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Lambchops_Legion t1_iyakq6a wrote
Feels like it’s just inevitable that all MGM stuff ends up merged at Amazon
StephenHunterUK t1_iya89vf wrote
Not just any double agent - Kim Philby. The biggest of the Cambridge Five.
Ben Macintyre writes his stuff like a novel, but they're non-fiction books; he's also the guy behind the original book for SAS: Rogue Heroes.
Darmok47 t1_iybvtsv wrote
Operationan Mincemeat and The Man Who Would Be King are my favorite MacIntyre books. You're right; he has a novelist's sense of pacing when it comes to non-fiction stories.
cheap-thrills2022 t1_iycwpp4 wrote
Cambridge Five inspired Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy as well.
airchinapilot t1_iy91ohs wrote
Two of my favorite actors. Hopefully this shows up on a major streamer I don't have to pay extra for.
StNic54 t1_iycvzab wrote
I was hoping for a sequel to Memento where they retell the same exact story, assuming that we all fell asleep and forgot.
Neo2199 OP t1_iy8vs0h wrote
> MGM+, the premium cable network and streamer currently known as Epix, has landed domestic rights to Damian Lewis drama 'A Spy Among Friends' after the series was to have aired as a Spectrum original.
> The six-episode series that reunites the Billions star with his former Homeland exec producer Alexander Cary was among the programs that were left without a home after Charter shut down its Spectrum Originals banner following the departure of exec Katherine Pope.
> Created by Cary, Spy is based on the New York Times best-selling book by Ben Macintyre. The series, produced by Sony and BritBox parent ITV Studios and Veritas Entertainment Group, revolves around the defection of a British intelligence officer and KGB double agent (Guy Pearce, who replaced Dominic West, who was originally in talks for the part) and his relationship with an MI6 friend and colleague (Lewis). The role marks Lewis’ follow-up to Showtime’s Billions. Cary, Patrick Spence, Nick Murphy, Chrissy Skinns, Bob Bookman, Alan Gasmer, Peter Jaysen and Lewis exec produce.
> The series was originally supposed debut this fall first domestically on Spectrum Originals and then to stream on ITVX (which includes the former BritBox). It will launch first on ITVX starting Dec. 8 and then at a date to be determined on MGM+ in 2023.
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Neo2199 OP t1_iy9hvum wrote
Amazon closed its acquisition of MGM in March.
> Seems odd this isn't on Prime if MGM+ is a thing.
Yeah, MGM+, formerly known as Epix, should have been part of Prime, not a separate service. This comes off as double dipping.
TheSeventhAnimorph t1_iy9sbiu wrote
They almost certainly can't just unilaterally throw everything that was previously on one service onto another; the only options are probably to either shut down the MGM+ service and not have stuff on it available at all for a while or to renegotiate a lot of contracts before merging them. (They may still make contracts for new things like this to help justify the service's existence in the meantime, but with provisions that would allow the content to be moved once all the renegotiations are done.)
lightsongtheold t1_iyagxc4 wrote
To be fair Paramount do the same with multiple services and so do Disney. I’m sure Amazon will bin MGM+ as soon as the cable revenue drops to the point that it is no longer profitable. Which is likely not that far off.
Maddukks t1_iy996zt wrote
Oh man I loved this book; so fascinating. Can’t wait for this
TwistedCherry766 t1_iya4tro wrote
A true story
limaconnect77 t1_iya5tb2 wrote
Blake would have made for a much more interesting character study.
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im_a_dick_head t1_iydmq22 wrote
Watching Damian on the show "Life" right now, saw him on Homeland too, he is really good at playing weird people, unless that's not an act...
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Educational-Tower t1_iy91gcq wrote
Lewis’s own comments pitching the show make clear this is left-wing propaganda
thecountvon t1_iy94ke5 wrote
Spoiler alert:
Most good art is leftist. Have a great day.
downonthesecond t1_iy9pen5 wrote
How can anyone forget great hits like That's My Bush and Lil' Bush?
TheSeventhAnimorph t1_iy9siva wrote
I honestly can't tell if this is a joke or not; your choices here are confusing for multiple reasons.
But in any case, That's My Bush! is a genuinely great show that holds up surprisingly well; I watched it for the first time just a few years ago. But I've never seen Lil' Bush.
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respectthegoat t1_iyabuax wrote
Hey there making a show about the traitor Kim Philby the communist spy who sold out his own country and everybody hates
“Sounds a bit like commie propaganda to me” -you
Educational-Tower t1_iyael01 wrote
I explicitly referred to Lewis’s own comments as to what the show was about.
“I lack reading comprehension skills” - you
Col_Irving_Lambert t1_iy9i7g3 wrote
Hmph look at that. Username does not check out.
Educational-Tower t1_iy9nhtr wrote
Yes because the educated should all think the same way. Fascistic.
eekamuse t1_iyal3qb wrote
Cool!
Col_Irving_Lambert t1_iy8won8 wrote
Oh Epix just refuses to die. I'm looking forward to watching this when it eventually ends up on one of the bigger streaming services.
The cablefication of streaming continues.