# Amazon MGM acquired creative control over 007
**URL:** https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944
**Category:** Films
**Created:** [May 18, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944 "2021-05-18T07:16:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@dalton](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/dalton)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2026, 12:07am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1460 "2026-01-18T00:07:33Z")
A period film would be a great way to make sure their new Bond franchise is a failure before it even reaches cinemas.
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### Author:  [@sharpshooter](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/sharpshooter)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1461 "2026-01-18T00:14:46Z")
After reading the article that point is just guesswork on behalf of the author. I’m fine with casting getting done sooner rather than later, though. What will be will be.
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2026, 7:21am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1463 "2026-01-23T07:21:08Z")
„Yuck, what did I get involved with?“
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2026, 8:02am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1464 "2026-01-23T08:02:42Z")
By the way, the German streaming charts for Amazon this week lists five Bond movies in the top 10.
All are Craig‘s Bond films.
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1465 "2026-01-23T14:15:39Z")
World of Reel are famously unreliable so probbaly buy shares in a salt mine before reading.
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### Author:  [@theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/theSpectre)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1466 "2026-01-23T15:17:07Z")
Not surprised. Recency bias is strong and I can almost guarantee modern audiences (as in younger audiences) would not have the patience for the slow burn of Dr. No or From Russia with Love.
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### Author:  [@Skyfail](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Skyfail)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1467 "2026-01-23T16:06:38Z")
They seem to have been right on a lot of things Bond.
Especially around the Alfonso Cuaron saga.
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 7:06am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1469 "2026-02-04T07:06:24Z")
For this year, so don’t expect anything Bond-related.
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### Author:  [@sharpshooter](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/sharpshooter)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 9:10am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1470 "2026-02-04T09:10:29Z")
Every day is a day closer. Even without a clue about casting I’m ready for it. I feel like nothing has happened before today with Bond. It’s a blank slate - back to 2006 all over again and I don’t think that’s a bad thing at all.
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1472 "2026-02-04T14:07:33Z")
Let‘s hope!
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### Author:  [@theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/theSpectre)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1473 "2026-02-04T17:58:45Z")
I doubt it, with the full likely penciled in for 2028, but who knows? Maybe they’ll announce the next Bond.
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### Author:  [@MrHinx](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/MrHinx)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1474 "2026-02-04T18:05:02Z")
I’ve heard that, after her recent Amazon box office triumph, Melania is a dead cert for the Bond girl part.
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### Author:  [@theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/theSpectre)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1475 "2026-02-04T23:14:36Z")
Oh god, Trump is going to name himself James Bond isn’t he?
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1476 "2026-02-05T13:43:21Z")
And say how Sean “Cannery” gave it him. “Sir…you need to be James Band!!!’
He’s not a subtle orange man
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2026, 8:09am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1477 "2026-02-08T08:09:40Z")
It’s the Super Bowl weekend, traditionally slow at the box office. Every movie will perform worse.
Yet Amazon explicitly puts out a press release telling the world that this documentary is already a huge success and will continue to delight audiences.
Yeah, that company now owns our guy.
Owns.
> **[Amazon MGM Goes on Offense as ‘Melania’ Risks Getting Sacked at Super Bowl...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/amazon-defends-melania-sacked-box-office-1236497985/)**
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> The first lady's documentary is falling off steeply in its second weekend, prompting Amazon MGM to go on the offensive and stress that the film is in it for the long game, whether theatrically or streaming.
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### Author:  [@theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/theSpectre)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1478 "2026-02-13T01:56:39Z")
This movie is an abysmal bomb and has played to mostly empty theaters outside of the most die hard major MAGA centers. Amazon has to “justify” its $75 million bribe to the current American administration somehow. They do scare me for Bond, but I’m still willing to give them the benefit of the doubt….one time….
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### Author:  [@Pushkin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Pushkin)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1479 "2026-04-16T04:25:43Z")
An update…
> **[Amazon MGM’s Search for New James Bond Actor: ‘We’re Taking the Time to Do...](https://variety.com/2026/film/news/amazon-james-bond-actor-search-taking-time-1236722826/?fbclid=IwdGRleARNQ0xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR66P8lC1Oq_kxRP8Qax9J3-LE2n6Jg-7pbI5F24jM0n2ggNsl_4yLa-De8zoQ_aem_0tong10KgAvxPgG8E5AnCw&utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv2_a1demo0htc1t2h)**
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> Amazon MGM executive Courtenay Valenti gives update on the James Bond actor search:: 'We're taking the time to do this with care and deep respect.'
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1480 "2026-04-16T05:47:46Z")
Subtitle: „We have no clue, have not come to any decision, but look at the people we have bought to make you think it will be absolutely terrific! And if they fail it’s them! We want this to work, we need this to work, but we just can’t decide who is going to be Bond, so… again, they will be responsible.“
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### Author:  [@Dustin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Dustin)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2026, 10:08am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1481 "2026-04-16T10:08:40Z")
I suppose the first real acid test will be the projected production budget. How much money does Amazon feel comfortable with investing? The entire industry will watch closely how BOND 26 will shape up and how much - if at all - it will differ from the Eon customary approach.
One thing Eon used to be good at was to make even lesser budgets look splendid. That would be a welcome return of a classic filmmaking quality.
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2026, 10:13am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/amazon-mgm-acquired-creative-control-over-007/1944/1482 "2026-04-16T10:13:16Z")
I suspect the first one will get a huge budget. For one thing, inflation and the crazy world right now. And second, they want to show: we are the biggest and don’t care.
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