Bond franchise causing some consternation about where the quintessential British spy might go from here. There are fears there could be some rubbishy TV spin-off along the Disney Star Wars line or, horror of horrors, he might even be played by an American!
Who will be the next James Bond? Dance of names and unknowns for the near future of the most famous secret agent in the world
A week ago, the Oscar show reminded us of the fact that it most shook and moved the entertainment industry in 2025: the decision of the historic owners of the James Bond brand to cede creative control of the audiovisual future of one of the best-known characters in the history of cinema to Jeff Bezos and Amazon, the e-commerce giant who for a good time landed in the world of screens. In 2021, with the purchase of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $8.5 bil…
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