Amazon Studios Changes Its Name To Amazon MGM Studios

TV & Film

Oct 5

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In a keynote speech on Oct. 3 at Iberseries & Plantino Industria, Pablo Iacoviello announced a change in branding. Amazon Studios will now be known as Amazon MGM Studios to reflect the availability of Amazon originals and MGM’s massive storehouse of films. There are over 4,00 film titles, 17,000 TV episodes, 180 Academy Awards, and 100 Emmy Awards under the MGM banner.

Iacoviello assured his audience that they would continue producing films in Latin America, pointing to the Oscar-nominated Argentina, 1985 as a prime example. Iacoviello said, “I think we are doing a little bit of everything, and we have not run out of potential big productions in Latin America. I believe there is an opportunity to make large projects in the region more efficiently while holding them up to the same standards of quality.”

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With the newly acquired MGM vault, Amazon MGM Studios can release classics like Rocky, James Bond, and Creed along with newer content like AIR, Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, Thirteen Lives, and Samaritan. For TV offerings, Amazon is working on releasing Hotel Cocaine, Bosch: Legacy season one, and Billy the Kid season two.

According to MGM’s chief operating officer, Chris Brearton, "MGM has been responsible for the creation of some of the most well-known and critically acclaimed films and television series of the past century. We look forward to continuing that tradition as we head into this next chapter, coming together with the great team at Prime Video and Amazon Studios to provide audiences with the very best in entertainment for years to come.”

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