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 shocking move, the producers of the James Bond franchise are handing over creative control to Amazon MGM.

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.

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,

During a TV interview focused on Wednesday’s news about new AI features being added to Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, CEO Andy Jassy was asked about the topic du jour in Hollywood: James Bond. “We don’t have a plan yet on what the next theme is going to be,

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.

Amazon has acquired creative control of the James Bond franchise from Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson, the long-time guardians of the iconic spy series, in a deal reportedly worth nine figures. This major shift comes after Amazon purchased MGM,

In a huge shakeup for the James Bond series, Amazon will take creative control as longtime producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli step back.