I just heard this rummor: MGM CLOSING???

[Feralpeg]

The animation department that used to reside at MGM was closed for the most part a few years ago and the many of the animators were transfered to California.

MGM, the theme park, is not closing.

 

[MJMcBride]

I heard they were going to pick up the park and put it in Texas

 

[MJMcBride]

I heard they're changing the Mickey's sorcerer's hat to a giant Jack Sparrow hat

 

[tmt martins]

I think by the End of A year of a Million Dreams it will be Called Disneys Pixar Studios

And they will start bring more Pixar related dark rides into the vacant areas.

 

[YoHo]

I think by the End of A year of a Million Dreams it will be Called Disneys Pixar Studios

And they will start bring more Pixar related dark rides into the vacant areas.

This would not surprise me.

I'm waiting for them to do this to DCA as well.

 

[ChrisFL]

Yeah, the park is closing, they already are planning on putting the mickey ears water tower on Ebay

 

[Sarangel]

I'm going to combine this with the other thread of the same name so all the information is in one place.

Sarangel

 

[DancingBear]

I'm going to combine this with the other thread of the same name so all the information is in one place.

Sarangel

Shouldn't "information" be in quotes?

 

[Sarangel]

I thought about that, but I figured people were getting snarkey enough that I didn't need to add fuel to the fire.

 

[MJMcBride]

I thought about that, but I figured people were getting snarkey enough that I didn't need to add fuel to the fire.

There's no such thing as too snarkey.

 

[EEYOREMAMA]

I haven't heard this rumor either, but why should they have to change the monograms MGM. They can just refer to it as MICKEY, GOOFY, MINNIE STUDIOS. This way they can save money and keep the MGM logo

 

[MJMcBride]

Well wouldn't that tick off Pluto and Donald? Thats not right.

 

[dbm20th]

I'm waiting for them to do this to DCA as well.

Then people may attend.

 

[donny g]

i will die if it closes!

 

[EEYOREMAMA]

Well wouldn't that tick off Pluto and Donald? Thats not right.

Not my intention to leave them out. Does MGMPD work for you? Or does it sound like the MGM Police Dept?

 

[Don Pacho]

I haven't heard this rumor either, but why should they have to change the monograms MGM. They can just refer to it as MICKEY, GOOFY, MINNIE STUDIOS. This way they can save money and keep the MGM logo

Brilliant idea !!

 

[MJMcBride]

i will die if it closes!

Now thats what I call a fan. You may be a teensie too dedicated.

 

[StephaBabe50]

I haven't heard this rumor either, but why should they have to change the monograms MGM. They can just refer to it as MICKEY, GOOFY, MINNIE STUDIOS. This way they can save money and keep the MGM logo

Or how about Mickey's Got Minnie

 

[kjkcool]

I thought that Disney bought the rights to the MGM logo?!I thought I read that somewhere.If that's true,there's no need to change the name.

 

[Another Voice]

This one is actually somewhat true, but it's still a bit garbled in transmission.

Remember that The Disney/MGM Studios was built to be a working movie studio with backlot, stages, costume departments, post production facilties, recording and radio facilties, etc. And for a while there was actually production going on there - everything from weekly syndicated series to game shows to live action motion pictures. But Florida never took off as "Hollywood East" and production has gradually dwindled down to nothing (although Universal Studios still gets some work).

Indications are that Disney is finally abandoning all efforts to make the studio real and will simply be content to make it nothing but a theme park. The last sound stages will be converted into warehouses and/or attraction spaces and the productions department will be used only for theme park support.

It's rather a tragic end on top of the shutting down of Animation. When it opened you could actually see real movies being made by real people - the true Magic of Disney.


P.S. MGM was purchased by a group of investors lead by Sony (who also own Columbia Pictures and Sony Entertainment). For a while it looked like MGM was simply going to be absorbed, but now it looks like MGM will be staying around as an independent company. Chances are good that if Disney wants to reknew the agreement, the "MGM" name can remain.