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Film News: Access Industries withdraws from studio auction — Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries has dropped out of the bidding for beleaguered MGM, leaving only Time Warner Inc. as a potential buyer.

Film News: Uncertainty at studio holds up next 007 film — James Bond’s been thwarted — for now — by MGM’s profound financial difficulties.

Film News: Uncertainty at studio holds up next 007 film — James Bond’s been thwarted — for now — by MGM’s profound financial difficulties.

Film News: Cash-strapped co-producer MGM agrees move — With MGM’s fate remaining uncertain, the beleaguered studio’s agreed to have Sony handle the global theatrical distribution for “Zookeeper” this fall.

Film News: Time Warner, Access only bidders for studio — Lionsgate’s reportedly pulling the plug on its efforts to buy MGM, leaving only Time Warner Inc. and Access Industries as bidders for the beleagurered studio.

Film News: Films to be made available on demand — Fox Home Entertainment announced Monday that it’s launching homevid versions of 27 never-before-released MGM titles through the CreateSpace DVD platform on Amazon.com.

Film News: Assets on block include ‘Hobbit,’ James Bond — The long-running drama over the fate of MGM will last a little longer.

Film News: Bids from future partners due today — MGM’s murky future should come into sharper focus today, two days after the struggling studio mounted what may be its last hurrah with the preem of “Hot Tub Time Machine.”

Film News: Studio mum on MGM, Icahn bids — Signaling that it’s serious about possible acquisitions, Lionsgate’s seeking an OK from federal regulators to raise up to $750 million from the sale of securities.

Film News: Miramax, MGM, Overture face declining DVD values — Beancounters in Hollywood are busy trying to figure out just what digits should follow the dollar signs for the thousands of movies in MGM’s vault, the hundreds at Miramax, and a handful owned by Overture Films, now that Liberty Media’s John Malone is looking to unleash himself from the struggling venture.