MIPCOM Spotlight: MGM Television

CANNES: Celebrating 50 years of James Bond, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios has the new film Skyfall to present at MIPCOM.

“James Bond has a massive and loyal following around the world, with over 23 major feature films,” says Chris Ottinger, the president of international television distribution and acquisitions at MGM Studios. “The producers at EON [Productions] have successfully continued to reinvent the character for each new era, with his current incarnation by Daniel Craig generating massive worldwide box-office grosses.” The catalogue also includes the first of three films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit book directed by Peter Jackson.

MGM Television is keen to showcase the drama series Vikings. “We introduced the series to our clients at a party in our new offices in Beverly Hills during the L.A. Screenings,” says Ottinger. “Since then, we’ve finished writing most of the scripts and have been in production since early July. It’s such an engaging property and I can’t wait to be sharing it with our clients.”