MGM On The Edge of Bankruptcy
screenrant.com 9/25/2009 — One of the biggest and most well-known movie studios out there is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, or MGM, known for its classic logo with the lion roaring during the opening credits - an almost expected introduction to many of our movies from the last ...

MGM on the Verge of Bankruptcy? Where Does This Leave Bond and The Hobbit?
slashfilm.com 9/25/2009 — There’s a complicated story brewing with MGM, which for the last thirty years has frequently been in dire financial straits. The severely abridged form is that MGM and its library have been bought and sold multiple times since the ...

MGM in Peril — Will James Bond Live to Die Another Day?
atomicpopcorn.net 9/25/2009 — Yesterday, a large conference call took place between MGM executives and bondholders in which the former “made a desperate plea for money because the studio had missed its numbers and was going to be out of funds very soon.” That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, MGM may be on ...

'Hobbit' stays with MGM
hollywoodreporter.com 10/4/2009 — MGM has secured support from key lenders to allow the studio enough cash to proceed with its participation in "The Hobbit." A recent proposal by MGM's new CEO Steve Cooper to defer interest payments on its debt load for the next three months on ...

Could Money Woes Cost MGM James Bond and 'The Hobbit'?
cinematical.com 9/25/2009 — MGM has been plagued by financial woes for much of their long and illustrious career, but their most recent crisis could end up costing them two of their biggest titles. Nikke Finke of Deadline Hollywood Daily is breathlessly reporting that the ...

MGM Cleared to Start Production on 'The Hobbit'
getthebigpicture.net 10/2/2009 — It has already been a long road for The Hobbit to make it to theaters. Thanks to the New Line/Tolkien Trust lawsuit that dragged on for a few years, the project couldn't actively move forward until this summer, even though development and pre-production has been going on for a while. Once ...

MGM In Trouble!? Will James Bond Lead Those Hobbits To A New Home??
aintitcool.com 9/25/2009 — Merrick here... Nikki Finke over at Deadline Hollywood has some alarming details about phone calls which went down yesterday between MGM and bondholders. MGM made a desperate plea for money because the studio had missed its numbers and was going to ...

MGM Thrown A Lifeline
filmshaft.com 10/4/2009 — Following on from last week’s report that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. , one of Hollywood’s oldest studios was on the brink of bankruptcy, it’s my pleasure to tell FilmShaft readers that MGM have been thrown a lifeline from the very creditors who days ago would have seen ...

MGM Studios “Teetering On Bankruptcy”
feedproxy.google.com 10/1/2009 — News has broke that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. – the powerhouse behind films such as the James Bond series and one of the oldest film studios in Hollywood is “teetering on bankruptcy” according to sources. The studio held emergency conference calls at the end of ...

MGM Bankrupt? The Hobbit Needs a Bailout
themovieblog.com 9/25/2009 — Just when all the news about The Hobbit put a shiny light on the progress, another dark shadow looms overhead. One even the Fellowship may not be able to rescue them from. Unless of course the Fellowship has a spare 3 billion dollars. MGM appears ...