The man who most recently portrayed James Bond sounds neither shaken nor stirred by the latest news about the franchise.

The studio will form a new joint venture with producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli to house the series' intellectual property rights.

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.