The Wall Street Journal, in a story by Mike Spector and Lauren A.E. Schuker, reports that Spyglass Entertainment may be the leading contender to take control of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., owner of half of the James Bond franchise.
An excerpt:
Spyglass Entertainment has emerged as the leading contender to run Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., said people familiar with the matter, as the beleaguered film studio scrambles to restructure a roughly $4 billion debt load this summer.
Spyglass co-heads Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum would run the studio as co-chief executives under a plan being discussed with MGM’s creditors, these people said.
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Filed under: James Bond Films Tagged: | James Bond Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM's financial troubles putting Bond 23 in limbo, Spyglass Entertainment, The Wall Street Journal
I’ve just looked down the list of movies that Spyglass has developed, and…wow, the number of stinkers by far outweigh the decent films. Here’s hoping that they break that trend with the next Bond films (supposing this deal goes through, of course).
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