Amazon's Jeff Bezos directed executives to buy out Barbara Broccoli's stake in the James Bond franchise after tensions escalated, spending nearly a bi

Jeff Bezos reportedly wanted to remove longtime James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli from the franchise after she called Amazon executives 'idiots.'

This comes from The Hollywood Reporter, which reiterates in a new piece how the MGM brass struggled to collaborate with Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. No progress was made to relaunch the franchise following No Time To Die,