• Movie Theaters Asked To Offer Healthier Snacks At Concession Stands

    LAS VEGAS, NV, March 15, 2010 - The nation's theater owners were asked today by the head of a major Hollywood studio to have healthier snacks at their concession stands in addition to their traditional offerings of candy, popcorn and soda.

    In a speech at ShoWest, the nation's largest convention for the movie theater industry, Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman and CEO Michael Lynton said, "adding healthier options to your existing menu is the right thing to do for our industry, for audiences and for our country."

  • Sony Pictures Entertainment Digital Authoring Center Begins 3D Authoring

    CULVER CITY, Calif., March 1, 2010 - Sony Pictures Entertainment Digital Authoring Center (DAC) has been enhanced to offer Blu-ray 3D™ disc authoring services, it was announced today by Chris Cookson, President of Sony Pictures Technologies and Tony Beswick, Senior Vice President of Technology and Operations for Sony Pictures Entertainment.

    The center, located on the Sony Studios lot in Culver City, provides high-quality compression and authoring services for the digitization of film and television content for the DVD and Blu-ray marketplace.

  • Dr. Oz Makes House Calls Around The World

    LOS ANGELES, CA and LONDON, UK - February 16, 2010 Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Harpo Productions today announced that they have concluded both print and format sales for their new hit daytime talk show, The Dr. Oz Show, in a wide range of territories outside the U.S. Since its launch in the U.S., The Dr. Oz Show has enjoyed the highest rated syndication premiere in seven years and its audience has grown by 35% there since launch. The U.S.

  • Spider-Man Swings Into Theaters In 3D On July 3, 2012

    CULVER CITY, Calif., February 10, 2010 - Spider-Man will swing into theaters worldwide in 3D beginning July 3, 2012, it was announced today by Jeff Blake, Chairman of Sony Pictures Worldwide Marketing & Distribution. The new film, which is still untitled, will begin production later this year directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt. Avi Arad and Laura Ziskin will produce the film from Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios.

  • A New Webb For Spider-Man

    CULVER CITY, Calif., January 2010 - January , 2010 - Marc Webb, the director of the Golden Globe nominated Best Picture (500) Days of Summer, will direct the next chapter in the Spider-Man franchise, set to hit theaters summer 2012, it was jointly announced today by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios.

    Written by James Vanderbilt, Webb will work closely with producers Avi Arad and Laura Ziskin in developing the project, which will begin production later this year.

  • Spider-Man: Summer 2012

    CULVER CITY, Calif., January 11, 2010 - Peter Parker is going back to high school when the next Spider-Man hits theaters in the summer of 2012.

    Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios announced today they are moving forward with a film based on a script by James Vanderbilt that focuses on a teenager dealing with both contemporary human problems and amazing super-human crises.

  • Breaking Bad:The Complete Second Season

    CULVER CITY, Calif., January 6, 2010 - The Emmy&reg -winning and critically acclaimed AMC series returns to DVD and debuts on Blu-ray Disc&#8482 March 9 when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases Breaking Bad: The Complete Second Season. Winner of two Best Actor Emmys&reg and recently nominated for a SAG award for his role as high school chemistry teacher turned drug kingpin Walter White, Bryan Cranston (TV's "Malcolm in the Middle") stars in Breaking Bad.

  • 2012

    CULVER CITY, Calif., January 2, 2010 - The end of the world is the beginning of spectacular adventure in the global box office sensation ($711 million worldwide) 2012, arriving on 2-Disc Blu-ray, 1-Disc Blu-ray, DVD & PSP this March 2, 2010, from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Visionary Director Roland Emmerich, creator of The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day, outdoes himself with this jaw-dropping epic that's packed with breathtaking action sequences and groundbreaking special effects that must be seen to be believed!

  • Sony Pictures In Final Discussions To Option Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series; Scott Rudin Attached To Produce

    CULVER CITY, Calif., Dec 15, 2009 - Sony Pictures Entertainment is concluding negotiations to option the English language motion picture rights to the Millennium Series, a trio of crime-thriller novels by the late Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach, Presidents of Columbia Pictures. Scott Rudin was instrumental in securing the rights and is attached to produce along with Ole Sondberg and Soren Staermose of Swedish production company Yellow Bird Films.

  • Columbia Pictures Hot For "Bad Teacher"

    CULVER CITY, Calif., Dec 9, 2009 - Jake Kasdan will direct Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher, a comedy written by Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach, presidents of Columbia Pictures. The film, which centers on a flagrantly foul-mouthed, bitter, and irreverent middle school teacher, will be produced by Mosaic Media's Jimmy Miller.