NEW YORK, NY (January 29, 2026) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired the worldwide rights to HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY! co-written by Josef Kubota Wladyka, and Nicholas Huynh and directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka. This marks the first sale in dramatic narrative competition and is Sony Pictures Classics’ first acquisition out of the festival. The director Josef Kubota Wladyka received a… Read More
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS ACQUIRES WORLDWIDE RIGHTS TO JOSEF KUBOTA WLADYKA’S ‘HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY!’
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS ACQUIRES WORLDWIDE RIGHTS TO UNTITLED TOM MCCARTHY FILM FROM ACADEMY AWARD® WINNING FILMMAKER TOM MCCARTHY
NEW YORK (January 16, 2026) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all rights worldwide to UNTITLED TOM MCCARTHY film from Academy Award® winner McCarthy (SPOTLIGHT, THE VISITOR). The film is set to begin production at the end of February and is dedicated to the late Steve Golin.
NETFLIX AND SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT ENTER NEW PAY-1 DEAL WITH FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND GLOBAL REACH
Hollywood, Calif., January 15, 2026 -- Netflix and Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) today announced a landmark global Pay-1 licensing deal. In the exclusive multi-year agreement, SPE's feature films will stream on Netflix worldwide — an industry-first for Pay-1 — following their full theatrical and home entertainment windows.
Signing of Definitive Agreement for the Acquisition of a Stake in Peanuts Holdings LLC
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; President and Group CEO: Shunsuke Muramatsu; “SMEJ”), Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (Headquarters: California, USA; President and CEO: Ravi Ahuja; “SPE”) and WildBrain Ltd.
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS TO RELEASE MAMORU HOSODA’S ‘SCARLET’ EXCLUSIVELY IN IMAX® ON FEBRUARY 6, 2026
NEW YORK (November 19, 2025) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will release the subtitled version of SCARLET exclusively in IMAX on February 6, 2026 before expanding nationwide on February 13, 2026 with both subtitled and dubbed versions of the film in standard theaters. The film, written and directed by Academy Award® nominee Mamoru Hosoda, will have a one-week qualifying run on IMAX screens … Read More
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS TO RELEASE IRAQ’S OFFICIAL ACADEMY AWARDS SUBMISSION ‘THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE’ ON FEBRUARY 6, 2026
NEW YORK (November 4, 2025) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will release THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE on February 6, 2026 in select theaters, before expanding nationwide on February 27, 2026. The film will have a one-week qualifying run in New York and Los Angeles starting on December 12, 2025. The feature debut from writer and director Hasan Hadi was submitted by Iraq as their official entry for the Best International Feature category for the 2026 Academy Awards®.
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS ACQUIRES KIRK JONES’ ‘I SWEAR’ BASED ON EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY
NEW YORK, NY (October 24, 2025) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all rights in the United States, Latin America, most of Eastern Europe, Turkey, Southeast Asia, Portugal and South Korea to I SWEAR, written and directed by BAFTA nominee Kirk Jones (WAKING NED DEVINE, NANNY MCPHEE).
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS TO RELEASE REBECCA ZLOTOWSKI’S ‘A PRIVATE LIFE,’ STARRING JODIE FOSTER, ON JANUARY 16, 2026.
NEW YORK, NY (September 3, 2025) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will release A PRIVATE LIFE from director Rebecca Zlotowski on January 16th, 2026, with a one-week qualifying run starting December 5th. The film had its world debut at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, followed by a US premiere at the recent Telluride Film Festival.
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS ACQUIRES NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS TO PEDRO ALMODÓVAR’S ‘BITTER CHRISTMAS’
NEW YORK, NY (August 26, 2025) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired the North American rights to BITTER CHRISTMAS, written and directed by frequent collaborator Pedro Almodóvar (TALK TO HER, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, PAIN AND GLORY) and produced by Almodóvar’s longtime producer, Agustín Almodóvar.
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS TO RELEASE MAMORU HOSODA’S ANIMATED FILM ‘SCARLET’ IN NORTH AMERICA
NEW YORK, NY (August 25, 2025) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will release SCARLET, from Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda, in North America. Sony Pictures Releasing International will distribute throughout the rest of the world for Columbia Pictures. The animated film will have its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, as well as premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival.
