In case you are a movie fan who has been living under a rock for the last week, I regret to inform you that the Broccoli family—who have long been the stewards of the James Bond film franchise—recently handed over full creative control to Amazon in exchange for a major paycheck.

It’s the end of an era for James Bond—or so it seemed at the Oscars. With no new Bond film on the horizon and plenty of turmoil behind the scenes of the franchise, the telecast featured a song-and-dan

James Bond tribute? Or just Amazon’s attempt to remind us all that they own the rights to the franchise? Only time will tell. After longtime producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson received honorary Oscars at the Academy’s Governors Awards this year,