culver city, ca (november 02, 2011), - ealing metro has struck a multi-territory deal with sony pictures worldwide acquisitions (spwa) on michael winterbottom's ( trishna , the trip , 24 hour party people ) eagerly anticipated comedy, bailout, starring jack black ( school of rock ). the deal includes north america, south america, australia, south africa and scandinavia and was negotiated by will machin for ealing metro along with tana evans, vice president acquisitions & distribution, and michael helfand, executive vice president, business affairs for spwa. helmed by winterbottom and based on jess walter's acclaimed novel the…, bailout, is produced by michael besman ( about schmidt ), melissa parmenter ( trishna ) jack black and pryanka mattoo. it is a revolution films/ballyhoo, inc./electric dynamite production and is slated to start shooting january, 2012, in the us. the ealing metro team expects to announce additional u.s. comedy stars for key roles in the near future. matt prior (jack black) wakes up to find himself jobless…, bailout, is a heartfelt comedy about a down on his luck guy who will go to hysterical measures in order to take his life back. commenting on the deal, will machin, head of ealing metro said: "we're delighted to partner with sony on this film. they share our enthusiasm for the project and our excitement at the pairing of michael and jack in this smart commercial comedy.", sony pictures worldwide acquisitions, sony pictures worldwide acquisitions (spwa) is a sony pictures entertainment (spe) company. sony pictures entertainment (spe) is a subsidiary of sony corporation of america, a subsidiary of tokyo-based sony corporation. spe's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and distribution; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; a global…, ealing metro international, ealing metro is a leading uk-based independent sales agent focused on delivering quality, commercial films to the global market ranging from star-driven us independent productions to intelligent british and european movies and genre product targeted at core theatrical audiences. its joint ownership by the most prestigious and oldest film studio in the uk, ealing studios, and leading film…, for further information contact:, staci griesbach sony pictures worldwide acquisitions staci_griesbach@spe.sony.com ph. +1 (310) 244-6903 jojo dye - press and marketing director jojo.dye@ealingstudios.com ph. +44 7768 986115 or in la +1 310 591 9944
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london, uk (november 03, 2011), - producers michael g. wilson and barbara broccoli today presented the cast of the 23rd james bond adventure, entitled skyfall. the film, from albert r. broccoli's eon productions, metro-goldwyn-mayer studios, and sony pictures entertainment, is directed by academy award(R) winner sam mendes and stars daniel craig, who returns for his third film as james bond 007. the screenplay is written by…, about albert r. broccoli's eon productions, eon productions limited and danjaq llc are wholly owned and controlled by the broccoli/wilson family. danjaq is the us based company that co-owns, with mgm, the copyright in the existing james bond films and controls the right to produce future james bond films as well as all worldwide merchandising. eon productions, an affiliate of danjaq, is the uk based production company which makes the james…, about metro-goldwyn-mayer studios inc., metro-goldwyn-mayer studios inc. is actively engaged in the worldwide production and distribution of motion pictures, television programming, home video, interactive media, music, and licensed merchandise. the company owns the world's largest library of modern films, comprising around 4,100 titles. operating units include metro-goldwyn-mayer studios inc., metro-goldwyn-mayer pictures inc., united…, about sony pictures entertainment, sony pictures entertainment (spe) is a subsidiary of sony corporation of america, a subsidiary of tokyo-based sony corporation. spe's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; worldwide television networks; digital content creation and distribution;…, for more information:, steve elzer senior vice president, media relations (310) 244-7142 steve_elzer@spe.sony.com teni karapetian senior publicist (310) 244-5312 teni_k@spe.sony.com
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culver city, ca (november 03, 2011), - sony pictures animation has set screenwriters jay scherick & david ronn to write the screenplay for an all-new popeye animated feature, based on the iconic characters of comic strip and cartoon fame. popeye is the second project for scherick and ronn with sony pictures animation following their success with this summer's blockbuster the smurfs, which has grossed more than $550 million…, about sony pictures animation, sony pictures animation produces a variety of animated entertainment for audiences around the world. the studio is following its worldwide comedy hits, the 2011 hybrid live action/animated family blockbuster, the smurfs (3d) and the 2009 mouth-watering cloudy with a chance of meatballs (3d), with the family comedy hotel transylvania (3d) in fall 2012. the division is also in production with…, contact:, don levy sony pictures animation donlevy@sonypictures.com
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culver city, ca (november 8, 2011), - two veteran sales executives, flory bramnick and philip martzolf, have been promoted at sony pictures television (spt), it was announced today by john weiser, president, u.s. distribution, spt. flory bramnick has been promoted to executive vice president, u.s. cable sales and now runs all u.s. cable sales operations for spt. in this role, she is responsible for feature film and television sales…, about sony pictures television, sony pictures television is one of the television industry's leading content providers. it produces and distributes programming in every genre, including series, telefilms, theatrical releases and family entertainment around the world and for every platform: broadcast and cable television, first-run and off-network syndication and digital distribution. in addition to one of the industry's largest…
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culver city, ca (november 29, 2011), - angela galgani has been promoted to senior vice president, publicity for sony pictures worldwide marketing & distribution, it was announced today by andre caraco, executive vice president of motion picture publicity, to whom she will report. galgani assumes the day-to-day duties running the new york publicity office previously held by gigi semone, who left the studio in september to pursue…, about sony pictures entertainment, sony pictures entertainment (spe) is a subsidiary of sony corporation of america, a subsidiary of tokyo-based sony corporation. spe's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; worldwide television networks; digital content creation and distribution;…, for more information:, steve elzer senior vice president, media relations 310-244-7142 steve_elzer@spe.sony.com
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india / romania (november 29, 2011), - sony pictures television (spt) has sold the format for its entertaining, high-octane, multi-topic magazine talk show, the dr. oz show to broadcasters in india and romania. in india, general entertainment channel colors has commissioned the hit talk show format, which marks the first time a us talk show format will be produced in india and the first formatted medical show to air in the region.…, about sony pictures television, sony pictures television is one of the television industry's leading content providers. it produces and distributes programming in every genre, including series, telefilms, theatrical releases and family entertainment around the world and for every platform: broadcast and cable television, first-run and off-network syndication and digital distribution. in addition to one of the industry's largest…
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london, uk (november 30, 2011), - sony pictures television (spt) today announced it is to start development on a complete season of 60 original russian episodes of the local adaptation of everybody loves raymond (known locally as the voronins ). this marks the first time a full season of the format will be written and produced outside the us by continuing the storyline beyond the us original. as the pioneer of situational…, ends, about sony pictures television, sony pictures television is one of the television industry's leading content providers. it produces and distributes programming in every genre, including series, telefilms, theatrical releases and family entertainment around the world and for every platform: broadcast and cable television, first-run and off-network syndication and digital distribution. in addition to one of the industry's largest…, sony pictures television contacts:, mark macdonald sony pictures television emea +44 207 533 1363 mark_macdonald@spe.sony.com kerry parker premier pr +44 207 292 8346 kerry.parker@premierpr.com
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culver city, ca (december 1, 2011), - adrian smith has been promoted to executive vice president, general sales manager for sony pictures releasing, it was announced today by jim amos, president, sony pictures releasing, to whom smith will report. in his new role, smith - in concert with amos and rory bruer, president of worldwide distribution - will oversee the domestic sales of all of sony pictures' films. he is currently working…, about sony pictures entertainment, sony pictures entertainment (spe) is a subsidiary of sony corporation of america, a subsidiary of tokyo-based sony corporation. spe's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; worldwide television networks; digital content creation and distribution;…, for more information:, steve elzer senior vice president, media relations (310) 244-7142 steve_elzer@spe.sony.com
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culver city, ca (december 05, 2011), - joe matukewicz has joined sony pictures worldwide acquisitions (spwa) as senior vice president of acquisitions. the announcement was made by steven bersch, spwa president, to whom matukewicz will report. matukewicz will oversee all acquisitions for the division which is concluding a banner 2011 during which it acquired and/or produced numerous successful films including soul surfer , insidious…, sony pictures worldwide acquisitions, sony pictures worldwide acquisitions (spwa) is a sony pictures entertainment (spe) company. sony pictures entertainment (spe) is a subsidiary of sony corporation of america, a subsidiary of tokyo-based sony corporation. spe's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and distribution; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; a global…, for more information:, staci griesbach vice president, worldwide publicity +1 (310)-244-6903 staci_griesbach@spe.sony.com
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culver city, ca (december 12, 2011), - sony pictures and the large network of companies within the sony family will unite worldwide in support of one of the studio's most recognized and successful motion picture franchises as the company premieres a first look at men in black(tm) 3 on monday, december 12, 2011. the launch event, which was announced today by jeff blake, chairman of sony pictures worldwide marketing and distribution,…, sony pictures television networks worldwide:, axn, sony entertainment television, sony movie channel, spin, animax, game show network, and other sony channels reaching over 577 million homes around the world (on air and on their accompanying websites) sony entertainment network, which services tens of millions of consumers worldwide, delivering digital movies, music and games to playstation(R)3 and psp(R) through the playstation(R) network,…, websites (67 million visitors), playstation.com ( http://www.playstation.com ) sony.com ( http://www.sony.com ) sonyentertainmentnetwork.com ( http://www.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com ) crackle.com ( http://www.crackle.com ) sonypictures.com ( http://www.sonypictures.com ), mobile apps (5 million users):, sony pictures crackle sony channels and pages on social media platforms (facebook, twitter, youtube, etc) (20 million fans) times square digital board in new york city sony owned retail stores, sony franchisees, and sony authorized dealers worldwide in addition to debuting via all of the sony-affiliated platforms and outlets listed above, the trailer can also be seen at meninblack.com and users…, about sony pictures entertainment, sony pictures entertainment (spe) is a subsidiary of sony corporation of america, a subsidiary of tokyo-based sony corporation. spe's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; worldwide television networks; digital content creation and distribution;…, for more information:, steve elzer senior vice president, media relations 310-244-7142
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