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Amazon said Wednesday that it would buy MGM, the film studio that releases the James Bond movies.
But producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson still have final say on the direction of the Bond franchise.
There won t be a Prime Video Bond TV series without their approval.
Amazon is expanding its film exploits.
The company announced on Wednesday that it would buy the MGM film studio, whose assets include the James Bond movies, for $8.45 billion. But the rights to the long-running franchise are more complicated than they might initially appear. MGM only owns half of Bond.
The other major players in the background of the Bond franchise are the half-siblings Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, who oversee the franchise s creative direction and own Eon Productions and its parent company Danjaq LLC.
James Bond, meet Jeff Bezos. Amazon is investing even more heavily in an entertainment world it already dominates. The company announced Wednesday that it made