Daniel Craig is sharing his thoughts after news broke that producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli have passed creative control of the James Bond franchise to Amazon MGM Studios. Craig said in a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter, "My respect, admiration and love for Barbara and Michael remain constant and undiminished. I wish Michael a long, relaxing (and well-deserved) retirement and whatever ventures Barbara goes on to do, I know they will be spectacular and I hope I can be part of them."
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00:00Daniel Craig is sharing his thoughts after news broke that producers Michael G. Wilson
00:04and Barbara Broccoli have passed creative control of the James Bond franchise to Amazon
00:09MGM Studios.
00:11Craig said in a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter,
00:14"...my respect, admiration and love for Barbara and Michael remain constant and undiminished.
00:19I wish Michael a long, relaxing and well-deserved retirement and whatever ventures Barbara goes
00:24on to do.
00:25I know they will be spectacular and I hope I can be part of them."
00:29Craig is the actor to have most recently played the British spy character, having starred
00:33in five films in the long-running series.
00:36THR reported earlier that Amazon MGM Studios will form a new joint venture to house the
00:42James Bond intellectual property rights, which gives the studio creative control.
00:46Wilson and Broccoli have led creative decision-making for the Bond movies after taking the torch
00:51from their father, the late producer Albert Cubby Broccoli.
00:54The latter was involved in the franchise since its inception that dated back to the Sean
00:59Connery-led 1962 First Bond feature.
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