More on the ongoing story regarding a possible merger between MGM and Lions Gate from the man trying to take over the latter:
“Billionaire Carl Icahn said on Friday that Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, the company he has sought to control in a hostile takeover, has problems and should avoid merging with financially troubled Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.”
Read “Icahn critical of possible Lions Gate, MGM merger” at Reuters
July 12th, 2010 at 18:20
It is a pity ‘Cubby’ did not buy out ‘Harry’ when he sold his share of Eon to UA. Too late for that, but can we convince ‘Barbara’ and ‘Michael’ to buy back that half of Eon and take complete control of Bond. If this drags on, we could have the same situation as with Timothy Dalton waiting too long in the 90s and lose Daniel Craig.
Fingers crossed.
Peter
July 12th, 2010 at 20:19
Carl Icahn would bring MGM down with him into bigger debts, if he has problems of his own. He should stay away, EON should shake him off.
July 12th, 2010 at 21:40
Conclusion : be sure of the financial situation, no damage to nobody, do the best for this franchise, is a gold mine ! Rolando.