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Indian conglomerate Sahara India Pariwar is reported to be in exploratory talks to buy the debt-hobbled MGM studio for $2 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. Bloomberg adds that the Broccoli family, owners of the James Bond rights, are aligned. What an endless soap opera. Later, Bloomberg corrected itself to say that Eon disavowed even knowing about the Indian bid.
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An endless soap opera, yes, but maybe now it will include elaborate musical numbers!
But seriously, they must have a plan for getting the Bond franchise up and running again to get the Broccolis to support them. I will wish good luck to anyone willing to make MGM a viable company again.
Does anyone know where this leaves Spyglass?
Why the 11th hour interest, I wonder? Could it be that the EON got wind of what might happen to the Bond franchise in the hands of Spyglass and were unhappy? Would this give Barbara and Michael 100% of Bond, or close to it? Hmmm.
Eon has denied any involvement with Saraha.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-20/bond-movie-producer-eon-says-it-s-not-part-of-sahara-s-bid-for-mgm-studio.html
come one MGM is a good company i want more bond movies im a big fan
more bond movies!!!!!
they cant go out of busniess
I think you can be sure that EON will get much more meddling than they are used to with 007 casting, plot,director etc. Without doubt one studio would love to insert Johnny Depp if he was up for it or Nick Cage. If EON have found a company they think they can work with and keep artistic control, they will go for it. However based on Quantum of Solace, and based on Sam Mendes to direct James Bond 23, it may be that a change of artistic control could be a very good thing for 007. Whoever has the rights when they make James Bond 23, they should get Vic Armstrong to direct it AND get a really great screenplay with quotable dialogue. Indeed they could work with the owners of the Jeffrey Archer novel “A Matter of Honour” as this gives them 007 audience, NATIONAL TREASURE audience and Jeffrey Archer marketing edge (massive if he steps back into the limelight and spotlight). The Matter of Honour premise will sell well in the USA and Canada.