PRESS RELEASES

WASHINGTON, DC, April 1, 2013 - The 2013 Easter Egg Roll, which took place on the South Lawn of the White House, is focused on promoting health and wellness with the theme, "Be Healthy, Be Active, Be You!" The event featured live music, sports courts, cooking stations, storytelling and, of course, Easter egg rolling. The activities encouraged children to lead healthy, active lives in support of the First Lady's Let's Move! initiative.

NEW YORK (March 19, 2013) - Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all North American, Latin American and Eastern European rights to Mike Leigh's upcoming film currently referred to as "Untitled Mike Leigh 13".

7 time Academy Award® nominee writer/director Mike Leigh has been planning for over a decade his most ambitious film yet, a portrait of England's greatest artist JMW Turner.

CULVER CITY, CA- David Steinberg, Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs for Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has been appointed to an expanded role where he will oversee legal affairs for all of the studio's motion picture groups. The announcement was made today by Leah Weil, SPE's Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel, to whom he reports.

George Chien has been promoted to executive vice president, networks, Asia-Pacific for Sony Pictures Television (SPT), it was announced today by Andy Kaplan, president, worldwide networks, to whom he reports.

CULVER CITY, Calif., March 7, 2013 - With production underway on Sony Pictures Animation's Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2, and post-production continuing on The Smurfs 2, Sony Pictures Digital Productions (SPDP) today announced it is bringing the studio's award-winning Sound Department and Colorworks, the studio's digital intermediate facility, under its umbrella.

CULVER CITY, Calif., March 5, 2013 - Crackle, Sony Pictures Television's multi-platform entertainment network, announced today that, together with innovative video advertising technology platform Innovid, they are launching cRoll. cRoll is the first interactive video ad unit that provides a consistent creative experience across all screens and devices: online, iOS mobile/tablets, Android mobile/tablets, connected TV's and game consoles.

BERLIN, Ger., March 5, 2013 - Columbia Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox announced today that The Monuments Men, a Smokehouse production directed by and starring George Clooney, has started production in Berlin, Germany. The action-thriller is written by Clooney & Grant Heslov, based on the book by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. Clooney and Heslov also produce the film through their Smokehouse Productions. It is their first production since winning the Academy Award® for Best Picture for their work on Argo. Barbara A. Hall is executive producer.

CULVER CITY, Calif., FEBRUARY 25, 2013 - Friday nights are taking on a new tune as Sony Movie Channel (SMC) features music-themed blockbuster films each week in March. The network has curated films covering a myriad of musical genres from rock and roll to country, highlighting a diverse set of legendary artists that includes Bill Haley & His Comets; Bob Dylan; The Beach Boys; The Monkees; Willie Nelson and The Who.

CULVER CITY, Calif., February 24, 2013 - Overbrook Entertainment, Marcy Media, director Will Gluck and Sony Pictures Entertainment have cast Academy Award® nominee Quvenzhané Wallis, the star of Beasts of the Southern Wild, in the title role of Annie, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio.

February 13, 2013 -- Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Productions Russia has expanded its slate with a hat trick of new series. Based on original series from Canada, Latin America and Poland, these latest deals demonstrate SPT's leadership in creating programming for the expanding television markets of Russia and the CIS. All three series will be produced in Moscow by SPT's local production house, Lean-M.