Billionaire Jeff Bezos asked social media who should play the next James Bond now that Amazon MGM has taken over the franchise.
Amazon took creative control of the James Bond franchise this week after striking a deal with Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson, who both inherited control of intellectual property from their father Albert “Cubby” Broccoli. Per NBC News:
The James Bond films have long been produced by Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, who inherited the control from their father Albert “Cubby” Broccoli. Wilson and Broccoli will now give creative control to MGM Studios, which Amazon acquired for $8.45 billion in 2021.
Amazon gained distribution rights to the Bond franchise after the MGM acquisition, but not creative control.
As part of the deal, Amazon’s MGM Studios, Wilson and Broccoli formed a new joint venture to house the Bond intellectual property…
