MGM’s premium TV network Epix will be available for DirecTV subscribers for $6 a month as part of a new distribution deal with AT&T. The agreement, which begins May 19, encompasses streaming pay bundle DirecTV Now. Epix, which began as a movie-centric service owned by multiple content partners, has added original…

The producers of Bond 25 have revealed key cast and production details from Jamaica, the iconic location for previous Bond films including Dr No and Live And Let Die. Broadcasting live on Twitter, the production confirmed incoming cast including Rami Malek, Ana de Armas, Lashana Lynch, Billy Magnussen, David Dencik…

EXCLUSIVE: MGM will mount Yasuke, an action film that is based on the true story of history’s only recorded African samurai in feudal Japan. Stuart C. Paul has written the script and Whalerock Industries’ Lloyd Braun and Andrew Mittman are producing. The latter has joined the exec ranks at MGM and will steer the…

EXCLUSIVE: MGM has made an inventive deal with AGBO Films partners Joe & Anthony Russo that will see the Avengers: Endgame helmers essentially become the spiritual creative architects of some of the iconic properties in the MGM library. They’ve made a multi-film non-exclusive creative partnership to co-develop…

Mark Burnett and MGM Television are launching a new division to focus on launching unscripted formats internationally. The Shark Tank and Survivor producer is bringing back former Mark Burnett Productions executives C. Scot Cru and Patrice Choghi to run the new division. This comes after Deadline revealed earlier this…

MGM has hired veteran entertainment marketing exec Stephen Bruno to be its chief marketing officer. He will leave Netflix to take the post and he starts at the studio in April. Bruno has solid experience both in theatrical film and television series launches. He spent the past four years as VP Creative Marketing at…

Spyglass Media Group has tapped Kristin Cotich as EVP of Worldwide Communications, marking the latest move by an MGM alum to the new company led by former MGM boss Gary Barber. Cotich will report to Barber, who is chairman and CEO of Spyglass. She previously held the same title at MGM, working for Barber when he…

Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) has announced that Robert Marick has stepped into the role of Executive Vice President, Global Consumer Products & Experiences. In his newly appointed role which was effective last month, Marick will oversee the expansion of MGM's traditional merchandise, interactive and consumer products…

Former MGM CEO and Spyglass principal Gary Barber and Lantern Entertainment have joined forces to form Spyglass Media Group, an independent outfit, which will blend new film and TV projects with the Weinstein Co. assets. Strategic investors include Eagle Pictures, the largest independent distributor in Italy, and the…

MGM has dated its Aretha Franklin biopic Respect for August 14, 2020. The pic, directed by Liesl Tommy and scripted by Oscar winner Callie Khouri, follows the 17-time Grammy winner from her childhood days singing in her father’s church’s choir to mega stardom and the performer of such hit songs as “Respect” and “Chain…

MGM has hired studio PR vet Katie Martin Kelley to become its Chief Communications Officer. She brings a steady hand and will spearhead the corporate communications across all MGM divisions including corporate, film, television, global sales and distribution and digital/social media. Martin Kelley will report directly…

Mattel, Inc. and MGM will develop a live action motion picture based on Mattel's classic toy line View-Master. The toy-based film would be the second recent Mattel-MGM collaboration following the Feb. 15 announcement about a film based on Mattel’s American Girl doll brand. View-Masters are the stereoscope toys that…