NEW YORK (January 22, 2017) - Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired worldwide rights to Maggie Betts' NOVITIATE. The highly anticipated film is writer and director Betts' feature debut. It recently premiered in competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews.
Sony Pictures Classics Wins Worldwide Rights To Maggie Betts' Novitiate
Sony Pictures Animation Unveils Varied Upcoming Slate
Culver City, CA, January 18, 2017 - Making good on the commitment to increase overall output while continuing to offer its distinctive mix of family films, Sony Pictures Animation today released the project details on its upcoming roster of titles through 2018, along with additional highly anticipated future feature film projects, including one from Pulitzer Prize-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Michael Lynton To Step Down As Corporate Executive Officer Of Sony Corporation And Ceo Of Sony Entertainment
[Tokyo, Japan - January 14, 2017 / Culver City, California - January 13, 2017] Sony Corporation announced today that Michael Lynton will step down as Corporate Executive Officer of Sony Corporation and CEO of Sony Entertainment in charge of its Pictures and Music businesses effective as of February 2, 2017, to be Chairman of the Board of Snap Inc.
Sony Pictures Classics Takes Worldwide Rights To Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name
NEW YORK (January 6, 2017) - Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired worldwide rights to Luca Guadagnino's CALL ME BY YOUR NAME. The film, based on André Aciman's acclaimed novel of the same name, is directed by Guadagnino (I AM LOVE, A BIGGER SPLASH, THE UPCOMING SUSPIRIA) and co-written by James Ivory, Walter Fasano and Guadagnino. It will have its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in the Premieres section.
Moviegoers Go Inside The World Of Their Phone - On Their Phones - As Sony Pictures Animation Launches The World's First-Ever Mobile Teaser For "The Emoji Movie"
CULVER CITY, Calif., December 20, 2016 - Today, Sony Pictures Animation launches the world's first-ever vertical movie trailer designed especially for mobile users supporting the highly anticipated family comedy The Emoji Movie, the computer animated adventure that unlocks the never-before-seen secret world inside your smartphone. For the first 24 hours, the trailer will be optimized for mobile users and best viewed on the phone.
Meghan Trainor Writes And Performs "I'm A Lady" For Sony Pictures Animation's "Smurfs: The Lost Village"
CULVER CITY, Calif., December 5, 2016 - "I'm a Lady," a new song from the multi-platinum reigning Grammy Awards Best New Artist Meghan Trainor, will be featured in Sony Pictures Animation's Smurfs: The Lost Village. The song is performed & written by Meghan Trainor and produced by Martin Rene, Monsters & Strangers and Meghan Trainor.
Fans will be able to hear the song in the new year, in advance of the film's debut in U.S. theaters on April 7, 2017.
Hannah Minghella, President Of TriStar Pictures, Renews Contract With Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group
CULVER CITY, CA, November 2, 2016 - Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group today announced that Hannah Minghella, president of TriStar Pictures, has renewed her contract with the studio.
Since Minghella was named president of the label in August of 2015, TriStar has been an active buyer of acclaimed literary properties and filmmaker-driven projects.
Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group Launches China Writers Initiative
CULVER CITY, Calif., November 1, 2016 - Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today that the studio is launching a China Writers Initiative in which emerging and established writers from China will be hosted by the studio. Through the initiative, writers from China will meet with established Hollywood film and television executives and screenwriters to exchange and collaborate on ideas both for Hollywood films as well as Hollywood Chinese co-productions to promote and enhance better mutual understanding.
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Academy Award® Winning Filmmaker Michael Haneke's Happy End
NEW YORK (NOVEMBER 1, 2016) - Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired the North American and Latin American rights to Academy Award® winning filmmaker Michael Haneke's HAPPY END. Written and directed by Haneke, the French production wrapped in late August.
"All around us, the world, and we, in its midst, blind." The film is a snapshot from the life of a bourgeois European family.
Sony Pictures International Productions Signs Multi-Picture Development Deal With Eduardo Cisneros And Jason Shuman
Los Angeles, Calif. - October 21, 2016 - Sony Pictures International Productions (SPIP) today announced that award-winning filmmakers Eduardo Cisneros and Jason Shuman have signed a multi-picture development deal with Sony Pictures International Productions.
Under the deal, Mexico and LA-based Cisneros and Shuman will write and produce three new feature films with SPIP. The partnership furthers Sony Pictures' commitment to broaden its global presence and its support of local language productions.
