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What does Amazon get if they buy a Hollywood studio, besides the content library? Is MGM just a holder of copyright for various popular franchises or does the c
by MattGrommes 5y ago
What does Amazon get if they buy a Hollywood studio, besides the content library? Is MGM just a holder of copyright for various popular franchises or does the company actually make things?
- mathattack 5y agoStrategic power against other content creators. They need some can’t miss content similar to HBO/Disney/Netflix.
- dogma1138 5y agoYou’ve just answered your own question. A huge catalog of classics as well as franchises that can be developed into new shows and movies. The Bond franchise alone probably is worth half of what this deal is gonna cost.
- slg 5y ago>The Bond franchise alone probably is worth half of what this deal is gonna cost. Probably not. MGM doesn't "own" Bond in the same way that Disney owns Star Wars. There are complicating factors to the Bond movies that reduce the brand's value to MGM and any new prospective owner.
- johannes1234321 5y agoRight, Bond is controlled by the Broccoli family (Eon Productions)