• Inferno To Be Released Worldwide In IMAX® Theatres

    LOS ANGELES - June 28, 2016 - Sony Pictures Entertainment, IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX), and Imagine Entertainment today announced that Inferno, the latest film in the Dan Brown (Da Vinci Code) franchise, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® format. The film, starring Tom Hanks as Dr. Robert Langdon and directed by Ron Howard, will be released into IMAX® theatres worldwide coinciding with the film's general release dates.

  • Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group Taps Jake Zim To Build Virtual Reality Slate

    June 27, 2016 - CULVER CITY, CA - Tom Rothman, Chairman, Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, has appointed Jake Zim as Senior VP, Virtual Reality. In this newly-created position, Zim will be tasked with building a slate of narrative VR content for the motion picture group, working closely with Kuni Suzuki, EVP for Strategic Corporate Initiatives at Sony Entertainment, and a team of professionals from across Sony Pictures who are dedicated to the production and distribution of virtual reality (VR).

  • Nelvana And Sony Pictures Animation Sign Global Deal With Disney Channels Worldwide For New Animated Series Hotel Transylvania: The Television Series

    (June 20, 2016 - Toronto, Canada) Corus Entertainment's Nelvana, one of the world's leading international producers and distributors of children's animated content, and Sony Pictures Animation, today announced that they have licensed the global broadcast and on-demand rights for the new animated series, Hotel Transylvania: The Television Series to Disney Channels Worldwide.

  • Sony Pictures Animation Announces 2017 & 2018 Slate

    Culver City, CA, June 20, 2016 - In a move signaling an expansion of its output and increased year-round production across multiple platforms, Sony Pictures Animation announced today its slate through 2018 which includes five theatrical features, three television series and one direct-to-video movie.

  • Interlude Announces Strategic Investment By Sony Pictures Entertainment

    NEW YORK - June 16, 2016 - Interlude, the parent of the Eko interactive storytelling platform, today announced that Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has made a strategic investment in Interlude. SPE will also collaborate with Interlude on the development of entertainment content to be distributed on the Eko platform, which writer/director Will Gluck will be charged with creating and overseeing.

  • Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group Names Stephanie Cohen Senior Vice President, National Promotions

    CULVER CITY, CA (JUNE 15, 2016) - Dwight Caines, President, Domestic Theatrical Marketing for Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group today announced that Stephanie Cohen will join the promotions team as Senior Vice President, National Promotions.

    Cohen will report to Jeffrey Godsick who recently joined the studio as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Partnerships. In this newly created role, she will develop national promotion strategies, ensuring that they are embedded throughout each film's theatrical marketing campaign.

  • "Ali," Starring Will Smith As Muhammad Ali, Returns To Theaters

    CULVER CITY, Calif., June 8, 2016 - Ali, the Muhammad Ali biopic starring Will Smith in one of his most memorable roles, will return to theaters this weekend, as Sony Pictures re-releases the film in limited release in homage and celebration of the life of the American legend. The film's release will be limited to a few hundred locations nationwide.

  • Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group Names Sanford Panitch President, Columbia Pictures

    [Culver City, CA - June 3, 2016] Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Motion Picture Group Chairman Tom Rothman today announced that Sanford Panitch will become President of Columbia Pictures. Panitch will replace Doug Belgrad who will segue from his post in July to a multiyear production and finance pact with the company. Panitch will continue to oversee the international local language production operation he has built since coming to Sony, and will report to Rothman.

  • Sony Pictures Entertainment Announces Realignment Of Sony Pictures Television Leadership

    [Culver City, CA - June 2, 2016] Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) today announced that Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Chairman Steve Mosko will step down and transition to a consulting role with the studio. As part of a structural realignment of the television unit, leadership of SPT will be shared among Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht, Presidents of Programming and Production; Andy Kaplan, President of Worldwide Networks; Keith Le Goy, President of Distribution; and Amy Carney, President of Advertiser Sales & Research.

  • Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group Names Jeffrey Godsick Executive Vice President, Worldwide Partnerships

    CULVER CITY, CA (MAY 11, 2016) - Josh Greenstein, President, Worldwide Marketing & Distribution for Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, today announced that Jeffrey Godsick will join the studio as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Partnerships for the Motion Picture Group (MPG).