United Kingdom, Feb. 21 -- Barbara Broccoli has been described as "upset" but "resigned" to Amazon's takeover of the James Bond franchise.

The 007 movies' longtime producers - Barbara and her half-brother Michael G. Wilson - have handed creative control over to Amazon MGM Studios in a huge deal which was confirmed this week and now an insider has told Deadline's Baz Bamigboye that Barbara sounded "calm" and seemed "resigned" to the fate of the franchise when she broke the news to her closest circle of collaborators ahead of the announcement.

The insider added: "You could tell she was upset though. "She sighed, said what she had to say about the impending announcement, and then we chatted about other stuff."

Another source told the publ...