{"id":324621,"date":"2025-10-22T19:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/324621\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T19:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:40:12","slug":"amazon-mgm-paid-20-million-for-james-bond-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/324621\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon MGM Paid $20 Million for James Bond Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhat\u2019s the going rate for <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/james-bond\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-bond\" data-tag=\"james-bond\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Bond<\/a>\u2018s license to kill? Well, Amazon MGM paid $20 million for creative control of the 007 franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEarlier this year, Bond\u2019s long-time producers Michael G. Wilson\u00a0and\u00a0Barbara Broccoli stepped back and ceded creative control to Amazon MGM. The three entities, Wilson, Broccoli and Amazon MGM, formed a joint venture to house the intellectual property rights while allowing all three to remain co-owners of the property. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA recent earnings report for Wilson and Broccoli\u2019s company Eon Productions revealed the cost of doing business \u2014 and it\u2019s way less than the $1 billion that had initially been reported. \u201cOn 20 February 2025, the company entered into an agreement for the sale of its interest in the Bond franchise, all associated assets as well as its subsidiary companies, B24 Limited and B25 Limited. The total consideration for the sale amounted to $20 million (USD),\u201d the report says. However, the deal\u2019s exact structure isn\u2019t clear and could include stock options or profit sharing that would substantially increase the Broccoli family\u2019s payout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAfter Amazon purchased MGM for $8.5 billion in 2021, the company acquired the rights to distribute all James Bond films. However the tech company only owned 50% of the franchise and was relegated to being a passive partner in terms of artistic choices. Shortly after the joint venture was announced, Amy Pascal and David Heyman were <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/global\/james-bond-amazon-amy-pascal-david-heyman-producers-1236347697\/\">tapped to produce\u00a0<\/a>the next Bond installment. More recently, \u201cDune\u201d filmmaker Denis Villeneuve was hired to direct while \u201cPeaky Blinders\u201d creator Steven Knight was appointed to write the screenplay. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt\u2019s still unclear, however, who will play the tuxedo-wearing, martini-drinking secret spy after Daniel Craig\u2019s wildly successful tenure ended with 2021\u2019s \u201cNo Time to Die.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the going rate for James Bond\u2018s license to kill? 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