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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly referred to as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, commonly shortened to MGM) is an American film and television production and distribution company headquartered in Culver City, California. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was founded on April 17, 1924, and has been owned by the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary of Amazon since 2022. MGM was formed by Marcus Loew by combining Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Pictures into one company.[3][4] It hired a number of well-known actors as contract players—its slogan was "more stars than there are in heaven"—and soon became Hollywood's most prestigious film studio, producing popular musical films and winning many Academy Awards. MGM also owned film studios, movie lots, movie theaters, and technical production facilities. Its most prosperous era, from 1926 to 1959, was bracketed by two productions of Ben Hur. After that, it divested itself of the Loews movie theater chain, and, in the 1960s, diversified into television production. In 1969, Kirk Kerkorian bought 40% of MGM and dramatically changed the company. He hired new management, reduced the studio's output to about five films per year, and diversified its products, creating MGM Resorts International and a Las Vegas-based hotel and casino company (which it later divested in the 1980s). In 1980, the studio acquired United Artists. Kerkorian sold the entire company to Ted Turner in 1986, who kept the rights to the MGM library in Turner Entertainment, sold the studio lot in Culver City to Lorimar, and sold the remnants of MGM back to Kerkorian that year. After Kerkorian sold and reacquired the company again in the 1990s, he expanded MGM by purchasing Orion Pictures and the Samuel Goldwyn Company, including both of their film libraries. Finally, in 2004, Kerkorian sold the company to a consortium that included Sony Pictures. In 2010, MGM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and reorganization. After reorganization, it emerged from bankruptcy later that year under its creditors' ownership. Two former executives at Spyglass Entertainment, Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum became co-chairmen and co-CEOs of MGM's new holding company. After Barber's departure in 2020, the studio sought to be acquired by another company to pay its creditors. In May 2021, Amazon acquired the studio for $8.45 billion; the deal closed in March 2022. As of 2022, MGM is still producing and distributing feature films and television series. Its major film productions include the Rocky and James Bond franchises, and among its recent television productions is the series The Handmaid's Tale.
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Set in 1977 across the rugged wilderness of Canada and the gritty heart of America, Wolverine: Blood Hunt follows Logan — a haunted drifter trying to outrun his violent past. Ten years after escaping the Weapon X program, his memories are fractured, his hands are stained, and his humanity hangs by a thread. Living off the grid, Logan struggles to suppress the animal inside, seeking solace in the bottle and the quiet of the road. But when bodies begin turning up torn to shreds across the northern border, whispers of a familiar name reach his ears — Victor Creed. His former brother-in-arms, now a relentless killer, has resurfaced with a savage vendetta and a trail of carnage leading straight to Logan. Drawn into a brutal confrontation with his oldest enemy, Logan is forced to face the monster he’s tried to bury — both in Creed and within himself. As the Canadian wilderness becomes their battleground, blood and snow blend into a primal symphony of rage and redemption. Wolverine: The Hunt is a raw, R-rated odyssey through the violent heart of two men born of the same nightmare — a story of pain, revenge, and the thin, tearing line between man and beast.
