Amazon MGM Studios and longtime Bond custodians Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli formed a new joint venture in which they will co-own James Bond intellectual property rights.

A new deal will see Amazon and MGM Studios take creative control over the James Bond series. Long-time producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson will step back, ending a family legacy that dates back to the first Bond film starring Sean Connery over sixty years ago.

Long-serving masterminds Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson are giving creative control to Amazon MGM Studios.

In a huge shakeup for the James Bond series, Amazon will take creative control as longtime producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli step back.

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.

With Amazon MGM Studios gaining creative control of the James Bond franchise, who will emerge as the next 007?

Crime writer Lee Child has said he believes Amazon MGM Studios will try "to dominate the entire year" with James Bond franchises if their future instalment proves commercially successful.

Barbara Broccoli was said to be ‘upset’ after revealing the news of Amazon ’s takeover of James Bond, it has been claimed. On Thursday, it was announced that the Broccoli family have ceded creative control of the 007 franchise to Amazon MGM Studios.

For over six decades, the Broccoli family has been as much a part of the James Bond film franchise as vodka martinis (shaken, not stirred, of course), beautiful women and henchmen with terrible aim.

In a new interview, Timothy Dalton, who played the infamous agent in “The Living Daylights” (1987) and “License to Kill” (1989), reacted to the news that Amazon MGM Studios gained creative control over the film franchise after producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson announced they would be taking a step back.