NEW YORK / LOS ANGELES (October 9, 2023) -- Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television – Kids, together with Leo Messi Management, today announced that they are teaming for the first time to produce and globally distribute the new animated series, “Messi and the Giants,” inspired by Argentinian football superstar, Leo Messi. Introduced at this year’s MIPCOM, the series depicts a 12-year-old Messi as he confronts various obstacles while traveling throughout a video game on a quest to go home.
SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT’S PREMIUM CONTENT DIVISION AND SONY PICTURES TELEVISION – KIDS, TOGETHER WITH LEO MESSI MANAGEMENT, TEAM TO PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE “MESSI AND THE GIANTS”
SONY PICTURES TELEVISION DEBUTS NEW SLATE OF ANIMATED AND LIVE-ACTION KIDS’ PROPERTIES TO BUYERS AT MIPCOM JUNIOR
Culver City, CA (October 3, 2023) – Sony Pictures Television – Kids (SPT – Kids), which produces and distributes content for children in over 200 countries worldwide, announced today that the studio is bringing an expansive new slate of animated and live-action kids’ properties to buyers at MIPCOM Junior.
Sony Pictures Television-Kids and Canada’s Mercury Filmworks to Premiere Season Three of the Award-Winning Netflix Series, Hilda, at the Ottawa International Animation Festival on September 21
Ottawa, Canada + Los Angeles, CA – September 18, 2023 – Sony Pictures Television-Kids, producer of the Emmy, BAFTA and Annie Award-winning Netflix series Hilda, in collaboration with Canada’s leading animation studio Mercury Filmworks, will premiere the first two episodes of the beloved animated series’ third season at the Ottawa International Animation Festival on Thursday, September 21.
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS ACQUIRES ‘JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE’ AHEAD OF TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WORLD PREMIERE
NEW YORK (September 3, 2024) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all rights to JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and worldwide airlines. The film is set to have its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday, September 9th.
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS TO RELEASE ‘THE ROOM NEXT DOOR’, PEDRO ALMODÓVAR’S FIRST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE FEATURE FILM, IN NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES ON DECEMBER 20, 2024
NEW YORK (August 20, 2024) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will release THE ROOM NEXT DOOR, Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature film, in New York and Los Angeles on December 20, 2024, before expanding to select cities on Christmas day. The film, starring Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, and John Turturro, will then open in theaters nationwide in January 2025.
DAMIEN CHAZELLE’S ‘WHIPLASH’ WILL RETURN TO THEATERS THIS SEPTEMBER FOR FILM’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY
NEW YORK (July 12, 2024) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will release THE OUTRUN theatrically in North America in partnership with Stage 6 Films. The film will open in theaters nationwide on October 4, 2024. Directed by Nora Fingscheidt, the drama stars four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan, Paapa Essiedu (I MAY DESTROY YOU), Stephen Dillane (GAME OF THRONES), and Saskia Reeves (SLOW HORSES).
Sony Pictures Entertainment Names Drew Shearer Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Succeeding Philip Rowley
Culver City, CA – July 22, 2024 – Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) today announced the appointment of Drew Shearer to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SPE, effective October 1, 2024. Shearer succeeds Philip Rowley who will step down after a distinguished eight years at the company leading transformational change across the studio.
Sony Pictures Classics to Release Acclaimed Drama ‘The Outrun’ Starring Saoirse Ronan In North America, Announces October 4th Nationwide Theatrical Date
NEW YORK (July 12, 2024) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will release THE OUTRUN theatrically in North America in partnership with Stage 6 Films. The film will open in theaters nationwide on October 4, 2024. Directed by Nora Fingscheidt, the drama stars four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan, Paapa Essiedu (I MAY DESTROY YOU), Stephen Dillane (GAME OF THRONES), and Saskia Reeves (SLOW HORSES).
Sony Pictures Television Acquires Majority Stake In Eleventh Hour Films
[July 1, 2024 – London] Sony Pictures Television (“SPT”) has today announced that it has increased the investment it made in 2018 to take a majority stake in Eleventh Hour Films (“EHF”). The investment will see EHF become the fourth majority-owned, UK-based scripted drama company in the SPT International Production group, alongside Left Bank Pictures, Bad Wolf and Eleven.
Sony Pictures Acquires Worldwide Rights to Richard Linklater's 'BLUE MOON' Starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale and Andrew Scott
NEW YORK (June 18, 2024) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that it has acquired all rights worldwide to BLUE MOON, directed by Academy Award® nominee Richard Linklater (HIT MAN, BOYHOOD, BEFORE SUNSET) and written by Robert Kaplow (author of the novel Me and Orson Welles). The film will star Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke in his 9th collaboration with Linklater, alongside Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale and Andrew Scott.
