Craig played the character for 15 years, and his departure spurred years of speculation about what its future might be.

Amazon MGM Studios. State of play: Amazon announced today that it had formed a new joint venture that gives it creative control of the James Bond fran

In a James Bond shakeup that stirred the film industry, Amazon MGM announced that the studio has taken the creative reins of the franchise after decades of family control.

Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson ceded their creative control of the franchise to Amazon MGM in a deal worth an additional $1 billion.

Longtime Bond custodians Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said they would be stepping back. Amazon MGM Studios, Wilson and Broccoli formed a new joint venture in which they will co-own James Bond intellectual property rights — but Amazon MGM will have creative control.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy pledged the tech giant will "take great care" with the franchise and doesn't yet have specific plans for its next creative steps.

Barbara Broccoli attended a performance of her stage musical "Buena Vista Social Club" at the Atlantic Theater in New York. The longtime James Bond producer and gatekeeper was joined by three top Amazon MGM Studios executives - Jennifer Salke,

After decades of thwarting muscular billionaires bent on world domination, James Bond has at last been captured by one. On February 20th the secretive global organisation known as Amazon announced that it had acquired creative control of the spy-film franchise from Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson,

For over six decades, the Broccoli family has been as much a part of the James Bond film franchise as vodka martinis (shaken, not stirred, of course), beautiful women and henchmen with terrible aim.

Timothy Dalton, star of 'The Living Daylights' and 'Licence To Kill,' says it is sad that James Bond has fallen into the hands of Amazon MGM Studios.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has commented on the future of the James Bond franchise, ensuring fans that the studio “will take great care” of the property after it assumed full creative control over the long-running IP.