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 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 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 ...

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 Gets a Reprieve, The Hobbit and James Bond Safe
atomicpopcorn.net 10/5/2009 — A week or so ago we reported on the financial crisis facing Metro Goldwyn Mayer that threatened to knock Guillermo Del Toro’s The Hobbit off its axis. It looked like a tricky doomsday scenario for the studio, but we’re happy to report that MGM is safe, for now. According to a ...

There's Not Enough Money To Buy Hobbits and James Bonds!
iwatchstuff.com 9/25/2009 — In news that could jeopardize our future supplies of James Bond and J.R.R. Tolkien films, MGM reportedly held a conference call with bondholders (something business people do) informing them that, despite the studio's early success of dressing up ...

If You Think THE HOBBIT and JAMES BOND Are in “Peril”, You’re an Idiot
collider.com 9/25/2009 — I woke up this morning and it turned out the sky was falling. According to Nikki Finke , MGM is on the verge of bankruptcy and if the creditors don’t cough up come cash, then the 85-year-old studio would have to sell off projects like the ...

'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 ...

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 ...