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Stephen King’s The Institute is Advancing to TV
The works of Stephen King have mainly been adapted as feature films in recent years, but TV’s due to get its own King things pretty soon. Along with HBO’s Welcome to Derry, MGM+ is entering the ring with a show based on the author’s 2019 novel The Institute. Heading up the eight-episode series as executive…
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Advocacy Groups Demand Amazon, MGM Cancel Creepy ‘Ring Nation’ Surveillance Reality Show
40 privacy and racial justice groups signed an open letter demanding MGM Studios cancel Ring Nation, a dystopian reality television show based on security footage captured from Ring home cameras. The groups warned airing the show risks “normalizing and promoting Amazon Ring’s dangerous network of surveillance cameras,” and could put vulnerable communities at heightened privacy…
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Labour Unions Want the FTC To Block Amazon’s Acquisition of MGM
In a 12-page letter, four major unions on Wednesday called upon Holly Vedova, the acting director of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, to block Amazon’s plans to acquire Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Amazon Buys MGM Studios for $12 Billion
It’s official folks — Jeff Bezos now owns James Bond. After murmurs earlier this week, Amazon announced today that it had acquired MGM in an $US8.45 ($11) billion deal that will bolster the e-commerce giant’s Hollywood ambitions.