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Mike Hopkins , Head of Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios, made his debut at his first CinemaCon tonight, breaking the ice with de rigeur anecdote of how 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 to old to wear pajamas in public.” Applause for that in the auditorium of Caesars Palace Las Vegas, and even more for his promise to deliver 15 feature films a year to theaters by 2027, and for years to come. The studio will start with 12-14 films starting next year, Courtenay Valenti, head of Film, Streaming and Theatrical, said recently.
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” The deal, while rooted in expanding Amazon’s massive Prime loyalty program, also “really speaks to our excitement about the feature film business.” It’s become even more exciting now that the company is in the clear for 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.
“It’s still early days for us, and we have a ton of work to do,” he said. But the studio is committed to “epic, culturally, relative storytelling that need to be seen on giant screens like the one behind me.” Hopkins took the stage just days after Jennifer Salke’s surprise exit as head of Amazon MGM Studios after seven years.
She will not be replaced, with Valenti, and Head of TV Vernon Sanders, now reporting to him..
