One of the most endearing aspects of Eon Productions' 25-film run of James Bond movies was the filmmakers' refusal to do an official, in-film passing of the torch from one 007 to another. Though six actors portrayed the character over the movies' 63-year history, there has only been one James Bond in Eon's universe. It's not a code name that can be conveyed from generation to generation; it's just one guy who served his country from "Dr. No" to "No Time to Die."

Will this change now that Amazon MGM Studios has purchased full creative control of the franchise from Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson? We'll have to queasily wait and see what the masterminds who've spent hundreds of millions of dollars on "Citadel" -- a Russo Brothers action-thriller series that most folk don't seem to actually like yet has already managed to spawn multiple spinoffs -- do with...