Amazon's $8.5 billion purchase of MGM will give it rights to James Bond, 'Legally Blonde,' 'Robocop,' 'The Handmaid's Tale,' and much more. Here's what the tech giant could own under the deal.
By Victor in Business
Updated 3 years ago
Amazon just dropped $8.45 billion to buy MGM Studios, the decades-old film studio that owns rights to some of the biggest movies and TV shows in the world. In the press release announcing the deal, Amazon pointed to the "vast catalog" of "more than 4,000 films" and "17,000 TV shows" as the reason for the purchase - assuredly intended to bolster Amazon's Prime video streaming service.
