Editing United Artists (section)

===The 2000s to the 2020s===
[[File:United-Artists-Logo.svg|thumb|left|Logo used from 2000 to 2010.|class=skin-invert|200px]]
In 1999, UA was re-positioned as a specialty studio. MGM had just acquired [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company]], which had been a leading distributor of arthouse films. After that name was retired, MGM folded UA into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. G2 Films, the renamed Goldwyn Company and MGM's specialty London operations, was renamed United Artists International.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Start Byline--><!--End Byline--> |url=https://money.cnn.com/1999/06/07/bizbuzz/mgm/ |title=United Artists restructuring by MGM |work=[[CNNMoney]] |date=June 7, 1999 |access-date=2015-01-26 |archive-date=September 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907024545/https://money.cnn.com/1999/06/07/bizbuzz/mgm/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The distributorship, branding, and copyrights for two of UA's main franchises (''Pink Panther'', and ''Rocky'') were moved to MGM, although select MGM releases (notably the James Bond franchise co-held with [[Danjaq|Danjaq, LLC]] and the ''[[The Amityville Horror (2005 film)|Amityville Horror]]'' remake) carry a United Artists copyright. The first arthouse film to bear the UA name was ''[[Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her]]''.

United Artists hired [[Bingham Ray]] to run the company on September 1, 2001.<ref name="Fleming"/>  Under his supervision, the company produced and distributed many art films, including ''[[Bowling for Columbine]]'', 2002's ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'', and the winner of that year's [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]], ''[[No Man's Land (2001 film)|No Man's Land]]''; and 2004's ''[[Undertow (2004 film)|Undertow]]'', and ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]'', a co-production of UA and [[Lions Gate Entertainment]], and made deals with companies like [[American Zoetrope]] and [[Revolution Films]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_010806_briefs.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051212133127/http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_010806_briefs.html |url-status=dead |title=DAILY NEWS **UPDATE**: Bingham Ray and Chris McGurk on the New UA; Solondz and Lipsky Stir "Storytelling" Rating Buzz |date=August 6, 2001 |archive-date=December 12, 2005 |website=IndieWire |access-date=April 7, 2019}}</ref> Ray stepped down from the company in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2004/01/shakeup-at-united-artists-bingham-ray-exits-company-79226/ |title=Shakeup at United Artists; Bingham Ray Exits Company |last=Hernandez |first=Eugene |date=January 9, 2001 |website=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=April 7, 2019 |archive-date=April 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407232956/https://www.indiewire.com/2004/01/shakeup-at-united-artists-bingham-ray-exits-company-79226/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2005, a partnership of [[Comcast]], [[Sony]] and several merchant banks bought United Artists and its parent, MGM, for $4.8&nbsp;billion.<ref name="Fleming"/> Though only a minority investor, Sony closed MGM's distribution system and folded most of its staff into its own studio. The movies UA had completed and planned for release—''[[Capote (film)|Capote]]'', ''[[Art School Confidential (film)|Art School Confidential]]'', ''[[The Woods (2006 film)|The Woods]]'', and ''[[Romance and Cigarettes]]'' {{citation needed|date=November 2014}}—were reassigned to [[Sony Pictures Classics]].<ref name="Fleming"/>

In March 2006, MGM announced that it would return again as a domestic distribution company. Striking distribution deals with [[The Weinstein Company]] (TWC), [[Lakeshore Entertainment]], Bauer Martinez Entertainment, and other independent studios, MGM distributed films from these companies. MGM continued funding and co-producing projects released in conjunction with Sony's [[Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group|Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group]] on a limited basis and produced [[Tent-pole (entertainment)|tent-poles]] for its own distribution company, MGM Distribution.

Sony had a minority stake in MGM, but otherwise MGM and UA operated under the direction of Stephen Cooper (CEO and minority owner of MGM).

====United Artists Entertainment====
On November 2, 2006, MGM announced that [[Tom Cruise]] and his long-time production partner [[Paula Wagner]] were resurrecting UA.<ref>{{cite news| title=MGM Puts Cruise in Charge of New United Artists| url=http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/zap-cruisewagnerunitedartists,0,3331510.story?coll=zap-movies-headlines| work=[[USA Today]]| date=November 2, 2006| access-date=May 20, 2010| archive-date=May 22, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522043145/http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/zap-cruisewagnerunitedartists,0,3331510.story?coll=zap-movies-headlines| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Tom Cruise, producing partner cut a deal with United Artists| url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-11-02-cruise-ua_x.htm| work=[[Screener (website)|Zap2it]]| date=November 2, 2006| access-date=October 1, 2017| first1=Laura| last1=Petrecca| first2=David| last2=Lieberman| archive-date=May 24, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524035154/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-11-02-cruise-ua_x.htm| url-status=live}}</ref> This announcement came after the duo were released from a fourteen-year production relationship at [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]]-owned Paramount Pictures. Cruise, Wagner and [[MGM Studios]] created United Artists Entertainment LLC and the producer/actor and his partner owned a 30% stake in the studio,<ref name="Fritz">{{cite news| first=Ben| last=Fritz| url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-fi-ct-mgm-quarter-20120323,0,1843162.story| title=MGM regains full control of United Artists| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=March 23, 2012| access-date=January 26, 2015| archive-date=March 25, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325092530/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-fi-ct-mgm-quarter-20120323,0,1843162.story| url-status=live}}</ref> with the approval by MGM's consortium of owners. The deal gave them control over production and development. Wagner was named CEO, and was allotted an annual slate of four films with varying budget ranges, while Cruise served as a producer for the revamped studio and the occasional star.

UA became the first motion picture studio granted a [[Writers Guild of America, West]] (WGA) waiver in January 2008 during the [[2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike|Writers' Strike]].<ref>{{cite news| title=SHOCKER! WGA To Announce Side Deal With Tom Cruise's United Artists; Now Studio Moguls Mad at MGM's Sloan| url=https://deadline.com/2008/01/shocker-wga-will-announce-side-deal-with-united-artists-this-weekend-4646/| work=Deadline Hollywood| date=January 4, 2008| access-date=May 20, 2010| archive-date=March 28, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328111358/http://www.deadline.com/2008/01/shocker-wga-will-announce-side-deal-with-united-artists-this-weekend/| url-status=live}}</ref>

On August 14, 2008, MGM announced that Wagner would leave UA to produce films independently.<ref name="Fleming2">{{cite news| last1=Fleming| first1=Michael| title=Paula Wagner leaves UA| url=https://www.variety.com/VR1117990504.html| newspaper=Variety| access-date=14 August 2008| date=13 August 2008| archive-date=March 2, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302024952/http://www.variety.com/VR1117990504.html| url-status=live}}</ref> Her output as head of UA was two films, both starring Cruise, ''[[Lions for Lambs]]''<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/movies/23cruis.html?8dpc| title=The Nazi Plot That's Haunting Tom Cruise and United Artists| work=The New York Times| access-date=April 29, 2008| date=April 23, 2008| last=Cieply| first=Michael| archive-date=September 3, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903080820/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/movies/23cruis.html?8dpc| url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[Valkyrie (film)|Valkyrie]]''.<ref name="bom">{{cite web| url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=valkyrie.htm| title=Valkyrie (2008)| work=[[Box Office Mojo]]| access-date=April 13, 2009| archive-date=April 11, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411231638/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=valkyrie.htm| url-status=live}}</ref> Wagner's departure led to speculation that a UA overhaul was imminent.<ref name="Fleming2"/>

Since then, UA has served as a co-producer with MGM for two releases: the 2009 remake of ''[[Fame (2009 film)|Fame]]'' and ''[[Hot Tub Time Machine]]''—these are the last original films to date to bear the UA banner.

A 2011 financial report revealed that MGM reacquired its 100% stake in United Artists.<ref name="Fritz"/> MGM stated that it might continue to make new films under the UA brand.<ref name="Fritz"/> Currently, however, UA itself functions in-name-only, although it occasionally re-releases (via MGM) most of its films theatrically under the UA banner.

====United Artists Media Group and United Artists Digital Studios====
On September 22, 2014, MGM acquired a 55% interest in One Three Media and Lightworkers Media, both operated by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey and partly owned by [[Hearst Corporation|Hearst Entertainment]]. The two companies were consolidated into a new television company, United Artists Media Group (UAMG), a revival of the UA brand. Burnett became UAMG's CEO and Downey became president of Lightworkers Media, the UAMG family and faith division. UAMG became the distributing studio for Mark Burnett Productions programming such as ''[[Survivor (American TV series)|Survivor]]''. UAMG was to form an [[over-the-top content|over-the-top]] faith-based channel.<ref name="Fleming"/><ref>{{cite magazine| last=Highfill| first=Samantha| title=MGM is launching the United Artists Media Group (again)| date=17 January 2015| magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]| url=https://www.ew.com/article/2014/09/22/mgm-united-artists-media-group| access-date=May 11, 2015| archive-date=May 18, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518081806/http://www.ew.com/article/2014/09/22/mgm-united-artists-media-group| url-status=live}}</ref>

On December 14, 2015, MGM announced that it had acquired the remaining 45% stake of UAMG it did not already own and folded UAMG into its own television division. Hearst, Downey and Burnett received stakes in MGM collectively valued at $233&nbsp;million. Additionally, Burnett was promoted to president for MGM Television, replacing the outgoing [[Roma Khanna]]. The planned over-the-top faith service (later to be branded as a combined OTT/[[digital subchannel]] service known as Light TV, now the [[TheGrio]]) became a separate entity owned by MGM, Burnett, Downey and Hearst.<ref name="MGMTV" />

On August 14, 2018, [[The Hollywood Reporter]] reported that MGM revived the brand as United Artists Digital Studios for the ''[[Stargate Origins]]'' web series as part of an attempted relaunch of [[Stargate (franchise)|its ''Stargate'' franchise]] which also included a dedicated [[streaming media]] platform known as ''Stargate Command'', thus following in the footsteps of [[Paramount Global]]'s ''CBS All Access'' platform (now [[Paramount+]]).<ref>{{cite web|last=Bond|first=Paul|date=August 14, 2018|title=MGM's Revenue on the Rise, But Net Income Struggles |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mgms-revenue-rise-but-net-income-struggles-1134873|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913185221/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mgms-revenue-rise-but-net-income-struggles-1134873|archive-date=September 13, 2018|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=September 13, 2018|quote=MGM recently formed United Artists Digital Studios...}}</ref>

====2024–present: Revival====

In July 2024, it was reported that [[Scott Stuber]] was nearing a deal to revive the United Artists label under Amazon MGM Studios for the first time in over a decade. Amazon confirmed the news shortly after in a press release, announcing that Stuber had entered a multi-year first look deal with the company. Under this deal, Stuber will produce films for the newly revived banner under his own company either for a theatrical release or streaming release through [[Amazon Prime Video]]. Stuber will also be involved with every film released under the United Artists banner.<ref name="revival">{{cite web|title=Scott Stuber Closes Deal To Revive United Artists|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Mike Jr|last=Fleming|date=26 July 2024|access-date=26 July 2024|url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/scott-stuber-closing-deal-to-revive-united-artists-1236023229/}}</ref>