- Longtime “James Bond” producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli are stepping back.
- Amazon MGM Studios will now have full creative control of the franchise.
- There have been 27 “Bond” films over the last 63 years, ranging in quality.
Longtime “James Bond” producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli are ceding creative control of Bond, James Bond, to Amazon MGM Studios.
Wilson has been involved with Eon Productions, the original studio behind “Bond,” since 1972 and Broccoli’s family has had cinematic stewardship of the franchise since it began in 1962.
Amazon officially acquired MGM in 2022, but the studio hasn’t produced any 007 content since then; they haven’t even picked a successor to Daniel Craig after his 2021 exit. It’s understood by many that the fierce protectiveness that the Broccoli family feels over the character has stalled any future franchise development, but now that Amazon has full control, that’s expected to change.
In honor of the new James Bond who’s certainly coming our way soon, we used Rotten Tomatoes to see how all 27 films in this storied franchise stack up, according to critics.
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