Former Bond Girl Jane Seymour says she's hopeful for the future of the 007 franchise after Amazon acquired creative control.

Following a year of fraught negotiations, Amazon will soon have a full grip on the franchise that has spawned 25 films about Agent 007.

The license to kill now comes with a license to stream. Amazon‘s acquisition of creative control over the James Bond franchise opens up possibilities that would make Q’s gadget workshop look uninspired by comparison.

For over six decades, the Broccoli family has been as much a part of the James Bond film franchise as vodka martinis (shaken, not stirred, of course), beautiful women and henchmen with terrible aim.

A salute to the franchise's departing producers played like a sendoff for James Bond—and an increasingly bygone approach to blockbuster filmmaking.