MGM in Talks for Hot Tub Time Machine 2

By Mark Rozeman at 5:00 PM on January 16, 2013

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

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MGM Planning Remake of Ben-Hur

By Mark Rozeman at 2:45 PM on January 15, 2013

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

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MGM Attempts to Stop Raging Bull II

By Darren Orf at 4:03 PM on July 5, 2012

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

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Bond 23 Gets Release Date

By Nathan Spicer at 9:00 AM on January 13, 2011

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

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Bond 23 to Start Filming Next Year

By Bonnie Stiernberg at 3:34 PM on December 3, 2010

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

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MGM Files For Bankruptcy, Plans New Bond Movie

By Bonnie Stiernberg at 2:02 PM on November 4, 2010

MGM has reportedly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy....  read more

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MGM Takes Steps Toward Outer Limits Movie

By Whitney Baker at 5:00 PM on August 5, 2010

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

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Bond 23 Suspended Indefinitely

By Paste News at 10:45 AM on April 21, 2010

Production on the 23rd James Bond movie has been suspended....  read more

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Six Companies Expected to Vie for MGM

By Anna Swindle at 3:00 PM on March 10, 2010

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

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MGM on its Way to Auction

By Gage Henry at 1:00 PM on November 12, 2009

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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