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It won't, it'd slow things down, which was my point.
Seems like MGM is in such a fragile position that is depends on Bond for a huge cash injection, and maybe that is what is off-putting to the big studios?
Yes, but will MGM do that? I hate Bond tied to MGM!!! Bond or not the Sony deal was way lopsided in MGM's favor.
TCF has the video rights so that can't be added to the deal.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/17/elon-musk-satellites-internet-spacex
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/15/richard-branson-supersonic-flight-virgin-boom#comments
Craig, Waltz, Bautista, Belucci, Lea Seydoux, Fiennes, Kinnear, Harris and Jeffrey Wright to return.
EON, Danjaq & MGM/UA paid quite a bit to secure the use of Spectre and Blofeld so I am sure they will keep going with it in the next story.
Bond will at some point head to the US to seek Lucia's help as he looks to track down his man or woman. Bond to also return to Asia in part of the film. I have an inkling some scenes may be shot in the Republic Of Ireland (Barbs gave a speech to Irish film guild early last year saying she would love to bring Bond to the ROI).
Irma Brunt to be introduced.
We will see a longer physical and more dangerous fight sequence between Bond and Hinx. Ultimately Hinx will die.
Bond to drive a limited edition Aston Martin Vanquish S
Jany Temine will stay on as costume, Tom Ford will remain the main partner.
Announcement March/April - Filming commencing later 2017 for October 2018 release.
Sony will have secured the distribution deal to continue.
Emmanuel Lubezki (Birman, The Revenant) on Cinematography (if Deakins does not return)
Happy to hear your predictions or thoughts.
But he'd miss it terribly.
MGM don't have much say in moving forward. Sony would love to continue distributing but they're not going to want the same crappy deal they initially had. Next year alone, with one film Sony are going to gross close to if not surpass $1 Billion. They're simply in a better bargaining position than they were before and MGM are not.
I too think that is the more likely scenario and besides, I'm not convinced EoN have the capital to buy back MGM's share.
@mcdonbb hahaha.
=))
If only Saltzman has been a bit more shrewd with how he spent him money eh?
It reminds me of Michael Jackson's ATV back catalogue. Once he sold 50% to Sony he was beholden to them to some extent and they had leverage over him due to the value of the asset (which was a much larger portion of his total wealth than it was of Sony).
So if MGM goes public, the Bond franchise is likely to be 50% in someone else's hands at some point down the road.
Not really true
Saltzman sold his 50% to UA in 1975 but in 1986 Broccoli bought them back to own 100% of the parent company Danjaq which holds the rights. Although the trademarks for material related to the Bond films are held by Danjaq, the copyrights to the first 20 film properties are co-owned by Danjaq LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.
Me too.