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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colorist john persichetti helps cinematographer anastas n. michos, asc recreate the look of motown. culver city, calif. - august 20, 2012 - colorworks, sony pictures entertainments' digital intermediate facility, recently completed final post work for sparkle , the new movie from tri-star pictures, starring jordin sparks and whitney houston. digital intermediate colorist john persichetti worked…, about sony pictures, 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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london, 23 august, 2012 - sony pictures television (spt) today announced it has taken a majority stake in british production company left bank pictures, signalling a significant move into scripted production in the uk. under this new agreement, spt will also distribute future left bank pictures television content, both finished programming and formats, and will have a first look distribution…, ends, notes to editors, 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…, about left bank pictures, left bank pictures is a multi award-winning film and television independent production company set up by chief executive andy harries and managing director marigo kehoe. established in 2007 with bbc worldwide as a minority stakeholder, in less than five years it has built up a creative team with a wealth of experience in british filmmaking and broadcasting. it has produced major drama series for…, for further information, please contact:, mark macdonald executive director, communications sony pictures television mark_macdonald@spe.sony.com +44 20 7533 1363
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culver city, ca, august 23, 2012 - sony pictures entertainment, (spe) announced today that it has signed a five-year overall deal with, scott sanders theatrical productions, (sstp), to develop and produce stage versions of the studio's films. as part of the agreement, the studio has purchased a 20% equity stake in scott sanders theatrical productions. in addition to its ongoing development of projects from a variety of sources, sstp will also have a first-look at the sony pictures film library and will serve as spe's primary theatrical consultant to help set up…, scott sanders, , an emmy(r) and tony(r) winning theatrical, film and television producer, with original private equity partners, robert kraft, ,, david kraft, ,, roy furman, and, jim fantaci, . the deal was negotiated for sony pictures by, andrew gumpert, , president, worldwide business affairs and operations, and scott sanders, president and ceo, scott sanders theatrical productions, and overseen by, michael lynton, , chairman and ceo, sony pictures entertainment. "expanding our successful relationship with scott sanders was the natural next step that provides the studio with a talented broadway partner to help bring our film and tv libraries to the stage, and further diversify the studio's entertainment offerings," said lynton. "sony pictures has given the world some of the most exciting and compelling…, lia vollack, , spe's president, worldwide music, has expanded her role at the studio to additionally include the newly created position of executive vice president, theatrical. vollack will oversee the studio's theatrical productions and will serve as the sony pictures liaison with sstp. she commented, "expanding into live theater offers sony the opportunity to add another dimension to our film and tv…, sandy block, -- a 25 year broadway industry veteran who served as chief creative officer of serino/coyne, the live-entertainment advertising and marketing agency -- to join sstp as producer/vp theater. sandy block, together with president/ceo, scott sanders and producer/vp theater,, carol fineman, , will continue the company's tradition of developing and producing high quality stage musicals and plays based on popular, renowned literary works-as well as classic stories from a variety of sources-then marketing those projects to a broad based audience. "over the last two decades, i've been able to work with the best and brightest people in the industry to launch hundreds of shows," said, sandy block, . "in this new role, i'll be able to expand my involvement in the creative process of initiating, developing and producing the shows themselves. having known scott and carol for many years, i am thrilled to be joining their team, with their great taste for material, ability to attract top-notch talent and unique approach to producing." as an independent producing company, sstp has worked with…, houdini, production. their current production,, evita, , stars ricky martin and is the undisputed hit of broadway's spring season. evita plays to sold-out houses and has remained in the top five grossing shows on the broadway box office charts since its first week of previews on march 12, 2012. previously, sanders lead-produced, the color purple, along with oprah winfrey, quincy jones and others, which turned a profit within twelve months and launched a second company for a multi-year national tour. he also produced both the touring and broadway productions of, elaine stritch: at liberty, , which won the 2002 tony(r) award, as well as the hbo special of the same name, which garnered two emmys(r), including one for sanders for outstanding variety, music or comedy special. in 2010, sstp brought, the pee-wee herman show, , from its acclaimed l.a. engagement to broadway, for a sold-out limited run at the stephen sondheim theater. the subsequent hbo special, the pee-wee herman show on broadway, , was nominated for three emmys(r), including one for outstanding comedy variety special., about scott sanders productions (ssp), scott sanders productions (ssp) is a leading multi-media entertainment production company with a focus on theatrical stage productions and motion pictures. scott sanders theatrical productions (sstp) is a partnership among, scott sanders, robert kraft, david kraft roy furman, jim fantaci, and, sony pictures entertainment inc, . scott sanders productions' film group (ssfp) has a first-look producer deal with walt disney pictures and maintains its west coast office on the disney lot in burbank. for more information, please visit: www.scottsandersproductions.com ., about sony pictures entertainment (spe), 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;…, press contacts:, for sony:jason allen - (310) 244-3502 for scott sanders theatrical productions:sheri goldberg - (646) 723-3800kelly bush - (323) 822-4888carrie byalick - (212) 774-6157
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new york (august 24, 2012), - sony pictures classics announced today that they have acquired all us rights to robert redford's the company you keep. redford, who directed and produced the film, also stars alongside a stellar cast including shia lebeouf, julie christie, sam elliott, brendan gleeson, terence howard, richard jenkins, anna kendrick, brit marling, stanley tucci, nick nolte, chris cooper, and susan sarandon.…, 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 28, 2012) metro-goldwyn-mayer pictures, columbia pictures, passion pictures and red box films are proud to announce their new feature documentary everything or nothing: the untold story of 007 directed by stevan riley (fire in babylon), produced by john battsek (one day in september, the tillman story) and simon chinn (man on wire, project nim) to coincide with the 50th…, about passion pictures, passion pictures - headed by john battsek - is one of the most prolific independent production companies in the uk and has secured a reputation for working with a line-up of international talent in the feature documentary arena. starting with oscar(r) winning one day in september in 1999, passion pictures has since been responsible for over twenty documentary films, many of which have achieved…, about red box films, red box films was founded in 2005 by simon chinn to produce man on wire, which won over 30 international awards including an academy award(r), a bafta and the sundance grand jury prize and became one of the highest grossing theatrical documentaries of recent years. red box has gone on to become one the world's most successful independent producers of theatrical feature documentaries, winning…, 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, and interactive media. the company owns the world's largest library of modern films, comprising around 4,000 titles. operating units include metro-goldwyn-mayer pictures inc., united artists films inc., mgm television entertainment inc., mgm…, 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;…, about 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…
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los angeles, calif., august 29, 2012 - in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the james bond film franchise on the anniversary of dr. no, which enjoyed its world film premiere in london on october 5, 1962, and in anticipation of the worldwide release of the 23rd james bond adventure skyfall(tm), albert r. broccoli's eon productions, metro-goldwyn-mayer studios, sony pictures entertainment and…
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