Amazon, the $1.6 trillion dollar corporate giant founded by Jeff Bezos, left, is close to buying Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, right, for $9B. It makes The Handmaid’s Tale, with Elisabeth Moss, right.
Amazon plots £6bn bid for MGM: Now Jeff Bezos sets sights on Bond studio as industry faces shake-up By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 18 May 2021 | Updated: 22:45 BST, 18 May 2021 The studio behind the James Bond films looks set to be gobbled up by Amazon as a … Read more
Here’s a look at the new streaming challengers and what you get with each: NEW PLAYERS Discovery’s merger with AT&T’s WarnerMedia There is no name yet for the new service that will be launched next year when the deal is complete. It’s unclear how much it’ll cost a month and where it’ll be available first. … Read more
Sylvester Stallone teases script for Rocky prequel telling fans that MGM is ‘excited’ about the project By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 23:35 BST, 30 March 2021 | Updated: 23:35 BST, 30 March 2021 Sylvester Stallone took to Instagram on Tuesday to detail an upcoming Rocky prequel project he’s working on for a 10-part streaming show. The … Read more
12 years after exploring the origins of Facebook and founder Mark Zuckerberg, author Ben Mezrich is now exploring the GameStop/Wall Street Bets saga, which will be turned into a movie. MGM picked up the rights to a new book proposal by Mezrich entitled The Antisocial Network, which will follow the Redditors at Wall Street Bets … Read more
US casino operator MGM ends its £8bn bid for Ladbrokes and Coral owner Entain By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:55 GMT, 19 January 2021 | Updated: 22:55 GMT, 19 January 2021 Shares in Ladbrokes and Coral owner Entain slid after its US suitor backed away from a bid. The betting giant had … Read more
Ladbrokes shares soar on £8bn bid: Swoop by US casino giant MGM Resorts is snubbed as investors bet on higher offer By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 GMT, 4 January 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 4 January 2021 Shares in Ladbrokes’s owner surged after it revealed it had received an £8.1billion takeover … Read more
Michael B. Jordan is looking to branch out even further in his career, entering talks to make his directorial debut with Creed 3 for MGM. The 33-year-old actor starred in 2015’s Creed as Adonis Creed, the son of Carl Weathers’ Apollo Creed from the original Rocky franchise. While a third Creed sequel had been previously … Read more
‘The film is not for sale’: MGM quashes rumors it’s seeking to release Bond movie No Time To Die on streaming VOD By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 02:04 GMT, 26 October 2020 | Updated: 02:12 GMT, 26 October 2020 It cost $250 million to produce and in a pre-pandemic world, was almost certain to … Read more
‘The film is not for sale’: MGM quashes rumors it’s seeking to release Bond movie No Time To Die on streaming VOD By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 02:04 GMT, 26 October 2020 | Updated: 02:04 GMT, 26 October 2020 It cost $250 million to produce and in a pre-pandemic world, was almost certain to … Read more