{{Short description|American film and television and distribution company}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox company | logo = frameless|class=logo-nobg | logo_caption = Logo used since 2023 | image = Culver City buildings and structures 2023 March 18 batch 04.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_caption = The Culver Studios, Amazon MGM Studios' headquarters in Culver City, California | former_name = Amazon Studios (2010–2023) | type = Subsidiary | key_people = {{ubl|Mike Hopkins (head of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios)|Buddy Marini (head of Amazon MGM Studios Japan)<ref name="Amazon MGM Studios Japan">{{Cite web|last=Ramachandran|first=Naman|date=March 5, 2026|title=Amazon MGM Studios Taps Warner Bros. Discovery, Hulu Veteran Buddy Marini to Head Japan|url=https://variety.com/2026/film/news/amazon-mgm-studios-buddy-marini-japan-1236680798/|access-date=May 3, 2026|website=Variety}}</ref>|Courtenay Valenti (head of film)|Peter Friedlander (head of TV)}} | hq_location_city = Culver Studios, Culver City, California | predecessor = MGM Holdings | founded = {{start date and age|2010|11|16}} | parent = Amazon | divisions = {{ubl|Prime Movies|Amazon Content Services|Amazon MGM Studios Distribution|MGM Alternative Television}} | subsid = {{ubl|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|United Artists|Orion Pictures}} | website = {{URL|https://www.mgm.com/|mgm.com}}<br>{{URL|https://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en|amazonmgmstudios.com}} (press releases) | footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|website=Engadget|url=https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/09/nbcs-jennifer-salke-is-the-new-amazon-studios-chief/|title=NBC's Jennifer Salke is the new Amazon Studios chief|author=Lumb, David|date=February 10, 2018|access-date=February 15, 2018|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404212552/https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/09/nbcs-jennifer-salke-is-the-new-amazon-studios-chief/|url-status=live}} Her predecessor, Roy Price, resigned in October 2017</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/amazon-studios-joe-lewis-adds-drama-morgan-wandell-international-productions-1201837722/|title=Amazon Studios Comedy Chief Joe Lewis Adds Drama Oversight, Morgan Wandell To Head International Productions|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=17 October 2016|website=Deadline|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=8 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108092821/https://deadline.com/2016/10/amazon-studios-joe-lewis-adds-drama-morgan-wandell-international-productions-1201837722/|url-status=live}}</ref> }}
'''Amazon MGM Studios''' is an American film and television production and distribution company and the flagship namesake subsidiary of Amazon. Founded on November 16, 2010 as '''Amazon Studios''', the company adopted its current name on October 3, 2023 after its merger with MGM Holdings, which Amazon had acquired the year prior.<ref name="Spangler 2021">{{cite web|last1=Spangler|first1=Todd |last2=Lang |first2=Brent |title=Amazon Buys MGM, Studio Behind James Bond, for $8.45 Billion |url=https://variety.com/2021/biz/news/amazon-buys-mgm-studio-behind-james-bond-for-8-45-billion-1234980526/ |access-date=May 26, 2021|website=Variety|date=May 26, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125014617/https://variety.com/2021/biz/news/amazon-buys-mgm-studio-behind-james-bond-for-8-45-billion-1234980526/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Productions from the studio are primarily distributed through theaters and Amazon's own streaming media service, Amazon Prime Video.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/02/amazon-studios-now-funding-original-content-series-for-amazon-instant-video-service/ |title=Amazon Studios Now Funding Original Content Series For Amazon Video Service |author=Perez, Sarah |date=May 2, 2012 |website=TechCrunch |access-date=May 2, 2012 |archive-date=April 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419102606/https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/02/amazon-studios-now-funding-original-content-series-for-amazon-instant-video-service/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Alongside Amazon Prime Video, the company constitutes one half of Amazon's membership in the Motion Picture Association (MPA), which it joined in October 2024.
==History== ===Formation and early success (2010–2021)=== thumb|left|class=skin-invert|Logo of Amazon Studios, used from 2010 to 2019 Scripts for television and films used to be submitted online to Amazon<ref>{{cite web|website=Studios.Amazon.com|url=https://studios.amazon.com/help/faq|title=FAQ|access-date=2018-02-05|archive-date=2018-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119231535/https://studios.amazon.com/help/faq|url-status=live}}</ref> and read by staff; however, the website states they no longer accept submissions. Amazon aimed to review submitted scripts within 90 days (although the process may be longer). If a project was chosen for development, the writer was paid $10,000.<ref name=moyer/> If a developed script was selected for distribution as a full-budget movie, the creator was paid $200,000; if it was selected for distribution as a full-budget series, the creator was paid $55,000 as well as "up to 5 percent of Amazon's net receipts from toy and t-shirt licensing, and other royalties and bonuses."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/Amazon-Studios-Invites-TV-Writers-Submit-Comedy-Children-Series-Ideas-42088.html |title=Amazon Studios Invites TV Writers To Submit Comedy And Children's Series Ideas |author=West, Kelly |date=May 2, 2012 |website=Cinema Blend |access-date=May 2, 2012 |archive-date=May 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504030919/http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Amazon-Studios-Invites-TV-Writers-Submit-Comedy-Children-Series-Ideas-42088.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2008, Amazon expanded into film production, producing the film ''The Stolen Child'' with 20th Century Fox.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2008/digital/features/amazon-nursing-stolen-child-1117981288/ |title=Amazon, Fox nursing 'Stolen ' |author=Graser, Marc |date=February 21, 2008 |work=Variety |access-date=February 21, 2008 |archive-date=February 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226040827/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117981288.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2015, Amazon announced it had acquired Spike Lee's new film, ''Chi-Raq'', as its first Amazon Original Movie.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.denverpost.com/ci_28487111/amazon-studios-acquiring-spike-lee-film-its-1st |title=Amazon Studios acquiring Spike Lee film as its 1st release |agency=The Associated Press |date=July 15, 2015 |work=The Denver Post |access-date=July 15, 2015 |archive-date=July 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716043111/http://www.denverpost.com/ci_28487111/amazon-studios-acquiring-spike-lee-film-its-1st |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/16/spike-lee-chiraq-amazon-first-original-movie|title=Spike Lee's Chiraq gets Amazon release – and Oscars push|last=Barnes|first=Henry|date=2015-07-16|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-02-27|archive-date=2018-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228100708/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/16/spike-lee-chiraq-amazon-first-original-movie|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/16/amazon-movie-chiraq-spike-lee-directs.html|title=Spike Lee directs Amazon's first ever movie|last=Kharpal|first=Arjun|date=2015-07-16|work=CNBC|access-date=2018-02-27|archive-date=2018-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228041402/https://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/16/amazon-movie-chiraq-spike-lee-directs.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2010, Amazon Studios started allowing people to submit screenplays, which Amazon Studios and its customers would vote on. The top scriptwriters were told that they would earn cash prizes. This was named as "the scientific studio" by Jeff Bezos. This program stopped eight years later as submitted scripts were of low quality.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stone |first=Brad |title=Amazon unbound: Jeff Bezos and the invention of a global empire |date=2021 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-1-9821-3261-3 |location=New York |page=143}}</ref>
Amazon Studios also released its only comic-book series, ''Blackburn Burrow'', in 2012 as a free download.<ref name=fritz>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-amazon-studios-comic-20120912,0,5127701.story |title=Amazon Studios going into comics |author=Fritz, Ben |date=September 12, 2012 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=September 12, 2012 |archive-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922111413/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-amazon-studios-comic-20120912,0,5127701.story |url-status=live}}</ref> It contained a survey allowing Amazon to collect feedback to determine whether or not it was worthwhile to make the comic into a film.<ref name=fritz/>
Amazon Studios had received more than 10,000 feature screenplay submissions as of September 2012<ref name=fritz/> and 2,700 television pilots as of March 2013;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/03/nielsen-family-is-dead/ |title=The Nielsen Family Is Dead |author=Vanderbilt, Tom |date=March 28, 2013 |website=Wired |access-date=March 28, 2013 |archive-date=March 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328122850/http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/03/nielsen-family-is-dead/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 23 films and 26 television series were in active development as of March 2013.<ref name=fritz/><ref name=moyer>{{cite web |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57459387-93/amazons-studios-effort-picks-first-tv-shows-to-develop/ |title=Amazon's 'Studios' effort picks first TV shows to develop |author=Moyer, Edward |date=June 23, 2012 |website=CNET |access-date=June 23, 2012 |archive-date=June 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624125955/http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57459387-93/amazons-studios-effort-picks-first-tv-shows-to-develop/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In late 2016, it reorganized its film division into Prime Movies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/amazon-studios-joe-lewis-adds-drama-morgan-wandell-international-productions-1201837722|title=Amazon Studios Comedy Chief Joe Lewis Adds Drama Oversight, Morgan Wandell To Head International Productions|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=17 October 2016|website=Deadline|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616000729/https://deadline.com/2016/10/amazon-studios-joe-lewis-adds-drama-morgan-wandell-international-productions-1201837722/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
thumb|left|class=skin-invert|Logo of Amazon Studios, used from 2019 to 2023
On July 27, 2017, it was announced that, starting with the December 2017 release ''Wonder Wheel'', Amazon Studios would be its own self-distributing company. Previously, Amazon Studios had relied on multiple external studios to distribute their projects.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/markets-festivals/amazon-self-distribution-woody-allen-wonder-wheel-1202508413/|title=Amazon Moves Into Self-Distribution With Woody Allen's 'Wonder Wheel' (EXCLUSIVE)|date=27 July 2017|work=Variety|access-date=29 September 2017|archive-date=10 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910055336/http://variety.com/2017/film/markets-festivals/amazon-self-distribution-woody-allen-wonder-wheel-1202508413/amp/|url-status=live}}</ref> The company also acquired global television rights to ''The Lord of the Rings'' for $250 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/nov/21/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-tv-netflix-disney-apple|title=Amazon's $1bn bet on Lord of the Rings shows scale of its TV ambition|date=November 21, 2017|website=The Guardian|access-date=October 18, 2020|archive-date=October 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010000928/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/nov/21/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-tv-netflix-disney-apple|url-status=live}}</ref> However, Amazon still has external distribution clients outside of the United States, such as Elevation Pictures in Canada, as well as Warner Bros. and StudioCanal in the United Kingdom and France.
In April 2018, Amazon Studios announced that they would no longer accept open submissions of screenplays.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/amazon-studios-shuts-down-open-script-submissions-1202753480/|title=Amazon Studios Shuts Down Open Script-Submission Program|website=Variety|first=Todd|last=Spangler|date=April 14, 2018|access-date=November 8, 2018|archive-date=November 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108025951/https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/amazon-studios-shuts-down-open-script-submissions-1202753480/|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Acquisition of MGM and rebranding (2021–present)=== In May 2021, Amazon (parent company of Amazon Studios) entered negotiations to acquire Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). On May 26, 2021, it was announced that the studio would be acquired by Amazon for $8.45 billion, subject to regulatory approval, continuing to operate as a label alongside Amazon Studios and Amazon Prime Video.<ref name="Spangler 2021"/> Amazon will continue to partner with United Artists Releasing (MGM and Annapurna Pictures' joint distribution venture), which will continue to operate and release MGM titles theatrically "on a case-by-case basis."
In August 2021, it was reported that Steven Prinz signed an overall television deal and a first-look deal with the studio.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=2021-08-17|title=Amazon Inks Overall TV Deal, First-Look Film Deal With Development Executive Steven Prinz|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/amazon-overall-tv-deal-steven-prinz-1235042902/|access-date=2021-08-18|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818001054/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/amazon-overall-tv-deal-steven-prinz-1235042902/|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2021, it was reported that Brian Otaño had signed a deal with Amazon Studios.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cordero|first=Rosy|date=2021-09-01|title=Amazon Studios Inks Overall Deal with TV Scribe & Playwright Brian Otaño|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/amazon-studios-inks-overall-deal-brian-otano-1234825587/|access-date=2021-09-02|website=Deadline|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902000449/https://deadline.com/2021/09/amazon-studios-inks-overall-deal-brian-otano-1234825587/|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in September, Eddie Murphy had signed a first-look film deal with Amazon Studios.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/eddie-murphy-signs-three-picture-and-first-look-film-deal-with-amazon-studios-1234842091/|title=Eddie Murphy Signs Three-Picture & First-Look Film Deal With Amazon Studios.|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=September 22, 2021|accessdate=September 22, 2021|archive-date=September 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922183258/https://deadline.com/2021/09/eddie-murphy-signs-three-picture-and-first-look-film-deal-with-amazon-studios-1234842091/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In January 2022, Westbrook signed a multi-year first-look deal with Amazon Studios. That same month, Amazon Studios signed a ten-figure deal with 87North Productions.
In November 2022, it was announced that Jennifer Salke, in addition to Amazon Studios, will be given full control of MGM's film and television divisions, with Brearton stepping down as COO to become the Vice President of PVS Corporate Strategy for MGM+ and MGM Alternative Television.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Lesley|last1=Goldberg|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/amazons-jennifer-salke-gains-control-of-mgm-film-tv-operations-1235272055/ | title=Amazon's Jennifer Salke Gains Control of MGM Film, TV Operations | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=30 November 2022 | access-date=30 November 2022 | archive-date=30 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130144110/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/amazons-jennifer-salke-gains-control-of-mgm-film-tv-operations-1235272055/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
In December 2022, Intrepid Pictures signed a multi-year overall television deal with Amazon Studios.<ref>{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title='The Haunting' & 'Midnight Mass' Duo Mike Flanagan & Trevor Macy Ink Overall TV Deal With Amazon Studios |url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/mike-flanagan-amp-trevor-macy-overall-deal-with-amazon-studios-1235186302/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=December 1, 2022 |access-date=December 5, 2022 |archive-date=December 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205133757/https://deadline.com/2022/12/mike-flanagan-amp-trevor-macy-overall-deal-with-amazon-studios-1235186302/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The studio is one of the largest employers in Culver City with roughly 2,700 staffing their headquarters and production facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sakoui |first=Anousha |date=December 7, 2022 |title=Amazon Studios unveils massive virtual production stage, deepening ties to Culver City |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-12-06/amazon-culver-city-virtual-production-stage-candy-cane-lane-eddie-murphy |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212010555/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-12-06/amazon-culver-city-virtual-production-stage-candy-cane-lane-eddie-murphy |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2023, Critical Role Productions signed a multi-year overall television and first-look film deal with Amazon Studios.<ref>{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |title=Amazon Studios Inks Overall TV & First-Look Film Deal With Critical Role, Sets 'Mighty Nein' Animated Series As First Project |url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/amazon-studios-inks-overall-tv-first-look-film-deal-with-critical-role-sets-mighty-nein-animated-series-as-first-project-1235240884/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=January 25, 2023 |date=January 25, 2023 |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125200330/https://deadline.com/2023/01/amazon-studios-inks-overall-tv-first-look-film-deal-with-critical-role-sets-mighty-nein-animated-series-as-first-project-1235240884/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In March 2023, it was announced in response to the decision to release ''Air'' into theaters worldwide instead of Prime Video, that Amazon had shut down United Artists Releasing and folded the distributor's operations into MGM, making ''Creed III'' the first film to be distributed by the latter studio itself under Amazon's ownership.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=March 5, 2023 |title=Box Office: Michael B. Jordan's 'Creed III' Wins Title With Historic $58.6M Opening |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/creed-iii-box-office-opening-1235340591/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304165729/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/creed-iii-box-office-opening-1235340591/ |archive-date=March 4, 2023 |access-date=March 5, 2023 |website=Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> Also in March, Joe Quesada signed an exclusive first-look deal with Amazon Studios, and the studio also signed a multi-year first-look film deal with Imagine Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |title=Amazon Studios Signs Marvel's Former EIC Joe Quesada To Exclusive First-Look Deal |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/amazon-studios-marvel-joe-quesada-exclusive-first-look-deal-1235313811/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=March 30, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |title=Imagine Moves First-Look Deal From Apple to Amazon |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/imagine-amazon-1235364908/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 31, 2023}}</ref>
In May 2023, Amazon Studios created Amazon MGM Studios Distribution, an international film and television distribution unit for Amazon and MGM projects.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whittock |first=Jesse |date=May 8, 2023 |title=Amazon MGM Studios Distribution To Launch At LA Screenings |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/amazon-mgm-studios-distribution-la-screenings-1235356076/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508180524/https://deadline.com/2023/05/amazon-mgm-studios-distribution-la-screenings-1235356076/ |archive-date=May 8, 2023 |access-date=May 10, 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> The distributor's first films were ''Saltburn'', which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2023, ''Sitting in Bars with Cake'', which was released on Prime Video on September 8, 2023, and ''A Million Miles Away'' which was released on Prime Video on September 15, 2023, all 3 films were released through the MGM banner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/sitting-in-bars-with-cake-bette-midler-ron-livingston-aaron-dominguez-rish-shah-cast-1235124121/|title='Sitting In Bars With Cake': Bette Midler, Ron Livingston, Aaron Dominguez & Rish Shah Among 12 Rounding Out Cast Of Amazon Rom-Com|first=Rosy|last=Cordero|date=September 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=2023-09-01 |title=''Saltburn'' Review: A Vicious ''Talented Mr. Ripley'' Knockoff From the Director of ''Promising Young Woman'' |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/saltburn-review-emerald-fennell-barry-keoghan-1235705894/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Variety}}</ref> On October 4, 2023, Pablo Iacoviello, the studio's director of monetization for local originals, announced at the TV forum Iberseries & Platino Industria in Madrid that Amazon Studios would merge with MGM Holdings and would be renamed to Amazon MGM Studios itself to reflect this. This would also result in the on-screen 2016 animated Amazon Studios logo designed by Monster Creative being retired, with all film productions going forward, as of September 2023, opening with the 2021 MGM Leo the Lion logo designed by Baked Studios.<ref name="de la Fuente">{{Cite web |last=de la Fuente |first=Anne Marie |date=October 3, 2023 |title=Amazon Studios Now Called Amazon MGM Studios, Executive Pablo Iacoviello Reveals in Iberseries Keynote |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/amazon-mgm-studios-argentina-1985-1235743542/ |access-date=October 3, 2023 |work=Variety}}</ref>
In December 2023, Amazon MGM Studios secured a deal with Games Workshop, the creator of ''Warhammer 40,000'', to adapt its characters and stories for film and television. The agreement, involving British actor Henry Cavill as an executive producer and actor, enables Amazon MGM to produce ''Warhammer 40,000'' themed movies and TV shows.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-19 |title=Amazon to make Warhammer 40,000 shows and movies |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67753779 |access-date=2023-12-19}}</ref> In January 2024, Amazon announced hundreds of layoffs across Amazon MGM Studios, Prime Video and Twitch in order to "prioritize our investments for the long-term success of our business, while relentlessly focusing on what we know matters most to our customers," according to Mike Hopkins.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weprin |first1=Alex |title=Amazon Cutting Hundreds of Jobs at Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/amazon-cuts-hundreds-of-jobs-prime-video-mgm-studios-layoffs-1235784340/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=10 January 2024}}</ref> In March 2024, beginning with the Prime Video release of the remake of ''Road House'', Amazon MGM Studios marked the centennial anniversary celebration of the founding of MGM with a "100 Years" logo variant appearing on all films produced and released by the studio throughout the year.
In April 2024, Amazon MGM, in collaboration with Fandango at Home, Rotten Tomatoes and iTunes, offered customers a "100 Essential Movies" bundle of 100 films from the MGM library as part of the studio's centennial for a limited time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharpe |first=Josh |title=Fandango at Home and Rotten Tomatoes Celebrate MGM with 100 Film Collection |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Fandango-at-Home-and-Rotten-Tomatoes-Celebrate-MGM-with-100-Film-Collection-20240417 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref> That same month, they signed a three-year first-look deal with Jake Gyllenhaal's Nine Stories Productions banner, for which they will have a first look on films the latter company intends to produce for theatrical and streaming releases, including a film adaptation of the musical ''Fun Home''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Galuppo |first=Mia |date=2024-04-02 |title=Jake Gyllenhaal's Nine Stories Signs First-Look Deal with Amazon MGM |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jake-gyllenhaal-movies-amaozon-mgm-1235864460/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
In July 2024, the company announced the revival of United Artists after more than a decade of dormancy as a label, entering a multi-year partnership with Scott Stuber, former Chief of Film at Netflix and Vice Chairman at Universal Pictures. Under the deal, Stuber will produce films under his newly formed production company for United Artists, with Stuber involved with all projects released by the freshly revived banner.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scott Stuber Closes Deal To Revive United Artists|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Mike Jr|last=Fleming|date=26 July 2024|access-date=26 July 2024|url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/scott-stuber-closing-deal-to-revive-united-artists-1236023229/}}</ref>
In late-August 2024, Amazon MGM Studios announced they were planning to sell its unscripted production studio MGM Alternative as an independent company including its subsidiaries Evolution Media and Big Fish Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon In Talks To Sell MGM Alternative, Production Group Behind ‘The Voice’ & ‘Vanderpump Rules’|url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/amazon-in-talks-to-sell-mgm-alternative-the-voice-vanderpump-rules-1235804252/|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Peter|last=White|access-date=August 27, 2024|date=August 27, 2024}}</ref>
In September 2024, it was announced that Amazon MGM and Prime Video would join the Motion Picture Association (MPA) as its seventh member starting October 1, the second non-studio to do so after Netflix in 2019; this would also mark a return to the MPA for MGM after it lost membership in 2005 following a buyout led by Sony Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|title=MPA Adds Amazon Prime Video and MGM Studios As Newest Member|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Ted|last=Johnson|date=19 September 2024|access-date=19 September 2024|url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/mpa-amazon-prime-video-mgm-studios-member-1236094096/}}</ref>
In February 2025, Amazon MGM and Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of Eon Productions announced its intentions to form a joint venture to manage the franchise rights to ''James Bond''. Following the closing of the transaction, Amazon MGM would have full creative control over the ''Bond'' film franchise.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/james-bond-amazon-mgm-studios-takes-control-1236295821/|title=James Bond Shocker! Amazon MGM Studios Takes Creative Control Of Spy Franchise As Producers Michael G. Wilson & Barbara Broccoli Step Back|first=Justin|last=Kroll|first2=Mike|last2=Fleming Jr.|first3=Jake|last3=Kartner|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 20, 2025|access-date=February 20, 2025}}</ref> The deal cost Amazon MGM an estimated $1 billion for creative control, on top of what Amazon originally paid for MGM.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Anthony D'Alessandro,Justin |date=2025-02-20 |title=Amazon MGM Studios Shelled Out An Extra $1 Billion-Plus To Take Control Of James Bond: What’s Next For The Franchise |url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/james-bond-amazon-mgm-studios-deal-1236296104/ |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Davies |first=Rob |last2=Sweney |first2=Mark |date=2025-02-21 |title=Amazon paid more than $1bn to take creative control of James Bond |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/21/stars-shaken-stirred-amazon-deal-james-bond |access-date=2025-07-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> According to reports, Bezos himself directed Amazon MGM executives to "get rid" of Broccoli "no matter how much it costs."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-07 |title=‘Get Rid of Her’: Why Jeff Bezos Ousted James Bond Producer |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/get-rid-of-her-why-jeff-bezos-ousted-james-bond-producer/ |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeff Bezos reportedly interceded to oust Barbara Broccoli from James Bond franchise |url=https://www.avclub.com/james-bond-jeff-bezos-interceded-barbara-broccoli |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=AV Club |language=en-US}}</ref>
In March 2025, it was announced that Jennifer Salke would step down from her role at the helm of Amazon MGM to become a producer instead.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ha |first=Anthony |date=2025-03-29 |title=Amazon shakes up streaming leadership team |url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/29/amazon-shakes-up-streaming-leadership-team/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2025, the studio made its first appearance at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, with the plan to release more films theatrically in 2026 than in previous years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/cinemacon-amazon-mgm-studios-mike-hopkins-long-term-committment-1236358051/|title=Amazon MGM's Mike Hopkins Cozies Up To Theater Owners, Promises "When Amazon Commits To Something, We Tend To Do It Big" — CinemaCon|first=Jill|last=Goldsmith|first2=Nancy|last2=Tartaglione|website=Deadline|date=April 2, 2025}}</ref>
In June 2025, Sony Pictures and Amazon MGM Studios formed a multi-year deal in which Sony would handle the international theatrical distribution of titles from the latter studio following the conclusion of its four-year deal with Warner Bros. Pictures. However, this does not include home entertainment rights as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (and later on, Alliance Entertainment) will continue to distribute MGM's products. This deal would reunite Sony with MGM for the first time since 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2025-06-27 |title=Amazon MGM Studios & Sony Pictures Ink Multi-Year International Theatrical Distribution Deal |url=https://deadline.com/2025/06/amazon-mgm-studios-sony-international-distribution-1236444141/ |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Accolades=== In 2015, ''Transparent'' was the first show produced by Amazon Studios to win a major award and the first show produced by a streaming media service to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy (a.k.a. "Golden Globe for Best Series").<ref name='xbrlus_1'>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018724/000101872415000004/amzn-20141231xex991.htm|title=Amazon.com Announces Fourth Quarter Sales Up 15% to $29.33 Billion|website=United States Securities and Exchange Commission|format=XBRL|date=January 29, 2015|access-date=August 27, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312025529/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018724/000101872415000004/amzn-20141231xex991.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2017, for ''Manchester by the Sea'', Amazon Studios became the first streaming media service to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/01/oscar-nominations-2017-the-snubs-and-surprises.html|title=The Snubs and Surprises of the 2017 Oscar Nominations|date=24 January 2017|website=Vulture|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=1 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001114714/https://www.vulture.com/2017/01/oscar-nominations-2017-the-snubs-and-surprises.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the film was nominated for a total of six Academy Awards, winning two: Best Actor for Casey Affleck and Best Original Screenplay for Kenneth Lonergan.
The film ''The Salesman'' (2016) won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film; it was directed by Asghar Farhadi and distributed in the US by Amazon Studios.<ref name="AcquiresSalesman">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/amazon-acquires-asghar-farhadi-the-salesman-cohen-media-group-cannes-1201758704/|title=Amazon Acquires Asghar Farhadi's 'The Salesman', Partnering With Cohen Media Group On Domestic – Cannes|website=Deadline Hollywood|first1=Ali|last1=Jaafar|first2=Mike Jr.|last2=Fleming|date=May 18, 2016|access-date=August 10, 2019|archive-date=December 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231003939/https://deadline.com/2016/05/amazon-acquires-asghar-farhadi-the-salesman-cohen-media-group-cannes-1201758704/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2018, the period comedy-drama television series ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'', starring Rachel Brosnahan, won two Golden Globe Awards (Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Musical or Comedy for Brosnahan) and five Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Brosnahan.
United Artists Releasing's ''Women Talking'' earned a nomination for Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards and won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
In 2023, Orion Pictures' ''American Fiction'' earned Amazon MGM Studios its first win for the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival following the studio's rebrand.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-17 |title='American Fiction' wins People's Choice award at Toronto Film Festival |url=https://apnews.com/article/tiff-awards-toronto-film-festival-peoples-choice-american-fiction-9092a4860b7ad126c45a778fdc2b7881 |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> The film went on to receive five nominations at the 96th Academy Awards; including Best Picture, and won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oscars 2024: The complete list of winners at the 96th Academy Awards |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/11/oscars-2024-the-complete-list-of-winners-at-the-96th-academy-awards |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>
==Logo== {{Main|Leo the Lion (MGM)}}
==Assets== {{see also|MGM Holdings#Assets}}
===Film production and distribution=== {{multiple image | width = 200 | direction = vertical | header = | align = right | image1 = MGM 2021.svg | image2 = United Artists logo 2019.svg | image3 = Orion Pictures logo 2022.svg | class1 = skin-invert | class2 = skin-invert | class3 = skin-invert | link1 = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | link2 = United Artists | link3 = Orion Pictures | footer = Logos of '''Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer''', '''United Artists''' and '''Orion Pictures''', the studio's primary film units. }} * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer * United Artists * Orion Pictures ** Orion Classics ** American International Pictures * Prime Movies * Amazon Content Services * Amazon MGM Studios Distribution
===Television=== {{multiple image | width = 200 | direction = vertical | header = | align = right | image1 = | image2 = | footer = Logos of '''Big Fish Entertainment''' and '''Evolution Media''', two of the studio's television units. }} * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television ** MGM Alternative Television ** MGM International Television ** MGM On Demand ** MGM/UA Television * Big Fish Entertainment LLC ** Half Moon Pictures * Evolution Media * Gato Grande Productions (joint venture with Mexican entrepreneurs Miguel Aleman and Antonio Cué) * Lightworkers Media
====Channels==== * MGM+ ** MGM+ Marquee ** MGM+ Hits ** MGM+ Drive-In ** MGM+ On Demand * ScreenPix ** ScreenPix Action ** ScreenPix Westerns ** ScreenPix Voices ** ScreenPix On Demand * Impact (joint venture with Comcast) * MGM Sci-Fi (Roku linear channel)
===Others=== * Amazon MGM Studios Consumer Products * MGM Home Entertainment * MGM Music * Prime Video Sport * MGM On Stage
==Production libraries== {{main|List of Amazon MGM Studios films|List of Amazon Prime Video original films}}
{{further|List of libraries owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer}}
===Highest-grossing films=== : {{legend|#b6fcb6|Indicates films currently in theatrical release in the week commencing {{Date of previous Friday}}.|text={{†|alt=film currently playing}}}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Highest-grossing in North America |- ! Rank !! Title !! Year !! Gross |- ! 1 | style="background:#b6fcb6;" | ''Project Hail Mary'' {{†|alt=film currently playing}} | 2026 | $341,307,287 |- ! 2 | ''Red One'' | rowspan="2" | 2024 | $97,000,759 |- ! 3 | ''The Beekeeper'' | $66,220,535 |- ! 4 | ''The Accountant 2'' | 2025 | $65,486,713 |- ! 5 | ''The Boys in the Boat'' | rowspan="2" | 2023 | $52,641,306 |- ! 6 | ''Air'' | $52,460,106 |- ! 7 | style="background:#b6fcb6;" | ''The Sheep Detectives'' {{†|alt=film currently playing}} | 2026 | $51,206,636 |- ! 8 | ''Challengers'' | 2024 | $50,119,408 |- ! 9 | ''A Working Man'' | 2025 | $37,000,711 |- ! 10 | ''Crime 101'' | 2026 | $36,064,389 |- |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Highest-grossing worldwide |- ! Rank !! Title !! Year !! Gross |- ! 1 | style="background:#b6fcb6;" | ''Project Hail Mary'' {{†|alt=film currently playing}} | 2026 | $677,288,236 |- ! 2 | ''Red One'' | rowspan="2" | 2024 | $185,900,759 |- ! 3 | ''The Beekeeper'' | $162,619,531 |- ! 4 | ''The Accountant 2'' | rowspan="2" | 2025 | $102,086,713 |- ! 5 | ''A Working Man'' | $99,054,702 |- ! 6 | ''Challengers'' | 2024 | $96,119,408 |- ! 7 | style="background:#b6fcb6;" | ''The Sheep Detectives'' {{†|alt=film currently playing}} | 2026 | $90,893,231 |- ! 8 | ''Air'' | 2023 | $90,060,106 |- ! 9 | ''Crime 101'' | 2026 | $70,431,768 |- ! 10 | ''The Boys in the Boat'' | 2023 | $55,521,574 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.mgm.com/}} (Amazon MGM Corporate) * {{Official website|https://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en}} (Amazon MGM Press) * {{Instagram|amazonmgmstudios}}
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