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I guess if you want lots of snow that's where you'd have to go (and you're in Norway to do the Atlantic Road stuff).
Haven't read or heard anything about them filming anything but forest and underwater shots for the winter scenes.
They film where they get the most money by the state.
Lots of Hollywood movies are filmed in Germany, because they get funded by "Filmförderung" (Film Financial Support).
Same in the UK too, that's why many of them get based here in Pinewood, Elstree etc.
Amazon nears deal to buy MGM Studios for nearly $9 billion
A transaction could be announced as soon as Tuesday, sources say.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/24/amazon-nears-deal-to-buy-mgm-for-nearly-9-billion.html
Does situation this have any bearing on Bond? Curious.
We need @antovolk for this..
Film distribued by Universal, how reassuring it is for Bond...
There were a couple pieces from the trades on this and the understanding seems to be that all of the films MGM is planning to release this year are still planned to happen as 'normal'. And/or if there was anything that could happen to NTTD, EON would veto it.
And... official - https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/05/26/amazon-to-buy-mgm-studios-for-8point45-billion.html?__twitter_impression=true
Oh well, I skipped SP on the big screen, it's not that hard to do. I simply don't want to give that scummy company a penny of my money.
Confirmed, James Bond has a new home.
"That was due in part to the fact that MGM shares the rights to the Bond franchise with Eon Productions. That company, which is run by half-siblings Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, has an unusual amount of control over the spy series — the approve everything from marketing to casting to distribution. That means that Amazon will struggle to get their sign off on any move to, say, debut the next Bond film on its streaming service, Amazon Prime."
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/26/amazon-to-buy-mgm-studios-for-8point45-billion.html
Almost $9 billion feels like a *very* premium price tag for the studio and its assets, and there's no question Bond is the flagship IP driving it. One assumes that expanding the universe via (multiple) Prime series + a more regular cadence for the 'main event' films are implicit—or explicit—ambitions of such a deal.
Without mentioning that the pandemic proved that to stream those 200/300 million dollars big event films is not financially sustainable.
"On the theatrical front, it’s unlikely that MGM and United Artists Releasing would change plans for their remaining 2021 theatrical releases — including the James Bond pic No Time to Die — particularly since the deal is likely to take months to close. UAR is a subsidiary of MGM and handles domestic distribution duties for MGM titles (Universal has international on No Time to Die)."
As far as I know, Bond will be the first major blockbuster franchise for them to acquire. It’s far different from the number of indie films they’ve released over the years.
I've no idea obviously how those numbers add up of course, I'm sure they have all sorts of people doing complex sums and predictions.
He did according to a book John Cork wrote. The deal was that Danjaq bought back the 50% for a deal that gives MGM exclusive distribution rights. This is why EON is free to make non-Bond films with other studios/companies.
Unless John Cork was wrong, I dunno why that point is never brought up.
Prime Series?!!!!!!!!!! Not whilst Babara Broccoli is control of Bond.