Amazon is "weeks into" negotiations to purchase Metro Goldwyn Mayer for about $9 billion, according to a Monday report by Variety.
The deal is reportedly being orchestrated by a senior VP of Amazon Studios and Prime Video, Mike Hopkins, who is in direct contact with MGM board chairman Kevin Ulrich.
Earlier, reports started to buzz and speculate about a possible sum for the deal, estimated to be between $7 and $10 billion.
Established in 1924, MGM is one of the world's oldest film studios. The corporation indicated its readiness to be acquired in December 2020, rolling out a price tag of around $5 billion at the time. With over 4,000 film titles, the company suggested that a buyer would own one of the “deepest libraries” of premium media content.
Among the titles are the James Bond, Hobbit, and Rocky/Creed movies, and one could also discover 17,000 episodes of TV shows such as “The Handmaid’s Tale", "Teen Wolf", “Vikings" and “In the Heat of the Night".
Amazon is enjoying over 200 million Prime members around the world, after reporting 175 million Prime video viewers the previous year.