MGM

A press conference regarding Bond 23 is scheduled for next Thursday, November 3rd, according to our friends at MI6. It has become traditional at the start of filming for the producers, director and principal cast to face the press and putting an end to some of the rumours that always surround filming of the James […]

Bond 23 will open in the UK two weeks before the previously announced date of November 9th 2012, according to a MGM and Sony Pictures announcement yesterday. According to an article on Variety: The pic will bow Oct. 26, 2012, at the Odeon Leicester Square, London, said MGM and Sony Pictures Entertainment on Thursday. It […]

A deal struck between MGM and Sony will see a third of the budget for Bond 23 to come from product placement deals, some $45 million according to The Australian. Of course, the James Bond films are no stranger to such deals, which in the past have included BMW, Brioni and Omega and a deal […]

Sony has apparently secured the distribution rights to Bond 23, according to an update on Deadline. This seems like a positive move, since Sony were behind the last two Bond films and have a close working relationship with Barbara Broccoli. The article states: Deadline has learned that Sony Pictures bosses Amy Pascal and Michael Lynton […]

While the release date of Bond 23 was announced last week by EON Productions and MGM, there is one part of the jigsaw still to be decided. MGM stated back in November that it aims to release a James Bond film every two years from November 2012. It went on to say that while it […]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (“MGM”) today announced that the company’s restructuring has become effective, with exit financing of $500 million in place. The company’s “pre-packaged” plan of reorganization (the “Plan”) was confirmed on December 2, 2010, by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. “MGM is emerging from one of the most challenging […]

MGM’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy was given the green light today, the final roadblock to progress on Bond 23. The studio expects to emerge from bankruptcy in a few weeks after Judge Stuart Bernstein approved the plan at a hearing in Manhatten. According to an article in Variety: The Chapter 11 plan will eliminate […]

MGM looks like it might finally be getting back on its feet after it has been confirmed that a federal bankruptcy court is likely to give MGM’s bankruptcy plan the green light, pathing the way of new projects, such as Bond 23. The Dec. 2 hearing in Manhattan before Judge Stuart Bernstein will take place […]

MGM may still merge with Lions Gate, according to an article published by Reuters. MGM is currently in bankruptcy proceedings, which it is expected to emerge from before the year end. While the studio has announced that it plans to release Bond 23 in November 2012 and then produce a new James Bond film every […]

MGM filed for pre-packaged bankruptcy yesterday under the deal with Spyglass. Only days since Carl Icahn’s failed counter bid, things have moved swiftly to move MGM into its next phase. One of the most interesting pieces of news to emerge from MGM, according to Bloomberg, relates to Bond 23 and beyond: New James Bond films […]