MGM in Talks for Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Following up on their announcement of a Ben-Hur reboot yesterday, MGM is apparently now in early talks with Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson and Clark Duke for a sequel to the 2010 comedy Hot Tub Time Machine.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMGM Planning Remake of Ben-Hur
Fresh out of bankruptcy from the billion dollar-grossing monster that was Skyfall and the $900 million gross from The Hobbit, MGM is now raising funding for a reboot of Ben-Hur, according to Deadline.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMGM Attempts to Stop Raging Bull II
Jake LaMotta, whose life was the basis of Martin Scorsese’s 1980 Raging Bull, is facing litigation from MGM in regards to production of Raging Bull II. This new sequel, based on LaMotta’s book of the same name, focuses on the later life of the aging boxer.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsBond 23 Gets Release Date
The twenty-third installment in the James Bond film series, tentatively titled Bond 23, is slated for a Nov. 9, 2012 release, according to deadline.com.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsBond 23 to Start Filming Next Year
Apparently, MGM’s financial woes are no match for James Bond. Production on the 23rd Bond flick is slated to begin at the end of 2011.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMGM Files For Bankruptcy, Plans New Bond Movie
MGM has reportedly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsMGM Takes Steps Toward Outer Limits Movie
Although MGM has been struggling recently, the studio has hired writers to pen a script adapting the Twilight Zone-esque 1960s sci-fi television series, The Outer Limits, into a cohesive movie. With, you know, a unifying story and everything—despite the fact that The Outer Limits was an episodic telling of short stories that switched out characters and plotlines every week.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsBond 23 Suspended Indefinitely
Production on the 23rd James Bond movie has been suspended.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSix Companies Expected to Vie for MGM
It’s a tale that’s become all too familiar to American ears: Debt leads large company to falter financially and look at filing bankruptcy as an option. So goes the plight of MGM, the 86-year-old studio responsible for iconic films like The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind. Last November, the company announced that it was up for sale after struggling since a 2005 buyout left it riddled with debt.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMGM on its Way to Auction
MGM’s iconic roaring lion has been stifled to whimpers of late due to ticket-sale woes, and the box office blows have the once ample studio heading to the auction house again.... read more
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