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Post by Duke Cameron on May 26, 2021 8:11:00 GMT -5
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Post by eJm on May 26, 2021 8:13:51 GMT -5
Moved the above post here because, well, it's official.
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Post by James Fabiano on May 26, 2021 12:38:19 GMT -5
Still shocked Warner made no play at it. I am trying to figure out what they have from the time they bought the MGM library.
Pre-1985 movies, and I guess TV series too? Popeye cartoons came from this because United Artists distributed them.
But as I understand it...they DON'T have the Bond movies because they sold UA BACK in 1986 or so.
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Post by James Fabiano on May 26, 2021 12:39:24 GMT -5
50 year from now there will only be five companies: Amazon, Disney, Google, Apple, and Impact Wrestling. and despite multiple attempts at being bought by the others, somehow impact wrestling is the last one standing Of course, Disney buys the other three before this. |
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Post by eJm on May 26, 2021 12:44:18 GMT -5
I think the reason nobody else went for it, looking from the article anyway, is because their debt was substantially big to the value it had so it felt much more of a risk then, say, Disney buying Marvel or Microsoft buying Bethesda was.
Like, MGM's made films that have turned a profit but if it's all being funnelled into a hole, it's almost pointless to try and pick it up without substantial capital to make up the difference.
EDIT: And I'd also be bold and say that if it wasn't for AT&T screwing things up with Time Warner, they'd likely be first in line to buy it by now.
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Post by Cyno on May 26, 2021 12:51:30 GMT -5
This is beneficial to Amazon because they get a rich collection to add to their library for Prime Video. It also gives them a legit established Hollywood studio in their portfolio. They overpaid for nearly twice its value, but Jeff Bezos also has "f*** you" money so I doubt he cares.
And there's a rumored personal interest Bezos has in footage MGM owns the rights to, but we can't talk about that here.
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Post by thechase on May 26, 2021 13:11:58 GMT -5
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Post by James Fabiano on May 26, 2021 14:40:31 GMT -5
Another possible advantage.
Buzzr has an Amazon Prime channel.
MGM owns whatever of the Heatter-Quigley game shows are still out there.
Could we see access to old High Rollers, Gambit, and classic Hollywood Squares?
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Post by castletonsnob on May 26, 2021 15:48:10 GMT -5
AT&T must be kicking themselves for not buying MGM Studios. Rocky and James Bond would have been great fits for HBO Max.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 26, 2021 16:02:04 GMT -5
AT&T must be kicking themselves for not buying MGM Studios. Rocky and James Bond would have been great fits for HBO Max. AT&T no longer own HBO Max (directly anyway)... and AT&T has lost so much money recently I doubt any shareholder would have signed off on it anyway. |
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Post by eJm on May 26, 2021 16:06:03 GMT -5
AT&T must be kicking themselves for not buying MGM Studios. Rocky and James Bond would have been great fits for HBO Max. AT&T no longer own HBO Max (directly anyway)... and AT&T has lost so much money recently I doubt any shareholder would have signed off on it anyway. And the company made so many cuts itself, I doubt that a merger like that would have gone well at all. The last thing that disaster needed was another disaster on top of it. |
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Post by prettynami on May 26, 2021 17:31:48 GMT -5
Amazon Prime already has my favorite consistent vault of movies in one place, so this only improves that and by quite a bit too. Though for being free tubi can be pretty awesome.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on May 26, 2021 19:55:24 GMT -5
By owning MGM I'd like to see Amazon do a RoboCop series with the quality of something like The Boys or Invincible
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Post by Sam Punk on May 27, 2021 2:55:16 GMT -5
Funny that they couldn't afford to give their employees hazard pay but they can find billions to buy MGM.
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Post by RadcapRadsley on May 27, 2021 8:32:01 GMT -5
Robocop and Midge Maisel crossover at last
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Post by Muskrat on May 27, 2021 9:44:08 GMT -5
There was no way in f*** Barbara Broccoli would ok Bond movies being streaming exclusives. Nothing happens with Bond without her approval |
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Post by Zombie Mod is not a ghoul. on May 27, 2021 10:08:50 GMT -5
so does this mean we get a new stargate series?
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on May 27, 2021 11:22:13 GMT -5
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Post by rocket on Mar 17, 2022 9:41:18 GMT -5
Bumping because the merger has been completed:
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Mar 17, 2022 10:42:41 GMT -5
Bumping because the merger has been completed: That logo looks very phallic |
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