We’ve got a story that sounds pretty crazy on the surface, but the source is interesting. The Financial Times is reporting that Ridley and Tony Scott are interested in “steering MGM back to solvency after submitting a restructuring plan” to the studio’s lenders.
MGM, remember, has been in dire straights for months. A $3.7b (that’s billion) debt burden has put the company on the auction block, though recent bids have left creditors trying to come up with a plan to inject new capitol and effectively create a new company with reduced, and manageable, debt. A new management team would be required, and if this report is accurate the Scott brothers are interested in being part of that team. Whether they would provide part of that new capitol is unclear, as is where their company Scott Free would come into play, if at all. You’d think they’d want to keep Scott Free separate.
(There’s a certain precedent for filmmakers like the Scotts going into management, as the partially artist-controlled United Artists has a long history with MGM. The most recent version of UA, kickstarted by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner, was part of MGM.) [via Deadline]
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