Amazon has become one of the heavyweights in video streaming.
This does not prevent him from coveting a chair in the front row of dark rooms.
According to the Bloomberg agency, the e-commerce giant plans to spend more than 1 billion dollars a year to produce films for cinemas.
It would be the largest investment made by a technology company in feature films intended for the big screen.
At cruising speed, Amazon plans to produce between 12 and 15 films per year.
Either a “line-up” comparable to that of studios like Paramount or Universal Pictures.
The start of this project, in 2023, will be based on a smaller number of films, which will grow over time.
The giant has a major asset.
The mythical Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), which he acquired last year against a check for 8.5 billion dollars and which gives him access to a rich catalog of nearly a century of history cinematographic: 4000 films…
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