Amazon gains creative control over James Bond franchise

Amazon's MGM Studios will take creative control of the James Bond film franchise under a new joint venture with longtime rights holders Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, the technology giant said on Thursday.

The move clears uncertainty over one of Hollywood's most popular and longest-running movie series after a December report in the Wall Street Journal said that relations between Broccoli and Amazon had strained, dampening hopes of a new film.

Amazon MGM Studios was formed when Amazon bought the franchise's parent studio in 2022. 

Amazon will make the decision on which actor will take up the role of the world's most famous spy, with James Norton and Aaron Taylor-Johnson believed to be leading the way.

Jeff Bezos took to social media to ask fans who they would choose to fill the iconic role.

Who’d you pick as the next Bond? pic.twitter.com/u7nBaRROlf

— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) February 20, 2025