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    SPECTRE | 11/6/15 | Final Trailer on Page 126! | Twitter reactions coming in, STID 2.0?

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    This was already mentioned in the Sony leaks but now made somewhat official:

    http://variety.com/2015/film/news/james-bond-distribution-rights-up-for-grabs-1201509566/

    I was just about to post this. Very interesting--well a bit more than interesting. As the article points out, Warner Bros seems the likeliest choice. When MGM was trying to find a buyer back in 2010/2011 Warner led the pack of potential buyers, but their bid wasn't high enough for MGM's creditors. 

     

    "Time Warner put in the highest bid of the three, the sources said. The company has been seen as most likely to walk away with MGM and its library of mostly classics, such as the James Bond franchise."

     

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/03/23/us-mgm-urgent-idUSTRE62M03Y20100323

     

    There's two things I can think of that Warner Bros offers over SONY: Television networks (TBS,CW, CNN, etc.) and the freedom from having to use SONY products.

     

    The SONY email hack revealed that EON Productions had to turn down a lucrative cross promotion deal with Samsung because SONY exercised their right to have Bond use their branded cell phone. 

     

    "...Samsung was willing to give a $5 million fee for its phones appearing in the movie, but a higher marketing spend of $50 million to promote it." 

     

    http://www.businessinsider.com/sony-offered-daniel-craig-5-million-to-put-their-smartphone-in-james-bond-spectre-2015-4

     

    It would be crazy if the franchise went to Disney. Doubtful, but still crazy. 

    SPECTRE | 11/6/15 | Final Trailer on Page 126! | Twitter reactions coming in, STID 2.0?

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    Digital Audience Ratings: ‘Spectre’ Soars, ‘Southpaw’ Packs a Punch

    "Each week Variety publishes ListenFirst Digital Audience Ratings (DAR) – Film, a measurement of fan engagement across all the major digital platforms as it relates to film (see the TV version here). Provided by ListenFirst Media, DAR – Film measures what entertainment content is resonating most across Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter, YouTube and Wikipedia combined."

    SPECTRE | 11/6/15 | Final Trailer on Page 126! | Twitter reactions coming in, STID 2.0?

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    James Bond film crew clean up Rome on Spectre shoot

    "Gobsmacked Italian media outlets have reported that production crew worked with the city council to clean up and remove graffiti from locations prior to shooting. They are also said to have brought in their own private security firms, who somehow made a plague of non-licensed parking attendants on the Tiber-side road in Trastevere disappear overnight - something the city authorities have been notoriously incapable of doing."

     

    "Other unforeseen good deeds included handing out hot meals to homeless people during a night shoot near the Vatican."

     

    "Most importantly though, the production has brought an estimated €1 million into the city’s coffers in location fees..."

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