007 franchise sold to Amazon including creative control

[choombaz]

I can’t say I’m not disappointed but I’m also not surprised. I wonder if this is connected to HT announcement?

 

[DEATHASYLUM]

Awful news.
https://variety.com/2025/film/global/james-bond-amazon-mgm-gain-creative-control-1236313930/

 

[crows]

I hope they do good stuff with this, wonder who they would cast as Bond?
Henry Cavill is probably still available.....




With all that said, I will NEVER forgive Amazon for what they did to Tolkien in Rings of Power!
I can look past them being an evil megalithic corporation destined to swallow us all - but that writing put war crimes to shame.

they will probably cast an actress, maybe Tessa Thompson

 

[DEATHASYLUM]

they will probably cast an actress, maybe Tessa Thompson

I could easily see Amazon doing that, especially with the ending of the last movie. A new take on Bond is definitely coming…

 

[Johnny Utah]

I'm now thinking of it like this.

Bond up to No Time To Die is like the original Star Wars trilogy and prequels.

Whatever Amazon makes is everything Disney has made since The Force Awakens. We might get one Andor, one Rogue One, one Solo but the rest will be terrible.

I love Bond so much so I'll give it a chance. But the general consensus I've seen everywhere today is that this is truly terrible news.

 

[karamazov80]

Reacher
Secret Level

I did really enjoy Bosch, though. Need to catch up with that one. And the Tick was great. Unfortunate that it never found its footing.

 

[JackNasty]

Whatever Amazon makes is everything Disney has made since The Force Awakens. We might get one Andor, one Rogue One, one Solo but the rest will be terrible.

I thought Amazon might be a good opportunity for a Bond limited series.
7 episodes, 7 agents, 1 mission. So each episode would focus on a different 00 agent (or double agent) and their aspect of the mission, allowing for some crossover so you don't have to wait until ep 7 to see Bond.

 

[Johnny Utah]

I would be interested if they made a series focusing on each book. 10 episodes, starting with Casino Royale. But that will run out.

A series focusing on Bond's youth, showing his parents dying and going to Eton, the Navy and ends with him joining the Secret Service. There are a lot of roads to be taken, but I doubt they'll be explored with high quality.

The general majority will be right in the end.

 

[Wor-Gar]

That's twice Barbara has killed Bond now.

And we all know... You Only Live Twice, Mr. Bond.

 

[DioramaMaker]

After ending on No Time to Die, I don't think Amazon could do much worse moving forward.

 

[afaninfull]

A few pages back, I posted that Barbara Broccoli would fight for Bond’s legacy against Amazon until her last breath.
Boy, was I wrong.
Just when I think I have the world figured out, it stops making sense to me.

 

[jye4ever]

Spectre: The Rings of Power

 

[Bluemonday]

Amazon gains creative control, a year later-

007: The Bond Awakens

Somehow Craig Bond returned…

 

[Chopper Face]

I thought Amazon might be a good opportunity for a Bond limited series.
7 episodes, 7 agents, 1 mission. So each episode would focus on a different 00 agent (or double agent) and their aspect of the mission, allowing for some crossover so you don't have to wait until ep 7 to see Bond.

I don’t expect them be able to write one compelling lead character and you want seven!

But, just imagine how many boxes they could tick with seven 00s…

 

[Buttmunch]

I can’t say I’m not disappointed but I’m also not surprised. I wonder if this is connected to HT announcement?

Or alternatively, hopefully doesn’t interfere with that happening now.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Get ready for more Bond than you ever wanted, or will ever want.

 

[chrisstbh]

Get ready for more Bond than you ever wanted, or will ever want.

Don’t we already have that?

 

[DEATHASYLUM]

Get ready for more Bond than you ever wanted, or will ever want.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Don’t we already have that?

Where?

 

[chrisstbh]

Where?

There’s like 30 of them now.