MGM Closes $500M Revolving Credit Facility

February 6, 2012 By Brent Lang 3 days ago

Studio will use the funding to retire debt and develop new projects

  

MGM Plans Live-Action 'Where's Waldo' Adaptation

November 7, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 13 weeks ago

The studio will adapt the camouflaged children's book character for family movie

  

From 'Hobbit' to '21 Jump Street': Netflix and MGM Sign UK Streaming Deal

November 7, 2011 By Brent Lang 13 weeks ago

Pact also includes catalogue titles such as "Capote" and "Fargo"

  

Steve Stark Named MGM's President of TV Production

October 31, 2011 By Tim Molloy 14 weeks ago

Executive produced "Fairly Legal," "The Event"

  

MGM Taps Dene B. Stratton as Chief Financial Officer

September 20, 2011 By Fred Schruers 20 weeks ago

The Disney veteran will report to co-chairs Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum

  

MGM Hires Doug Finberg as Marketing EVP

September 6, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 22 weeks ago

He replaces Michael Vollman, who announced in July that he'd leave the studio

  

Whedon's 'Cabin in the Woods' Gets Friday the 13th Release Date -- in April 2012

July 21, 2011 By Tim Molloy 29 weeks ago

Unconventional horror film delayed by MGM woes, 3D conversion

  

MGM Marketing Head Michael Vollman Leaving Studio

July 18, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 29 weeks ago

Marketing chief won't renew his contract, which expires next month

  

MGM and Film Forum Ink Distribution Pact in Eastern Europe and Israel

June 30, 2011 By Brent Lang 32 weeks ago

Deal includes "Bond 23" and "The Hobbit"

  

MGM Appoints Ex-NBC Exec Roma Khanna President of Television Group and Digital

June 7, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 35 weeks ago

Khanna will oversee all television sales, acquisitions and production

  

Charles Bronson's Estate Sues Warner Bros., MGM

May 26, 2011 By Tim Kenneally & Pamela Chelin 37 weeks ago

Deceased action star's family claims they're owed from two '70s movies

  

MGM Becoming Financial Partner on Sony's 'Girl With a Dragon Tattoo'

May 17, 2011 By Brent Lang 38 weeks ago

Film emerges from previous pact between the two studios, which will see the companies partner "Bond 23"

  

MGM Expands Home Video Deal With Fox

April 14, 2011 By Diane Garrett 43 weeks ago

New deal covers library titles and new releases through 2016

  

Sony Nabs James Bond Rights in Deal with MGM

April 13, 2011 By Brent Lang 43 weeks ago

Studio will co-finance and distribute Bond 23

  

Scoop: The Comeback of MGM and James Bond

March 9, 2011 By Edward Jay Epstein 48 weeks ago

If nothing else, the studio’s financing roller-coaster ride illustrates how the insiders in Hollywood still manage to enchant outsiders on Wall Street

  

Former MGM Chief Mary Parent Takes Deal at Paramount

February 25, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 49 weeks ago

She joined MGM in 2008, and had been a well-regarded producer at Universal

  

Hollywood Publicist-Turned-Producer Walter Seltzer Dies at 96

February 19, 2011 By Wrap Staff 50 weeks ago

Worked with Brando, Douglas and Heston -- was sole MPTF trustee to oppose closing of the fund's long-term care center

  

Qualia Capital Founder Ken Schapiro Is MGM's New COO

February 14, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 51 weeks ago

The new chief operating officer begins work at the studio Monday

  

MGM Promotes John Bryan to Top Domestic Television Slot

February 11, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 51 weeks ago

This TV Network creator takes lead duties in MGM's Domestic Television division

  

Spyglass' Jonathan Glickman Named President of MGM Motion Picture Group

February 2, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Spyglass executive tapped to head newly restructured movie studio, filling in for the departed Mary Parent

  

Jim Packer Named President of Lionsgate's Worldwide Television Distribution and Digital

January 20, 2011 By Tim Molloy 1 year ago

Former MGM exec will try to sell shows and improve digital distribution

  

Daniel Craig to Return for 23rd 'Bond'; Sam Mendes to Direct

January 11, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Next '007' movie will start production later this year and premiere Nov. 9, 2012

  

Gollum, Gandalf on Board for Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit'

January 10, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Andy Serkis and Ian McKellen will reprise their "Lord of the Rings" roles in the two-part prequel

  

Exclusive: Knoxville & Samberg on 'Three Stooges' Shortlist

January 6, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Australian comic Shane Jacobson is also a candidate for Peter and Bobby Farrelly's slapstick comedy

  

Post-Bankruptcy, MGM Launches Classic TV Channel

January 4, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Studio will partner with Weigel Broadcasting to start Me-TV; new channel will feature "Dick Van Dyke" and "Cheers"

  

MGM Vacating Century City Tower for Beverly Hills

December 28, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

The financially troubled studio has signed a lease for office space at 235-269 N. Beverly Drive

  

Ex-Pixar CFO Ann Mather to Head New MGM Board

December 23, 2010 By Tim Molloy 1 year ago

Mather takes position with company just out of Chapter 11

  

MGM Exits Bankruptcy, Barber and Birnbaum Assume Control

December 20, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Studio emerges with $500 million in exit funding

  

MGM Lays Off 50 in Distribution, Post-Production

December 17, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

As the studio enters bankruptcy, an eighth of the staff is let go

  

Karen Sortito, Pioneer of Bond/BMW Product Tie-Ins, Dies

December 15, 2010 By The Los Angeles Times 1 year ago

Sortito died at age 49 after a battle with cancer

  

Cate Blanchett to Reprise 'Lord of the Rings' Role in 'Hobbit'

December 7, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Ken Stott, Mikael Persbrandt, Ryan Gage, William Kircher, Jed Brophy and "Dr. Who" star Sylvester McCoy have also joined the cast

  

Fox to Start Production on 'Three Stooges' Movie in March

December 2, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Peter and Bobby Farrelly are still directing, but Jim Carrey and Sean Penn are no longer involved with the project