April 20th, 2010
by David Leigh
Fans reacted first with shock and then with anger following the announcement from Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli that Bond 23 would be delayed “indefinitely”.
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April 20th, 2010
by David Leigh
Bad news was announced by Eon Productions on Monday, when they confirmed every Bond fans worst fear.
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April 12th, 2010
by David Leigh
Last week we reported that Sam Mendes had departed The Preacher in favour of directing Bond 23, according to the producer of that film.
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April 11th, 2010
by David Leigh
“We now have a terrific script that John August wrote. We were originally talking with Sam Mendes about doing the movie. Sam Mendes is going to go off and do the Bond movie, so there’s another director that we’re talking to right now.” So said Neal Moritz interviewed by Steve Weintraub on Collider.com seeming to […]
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April 10th, 2010
by David Leigh
MGM has been offered $500 million by Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity Media LLC and Ridley and Tony Scott express their interest in running the studio.
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April 6th, 2010
by David Leigh
MGM’s steering committee has presented a plan to creditors to go it alone after bids came in disappointingly low.
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March 23rd, 2010
by David Leigh
Three potential backers are understood to have participated in the second round of bidding for MGM, which closed yesterday after being extended from Friday 19th March. Lions Gate Entertainment, Time Warner and Access Industries are all understood to have participated in the auction, although the offers they have made fall some way short of what […]
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March 18th, 2010
by David Leigh
Friday 19th March is the deadline for bids for troubled studio MGM. Six bidders were invited to take part, including Time Warner and Lionsgate, although it appears that two others – Liberty Media Corp. and hedge fund Elliott Management Corp. – have withdrawn. While pre-production on Bond 23 was put on hold until the auction […]
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March 10th, 2010
by David Leigh
On Monday MGM announced a March 19th deadline for offers for the studio, with six parties expected to bid.However, according to a story on MI6 today quoting Wall Street Journal as its source, the studio is preparing a “plan B” in case the bids fall short. The plan is thought to involve existing creditors assuming […]
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March 9th, 2010
by David Leigh
According to a story posted in Variety yesterday troubled Hollywood studio MGM has set March 19th as the closing date for bids on its assets. Six bidders were invited to participate in this second round of bidding after allowing them access to internal accounts. Two of these bidders are believed to be Time Warner and […]
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