Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Josh Heald sets up projects at NBC, FoxOn the feature side, the Paradigm-repped Heald penned MGM's "Hot Tub Time Machine," starring John Cusack, which is set to open March 19, and Screen Gems' "Max's Mardi Gras," starring Josh Gad and Bret Harrison, eyed for a summer release. In this article: Norm Macdonald, NBC, Universal Media Studios, Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun, Josh Gad, and MGM |
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L.A. Times - Entertainment News | July 15, 2009
MGM audit: Company is in 'full compliance'
...fiscal year ending in March "was in line with its budget." In fiscal 2009, MGM's movie and TV library generated more than $500 million in cash flow, down 5% from the year before. MGM officials declined today to provide any further...
In this article: MGM, Cash flow, Sean Penn, Red Dawn, Hollywood, Fiscal year, and Ernst & Young
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The Hollywood Reporter | February 23, 2009
John Cusack, Rob Corddry dip into 'Hot Tub'
...Tub Time Machine" is warming up. John Cusack and Rob Corddry have boarded the MGM comedy, while Craig Robinson and Clark Duke are in negotiations to also star in the pic, being directed by Steve Pink. The script, by Josh Heald, follows a...
In this article: John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Steve Pink, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, MGM, Guantanamo Bay, and Vancouver
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SCI FI Wire | February 23, 2009
John Cusack to channel inner teen in Hot Tub Time Machine
John Cusack and Rob Corddry have boarded the MGM sci-fi comedy Hot Tub Time Machine, while Craig Robinson and Clark Duke are in negotiations to also star in the movie, being directed by Steve Pink, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The...
In this article: John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Steve Pink, MGM, Vancouver, and Canada
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The Hollywood Reporter | September 18, 2008
Openers search for youth this weekend
..."My Best Friend's Girl," with Dane Cook and Kate Hudson; "Igor," an animated family feature from MGM featuring a voice cast led by John Cusack; and "Ghost Town," DreamWorks/Paramount's comic fantasy that stars Ricky Gervais and Greg...
In this article: Ghost Town, Igor, Sony, MGM, DreamWorks, Weinstein Co., Ricky Gervais, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Cusack
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Reuters | November 07, 2008
Hollywood already in holiday mode
..."The Spirit"; and MGM's basketball drama "Hurricane Season," starring Forest Whitaker. A day later, MGM/UA debuts the Tom Cruise Nazi thriller "Valkyrie"; Paramount Vantage unspools the literary adaptation "Revolutionary Road," pairing...
In this article: Warners, Thanksgiving, Sony, MGM, Disney, DreamWorks Animation, Frost/Nixon, Champagne, and Hurricane Season
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PR Newswire | July 24, 2008
MGM Prepares New ROBOCOP Movie With Darren Aronofsky to Direct and David Self to Write
...Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Michelle Williams and Ben Kingsley. ROBOCOP continues the company's strategy of producing high-profile event movies with important filmmakers. About Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., through...
In this article: MGM, RoboCop, David Self, Darren Aronofsky, Mike Medavoy, Universal, The Fountain, and Road to Perdition
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Wikipedia | October 18, 2009
Hot Tub Time Machine
Hot Tub Time Machine Hot Tub Time Machine is a forthcoming time-travel comedy film being produced by United Artists/MGM . It will star Chevy Chase, John Cusack, Lyndsy Fonseca, Rob Corddry, and Craig Robinson. It is scheduled for release in...
In this article: John Cusack, Rob Corddry, United Artists, MGM, Clark Duke, Steve Pink, Chevy Chase, and Lyndsy Fonseca
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Four join Spacey in 'Invention'
...week in New Orleans. UTA- and 3 Arts Entetainment-repped Robinson, one of the regulars on "The Office," is about to begin filming "Hot Tub Time Machine" the MGM comedy he stars in alongside John Cusack and Rob Corddry. His recent film...
In this article: Kevin Spacey, Heather Graham, Johnny Knoxville, Camilla Belle, and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
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Seth Rogen & Elizabeth Banks to Star in 'Zack & Miri Make a Porno' for The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films
...Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, and Tom Wilkinson. Upcoming Weinstein Company films to be domestically distributed in theaters by MGM include "The Mist," a terrifying adaptation of a Stephen King short story from three-time...
In this article: Dimension Films, Seth Rogen, Kevin Smith, The Weinstein Company, Elizabeth Banks, Zack and Miri, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Scott Mosier, and TWC
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., or MGM, is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures.
The studio's official motto, "Ars Gratia Artis", is a Latin phrase meaning "Art for art's sake." It was chosen by Howard Dietz, the studio's chief publicist, in 1924. The studio's logo is a roaring lion surrounded by a circle inscribed with the studio's motto. The logo, which features "Leo the Lion," was created by Dietz in 1916 for Goldwyn Pictures and updated in 1924 for MGM's use. Dietz based the logo on his alma mater's mascot—the Columbia University lion. Originally silent, the sound of Leo the Lion's roar was added to films for the first time in August 1928. The studio's informal motto is "more stars than there are in heaven", a reference to the large number of A-list movie stars under contract to the company in the 1930s. This second motto was also coined by Deitz, and was probably first used in 1932.
MGM purchased Metromedia's film subsidiaries (Orion Pictures, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, and the Motion Picture Corporation of America) for $573 million 1997, and Kerkorian bought out Seven Network the following year. MGM used debt to acquire Polygram Filmed Entertainment's 1,300-title library from Seagram in 1999 for $250 million, and obtained the broadcast rights to more than 800 of its films previously licensed to Turner Broadcasting. MGM then purchased 20 percent of Cablevision Systems for $825 million in 2001. MGM attempted to take over Universal Studios in 2003 but failed, and was forced to sell several of its cable channel investments (taking a $75 million loss on the deal).
- Name:
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
- Type:
- Private
- Location:
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Founded:
- April 16, 1924
- Owned by:
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- Quadrangle Group
- DLJ Merchant Banking Partners
- Comcast
- Sony Corporation of America
- TPG Capital, L.P.
- Providence Equity Partners
- Industry:
- Motion pictures
- Key People:
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- Mary Parent, Bedi A. Singh, & Stephen F. Cooper, Office of CEO
- Harry Sloan, Chairman
- Products:
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- Television programs
- Motion pictures
- No. of Employees:
- 400 (as of 2006)
- Parent Company:
- MGM Holdings, Inc.
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