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Remember those rumors, oh, eight years ago about how Sony was a target for acquisition? No more. Still, don’t say merger yet. Deadline has confirmed that Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra has been in talks with Apollo Global Management about making a go for Paramount. This…

So, Sony was here at CinemaCon after all. In a way. Sony domestic distribution chief Adrian Smith took the stage to introduce the first ever Crunchyroll presentation at the Las Vegas exhibitor and studio confab. Smith beamed that the label “has exceeded all our expectations and everyone at Sony is excited…

Crunchyroll has acquired North American and select EMEA and Latin America theatrical rights to the highly anticipated feature anime spinoff Blue Lock The Movie – Episode Nagi. Crunchyroll and Sony have set a North American release for June 28, 2024 with the international dates still to be confirmed. The…

That Apple Original Movie starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum and being directed by Greg Berlant has landed a title: Fly Me to the Moon. After Sony’s rally with Apple’s Napoleon overseas, where it made 72% of its $221 million global box office, the Culver City lot won the distribution deal…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has raised Maia Eyre to SVP of Creative Development at Columbia Pictures. She will report to Sanford Panitch, President of Sony's Motion Picture Group.  Eyre most recently brought in and oversaw box office hit romantic comedy, Anyone But You, starring Sydney Sweeney and…

Sony is opening Miramax’s Here stateside as a platform release, going to New York City and Los Angeles on November 15, then a limited break on November 22, followed by a wide opening on November 27. The movie reps the first time that filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and scribe Eric…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has launched more than 50 FAST channels in Europe. The likes of Seinfeld, Breaking Bad and Bewitched will become available on the Sony One portfolio following the deal struck with LG Channels, Samsung TV Plus and TiVo+. Sony One's channels will be…

Will Smith’s Mike Lowrey and Martin Lawrence’s Marcus Burnett are back as Sony dropped a new trailer for Bad Boys 4 and gave it a new title: Bad Boys 4: Ride or Die. The pic which sees Bad Boys for Life filmmakers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah reteaming comes out in theaters on June 7. Already you…

EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons (The Accountant 2) is among the final additions to the cast of Sony Pictures’ film SNL 1975 (working title), based on real-life behind-the-scenes accounts of the opening night of Saturday Night Live. Other new cast members for the Jason Reitman pic include…

SUNDAY AM: No snowstorm or sour reviews stood in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire‘s path this weekend, as the Gil Kenan-directed, Jason Reitman-produced sequel minted a $45.2M opening after a nice spike on Saturday from families. Yesterday came in at $16.8M, 5% ahead of Friday/previews’ $16M. If the…

EXCLUSIVE: Andrea Savage and Joey Slamon, the duo behind TruTV’s romantic comedy series I’m Sorry, are reteaming to write an untitled irreverent Sony feature comedy. Savage is looking to direct. Pic follows two bridesmaids at destination wedding in a far-off overseas location who both hate their…

Sydney Sweeney is opening up about Madame Web after the Sony and Marvel film opened to disappointing box office results and reviews. The Euphoria star is seemingly unfazed by the negativity around the film and is only along for the ride. “I was just hired as an actress in it, so I was just along…