I saw on the internet the other day that the long race that every major studio in Hollywood seemed to want to win bar Disney after Sony's deal to distribute James Bond internationally ended after "Spectre" has now finally been won... thank goodness I say because as a fan of James Bond I was a bit worried there for a minuite because it's already been said that Danny Boyle will direct this next film but if no one owns the rights to distribute this internationally then how the fuck is anyone in any other country going to see this next James Bond as the franchise is owned by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson who own Eon Productions which is based in London and the films are made at Pinewood Studios but Sony is American so if no one came in to internationally distribute this next film in the Bond franchise this would be more than a bit tricky for Barbara Broccoli and Michael G.Wilson as Bond 25 would just be stuck and maybe would become a moot point...heaven forbid!
Anyhew... I digress
According to Deadline.com's website in a deal that was just signed between Eon's Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, chairman of the board at MGM Kevin Ulrich, MGM's Motion Pictures Group President Jon Glickman and Universal Pictures President Donna Langley, through a joint venture with Annapurna Pictures MGM will distribute James Bond 25 domestically (in the USA) and Universal will distribute James Bond 25 internationally as well as through home entertainment.
MGM still retains digital as well as worldwide television rights to James Bond 25 and while the distribution domestically will be distributed by the joint venture of MGM and Annapurna Pictures this film will still go out under the MGM label.
Not only this but according to this same article on Deadline.com's website but Barbara Broccoli announced the exciting news that:
"...We will begin shooting Bond 25 at Pinewood Studios in December with our partners at MGM..."
Bond 25 will be released in the UK on 25th October 2019, if you live outside of the UK here is the list of release dates for this movie from IMDb.com's website:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2382320/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ov_inf
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