Hollywood giant MGM puts itself up for sale at $5bn

[0h-so-Cold]

WB and Universal

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Paramount

 

[Deleted member 4874]

I will pay upwards of one hundred American dollars for the MGM lion

 

[Wallace Wells]

Damn, Disney buying Bond.

What a world.



Does it? Is Stargate really all that popular?

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I don't think Disney would own the full rights to Bond if MGM was bought?

 

[orava]

Amazon or Netflix should get it and then revive Stargate.

 

[davepoobond]

not sure I can see Disney springing for it personally

 

[SlyCoug88]

Doubt Disney would actually want (or be able) to do it, but it would be worth it for Spaceballs on D+ alone.

 

[THEVOID]

I have a feeling Apple will buy them. They're the most desperate for content.

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Actually makes the most sense.

 

[Xando]

Amazon or Netflix should get it and then revive Stargate.

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Netflix ain't paying 5bn for Bond and a bunch of IPs that have lived past their best days

 

[Typhoon20]

Can't believe Disney got Star Wars for 4bn.

Makes this 5bn look like...ehhh. Bond is a valuable IP. But 5bn ? Eh. Rocky, Robocop. All died a long time ago.

 

[orava]

Netflix ain't paying 5bn for Bond and a bunch of IPs that have lived past their best days

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They can just dump everything in trash and focus on stargate. Absolutely worth the 5bn.

 

[LakeEarth]

Can't believe Disney got Star Wars for 4bn.

Makes this 5bn look like...ehhh. Bond is a valuable IP. But 5bn ? Eh. Rocky, Robocop. All died a long time ago.

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Seriously, Lucas must've really wanted to retire quick, he could've gotten double.

 

[Zulith]

Disney ain't going for it. I don't see it as complimenting their existing businesses and content strategy. They have plenty to work with.

Amazon, Apple or Netflix maybe.

 

[The Real Napsta]

I hope Microsoft buys them.

 

[excelsiorlef]

I put in my bid

Fingers crossed

 

[Apathy]

Seems rather cheap. I guess they are expecting a bidding war

 

[Deleted member 17388]

C'mon Nintendo!

 

[Kinthey]

I'd like to announce that I'm avaible for a mere 2 billion

 

[Chaos Legion]

Have y'all seen Disney's leverage profile at the moment? Relative to their size, it makes Comcast and AT&T blush

 

[VinylCassette64]

After the recent Blue Sky news, I really hope MGM doesn't go to Disney if they are sold off.

 

[JJD]

Bond frachise by itself is worth at least $5 billion, MGM's catalog is fairly extensive beyond that as well.

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I might be mistaken but they already sold a lot of their catalog. Mainly the classics.

 

[SchroDingerzat]

After the recent Blue Sky news, I really hope MGM doesn't go to Disney if they are sold off.

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that's be honest. MGM is pretty dead sadly. Everyone who buys it is buying it for IP and old content.

 

[Saifu]

Whoever buys it will try to turn the James Bond franchise into another cinematic universe right?

 

[Minthara]

Whoever buys it will try to turn the James Bond franchise into another cinematic universe right?

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They would need approval of the franchise owners in order to do that.

 

[Biteren]

here we go again