iTWire Amazon to acquire MGM Amazon has agreed to acquire MGM for US$8.45 billion. It's tempting to suggest the deal is largely about MGM's catalogue of films and TV shows. “MGM has a vast catalog with more than 4,000 films – 12 Angry Men, Basic Instinct, Creed, James Bond, Legally Blonde, Moonstruck, Poltergeist, Raging Bull, Robocop, Rocky, Silence of the Lambs, Stargate, Thelma & Louise, Tomb Raider, The Magnificent Seven, The Pink Panther, The Thomas Crown Affair, and many other icons – as well as 17,000 TV shows – including Fargo, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Vikings – that have collectively won more than 180 Academy Awards and 100 Emmys,” said Prime Video and Amazon Studios senior vice president Mike Hopkins.