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Prime Video scrubs guns from James Bond artwork, 007 fans shaken
The Straits Times
|October 10, 2025
Fans of the James Bond film franchise (1962 to present) who recently searched for the movies on Amazon Prime Video noticed something curious: The world’s most famous licensed-to-kill spy no longer had a weapon to kill with.
In promotional artwork for Dr No (1962), the gun once held in late Scottish actor Sean Connery’s crossed arms was noticeably missing. In artwork for GoldenEye (1995), Irish actor Pierce Brosnan still held up his right arm, but with no gun in sight. And artwork for Casino Royale (2006) appeared to have been cropped to avoid showing a gun in the hands of English actor Daniel Craig.
Amazon, it seemed, had quietly scrubbed away the firearms that 007 brandishes in some of the most recognisable images in movie history.
After noticing the changes on Oct 3, fans took to social media to ridicule the move and accuse Amazon of “woke”-inspired censorship.
Many worried that the changes presaged more extreme moves from the tech giant, which acquired creative control of the Bond franchise in February from the family that held it for more than 60 years. Fans have been waiting anxiously for Amazon to announce the actor who will replace Craig, who ended his run as Bond in 2021.
This story is from the October 10, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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