Pierce Brosnan has weighed in on why he thinks the James Bond sale to Amazon MGM Studios was the “proper determination.” Brosnan led the franchise as 007 from 1995 to 2002, starting with “GoldenEye.” In 2025, longtime Bond producers and half-siblings Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli introduced that Amazon MGM Studios would have full inventive management of the IP. The deal was a reported $1 billion; each Wilson and Broccoli will stay co-owners of the franchise.
Brosnan just lately advised The Telegraph that the deal was “the correct determination for Barbara and Michael” and was additionally an act of “braveness” for the duo. “It takes nice braveness for them to let go,” Brosnan stated. “They’ll nonetheless have a say in issues. I hope that [Amazon] handles the work and the character with dignity and creativeness and respect.”
He added, “Historical past has been handed on and I’m very proud to have been a part of the historical past and the legacy of Bond and the flicks that I made with Barbara and Michael. That we moved the needle, that we introduced it again to life. It had been dormant [for] six years [since ‘No Time to Die’ with Daniel Craig] and ‘GoldenEye’ was so successful that it continued and went from power to power. … You recognize, the whole lot adjustments, the whole lot falls aside, and I want them effectively.”
As for the place Amazon MGM Studios might take the James Bond franchise, although, Brosnan hopes that it’s a “given” that the character will stay British. (After the deal was introduced, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos requested his social media followers who ought to play Bond subsequent.) Brosnan additional admitted that Amazon MGM’s new management of the franchise “does include a sure lament.”
That lament additionally extends to Oscar-winning “Conclave” and “All Quiet on the Western Entrance” filmmaker Edward Berger, who advised Selection that he’s now not occupied with directing a Bond movie after the Amazon deal was introduced.
“Barbara Broccoli is now not doing it and she or he is on the coronary heart of this mission, so I feel it’s one thing totally different,” Berger stated. “I don’t know. Issues have modified. We will definitely miss her very a lot. … Now it’s a special equation. I don’t know what the longer term goes to appear to be. I’m going to consider it if anybody calls me, however Barbara is on the coronary heart of this. If she is now not there, it turns into a special factor.”