Amazon will now control who will play 007, who will write the next script, and when the film goes into production—three ...

It took until January 1926 to add the de facto studio boss Louis B. Mayer’s handle, and thus was born Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, almost immediately nicknamed MGM. But one name was still missing.

The family that has for decades held complete control over everything involving the globe-trotting superspy is relinquishing ...