We hear A-list creative auspices have reached out to inquire about adapting MGM IP which they are fans of.
Additionally, Amazon Studios also has been leaning on its own roster of talent for some projects.
Additionally, Amazon Studios is actively developing TV series based onFame,BarbershopandThe Magnificent Seven,sources said.
‘Robocop’, ‘Legally Blonde’, ‘Stargate’ and ‘Barbershop’Everett
APoltergeistproject also is likely down the road, we hear.
The studio also justmade a first-look dealwith Sylvester Stallone and his Balboa Productions for film and TV projects.
we hear expanding theRockybrand into television may be part of it.
Identifying and developing MGM IP has been slow going so far.
The nearly 100-year-old studio has had multiple owners as well as financing partners for many of its best-known movies.
The first film, starring Peter Weller, premiered in 1987.
TheLegally Blondemovie franchise is based on the novelLegally Blondeby Amanda Brown.
The first film debuted in 2001, starring Reese Witherspoon as Harvard Law student Elle Woods.
TheStargatemilitary sci-fi franchise, spanning film and TV, launched in 1994 with a movie directed by Roland Emmerich.
In TV,Stargate SG-1was one of the longest-running science-fiction series in U.S. television history.
It was followed byStargate Atlantisin 2004 andStargate Universein 2009, animated seriesStargate Infinityin 2002 and web seriesStargate Originsin 2018.
The Ice Cube-starringBarbershopfranchise started with the 2002 movie, directed by Tim Story.
It was followed byBarbershop 2: Back in Businessin 2004 andBarbershop: The Next Cutin 2016.
A spinoff,Beauty Shop, starring Queen Latifah, was released in 2005, along with aBarbershopTV series.
