Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Kyoto Minami-ku; Representative Director and President: Shuntaro Furukawa, "Nintendo" hereafter) today announced that it will develop a live-action film of The Legend of Zelda.
The film will be produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, Representative Director and Fellow of Nintendo and Avi Arad, Chairman of Arad Productions Inc., who has produced many mega hit films.
Development of a Live-Action Film of The Legend of Zelda To Start
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires North American Rights From StudioCanal to Thea Sharrock's 'Wicked Little Letters' Starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley
NEW YORK (November 3, 2023) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired rights in North America and China to WICKED LITTLE LETTERS from STUDIOCANAL releasing theatrically in 2024. The film is directed by Thea Sharrock (ME BEFORE YOU) from a screenplay by Jonny Sweet (GREED). Starring Academy Award® winner Olivia Colman and Academy Award® nominee Jessie Buckley, the film had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.
Sony Pictures Classics To Release ‘Freud’s Last Session’, Starring Anthony Hopkins And Matthew Goode, In New York And Los Angeles On December 22, 2023
NEW YORK (October 5, 2023) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will release FREUD’S LAST SESSION in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on December 22, 2023, followed by an expansion in January. Directed by Matt Brown, the film stars Academy Award® winner Anthony Hopkins and Emmy® nominee Matthew Goode. The screenplay is written by Mark St. Germain (THE GOD COMMITTEE) based on his play of the same name.
Sony Pictures Classics To Release Minhal Baig’s ‘We Grown Now’, From Stage 6 Films, Participant And Symbolic Exchange, In North America
NEW YORK (October 4, 2023) – Sony Pictures Classics has landed North American rights to Stage 6 Films, Participant and Symbolic Exchange’s WE GROWN NOW. The film stars Blake Cameron James, Gian Knight Ramirez, S. Epatha Merkerson, Avery Holliday and Ora Jones, with Lil Rel Howery and Jurnee Smollett.
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Poland’s Official Academy Awards Submission ‘The Peasants’
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all rights in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, and Australia/New Zealand to Academy Award® nominee DK Welchman and Academy Award® winner Hugh Welchman’s THE PEASANTS, which Poland has submitted as their official entry for the Best International Feature category for this year’s Academy Awards®. The film will also be submitted in the Best Animation category.
Sony Pictures Entertainment Names Andrew Reinsdorf Head Of Global Public Policy & External Affairs
CULVER CITY, September 7, 2023 – Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today that Andrew Reinsdorf will join the studio as Head of Global Public Policy & External Affairs.
Reinsdorf will lead SPE’s worldwide government affairs operations, overseeing the development and execution of the company’s government relations strategy, public policy, and public impact work, including SPE’s Corporate Social Responsibility team. He will report to Leah Weil, Senior EVP and General Counsel.
Sony Pictures Television and Channel 4 support We Are Parable’s Momentum filmmaker programme; Applications open July 18th
We Are Parable, the award winning film exhibition platform, have announced a new partnership with Sony Pictures Television’s Creative Diversity Fund who will support the continued growth of Momentum, We Are Parable’s existing initiative funded by Channel 4 providing Black British filmmakers and content creators with the tools to enhance and elevate their careers.
Sony Pictures Television Kicks Off 2023 L.A. Screenings With Global Sales Of Key Titles
[Culver City, LA – May 22, 2023] Sony Pictures Television (“SPT”) has today announced sales of key titles the studio will be screening to international clients this week during L.A. Screenings 2023. On the heels of MGM+ announcing that they are taking The Winter King for the U.S., the studio announced pre-sales for that series as well as the much-anticipated series, Twisted Metal, and BBC and Stan drama Ten Pound Poms.
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Rights To Pedro Almodóvar’s Short Film And Cannes Selection, ‘Strange Way Of Life’, Starring Ethan Hawke And Pedro Pascal
NEW YORK (April 27, 2023) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired worldwide rights (excluding the UK, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, and Latin America) to Pedro Almodóvar’s short film, STRANGE WAY OF LIFE, starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal. This follows the news that the short will premiere as an official selection at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. It is Almodóvar’s second English-language project after THE HUMAN VOICE, which was also distributed by Sony Pictures Classics.
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Worldwide Rights To Feature Documentary ‘Carlos’ On Legendary Musician Carlos Santana From Imagine Documentaries And Sony Music Entertainment
NEW YORK (April 26, 2023) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today they have acquired worldwide rights to CARLOS, a feature-length documentary film about the father of Latin American jazz fusion and global icon, Carlos Santana, directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Rudy Valdez (THE SENTENCE, WE ARE: THE BROOKLYN SAINTS.)
