Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios: Difference between revisions

In 2009 and 2010, MGM suffered financial problems and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on November 3, 2010. After escaping from bankruptcy on December 20, Spyglass executives Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum became co-CEOs and co-chairs of the company. Birnbaum left on October 3, 2012, and Barber was fired in March 2018. For much of the 2010s, much of MGM's output was produced with and/or distributed by [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]], [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]], [[Universal Pictures|Universal]], or [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] in all territories outside of the Nordics, Israel, Central Europe, the Middle East and Portugal. In 2017, MGM signed an agreement with [[Annapurna Pictures]] to distribute titles from both parties in the US, with third-party titles being released under the Mirror banner. MGM also signed an agreement with Universal that same year to handle the international distribution of MGM titles. In 2019, the partnership became known as [[United Artists Releasing]] and [[Orion Pictures]]' distribution staff was added to the venture.

The current company and studio location are located in Beverly Hills, California. MGM owned a more well-known set of studios in Culver City from 1925 until 1986 when the backlot was sold to [[Lorimar-Telepictures]]; the lot is now owned by [[Sony]] through the [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] subsidiary of [[Sony Entertainment]] and is known as Sony Pictures Studios.

* One of the last films to use the 1960-1982 version before the name change to MGM/UA Entertainment Co. was the 1983 television premiere of the 1936 adaptation of ''Show Boat''.

** It is also preserved on the 1990 MGM/UA Home Video release.

** MGM/UA releases between March 1982 and June 1983, which feature the closing variant, still open with the standard MGM version on MGM releases, while UA releases from the period open with the standard United Artists logo.

** Starting with the release of ''Dream Lover'' on February 28, 1986, it reverted back to the name "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</span>". However, the MGM/UA variant appeared on the 1987 film ''O.C. and Stiggs'' (which was originally made in 1985, but was shelved for two years).

'''Availability:''' This is the longest-used logo from the company, having been used for nearly 35 years. This is also very easy to find, especially the 2001 website variant, which plasters both previous logos and numerous logos from other companies.

** Starting with ''The Aviator'', it was reverted back to the MGM/UA variant of the 1957 logo.

* The standard version's earliest known appearance was on TV spots for ''Running Scared'' in the spring of 1986, but it's currently unknown if theatrical prints used this logo.