Culver City, CA – July 22, 2024 – Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) today announced the appointment of Drew Shearer to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SPE, effective October 1, 2024. Shearer succeeds Philip Rowley who will step down after a distinguished eight years at the company leading transformational change across the studio.
Sony Pictures Entertainment Names Drew Shearer Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Succeeding Philip Rowley
Sony Pictures Classics to Release Acclaimed Drama ‘The Outrun’ Starring Saoirse Ronan In North America, Announces October 4th Nationwide Theatrical Date
NEW YORK (July 12, 2024) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will release THE OUTRUN theatrically in North America in partnership with Stage 6 Films. The film will open in theaters nationwide on October 4, 2024. Directed by Nora Fingscheidt, the drama stars four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan, Paapa Essiedu (I MAY DESTROY YOU), Stephen Dillane (GAME OF THRONES), and Saskia Reeves (SLOW HORSES).
Sony Pictures Television Acquires Majority Stake In Eleventh Hour Films
[July 1, 2024 – London] Sony Pictures Television (“SPT”) has today announced that it has increased the investment it made in 2018 to take a majority stake in Eleventh Hour Films (“EHF”). The investment will see EHF become the fourth majority-owned, UK-based scripted drama company in the SPT International Production group, alongside Left Bank Pictures, Bad Wolf and Eleven.
Sony Pictures Acquires Worldwide Rights to Richard Linklater's 'BLUE MOON' Starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale and Andrew Scott
NEW YORK (June 18, 2024) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that it has acquired all rights worldwide to BLUE MOON, directed by Academy Award® nominee Richard Linklater (HIT MAN, BOYHOOD, BEFORE SUNSET) and written by Robert Kaplow (author of the novel Me and Orson Welles). The film will star Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke in his 9th collaboration with Linklater, alongside Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale and Andrew Scott.
Sony Pictures Entertainment Acquires Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
June 12, 2024 – Culver City, CA – Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema today announced that SPE has acquired Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the unique and fastest growing theatrical exhibitor. The company will be managed within SPE under a newly established division, Sony Pictures Experiences. The deal reinforces SPE’s long-held commitment to theatrical exhibition and continued initiatives in experiential entertainment.
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO FIRST OFFICIAL LED ZEPPELIN DOCUMENTARY ‘BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN’ DIRECTED BY BERNARD MACMAHON
NEW YORK (May 15, 2024) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all rights in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia (excluding Japan), and Benelux to the documentary BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN.
JILL RATNER NAMED GENERAL COUNSEL FOR SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT
[Culver City, CA – April 25, 2024] Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) today announced that Jill Ratner has been named Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Sony Pictures, overseeing all SPE’s Legal functions, Compliance and Labor Relations, SPE Music Affairs, Government/External Affairs, and Corporate Social Responsibility teams. Ratner will start on May 28, 2024 and report to SPE Chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra.
Sony Pictures Expands its FAST Business with Launch of Sony One Channel Portfolio in Europe
March 26, 2024 – Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), today announced the launch of its portfolio of free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels on LG Channels, Samsung TV Plus and TiVo+. With 54 channels across Europe, Sony One will be one of the largest portfolios of FAST channels to be deployed when it debuts in April. This expansion of SPE’s FAST business is in line with the strategy to make SPE’s wide-ranging content available to everyone, wherever they are, via a diverse array of platforms.
Sony Pictures Animation And Sony Pictures Imageworks Partner With The Kevin Love Fund To Launch Animated Short ‘The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story’ And New Mental Health Focused School Lesson Plan
CULVER CITY, CA – March 21, 2024 – Sony Pictures Animation (SPA) and Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) have partnered with the Kevin Love Fund (KLF) to digitally release the animated short film, The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story, that will be incorporated into KLF’s new mental health focused lesson plan, “The Hero Within.” The lesson plan invites students to tell their own story through the lens of mental health awareness via an interactive curriculum… Read More
SAM MENDES/NEAL STREET PRODUCTIONS TO MAKE LANDMARK BEATLES BIOPIC PROJECT FOR SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT
Culver City, CA (February 20, 2024) -- Today, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), Sam Mendes, and Neal Street Productions announced a groundbreaking creative endeavor to tell the story of The Beatles with four distinct theatrical feature films. The project marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd. and The Beatles – Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison – have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted film.
