Fimmaker Cary Joji Fukunaga has reportedly announced that Spectre actress Lea Seydoux and regular 007 castmembers Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw and Naomie Harris are returning for Bond 25.  Seydoux played psychiatrist Dr Madeleine Swann in Spectre who works at Austrian clinic and has an affair with Mr. Bond. Of course…

For TV producers who lose their shows because their stars are racist trolls zonked out on Ambien, they have insurance for that now. It's called "disgrace insurance," and it covers production losses due to a wide range of disgraceful and illegal behavior by members of the cast and crew. The ins and outs of disgrace…

An assistant director on James Bond movie Spectre has gone to the UK’s High Court in search of $3.5m (£2.5m) in damages after he was left with what he and his lawyers have described as career-ending injuries. In February 2015 Terry Madden says he was hit by a truck while filming in Austria on the movie. He says his…

The specter of 2015’s successful James Bond film Spectre hovered over MGM’s financial results for Q4. But although film content revenue fell with no 2016 release that matched Bond, improvements in the TV business contributed to a lift in the bottom line. With the strong numbers, CEO Gary Barber told investors today…

Pinewood Studios, one of the world’s leading production facilities companies, is nearing a $425 million deal to be taken over by U.S. property investment fund Venus Grafton.  Pinewood chief exec Ivan Dunleavy has been looking for an investor to come in to the group for some time. Pinewood owns studios and facilities…

MGM and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment have renewed their existing worldwide agreement through June 2020, the companies said today. Fox will continue to handle marketing and distribution services for Blu-ray and DVD, and manage the operations and marketing of Digital HD and transactional VOD for MGM's film…

It’s taken a while, but the European Audiovisual Observatory has released box office findings for the 28 EU member states in 2015. At an all-time high, theatrical films generated 7.3B euros ($8.43B) across the region. That reps a 16% increase over 2014 and is the highest level on record, not adjusted for inflation…

Who you gonna call? While Sony recorded its biggest annual operating profit since 2007 with a 329% jump to $2.6B, the Pictures division took a 34.2% hit, down to $341M. Those earnings felt the impact of lower home entertainment sales as well as foreign exchange rates and the underperformance of high-wire drama The Walk…

Eddie The Eagle, which garnered an A CinemaScore in the U.S., is doing quite well across the pond in the UK. The Dexter Fletcher-helmed audience favorite opened big with $3.9M, marking the biggest opening of a British film since the James Bond movie Spectre opened in October 2015 with $80.4M. Eddie The Eagle debuted…

This should please investors in privately held MGM: The studio says this morning that the board has added $300 million to its stock-repurchase plan, though it offered no timetable. CEO Gary Barber considers it a vote of confidence in the company, which yesterday reported strong financial results for 2015 helped by…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses, and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that myster…

In a shocking win, the James Bond title song from Spectre, “Writing’s On the Wall” by Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes, took the best original song Oscar tonight. It’s the second time time that a 007 song has broken through at the Oscars, after “Skyfall” three years ago became the first Bond song to win. That title theme was…