<![CDATA[Despite the best efforts of investor Carl Icahn MGM creditors have voted on a reorganization plan that moves the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It remains to be seen what if any trouble Icahn may cause. From MGM: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (“MGM”) today announced that the secured lenders voting in the Company’s solicitation process have overwhelmingly…
<![CDATA[ By Simon Reynolds for Digital Spy Oscar-nominated screenwriter Peter Morgan has claimed that the James Bond series lacks realism. The Queen and Frost/Nixon writer, who was hired to pen a script for the 23rd franchise instalment before MGM’s financial problems postponed the project, told indieWire that he struggles to “still believe a British secret…
<![CDATA[In a recent interview with Coming Soon.net Peter Morgan revealed after Bond Producer Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson placed Bond 23 on indefinite hiatus he left the project to pursue other opportunities. In addition to his departure he revealed he never got beyond the initial outlining stage. Rumours from earlier this year had talk…
<![CDATA[Some news arrives faster than others. Two updates follow up the Broccoli family involvement with the new offer for MGM. Bloomberg News has amened their original report to include a denial from EON production, they say that they were ever involved with the Sahara India Pariwar bid. EON Productions, producer of the James Bond movies,…
<![CDATA[The year long struggle to stabilise MGM's financial situation included reports of overtures made by the Broccoli family to Warner Brothers studios, encouraging them to bid (then stay in the bidding) for MGM. Apparently to no avail as the debt holders seemed to have dismissed the bids received setting a course for restructuring with a…
<![CDATA[Judi Dench not a fan of method acting, and now it appears the plot of Bond 22 'Quantum of Solace' has left her cold as well. Dame Judi Dench shares Bond fans’ frustration over “Quantum of Solace” – because she struggled to follow the plot too. She tells Britain’s The Times Magazine, “Yes, I know,…
<![CDATA[Cinema Blend reported trouble with the foundation of Craig's dream house. Rachel Weisz And Daniel Craig’s Dream House Collapsing? With James Bond in permanent limbo the next place you’ll be able to see Daniel Craig is opposite Rachel Weisz in a Jim Sheridan thriller called Dream House. Or at least that would be the next…
<![CDATA[According to The Wall Street Journal Spyglass Entertainment is nearing a deal to run MGM. Spyglass, which has co-financed such movies as Dinner for Schmucks, Star Trek, and The Sixth Sense, would receive a 4 percent ownership stake in the restructured studio, and creditors would forgive MGM's $4 billion debt in exchange for the bulk…
<![CDATA[In two recent interviews Ian Fleming Publications Ltd new hired pen (Jeffery Deaver) let a couple details about of his exciting new James Bond story slip. Apparently he is going to reboot the book series. An unusual step, discarding Ian Fleming’s work, the source of the Bond series and all the success. An especially Curious…
<![CDATA[James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson are reportedly "panicked" about the future of their spy series. An MGM insider told The Hollywood Reporter: “They’re completely panicked that if they go five, six years without a Bond movie, it’ll be over. They don’t want to kill the golden goose.” Earlier reports alleged Barbara…