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“Since his theatrical introduction over 60 years ago, James Bond has been one of the most iconic characters in filmed entertainment,” said Mike Hopkins, Head of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios. “We are grateful to the late Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman for bringing James Bond to movie theatres around the world, and to Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli for their unyielding dedication and their role in continuing the legacy of the franchise that is cherished by legions of fans worldwide. We are honoured to continue this treasured heritage, and look forward to ushering in the next phase of the legendary 007 for audiences around the world.”
“With my 007 career spanning nearly sixty incredible years, I am stepping back from producing the James Bond films to focus on art and charitable projects. Therefore, Barbara and I agree, it is time for our trusted partner, Amazon MGM Studios, to lead James Bond into the future,” said Wilson.
“My life has been dedicated to maintaining and building upon the extraordinary legacy that was handed to Michael and me by our father, producer Cubby Broccoli. I have had the honour of working closely with four of the tremendously talented actors who have played 007 and thousands of wonderful artists within the industry. With the conclusion of No Time To Die and Michael retiring from the films, I feel it is time to focus on my other projects.” commented Broccoli.
In 2022, Amazon acquired MGM, including a vast catalog with more than 4,000 films and 17,000 TV shows. Since the MGM acquisition, Amazon has held rights to distribute all of the James Bond films, and as a result of this transaction will have creative control over future productions.
Certainly it seems it won't be 'Albert R Broccoli's Eon Productions Presents..' any more...
Basically means Wilson/Broccoli and Amazon are partnering to create a new company that will hold all the Bond rights.
Really wasn’t expecting this.
I guess the cheque from Amazon finally had enough zeros on it.
Hard to feel anything other than really gutted and concerned.
The series we all love is now going to be driven into the ground the pointless pursuit of low quality prime streaming content.
So Danjaq is gone, Eon no longer to be involved with 007 I guess.
In these days of 'content' you can't help but look at Lucasfilm and Disney, fearing what's coming next. Will we be pleasantly surprised? It's hard to feel optimistic.
I agree. I’m speechless and somewhat horrified at the thought of what could come next.
On the one hand will probably get Bond films more often. On the other hand, they might lack in quality. We shall see.
However, there might be a movie coming late 2027 or in 2028. No way Amazon wouldn't be maimed by the potential revenue from the box office.
Honestly the franchise is over for me now. Well its been a great run
Same. I'm actually, genuinely, stumped as to what to say, but the above pretty much approximates the gut feeling. This cannot be good.
Insiders add that no decisions have been made on the future Bond films including who will star, direct or write the next film.
This deal was not made without consideration of all of the above.
Today is a sad day and the end of something fantastic.
One can only hope that as part of this deal with Amazon, BB and MGW have made some kind of stipulation that they have to be theatrically released films. Seems unlikely... but would at least help.
The joint venture, as described by the press release, is that the Broccoli family would still make some money out of the franchise, but that they give creative control to Amazon-MGM, which is the opposite of what it was when UA then MGM owned 49% of Eon Productions in the seventies and the eighties.