Recent content by Spy Commander

But it still comes down to this: A release date announcement *without a distributor to actually get it into theaters* is almost meaningless. That July 2017 announcement (the November 2019 release date) was hardly built on a firm foundation. I would agree with you on that, That hasn't stopped...

If Eon were capable of self-financing (the way George Lucas self-financed Star Wars before selling to Disney), it wouldn't be a big deal. Eon could find a distributor and pay it a distribution fee. However, the distributor for Bond movies has been a key source of financing the movie. Under...

I have tried to discuss this at various times and got pushback. "There's no way they'd set a release date without a distributor!" Well, yes, yes they could.

So today (March 28), MGM reported fourth-quarter financials and had an investor call. Two question, first was about Bond 25 distributor. MGM basically declined to answer.

It came out late Monday night that MGM's board of directors forced the CEO, Gary Barber, out. A potential complication. http://deadline.com/2018/03/mgm-ceo-gary-barber-exiting-company-1202346588/

I promise not to promote posts on a regular basis. However, I just posted this (Bond 25 questions (Danny Boyle edition Part IV) which briefly references the distribution issue at the very end). http://bit.ly/2FHAKfD

Thanks very much.

Re: Bond DVD settlement. At one point last year, the judge made a ruling and inserted a number of 007 puns throughout. Here's the URL for that ruling. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3913262-Bond-Order.html