Amazon has likely done the math and concluded that acquiring a proven film library (MGM owns the rights to the Bond franchise) has a superior risk reward as compared to building a content library from scratch. It remains to be seen how competitive such a prospective deal would be as Disney Executive Chairman Bob Iger not too long ago stated “I’ve always been a huge James Bond fan” when asked if Disney was looking at prospective content acquisitions.

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