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February 21, 2025

The producers behind the James Bond franchise have handed over creative control of the famed movie brand to Amazon MGM Studios aka Amazon Prime aka Prime Video, and a few other less pleasant names - depending upon who you probe.

Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli made the announcement Thursday after a biz deal was inked with the entertainment studio biz titan to release onto it the intellectual property rights of the British spy tale thriller.

Broccoli and Saltzman first launched the Bond flicks onto the scene back in '62, with Broccoli’s daughter and stepson later taking over.

The entertainment biz family has been producing the films through their UK-based company EON aka EON Productions, which is the bane behind some of its largest commercial successes, including Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, and Skyfall.

Under the new biz deal term, Wilson and Broccoli will remain co-owners of the iconic franchise, while all creative control now moves over to Amazon. That news has some long term Bond fans and traditionalists concerned says media, cafe and watercooler news chatter and scuttle bug.

“With my 007 career spanning nearly 60 incredible years, I am stepping back from producing the James Bond films to focus on art and charitable projects. Therefore, Barbara and I agree, it is time for our trusted partner, Amazon MGM Studios, to lead James Bond into the future,” Wilson said in a prepared and most formal statement.

Broccoli elaborated: “My life has been dedicated to maintaining and building upon the extraordinary legacy that was handed to Michael and me by our father, producer Cubby Broccoli.

“I have had the honour of working closely with four of the tremendously talented actors who have played 007 and thousands of wonderful artists within the industry. With the conclusion of No Time to Die and Michael retiring from the films, I feel it is time to focus on my other projects.”

The last Bond movie released was No Time To Die in 2021, which also signalled Daniel Craig’s last outing as 007.

Speculation has been fertile in and around Hollywood for years over who will take over the prestigious role, with the most recent reports suggesting British actor Aaron-Taylor Johnson was a frontrunner after impressing Broccoli during a screen test.

However, now that she is no longer in the actual powers that be circle on that front.

Some Aussie Bond traditionalists had half joked about Jason Statham and even WWE's Wade Barrett being more than suitable for the gig, and Russell Brand and Chris Hemsworth also attracted favourable mention in these said discussions.

There are currently no plans in place for the next film. Some long term fans are no bothered by no news of new films, as Bond has been straying from his roots - so to speak, for a couple of years now.

To now great surprise, there is a healthy underground market for original James Bond movies on DVD and even VHS, and don't even starts us on "bootlegs".

"Bond collectors have all sorts of trick gadgets, some official, some not", overheard in the bar. Cheers to the inner Bond in all of us!

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The fam that controls the James Bond movie franchise reportedly refuses to give Amazon the go-ahead to make another film due to serious disagreements over the direction of the series — including one proposal for a TV spinoff centered on a female 007.

Barbara Broccoli — the 64-year-old daughter of the late Queens native Albert “Cubby” Broccoli, the film producer who acquired the rights to the famed spy created by British novelist Ian Fleming — has been at odds with Amazon execs ever since the e-retail giant acquired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio for $8.5 billion in March 2022, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Her dissatisfaction with Amazon has reached the point where she is willing to hold the film “hostage” and delay the release of a new Bond sequel, the Journal reported.

“These people are f****** idiots,” Broccoli reportedly told friends when describing executives at Amazon.

There hasn’t been a Bond film in three years, one of the longest dry spells since the franchise was launched with “Dr. No” in 1962.

Broccoli maintains an iron grip on 007, approving everything from scripts to who will be the next Bond after Daniel Craig hung up the famed tuxedo in the last film, “No Time to Die.”

Amazon execs have proposed a number of ideas to cash in on the Bond brand for its Prime Video service, including a spinoff featuring Miss Moneypenny, the secretary of MI6 spy chief M.

There was even talk of casting a female to play the next 007, as well as more diverse options that would include gay or black leading men.

Broccoli shot down the idea of a female Bond, though she’s not opposed to having a gay or nonwhite actor star in the role, according to the publication.

She does insist that whoever fills his shoes is a Brit.

Broccoli runs Eon Productions, the London-based shop that produces the Bond films, alongside her 82-year-old stepbrother Michael Wilson.

The relationship between the Broccoli family and Amazon is a clash of two worlds — one rooted in old-school, 20th century film-making “from the gut” while the other is steeped in tech-centric reliance on algorithms and streaming statistics, according to the Journal.

Broccoli and Wilson are also said to be upset that they have had a difficult time landing a meeting with senior Amazon executives — a far cry from the days when MGM head honchos were readily accessible to them, according to the Journal.

The Post has sought comment from Eon and Amazon.

Broccoli is reported to have a tense relationship with Jennifer Salke, a former NBCUniversal executive who was brought in to run Amazon Studios in 2018.

According to the Journal, Broccoli was irked when Salke referred to the James Bond series as “content” that the company wanted to offer the public.

A friend of Broccoli’s told the Journal that using a sterile term such as “content” was like a “death knell” to her since she views Bond as a sacred family heirloom.

Since Amazon bought MGM, the company has produced just one Bond-related product — a reality television show titled “007: Road to a Million” where teams compete in spy-themed challenges.

The show has prompted discussion within Amazon about Bond and its place in modern society.

A male spy who uses violence to achieve his aims while being a womanizer is apparently too much for some Amazon employees, one of which is reported to have said during a strategy meeting: “I have to be honest. I don’t think James Bond is a hero.”

Mike Hopkins, who heads the Prime Video business, has reportedly told associates he is confident he can win Broccoli’s trust.

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