# Amazon MGM takes creative reins of James Bond, ending an era of family control of 007 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 20, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588 "2025-02-20T18:34:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/121 "2026-05-19T01:07:09Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Was there ever an episode where they switched Bond’s mind with a bad guy? If not, there should have been. It was done in _ **The Avengers** _ (the TV series). ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/122 "2026-05-19T01:14:01Z")
Given the history and expectations of the character, I’m not sure such a thing is possible, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/123 "2026-05-19T01:28:16Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Anyone else worried that corporate creative decisions will give us a “what’s sure to make money and not offend anyone” Bond? That’s pretty much what Eon has been doing since Timothy Dalton. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/124 "2026-05-19T02:29:41Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Anyone else worried that corporate creative decisions will give us a “what’s sure to make money and not offend anyone” Bond Given the current US polarization, any choice will piss off 50% of the population there. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/125 "2026-05-19T03:04:41Z")
Riz Ahmed for Bond! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/j9SppbMGTko/maxresdefault.jpg "I should be the next James Bond !! (London) #subwaytakes #interview #jamesbond #spy #london") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9SppbMGTko) They should make Bond a ten-episode series with a different actor each season. Make all of the people happy some of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/126 "2026-05-19T03:47:51Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > > But I expect they’ll make a mini series called “Bond Kids”. > > It’s been done: > > [James Bond Jr. - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_Jr). Twice, if you count books. > **[The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_James_Bond_Junior_003%C2%BD)** > > The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½ is a 1967 James Bond spin-off novel carrying the Glidrose Productions copyright. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Jonathan Cape publishing company in 1967 and later in 1968 in the United States by Random House. The American edition was retitled 003½: The Adventures of James Bond Junior. The novel was written under the pseudonym R. D. Mascott. > Although the novel is based around a character named James Bond Junior who is the nephew of ... ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/127 "2026-05-19T03:48:19Z")
Double post. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/128 "2026-05-19T05:28:06Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > That’s pretty much what Eon has been doing since Timothy Dalton. You’ve forgotten the outrage over the shocking fact that Daniel Craig was… BLONDE!!! !!! !!! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/129 "2026-05-19T07:28:21Z")
And also ugly. Don’t get me wrong - Craig is an attractive man and an excellent actor, but he’s nowhere near as conventionally handsome as previous Bonds, and people had a lot to say about it at the time. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/130 "2026-05-19T07:34:57Z")
Here’s a Joe Cornish song for you to enjoy. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h6CoNUE5Zho/hqdefault.jpg "QUANTUM OF SOLACE - PROPOSED THEME SONG") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6CoNUE5Zho) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/131 "2026-05-19T08:06:09Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Don’t get me wrong - Craig is an attractive man and an excellent actor, but he’s nowhere near as conventionally handsome as previous Bonds, and people had a lot to say about it at the time. Ian Fleming described Bond as looking like Hoagy Carmichael. [![](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music221/v4/c4/5c/31/c45c31a9-957f-bae0-6b78-16d58c2734b2/8447181796452.jpg/486x486bb.png) ](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music221/v4/c4/5c/31/c45c31a9-957f-bae0-6b78-16d58c2734b2/8447181796452.jpg/486x486bb.png) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/132 "2026-05-19T08:08:07Z")
So… Benedict Cumberbatch? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/133 "2026-05-19T19:11:52Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > They should make Bond a ten-episode series with a different actor each season. Have a different actor playing Bond in every movie, but keep the same actor playing Felix Leiter! The reverse of what the Eon films did. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/134 "2026-05-19T19:21:26Z")
They should make all the next films, with the same cast, but not playing the same characters in each film. Like a repertory theater group. This movie I play Bond, next one I play Bloefeld, next time Q, next time Moneypenny. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/135 "2026-05-20T18:19:45Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Ian Fleming described Bond as looking like Hoagy Carmichael… True. He also approved this line drawing of Bond in 1957: [James Bond - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/136 "2026-05-20T18:30:34Z")
IOW, a very generic-looking person of obviously English ethnicity. A good spy looks like Everyman. But better the Everyman of wherever they’re spying _at_, not wherever they’re spying _for_. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/137 "2026-05-20T20:10:28Z")
Here’s the one from Cornish’s fellow podcaster Adam Buxton: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H8hAMhLoQUc/hqdefault.jpg "BBC 6 Music Adamand Joe- Quantum Of Solace Theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8hAMhLoQUc) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/138 "2026-05-20T22:51:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > He also approved this line drawing of Bond in 1957: [James Bond - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond) He looks a bit like a [young Christopher Lee](https://www.remindmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/young-christopher-lee-scaled-e1748380744983-394x720.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/139 "2026-05-21T05:25:53Z")
I always thought Mads Mikkelsen had the look, but they used him as a villain instead. Not sure he could’ve done a good accent anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588/140 "2026-05-21T09:21:58Z")
Mads Mikkelsen may have had the look Fleming would’ve approved, but he’s too cruel and evil looking (in a dashing way) to make it for the PTB. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588.md?page=6)