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Inside Jen Salke’s Amazon MGM Exit: James Bond Clashes, ‘Citadel’ Misfire and Mike Hopkins’ Ambitions for the Future


Inside Jen Salke’s Amazon MGM exit: James Bond clashes, ‘Citadel’ misfire and Mike Hopkins’ ambitions for the future, all explained.

And while the vagaries of Hollywood means Salke and her team are spending big bucks on swings that don’t always work, Hopkins has been winning fans up north for growing Prime Video’s live sports business, expanding its international reach and bolstering Amazon Channels subscriptions. More change could be afoot, however, as Hopkins noted in his memo to staffers, “we will be taking a couple of weeks to have thoughtful conversations with Jen’s directs and others to finalize the ideal long-term structure for the Amazon MGM Studios organization as a whole, and we’ll have more to share on that work soon.” & Mrs. Smith,’ ‘Saltburn,’ ‘Road House,’ ‘Beast Games,’ ‘Culpa Mia/Tuya’ and others speak to the hits under her leadership that have stirred cultural conversation and delivered incredible storytelling to worldwide audiences…and that list covers only the past 18 months,” he wrote.

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