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Google is adding 600 movies from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to the titles it has available for rent on YouTube and also Google Play, its digital content store for Android-powered mobile devices.

James Bond is staying put with the studio that distributed his last two big-screen adventures. Sony Pictures has signed a deal with MGM to co-finance and distribute the 23rd film in the super-spy franchise, due in theaters Nov. 9, 2012. Daniel Craig will be back for the third time as British agent Bond.

James Bond film back on track, MGM confirms to EW; Sam Mendes still to direct, John Logan to write screenplay.

In the midst of complicated financial restructuring following their bankruptcy claim, MGM has issued plans for the future of their flagship James Bond franchise, reports Bloomberg .

The next, currently-untitled, Bond film is planned for November 2012 and the article claims that sequels will follow every other year.

The 23rd entry in the franchise, the film was originally set to star returning actor Daniel Craig as Bond with Sam Mendes attached to direct. Though it is very likely that Craig will still return, there is not yet a confirmation of Mendes' continued involvement.

Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., the home of James Bond, says it has filed for bankruptcy protection as the culmination of a long process to restructure its finances with the support of lenders.

Lions Gate has made a merger offer with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a move that has the backing of Carl Icahn, who has financial interests in both movie studios.

Executives from Spyglass Entertainment will take over the company once it emerges from bankruptcy.

An agreement would allow the director Peter Jackson to begin shooting J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” early next year.

In a sign that online streaming is coming to the forefront in Hollywood, films from Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will appear on Netflix's streaming service just three months after they appear on pay television.

The big-screen adventures of James Bond are on hold because of the financial woes of MGM, the studio that distributes the movies, producers said. The 23rd Bond film was in pre-production for a release next year.