Current Amazon MGM leadership under Courtenay Valenti already has a relationship with Nolan, and the studio claims to prioritize filmmakers. If they’re serious about that commitment, waiting for Nolan — who writes his own movies and won’t be free of “The Odyssey” until next summer — makes the most strategic sense.

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

Wilson to take over creative control. (Albert R. Broccoli died in 1996.) James Bond was a top attraction for Amazon when it paid $8.5 billion in 2022 to swallow MGM Studios, which has the distribution rights to the venerable superspy series. But it was ...