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Amazon MGM’s Mike Hopkins Cozies Up To Theater Owners, Promises “When Amazon Commits To Something, We Tend To Do It Big” — CinemaCon
Amazon MGM's Mike Hopkins made his CinemaCon debut, promising a long-term commitment to theatrical films as the studio ramps up its slate.
Mike HopkinsCourtesy Amazon Mike Hopkins, Head of Prime Video& Amazon MGM Studios, made his debut at his first CinemaCon tonight, breaking the ice with de rigueur anecdote of how he fell in love with cinema – going to see Stars Wars as a kid with his brother, both in jammies, “even though I was a bit too old to wear pajamas in public.” It’s become even more exciting now that the company is in the clear to ramp up its James Bond franchise after making a deal to gain creative control from rights-holder and producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. Valenti and Sue Kroll, the studio’s head of global marketing, said the producers are currently “both in London getting started.”
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