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[ManaByte]

Amazon Said to Make $9 Billion Offer for MGM

The ecommerce giant has been in talks to acquire the legendary studio and its library for several weeks.

variety.com

MGM claims to own one of the world’s “deepest libraries” of premium film and TV content.

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.”

 

[Nester99]

Fuck ya

Lets get an Amazon backed Stargate MoFO's

Fuck broke ass MGM.


Oh ya and those 29 hotels.....

 

[SinDelta]

Huh I wonder if Amazon wants a Stargate reboot as one of their big sci-fi series, after the Expanse finishes?

 

[The_Mighty_X]

Pack it up Disney+, they've got the Pink Panther and Teen Wolf

 

[GeorgioCostanzaX]

Does this give them Bond? Even under Sony I thought EON still had to credit MGM?

Rocky, Stargate, and Robocop kind of make it worth it?

 

[CloudNull]

Come one let’s get a new star gate. Shit, make it Amazon prime exclusive.... I wouldn’t even care.

 

[GHG]

Lots of M&A (mostly consolidation) around media companies at the moment. Discovery and AT&T partnered up earlier today as well.

 

[ManaByte]

Does this give them Bond? Even under Sony I thought EON still had to credit MGM?

Rocky, Stargate, and Robocop kind of make it worth it?

They’d have the distribution for Bond but EON will always own it.

 

[joedan]

Bond on Amazon Prime Video is all I need.

 

[El Pistolero]

So-so library, just like Sony pictures. Still, would be pretty big for Amazon...

 

[GeorgioCostanzaX]

So-so library, just like Sony pictures. Still, would be pretty big for Amazon...

Not that I want to encourage them to run some of my favorite series into the ground but some kind of Robocop or Creed/Rocky series could be dope with good production values and writing. + 007 distro rights.

 

[Susurrus]

I totally thought this was referring to the casino and I was hoping on getting Prime deals on bets.

 

[Hari Seldon]

They need to use their money to fix their broken ass shipping.

 

[The Wheel of Fortune]

Renew The Expanse instead, you cunts!

 

[Yoda]

Seems a bit high to me. MGM has seen better days.

 

[T8SC]

Other MGM titles include:

• The Wizard Of Oz
• Gone With The Wind
• Singin' In The Rain
• Ben-Hur
• Mutiny On The Bounty
• The Dirty Dozen
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Kelly's Heroes
• Poltergeist
• Spaceballs
• Child's Play
• Rain Man
• Road House

Several classics in their library.

 

[Rikkori]

All seasons of Survivor on streaming? Phuck yeah boah! Make it happen for me, Jeff.

 

[JeremyEtcetera]

This was for Bond.

 

[Torrent of Pork]

Damn, Pedowood must be going through some serious hard times. Discord walked away from a 10-12 billion dollar offer.

 

[stn]

I'm guessing this would include the newest Bond movie?

 

[Trogdor1123]

Stargate on prime.... Please!

 

[AJUMP23]

Amazon needs to be broken up.

 

[JeremyEtcetera]

Amazon needs to be broken up.

For Amazon, The World Is Not Enough.

 

[StormCell]

Amazon needs to be broken up.

Quoting this for truth. The only thing this serve is Amazon, who needs content exclusive to its Prime Video service so that people have one more reason to keep the subscription alive. I would rather MGM offer their content across multiple services rather than being owned by Amazon.

Frankly, Amazon is a little too much. Amazon the store. Amazon the cloud. Amazon the content provider and streamer. Amazon the audio service. Soon to be Amazon the shipping provider. Etc. etc.

 

[NahaNago]

I'd like a new stargate tv show as well but not like the one in space please. Either regular stargate or like stargate atlantis. I thought stargate was making a comeback anyways. Like it was suppose to be about a woman who found the stargate or something or maybe it was the daughter of the man who found the stargate.

A robocop reboot sounds nice but that last reboot was not so good.

 

[West Texas CEO]

 

[bitbydeath]

Sounds too cheap for something that’s almost a hundred years old.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Disney+ rise alarmed all the established streaming players because it showed that the famous IPs are very important and just new IPs is not enough to grow consistently.

 

[Kenpachii]

Need more stargate gimme more star gate. did i already mention i want more stargate. if not, well i want more star gate.

 

[Excess]

Holy shit, you had me, OP. I thought you meant MGM Resorts. I was like WTF does Amazon want with casinos?

The original MGM, though, yeah. I wouldn't mind a reboot of Stargate.