singapore / manila (july 31, 2012), - sony pictures television networks, asia has named james dumlao as head of its operations in the philippines. as director, business operations, networks, asia, sony pictures television, dumlao will be based in the company's manila office to lead its local team across all strategic operations and brand-building aspects of the business. in his new role, dumlao will tap into his diverse management…, -ends-, about sony pictures television networks, asia, sony pictures television networks, asia, based in singapore, was established in 1997 as the asia headquarters for sony pictures television networks. it operates five ad-supported 24/7 channel brands in the region which are wholly-owned by sony pictures. axn is the home of thrilling entertainment; betv is the place to be for the best of light, engaging and easy-viewing entertainment; sony…, 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…, media contacts, sony pictures television networks, asia calvin wong tel: +65 6622 4203 calvin_wong@spe.sony.com
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culver city, ca (july 31, 2012), - devon franklin has been named senior vice president of production for columbia pictures it was announced today by doug belgrad, president of columbia pictures, to whom franklin will report. in his new role, franklin will find, develop and supervise production of commercial material geared towards the urban and faith-based markets. he will work with all of the film divisions within the sony…
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culver city, ca (august 2, 2012), - sony pictures imageworks (spi) and sony pictures animation (spa), celebrating 20th and 10th anniversaries, respectively, will feature their renowned stable of effects and animation talent august 7 in special "behind the scenes" presentations of blockbuster live-action hits men in black 3 and the amazing spider-man and the highly-anticipated animated feature film hotel transylvania during…, contact:, steven argula director, publicity sony pictures imageworks 310-815-5233 sargula@imageworks.com
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new york (august 3, 2012), - sony pictures classics announced today that they have acquired all north american and eastern european rights, excluding cis and russia, to at any price. ramin bahrani (goodbye solo, man push cart, chop shop) directed and co-wrote the film with hallie elizabeth newton. at any price stars dennis quaid, zac efron, kim dickens and heather graham. the film was produced by pamela koffler, teddy…, about sony pictures classics, michael barker and tom bernard serve as co-presidents of sony pictures classics-an autonomous division of sony pictures entertainment they founded with marcie bloom in january 1992, which distributes, produces, and acquires independent films from around the world. barker and bernard have released prestigious films that have won 29 academy awards(R) (25 of those at sony pictures classics) and have…, 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 and distribution; television production and distribution; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; a global channel network; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities;…
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los angeles, ca., august 5, 2012 - alembic 1.1 , the open source project jointly developed by sony pictures imageworks (spi) and lucasfilm ltd. released its newest improvements and updates at this year's acm siggraph conference. joint development of alembic was first announced at siggraph 2010 and alembic 1.0 was released to the public at the 2011 acm siggraph conference in vancouver. the…, about sony pictures imageworks, sony pictures imageworks is the academy award(R) winning visual effects and animation unit of sony pictures digital productions known for live-action visual effects and dynamic creature and character animation, all-cg animation, and stereoscopic 3d imagery. the company, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, is currently in production on oz the great and powerful , animated features…, about lucasfilm ltd., lucasfilm ltd. is one of the world's leading film and entertainment companies. founded by george lucas in 1971, it is a privately held, fully-integrated entertainment company. in addition to its motion-picture and television production operations, the company's global activities include industrial light & magic and skywalker sound, serving the digital needs of the entertainment industry for…, for more information:, greg grusby ggrusby@ilm.com 415-746-2461 steven argula sargula@imageworks.com 310-815-5233
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culver city, ca (august 15, 2012), - sony pictures interactive has launched the company's first premium social game, the hotel transylvania social game (facebook.com/hoteltgame) , it was announced today by bob osher, president, sony pictures digital productions, and emmanuelle borde, executive vice president and general manager, sony pictures interactive. featuring the iconic setting of the upcoming sony pictures animation monster…, about hotel transylvania, welcome to the hotel transylvania, dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. on one special weekend, dracula has invited some of the world's most famous monsters - frankenstein and his wife, the mummy, the invisible man, a family of werewolves, and more - to celebrate his daughter mavis'…, about sony pictures interactive, sony pictures interactive is an award-winning digital marketing and production studio dedicated to building entertaining and impactful brand destinations in the online, mobile and social space. sony pictures interactive provides brand management, marketing strategy, creative campaign design and development for a diverse roster of clients across multiple business verticals, including entertainment…, 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 september 2012 and the smurfs 2 (3d) in july 2013. sony…, for more information:, olivier mouroux vice president, publicity & corporate publicity omouroux@spanimation.com facebook(R) is a registered trademark of facebook, inc.
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new york (october 5, 2016) -, sony pictures classics announced today that they have acquired north american rights to academy award® winner taylor hackford's comedy, the comedian. written by art linson, the comedian stars academy award® winner robert de niro, leslie mann, edie falco, harvey keitel, danny devito, patti lupone and veronica ferres. the film will have an awards qualifying run in 2016 and open officially in 2017.…
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culver city, ca, october 10, 2016, - sony pictures animation announced today that emmy and tony award winner james corden ( into the woods ) and emmy nominee ilana glazer ( broad city ) would join previously announced t.j. miller ( deadpool ) to lead the cast of summer 2017's animated comedy emojimovie: express yourself . emojimovie: express yourself unlocks the never-before-seen secret world inside your smartphone. hidden within…, about sony pictures animation, sony pictures animation produces a variety of animated and family entertainment for audiences around the world. the studio is following its worldwide comedy hits-the record-breaking monster comedies hotel transylvania and hotel transylvania 2 , the hybrid live action/animated blockbusters the smurfs and the smurfs 2 , and the mouth-watering cloudy with a chance of meatballs movies-with the fully…, website, : http://www.sonypicturesanimation.com/ *, facebook, : https://www.facebook.com/sonypicturesanimation/ *, twitter, : http://twitter.com/sonyanimation *, tumblr:, http://sonyanimation.tumblr.com/ *, youtube:, http://www.youtube.com/user/sonyanimation , contact:, olivier mouroux vice president, publicity & corporate communications sony pictures animation 310.840.8230 omouroux@spanimation.com
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los angeles, calif. - october 21, 2016 -, sony pictures international productions (spip) today announced that award-winning filmmakers eduardo cisneros and jason shuman have signed a multi-picture development deal with sony pictures international productions. under the deal, mexico and la-based cisneros and shuman will write and produce three new feature films with spip. the partnership furthers sony pictures' commitment to broaden its…, about sony pictures entertainment, sony pictures entertainment (spe) is a subsidiary of sony entertainment inc., a subsidiary of tokyo-based sony corporation. spe's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new…
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culver city, calif., november 1, 2016 - sony pictures entertainment announced today that the studio is launching a china writers initiative in which emerging and established writers from china will be hosted by the studio. through the initiative, writers from china will meet with established hollywood film and television executives and screenwriters to exchange and collaborate on ideas both for…, about sony pictures entertainment, sony pictures entertainment (spe) is a subsidiary of sony entertainment inc., a subsidiary of tokyo-based sony corporation. spe's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new…, contact, office of jean guerin svp, media relations sony pictures entertainment motion picture group (310) 244-2923
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