The Digital Bits' Call to Action for John Wayne's The Alamo

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Originally Posted by gpn

Actually, MGM is doing quite well lately with their share of profits from Skyfall and the Hobbit films, so it would be nice to see them channel some of that money towards preservation.

MGM has definitely made a buck from that but that too is part of the problem. They need something else beyond James Bond films and if MGM was in a position to produce The Hobbit series themselves they would have done so or at least work out some deal for North America theatrical and home video distribution. Instead they're just another name in a long series of names listed at the opening credits and no matter what, WB, is still taking the lions share of the profits. But at least MGM gets something out of that.

Still, no amount of profits from those two series is going to plug up the financial issues of MGM and unfortunately it's not going to be enough to start funding multiple preservation projects. I'd assume at this point it's all about maintaining what they have as a library (sans full on restorations), work on more licensing deals and try to exploit those properties for possible future remakes (ie Robocop). Kinda sucks but makes the most sense (and I'm so up for a remake of RobotJox ... c'mon MGM ... lol)

Originally Posted by Snicket

Someone didn't get into Phi Kappa Psi...

Maybe try Lambda, Lambda, Lambda?