Bond 25 - "No Time to Die" (2021) (1 Viewer)

[SamT]

With all the big movies being streamed, they have not sold this one yet?

 

[Josh Steinberg]

MGM asked for over $600 million for the single film and there weren’t any takers at that price point.

 

[Worth]

With all the big movies being streamed, they have not sold this one yet?

If it were solely up to MGM, I'm sure they would have. But EON has veto power and wants this to play theatrically.

 

[Tommy R]

Have they REALLY not officially delayed this yet? I don’t see theaters being widely open by April...

 

[Osato]

Bill Hunt posted he believe mgm purchase may be down to Warner and Apple.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I think those were the leading contenders the last time this came up as well.

 

[Sam Favate]

Bill Hunt posted he believe mgm purchase may be down to Warner and Apple.

Part of me hopes it’s Warner, since I feel like they’d take better care of the catalog, but I think Apple is more likely (deeper pockets).

 

[jcroy]

Bill Hunt posted he believe mgm purchase may be down to Warner and Apple.

Are there any "wildcards" which can swoop in and outbid them ?

For example, could Microsoft swoop in and make James Bond, Rocky, Stargate, etc ..... as Xbox exclusives?

 

[Malcolm R]

What are the assets of MGM these days? Just the film library? It doesn't seem like they've really been a functioning studio for a number of years.

 

[jcroy]

What are the assets of MGM these days? Just the film library? It doesn't seem like they've really been a functioning studio for a number of years.

All they do is just partner with other studios, on a case by case basis.

Lists of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

United Artists - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[TravisR]

What are the assets of MGM these days? Just the film library? It doesn't seem like they've really been a functioning studio for a number of years.

Yeah. Why would any company pay $5 billion for MGM's library? James Bond might make that kind of money in a few decades (if it can manage to hit another hot streak like they had with Craig) but there's nothing else that they have that's a particularly viable franchise and physical media is basically dead so they'd be paying $5 billion to stream a bunch of movies that aren't going to really get or keep people subscribing to Apple + or Warners/HBOMAX or Netflix or whoever.

 

[Worth]

Yeah. Why would any company pay $5 billion for MGM's library? James Bond might make that kind of money in a few decades (if it can manage to hit another hot streak like they had with Craig) but there's nothing else that they have that's a particularly viable franchise and physical media is basically dead so they'd be paying $5 billion to stream a bunch of movies that aren't going to really get or keep people subscribing to Apple + or Warners/HBOMAX or Netflix or whoever.

And MGM only controls 50% of Bond.

 

[Osato]

And MGM only controls 50% of Bond.

Has James Bond finally met his match?

 

[Tommy R]

Was listening to the Billie Eilish song a few more times this past week and still really like it. Looking forward to whatever visuals they put to it. Assuming we ever get to see the actual movie...

I’m surprised there hasn’t been another official delay yet. Though, they sure DID wait till the last minute to delay it when it was still going to be November 2020. I thought for sure when Tenet didn’t reignite cinemas that they’d have delayed right then and there,perhaps a week or two after Tenet came out, but then they came out with new posters and a new trailer.

I just don’t see this coming out in April, and it’s apparently costing a LOT of money the more time that goes by due to interest on the budget (or whatever the financial situation is, I don’t entirely follow/understand that side of stuff).

 

[Keith Cobby]

As it won't be shown outside of the UK first, it will be postponed again. Our vaccination programme steps up a gesr on Monday and i expect it to become a Summer release.

 

[ptb2017fr]

See, the home theater experience DOES replicate the actual movie going experience.

I live in France where cinema is lauded. Last year classic western Once Upon A Time In the West got a cinema showing. I went expecting to find just a few other devotees there. It was packed to the rafters!

 

[ptb2017fr]

MGM has been unsettled for decades. I hope it finds a good fit with one of the other studios.

Agreed.

As long as it isn’t Disney who have destroyed 20th Century Fox!

 

[ptb2017fr]

Besides SirPaul, the only other Bond theme song I still listen to is "View To A Kill" by Duran Duran.

Live and Let Die one of the best songs. We Have All The Time in The World from OHMSS is another favourite. Then of course Adele singing Skyfall is up there. These are the only three I can listen to again and again.

 

[Tino]

I live in France where cinema is lauded.

I live in the U.S where cinema is also lauded.

 

[Osato]

Dr. No is playing at some AMC theaters starting on 1/31.

I plan on going.