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James Bond Defeated by Tech Billionaire?

James Bond Defeated by Tech Billionaire?

My thoughts on the rights to 007 passing to Amazon/MGM

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Feb 21, 2025
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No Time to Die (2021). Credit: Eon Productions/Amazon/MGM/Universal

Warning: Contains major spoiler for No Time to Die

News that Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson have given control of James Bond to Amazon/MGM sent shockwaves through the Bondosphere yesterday. I am just as guilty as many Bond fans of hitting the roof upon hearing this news. A brief glance at social media forums mirrored many of my own concerns (the BBC also reported on this response).

Can this British national institution be trusted in the hands of Americans? Has Bond finally been beaten by a tech billionaire? Is Bond about to be politically corrected, become a woman, or otherwise be emasculated? James Bond is particularly beloved by British audiences, but that hasn’t stopped Amazon from milking obscure corners of The Lord of the Rings, another British sacred text, to inept and artistically redundant effect (my views on The Rings of Power are well documented elsewhere). Who is to say the same thing won’t happen with Bond?

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