Overview
- Bob Iger confirmed in a Financial Times exit interview published Tuesday that Disney once put James Bond on a list of acquisition targets he wanted to buy.
- Amazon gained Bond distribution by buying MGM in 2022 and then secured expanded creative control in early 2025 before assembling a new team that includes director Denis Villeneuve and writer Steven Knight.
- Industry reports say Amazon is casting for an untitled Bond film targeted for 2028, though casting and final release plans remain unconfirmed by the studio.
- Longtime Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have been reported as uneasy about Amazon’s reported plans to broaden the franchise with spin-offs and a larger universe.
- Iger also revealed he nearly bought Twitter and held early merger talks with Apple, and his comments frame his tenure as CEO around an acquisition-first strategy that now leaves Bond’s future in Amazon’s hands.