Look, I get it. James Bond is a beloved franchise with a storied history of over seventy years. Sure, the quality of the films themselves has varied since 1962's Dr. No, but the series stands apart from other intellectual properties on account of its prestige and,

As all-powerful Amazon seizes control of the James Bond franchise, previous 007s would have ideas for the next phase, Peter Bart writes.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says that as the company unveils its next generation of Alexa, Alexa+, powered by generative artificial intelligence, it is keeping customers' privacy top of mind.

After decades of thwarting muscular billionaires bent on world domination, James Bond has at last been captured by one. On February 20th the secretive global organisation known as Amazon announced that it had acquired creative control of the spy-film franchise from Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson,

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy pledged the tech giant will "take great care" with the franchise and doesn't yet have specific plans for its next creative steps.

With Amazon MGM Studios gaining creative control of the James Bond franchise, who will emerge as the next 007?

I have no idea what Amazon would do with it, and I have no idea what the relationship of Amazon to the Broccolis will be,” Dalton said in his interview. “But it is a damn fine series of movies. I was watching it when I was young,

Author Lee Child thinks Amazon will bring James Bond back to its former glories but said the huge deal 'changes the dynamic' of who could be cast as the next 007

W ith the news that the James Bond franchise will now be produced and controlled by Amazon, 007 fans had hoped that the silver lining would be a new Bond film coming sooner rather