I-Amazon kubikwa ukuthi isiseduze nokuthenga iMGM Studio

I-Amazon iphothula isivumelwano sokuthenga isitudiyo seMGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) esineminyaka ecishe ibe yi-100, ngokusho kwe Iphephandaba laseWall Street imithombo. Isivumelwano sokuthola i-MGM Holdings cishe ngemali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-9 sizophawula ukutholwa kwesibili kwesiqhwaga sezobuchwepheshe ngemuva kokugwinya Ukudla Okuphelele ngo-2017 ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-13,7. Lezi zinkampani zombili bezisezingxoxweni mayelana nalesi sivumelwano kusukela ekuqaleni kuka-2021.

I-MGM yaziwa ngokwakudala kwaseHollywood kusuka Singin 'Emvuleni ngayinye rocky, kanye nokuba omunye wabanikazi be-franchise ye-James Bond. Kafushane eqhuba isigaba saso sopopayi ngeminyaka yawo-90, lesi situdiyo siphinde sibe nezakhiwo zopopayi. I-Pink Panther, Zonke Izinja Ziya Ezulwini, Imfihlo ye-NIMH e Izinhliziyo zeBhubesi. Le nkampani inesitudiyo sikamabonakude esilethe izinhlelo ezishisa izikhotha ezifana ne Inganekwane Yencekukazi (Hlu) e Fargo (FX). I-MGM futhi ingumnikazi wesiteshi se-Epix.

Inkampani ezimele ezokuzijabulisa. ilinganiselwa ku-$5,5 billion (kuhlanganisa nesikweletu) ngoDisemba 2020. Isitokwe se-MGM senyukile njengoba amahlebezi okuthi idayiswa e-Amazon esanda kukhula, sisuka ku-$105 isabelo ngasinye maphakathi noMeyi saya ku-$140 ngesabelo ngasinye. isenzo ngoMsombuluko ekuseni.

Isebenzisa isevisi yayo ye-Prime Video futhi ikhiqiza okwayo okuqukethwe, i-Amazon isizimisele ngokuthenga amafilimu afakiwe, okuhlanganisa nefilimu ye-Paramount ezayo yezempi ye-sci-fi. Impi yakusasa kanye nokubanga isivumelwano neSony Pictures Entertainment, eyagcina iye kwaNetflix. Leli qhinga lakamuva ezimpini ezisakazwayo liza ngemuva nje kokuthi i-AT&T imemezele ukuthi izokhipha i-WarnerMedia ihlanganise ne-Discovery, okungenzeka ibone i-HBO Max ne-Discovery + zihlangana zibe inkundla enkulu yamandla.

[Umthombo: Wall Street Journal]