Amazon wants to take a new big step into the film business: The online retailer is to negotiate a takeover with the MGM film studio. Popular franchises such as the James Bond films are created under the MGM umbrella. With the purchase, Amazon could become a direct competitor of Disney.

Amazon wants to buy MGM – for $ 9 billion

The James Bond film series, the hit series Vikings, Stargate, the Rocky and Creed films, plus great Hollywood classics like The Wizard of Oz or Gone with the Wind – the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film studio combines a long series successful and popular title under his name. There it is no wonder Amazon is apparently interested in MGM. How far the interest has already advanced has now become known.

High-level talks are said to be taking place behind the scenes. Accordingly, Amazon could be proud of the purchase of MGM and its titles $ 9 billion (currently around 7.4 billion euros), reports the industry magazine Variety. For Amazon, the deal should be exciting, especially because of the sheer amount of footage: Around 4,000 films and around 17,000 episodes different television programs come together.

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That would be a A big plus for Amazon’s own streaming service Prime Video. Especially since they include such prestigious titles as James Bond – with a huge worldwide fan base. With the acquisition of such a strong name, including future sequels, Amazon would become to put up serious competitor to Disney. The Disney group has been successfully doing the same thing for some time: The Star Wars and Marvel franchises show how it’s done.

Should it come to the takeover of MGM by Amazon – neither side has so far officially commented – it would be exciting to see how MGM’s films and series are handled in the future. At least it is It is quite conceivable that Amazon treats these as in-house productions and offers it as MGM Originals exclusively on Prime Video. Such a move would have weight in competition with Netflix and Disney + and would likely attract a few additional subscribers.