Well, “Good Stuff” is subjective (aesthetically I tend to agree), but in terms of content that has high monetizing potential, pretty clearly, no. And not just Bond, but lesser quality properties like Legally Blonde and Rocky could be developed into popular programming.
On Wed, 26 May 2021 at 9:55 PM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > This is where it all falls apart for me. MGM was sold for parts by Kirk > Kerkorian decades ago. What's left is mostly junk. > > What Bezos is buying is the name and the cachet that used to be attached > to it, despite that most of what MGM turned out in the studio era was > over-produced pap that reflected the dubious tastes of Louis B. Mayer. This > isn't to say that there's not a lot of good stuff that was produced then; > but it was in spite of Mayer, not because of him. Warners owns the good > stuff and will hold on to it. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 6:01:47 AM UTC-7 PGage wrote: > >> And the deal is now done - final price a bargain ay $9.45 Billion. >> >> This does include Fargo and Handmaid’s Tale. >> >> The article does explicitly quote Mike Hopkins, senior VP of Prime Video >> and Amazon Studios as saying: “The real financial value behind this deal is >> the treasure trove of IP in the deep catalog that we plan to reimagine and >> develop together with MGM’s talented team.” >> >> This does confirm for me that the streamers are seeing that Disney has >> established that the way to succeed is to establish as anchors a few >> popular film franchises, not primarily to rerun, but to spin off serialized >> television programs. >> >> The price (almost double what MGM was valued at by other suitors) to me >> has to mean that the Broccoli’s have either surrendered their control over >> the use of Bond, or agreed to allow MGM to develop several Bond-based >> series, though this is not mentioned in the article. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/0526a4fc-dcaf-4efa-a096-d31dba3dc060n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/0526a4fc-dcaf-4efa-a096-d31dba3dc060n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKaHH9mfjR8oaZAfQ_9rt1uv1pD%2BpWLSmAE2ff9G28aAQ%40mail.gmail.com.
