The film company, which owns the
James Bond franchise, had held talks with
Netflix and Apple
Amazon is in talks to acquire MGM, the
Hollywood studio behind the James Bond and Rocky franchises, in a $9bn (£6.3bn) deal.
MGM, which put itself up for sale in December, is one of the few Hollywood studios with “crown jewel” franchises not to have been snapped up in the recent wave of mega mergers and acquisitions in the media industry.