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Bond 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

Bond 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

MGM Files For Bankruptcy, Plans New Bond Movie

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

MGM 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

Bond 23 Suspended Indefinitely

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

Six 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

MGM 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

Terminator Franchise Distribution Future Uncertain

With Terminator Salvation quickly approaching this Memorial Day weekend and McG and Christian Bale on board for the sequel, talks about the next project have begun. However, there is a problem: MGM, who originally had the rights to Salvation but passed, has a 30-day rights refusal for the sequel, according to Variety, an issue that has some concerned....  read more

The Farrelly brothers to revive the Three Stooges

Undeterred by the chilly reception of their last attempt...  read more

MGM stays off the market...for now

Since its revival two decades ago, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has had a difficult time keeping itself in the black. Or perhaps it should be said that it hasn't been keeping itself in the black. Nonetheless, the studio announced recently that it will be staying in business despite a shaky reboot to its production and distribution. "Contrary to recent media reports, (MGM) is not for sale," said a statement by all the current owners of the studio printed in The Hollywood Reporter. "There is no 'asking price' for the company. MGM's existing financing arrangements are sufficient to meet its needs. Goldman Sachs has...  read more