For Broccoli and Wilson, Bond was more than IP; it was a legacy. With Bond as a family business, their relationship to the world’s most famous spy was personal. There are many ways that Amazon MGM Studios could shape where the movies go from here; some are genuinely exciting. But above all, this means:

Amazon MGM Studios will assume creative control of the spy franchise from longtime guardians Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.

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.

In a James Bond shakeup that stirred the film industry, MGM Amazon announced that the studio has taken the creative reins of the 007 franchise after decades of family control