After 61 years of iron-fisted creative control over cinema’s most iconic spy franchise, the Broccoli family is stepping back from James Bond, handing the creative reins to Amazon MGM Studios while maintaining co-ownership through a newly formed joint venture.
The move brings to an end one of Hollywood’s longest-running family creative dynasties and gives Amazon something money alone couldn’t buy: the power to reinvent Ian Fleming’s spy for the streaming era.
“With my 007 career spanning nearly 60 incredible years, I am stepping back from producing the James Bond films to focus on art and charitable projects,” producer Michael G. Wilson said in a prepared statement on Thursday morning.