grim22 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 https://seekingalpha.com/amp/news/3697532-amazon-in-talks-to-acquire-films-mgm-studio-report Quote Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is in discussions to acquire MGM Holdings (OTC:MGMB), in what would be its biggest entertainment move yet, The Information reports. MGM serves as a mini-major film studio today, best known for its James Bond film franchise. But it has a major film library that also includes Rocky and The Pink Panther. It also owns the Epix channel, and produces television shows including The Handmaid's Tale (a Hulu hit) and Fargo, as well as reality shows Shark Tank and Survivor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddroast Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Two dominos in one day... I'm surprised Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJG Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) Damn. So what does this include really? Pink Panther, Creed, Bond, Barbershop, and Legally Blonde isn’t that hot of a franchise list IMO. Edited May 17, 2021 by AJG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Prime Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 ...sure I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Prime Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 35 minutes ago, AJG said: Damn. So what does this include really? Pink Panther, Creed, Bond, Barbershop, and Legally Blonde isn’t that hot of a franchise list IMO. https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/amazon-mgm-acquisition-talks-9-billion-1234975168/ Quote Its 4,000 film titles include the James Bond, Hobbit, Rocky/Creed, RoboCop and Pink Panther franchises, as well as “The Silence of the Lambs,” “The Magnificent Seven” and “Four Weddings and a Funeral.” The MGM TV library includes approximately 17,000 episodes of programming, including “Stargate SG-1,” “Stargate Atlantis,” “Stargate Universe,” “Vikings,” “Fargo,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Get Shorty,” “Condor,” “Fame,” “American Gladiators,” “Teen Wolf” and “In the Heat of the Night.” Unscripted shows in its portfolio include “The Voice,” “Survivor,” “Shark Tank,” “”The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” and “The Hills.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 And people still think theaters have any chance of survival... it is over. Accept the streaming Gods in your life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Macleod Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Comcast/Universal, you're up. It's still 5:30pm California time... Care to make a bid for Viacom/CBS? Sheesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonytr87 Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 2 hours ago, CJohn said: And people still think theaters have any chance of survival... it is over. Accept the streaming Gods in your life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borobudur Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Internet distort everything. More and more money got distributed into the hand of the fewer and fewer. Making everything as streaming make thing easy for sure but that can only give more to studio over various stakeholders including real estate and actual filmmakers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macleod Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 (edited) BOND and this year's MGMs definitely staying theatrical if the sale goes through...but no guarantees about other upcoming 2022 films... https://deadline.com/2021/05/amazon-mgm-theatrical-distribution-no-time-to-die-film-slate-1234762211/ And Variety's take on all this: https://variety.com/2021/film/news/mgm-amazon-james-bond-sale-1234979005/ Edited May 22, 2021 by Macleod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lorddemaxus Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 And it's official https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/amazon-buys-mgm-studio-behind-james-bond-for-8-45-billion-1234980526/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 5/24/2021 at 10:56 PM, cax16 said: sad day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hades Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 59 minutes ago, Maggie said: sad day Not as sad as Disney buying Fox...🤮 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddroast Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 I guess this turns MGM into a major studio again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Prime Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey ghost Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Hades said: Not as sad as Disney buying Fox...🤮 How many ongoing Fox franchises did Disney ruin? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:20th_Century_Fox_franchises 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Prime Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Moderation No Fanboy Wars. There’s no reason to compare which buyout is worse, and you’re just gonna start an insipid fight with zero rewards. Cut it out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Reynolds Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Amazon had 9 billion to buy MGM and zero cents to improve their awful streaming interface for Prime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
