Jeff Bezos asks followers who they’d cast as James Bond minutes after Amazon announces control of 007

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has taken to social media to ask his followers who they’d cast as the next James Bond. On X, Bezos wrote: “Who’d you pick as the next Bond?” alongside a screenshot of the BBC News headline: “James Bond's long-serving producers give control to Amazon.” His followers replied with a wide variety of options, including plenty of support for Henry Cavill, James McAvoy, Tom Cruise and Theo James. He did very well in the audition, but ironically he was too young.” Jeff Bezos, and Daniel Craig when he was cast as James Bond in 2005 Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman launched the Bond films in 1962 before Broccoli’s daughter and stepson took over. The new deal comes amid mounting speculation over the fate of the British spy franchise after Daniel Craig made his final appearance as Bond in 2021’s No Time To Die almost four years ago.