If the vote passes, when MGM emerges from bankruptcy, Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, co-chief executives of SpyglassEntertainment, will also become chairmen and chief executives of MGM.
Her next film, The Tourist, is another action thriller this time costarring Johnny Depp which means it cost the producers (Graham King and SpyglassEntertainment) a pretty penny in star salaries.
Last week the troubled MGM announced plans to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy and then emerge under the leadership of SpyglassEntertainment, a movie finance company that has backed films such as Star Trek and Wanted.
The companies that are currently bidding for MGM (Lionsgate, Spyglass, and Summit Entertainment) would likely be happy to get help from Sony on a big budget film like Bond.