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'''Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.''' is an independent, privately-held motion picture, television, home video, and theatrical production and distribution company. Their most successful film to date is the 11-Oscar winning ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_(1959_film) Ben-Hur]''.  
'''Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.''' is a motion picture company.


MGM owns the distribution rights to [[The Hobbit]], and a row with [[New Line Cinema]] prevented any movie adaptation. But now, the row is settled, and in 2010 and 2011, the release of [[Peter Jackson's The Hobbit]] and its sequel are scheduled.
MGM, through its subsidiary [[United Artists]], owns the distribution rights (but not the production rights) to screen adaptations of ''[[The Hobbit]]''. The company's precarious financial situation caused delays to [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]], which it was under contract to co-finance, as well as the departure of its initially planned director [[Guillermo del Toro]] from the project.<ref>TheOneRing.net: [http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2010/03/27/35768-source-mgm-situation-of-great-importance-to-the-hobbit-films/ Source says the MGM situation of ‘great importance’ to two potential ‘Hobbit’ films]. Updated 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2010-08-14.</ref>


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==External links==
==External links==
*{{WP|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer}}
*[http://www.mgm.com/ Official MGM website]
*[http://www.mgm.com/ Official MGM website]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mgm Wikipedia's article on MGM]


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[[Category:Businesses]]
[[Category:American businesses]]

Revision as of 23:40, 23 December 2014

MGM's famous logo

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is a motion picture company.

MGM, through its subsidiary United Artists, owns the distribution rights (but not the production rights) to screen adaptations of The Hobbit. The company's precarious financial situation caused delays to The Hobbit (film series), which it was under contract to co-finance, as well as the departure of its initially planned director Guillermo del Toro from the project.[1]

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