It is Bezos who will now have the final say on the next 007. He asked for suggestions alongside a screenshot of the BBC News story about his company gaining creative control of the famous spy film franchise. The choice of Daniel Craig's replacement will now be Amazon MGM Studios' biggest decision.

Amazon founder and executive chair Jeff Bezos posed a question to his X followers: "Who'd you pick as the next Bond?" Just one day prior, that inquiry may have felt a bit presumptuous: while Amazon's $8.

The James Bond franchise’s longtime casting director is quitting after a storied career working on 13 of the iconic films. Debbie McWilliams told ScreenDaily she was throwing in the towel just after the franchise rights were sold to Amazon—adding that the company’s filmmaking history “does not fill me with any great enthusiasm.