Posted on 05/26/2021 7:54:56 AM PDT by Red Badger
Amazon announced Wednesday that the company has reached a deal to buy MGM Holdings for $8.45 billion.
The deal is Amazon's second biggest, following the company's $13.7 billion purchase of the Whole Foods grocery chain in 2017.
"The real financial value behind this deal is the treasure trove of [intellectual property] in the deep catalog that we plan to reimagine and develop together with MGM's talented team," said Mike Hopkins, head of Prime Video and Amazon Studios Mike Hopkins, according to CNN.
Some of those brands include James Bond and Rocky.
I hope their profits are Gone With The Wind....................
The name’s Bezos......Jeff Bezos
MGM has been a struggling company for years. 007 has been their only real asset.
I’d like to see this last Daniel Craig 007 movie (No Time to Die) come out before Amazon ruins the franchise with woke. The trailer looks good and it seems like they are just waiting for theaters to come back.
Isn’t James Bond owned by the Ian Flemming estate?
From what I understand, No Time to Die is already expected to be woke as a joke... with a black 007 in the end.
OMG!!!! They own Rocky and not Bullwinkle?????
Don't bank on it happening. As we've seen, little happens to left-leaning businesses these days. Just like the post I submitted about Dick's Sporting Goods outlook. Despite dropping from $48/share to $36/share during their decision to stop selling guns Spring of 2020, they're now at $98/share and climbing. Remember the Red Hen Restaurant in VA? Still in business.
Daniel Craig's last Bind film, has been in the can over a year awaiting post covid release - probably Summer or Fall. Daily cases plummeting, it's time to reopen everything now. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases
Bezos: “Alexa, buy James Bond movies.”
Amazon bought Rocky without also picking up Bullwinkle? How stupid! No wonder they can’t compete with Elon on space flight.🤗
Now we can look forward to a trans-female lesbian person of color as the next Bond. Heshe will want hisher martini both shaken and stirred. The villain will certainly be a Trump supporter, and a homophobe. Not much else.
America is becoming 1984 and Idiocracy.
She’s an ugly black woman with a dude’s haircut.
He’s not going to get it back.
The movie industry was crippled by closing the theaters.
You are too late.
A female Bond is already in the works....................
Here’s the info on who owns the rights:
He doesn’t care about theaters. Doesn’t need them. Amazon has its own production company and Streaming service.............
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