The American pay channel and Epix streaming service will be called MGM +. Announced Wednesday (9/28), the change serves as a way to align the brand with its owner, MGM, after the studio bought Epix in 2017 for $ 1 billion, and follows the trend, glimpsed on the same day. . with the transformation of Starzplay into Lionsgate + – from platforms with studio names followed by the “plus” sign.
Despite the change, streaming of the new MGM + will continue to operate in the United States through the Prime Video service (since MGM was acquired by Amazon last year). Amazon already offers the MGM subscription as part of its streaming “channels” package in Brazil. This channel is expected to begin adopting the new nomenclature, MGM +, and include some news from Epix programming.
The name change will take effect January 15, the same day as the premiere of the third season of the series “The Godfather of Harlem”, an original production by Epix / MGM +. Other exclusive series of the service include “Billy the Kid”, “From”, “Rogue Heroes” and “Belgravia”.
“MGM is one of the most iconic and beloved brands of the golden age of entertainment,” said Michael Wright, head of MGM +. “This new brand is a promise to new and existing viewers that MGM + will be the place to find television that reflects and celebrates the legacy of the iconic MGM brand. Sophisticated storytelling film programming that entertains, delights, surprises and transports. MGM is television for movie lovers “.
The move will be accompanied by new productions of the service, such as the series “Hotel Cocaine”, created by Chris Brancato (“The Godfather of Harlem”), a crime thriller set in the early 1980s, which is expected to debut in 2023.
Another novelty was the announcement of the second season of “Belgravia”. Entitled “Belgravia: The Next Chapter”, the season will take place in 1865, 25 years after the events shown above, and will follow the story of Frederick Trenchard and his new love interest, Clara Dunn.
Among the non-fiction productions, there will be a documentary on the Amityville haunted house murders, which inspired a famous horror franchise, and another on the psychedelic music scene in San Francisco between 1965 and 1975 – the latter being produced by Amblin, by Steven Spielberg.
Additionally, MGM + will feature the MGM catalog which includes the “James Bond” and “Rocky” franchises, as well as acclaimed films such as “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991), “Casa Gucci” (2021) and “Licorice Pizza”. “( 2021), among many others.
In the US, the Epix channel also operates a network of alternative channels and streams, all of which will be renamed to reflect the focus on MGM. Epix 2 will become MGM + Hits, Epix Hits will become MGM + Marquee and Epix Drive-In will be called MGM + Drive-In.
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