PRESS RELEASES

CULVER CITY, Calif., November 9, 2015 - Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia Pictures has entered into a three-year, multifaceted co-financing, production, and distribution deal with Cross Creek Pictures. One of the most proven content companies in the industry, Cross Creek will now bring their award-winning slate of high-profile, commercial films to a new home at Sony Pictures' motion picture group. The announcement was made by Tom Rothman, chairman of the Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, and by Cross Creek's Timmy Thompson and Brian Oliver.

CULVER CITY, Calif., November 8, 2015 - Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment's SPECTRE's astonishing global box office take is nearly $200 million this weekend.

After setting new box office opening records in nearly every country in which it opened last weekend, SPECTRE, the 24^th James Bond adventure, opened wide around the world with stunning results from an additional 72 territories, including the United States, bringing the film's worldwide cume to $300 million in less than two weeks.

CULVER CITY, Calif., November 1, 2015 - Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today that SPECTRE has shattered box office records in nearly every market in which it has been released, led by a historic performance in the UK.

In total in the six released territories, the film has taken in $80.4 million, including $67.7 million from SPRI territories and $12.7 million from territories in which MGM is distributing.

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (Oct. 30, 2015)- In celebration of Open Season's 10th Anniversary, Sony Pictures Animation will present an all-new animated movie, OPEN SEASON: SCARED SILLY, on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD March 8th. This national debut, from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, is the latest release for one of the most successful animated franchises to date, bringing back Elliot, Boog and all of the beloved woodland creatures from the previous Open Season series.

CULVER CITY, Calif., October 22, 2015 - Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group has named Louise Chater as executive vice president, International Strategy & Research, it was announced today by Josh Greenstein, president, Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for SPE. In her new role, Chater will report to international marketing chief Michael Horn as she will oversee all international theatrical market research efforts for the studio, helping to shape and manage the studio's messaging across all labels for all films in territories and markets outside of North America.

[CULVER CITY, CA - September 29, 2015] - In two new hires that bolster Sony Pictures Entertainment's moves to expand the creation of international films and television for worldwide markets, the studio has named Diego Suarez as Senior Vice President, International Television Production, and Matthew Stein as Vice President International Film Production, it was announced today by Sanford Panitch, President of International Film and Television, to whom both will report.

[CULVER CITY, CA - September 28, 2015] Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton today named Steve Mosko as Chairman, Sony Pictures Television. Previously President, Sony Pictures Television, Mosko will continue to oversee all television operations for Sony Pictures Entertainment worldwide, reporting to Lynton. Lynton made the announcement today at a studio all-staff meeting.

NEW YORK (September 24, 2015) - Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they acquired all rights in North America, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, CIS, Hungary, Romania, China and various other Asian territories to Rebecca Miller's MAGGIE'S PLAN. Written and directed by Miller (PERSONAL VELOCITY) with a script based on a story by Karen Rinaldi, the film premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and will screen at the upcoming New York Film Festival.

MIAMI and BOGOTA, September 23, 2015 — Sony Pictures Television has begun production in Colombia on Bloque de Búsqueda, a new original series about the group who brought down one of Colombia's most powerful mobsters, Pablo Escobar. The 70-episode, one-hour teleseries is being distributed by Sony Pictures Television across Latin America, the U.S. Hispanic market, and around the globe.

CULVER CITY, Calif., September 23, 2015 - In celebration of the worldwide release of Goosebumps, in theaters October 16, 2015, moviegoers can put themselves inside an action-packed scene from the movie in a virtual reality adventure with immersive motion by D-BOX with the Goosebumps Virtual Reality Adventure. In eleven cities over four weekends, Goosebumps fans can buckle up for adventure as Jack Black, playing famed Goosebumps author R.L. Stine, takes them on an unforgettable journey through town, just after his creatures have escaped from their manuscripts.