Jeff Bezos Wanted to Remove Barbara Broccoli After She Called Amazon Execs ‘F**king Idiots’ — Report
Jeff Bezos wasted no time in buying out longtime James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli after an alleged slight.
In a new report from The Hollywood Reporter, Amazon CEO Bezos was determined to take all creative control for the IP through Amazon MGM Studios — which was announced in February 2025 for a reported cost of $1 billion. Fueling that price tag? Sheer retaliation.
In December 2024, The Wall Street Journal published a piece in which Broccoli is quoted as telling her personal friends that Amazon executives were “fucking idiots” amid dealings with the Bond franchise.
As THR now stated, Bezos “read her quote in the Journal and got on the phone and said, ‘I don’t care what it costs, get rid of her,'” according to an unnamed insider. The outlet further included how Broccoli bristled when Amazon content chief Jennifer Salke referred to Bond films as “content,” and Broccoli’s half-brother Michael G. Wilson...
In a new report from The Hollywood Reporter, Amazon CEO Bezos was determined to take all creative control for the IP through Amazon MGM Studios — which was announced in February 2025 for a reported cost of $1 billion. Fueling that price tag? Sheer retaliation.
In December 2024, The Wall Street Journal published a piece in which Broccoli is quoted as telling her personal friends that Amazon executives were “fucking idiots” amid dealings with the Bond franchise.
As THR now stated, Bezos “read her quote in the Journal and got on the phone and said, ‘I don’t care what it costs, get rid of her,'” according to an unnamed insider. The outlet further included how Broccoli bristled when Amazon content chief Jennifer Salke referred to Bond films as “content,” and Broccoli’s half-brother Michael G. Wilson...
- 3/7/2025
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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