Amazon roars with $8.5b MGM purchase
Amazon's deal with MGM supercharges the Amazon Prime Video library. Plus it gives them that James Bond fellow.
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Huge news for Amazon Prime Video today. It is bringing back Kids in The Hall with filming now underway in Canada.
We've just started filming our new show in Toronto! #wereback #kidsinthehall @PrimeVideoCA pic.twitter.com/3KKSoIrPxH
— Kevin MCDonald (@kevinthekith) May 26, 2021
Oh, and Amazon also plunked down $8.45 billion to buy film studio MGM.
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