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Total Film
Total Film
Entertainment
Lauren Milici

Amazon is taking over the James Bond franchise and fans are worried about the future of 007

Daniel Craig in new James Bond movie No Time to Die.

Amazon MGM Studios just acquired creative control over James Bond – and the fate of the 60-year-old spy franchise now rests in the streaming giant's hands.

Amazon released a joint statement with Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli that the studio will now house the intellectual property rights to the franchise with Wilson and Broccoli remaining co-owners. The news comes after reports that Broccoli and Amazon were disagreeing where to go with the next James Bond film, which involves going the MCU route and turning Bond into a shared universe.

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