• Sony Pictures Names John Restall Executive Vice President, Domestic Marketing Research

    CULVER CITY, Calif., March 30, 2015 - Sony Pictures Entertainment has named John Restall as executive vice president, Domestic Marketing Research, it was announced today by Dwight Caines, president, Theatrical Marketing for Sony Pictures. In his new role, Restall will report to Caines as he oversees all domestic theatrical market research efforts for the studio's marketing department, helping to shape and manage the studio's messaging for all films.

  • Celebrate Your Local Security Guard With Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 On National Security Guard Day Saturday, April 11

    CULVER CITY, Calif., March 30, 2015 - Each day, millions of Americans go to offices and hospitals, banks and stadiums, schools, museums, and, of course, malls - and now we'll all have a chance to celebrate the unsung heroes who stand watch. On April 11, the country will give back as it celebrates National Security Guard Day with its most public face, the mall cop, Paul Blart. The new comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 arrives in theaters the following Friday, April 17.

  • Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, And Sony Pictures Entertainment To Release The Twenty-Fourth James Bond Film Spectre In IMAX® Theatres Worldwide

    SANTA MONICA, CA - March 27, 2015 - IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX), Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that SPECTRE, the twenty-fourth installment in the James Bond franchise, will be released in IMAX® theatres globally on Nov. 6, 2015.

  • Sony Pictures Entertainment To Bring "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" To The Big Screen

    CULVER CITY, Calif., March 22nd, 2015- Sony Pictures Entertainment has closed a deal to adapt the Tony Award-winning Broadway smash "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" into a feature film, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, president, Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, and Michael De Luca, who serves as the studio's president of Production with Hannah Minghella. The hit show will be adapted by Douglas McGrath, who is also the writer of the musical's book.

  • Sony Pictures' "Pixels" Trailer Generates 34.3 Million Online Streams In Its First 24 Hours Making It The Studio's #1 Trailer Launch Of All Time

    CULVER CITY, Calif., March 19, 2015 - The trailer for Sony Pictures Entertainment's Pixels, the highly anticipated action-comedy event film slated for release on July 24, 2015, generated 34.3 million views worldwide in its first 24 hours online, making it the studio's #1 trailer launch of all time. This debut bests the studio's previous record of 22 million streams in 24 hours for The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

  • Sony Pictures Entertainment Signs Two-Year First-Look Deal With Josh Bratman's Immersive Pictures

    CULVER CITY, Calif., February 25, 2015 - Sony Pictures Entertainment has entered into a two-year, first-look deal with Josh Bratman's Immersive Pictures, it was announced today by Michael DeLuca and Hannah Minghella, presidents of Production for Columbia Pictures.

  • Tom Rothman Named Chairman Of Motion Picture Group For Sony Pictures Entertainment

    [CULVER CITY - February 24, 2015] Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Chairman and CEO Michael Lynton today named Tom Rothman as the next Chairman of SPE's Motion Picture Group. Rothman ran Fox Filmed Entertainment from 2000-2012 and is currently Chairman of TriStar Productions at SPE.

  • Robert Langdon To Return In "Inferno" Starring Tom Hanks Alongside Felicity Jones, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, And Sidse Babett Knudsen

    CULVER CITY, Calif., February 2, 2015 - Director/producer Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer have cast an energetic company of some of the world's most talented and interesting rising international stars to join Tom Hanks in Inferno, the new film in Columbia Pictures' Robert Langdon series, which has taken in more than $1.2 billion worldwide to date.

  • Sony Pictures Entertainment Brings Marvel Studios Into The Amazing World Of Spider-Man

    (Culver City, California, and Burbank, California February 09, 2015)- Sony Pictures Entertainment and Marvel Studios announced today that Sony is bringing Marvel into the amazing world of Spider-Man.

  • Sony Pictures Classics Acquires 13 Minutes

    NEW YORK (February 7, 2015) - Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they acquired North American and Latin American rights to 13 MINUTES from Beta Cinema. The film, directed by Academy Award® nominated Oliver Hirschbiegel (DOWNFALL), is playing Out of Competition at the Berlin Film Festival.