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Movie studio behind 'James Bond' franchise explores sale

U.S. movie studio MGM Holdings is exploring a sale, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.
By Reuters

LOS ANGELES


U.S. movie studio MGM Holdings is exploring a sale, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.


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The movie studio behind the “James Bond” franchise has tapped investment banks Morgan Stanley and LionTree LLC and started a formal sale process, the source said, asking not to be identified.


The company has a market value of around $5.5 billion, based on privately traded shares and including debt, the source added. The development was reported on.wsj.com/37DWKEq earlier by the Wall Street Journal.


MGM Holdings said it had no comment.

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