March 27, 2020 – Culver City, CA - Sony Pictures Television (SPT) today announced plans to create a digital screening experience for clients around the globe as an alternative to the studio’s traditional LA Screenings event in Los Angeles. SPT will present the company’s robust and diverse slate of new content via a virtual and on-demand screening experience. These virtual screenings will complement localized activities in select markets with further details to be announced in the weeks ahead.
Sony Pictures Television To Create Customized Digital Screening Experience For Global Clients This May As Alternative To LA Screenings Event
Sony Pictures Television Announces Global Sales For Alex Rider
LONDON (20 May 2020) — Sony Pictures Television (SPT) today announced that it has sold the highly anticipated Alex Rider series, an adaptation of Anthony Horowitz acclaimed young adult spy novels produced by SPT-backed Eleventh Hour Films (EHF), in nearly 100 territories around the world.
Funimation Unveils Funimationcon, A Two-Day Virtual Con Celebrating Anime On July 3-4
Culver City, CA (May 4, 2020) Funimation, the leading global anime content provider, today unveiled FunimationCon, its first-ever virtual con on July 3-4 celebrating the anime community. The free, two-day virtual festival brings the spirit of the con experience into the homes of anime fans with panels, cosplay meetups, forums, and more. For information on FunimationCon and to receive updates, visit FunimationCon.com. Funimation will share additional details on the event in the coming weeks.
‘One Day At A Time’ Gets The Animated Treatment With Pop Tv’s First Ever Animation Special
LOS ANGELES – APRIL, 28 2020 – Pop TV today announced a first of its kind “One Day at a Time” animated special. “In my 97 years, I've never known of a multicam comedy to animate a single episode as a special. Even this I get to experience," remarked legendary producer Norman Lear. The critically acclaimed Sony Pictures Television series premiered in March and has grown its ratings week-over-week, setting a new season high with its fourth episode on April 14th .
Scholastic Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television and Neal H. Moritz’s Original Film Team Up to Develop Live-Action Goosebumps Series
New York, NY, April 28, 2020 – Scholastic Entertainment, the media division of Scholastic, is joining forces with Sony Pictures Television, one of the industry's leading content providers, and Neal H. Moritz’s Original Film to develop a new live-action Goosebumps series based on the hugely-popular best-selling books by R. L. Stine, published by Scholastic.
Funimation Teams Up With Bigscreen To Distribute Anime Movies In Virtual Reality
Culver City, CA (April 28, 2020) -- Funimation, the leading global anime content provider and a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Television (SPT), has teamed up with Bigscreen, the leading virtual reality software platform, to program an ongoing slate of popular anime films from My Hero Academia: Two Heroes to Attack on Titan and more for Bigscreen’s massive virtual reality audience.
Sony Pictures Entertainment Launches Interactive Family Activity YouTube Channel
CULVER CITY, CALIF. (April 7, 2020) – Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) announced today the launch of their new YouTube Channel, Sony Pictures Kids Zone, providing parents and kids with a one stop central destination for interactive fun, physical movement, learning, and hands-on activities. Sony Pictures Kids Zone is curated with a wide range of activities that will support families coping with school closures, new work-from-home routines and social distancing.
Columbia Pictures’ Bloodshot To Be Available For Digital Purchase Starting March 24
CULVER CITY, CA / March 18, 2020 — Given unprecedented theater closures nationwide, Columbia Pictures has set the sale date of Bloodshot on EST (electronic sell through) for March 24, 2020. The Valiant comic-book property will be available for digital purchase for a suggested retail price of $19.99 in the U.S. with all leading digital retailers. International digital sale dates will be solidified in the days ahead with territory-specific COVID-19 impact considerations.
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires ‘Nine Days’ Following Sundance World Premiere
NEW YORK (February 21, 2020) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today they have acquired rights in North America, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Middle East, India, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, South Africa, Benelux, Thailand, and on all airlines worldwide to Nine Days written and directed by Edson Oda and starring Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, Bill Skarsgård, Benedict Wong, Tony Hale, David Rysdahl, and Arianna Ortiz.
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Dror Moreh’s The Human Factor
NEW YORK (January 31, 2020) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today they have acquired rights in North America, Scandinavia, India, South Africa, Benelux, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and worldwide airlines to THE HUMAN FACTOR directed by Academy Award®-nominee Dror Moreh (THE GATEKEEPERS, SHARON) and produced by Dror Moreh and Teddy Leifer (ICARUS, THE INVISIBLE WAR, THE INTERRUPTERS).
