“Hotel Transylvania” – the record-setting 3D computer-animated monster comedy from Sony Pictures Animation that ranked as the biggest September opening in movie history and the best opening ever for the studio – is releasing a new animated short as a special Halloween treat. Beginning Oct. 2[...]
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Sony Unveils Culver City Landmark
Sony Pictures Studios and the city of Culver City have unveiled “Rainbow,” a public art installation by American sculptor Tony Tasset. Soaring 94 feet high, just beyond the Madison Street entrance to Studio’s historic lot, “Rainbow” is a multi-colored steel arc 188 feet[...]
Sony Pictures Classics Adds Fill the Void
Sony Pictures Classics has announced that it has acquired all North American rights to Rama Burshtein’s directorial debut, “Fill the Void.” Written and directed by Burshtein, “Fill the Void” played in Venice and Toronto to enthusiastic audiences and will make its U.S. debut at the New [...]
Win a Resident Evil: Damnation Prize Pack!
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — Greetings readers! Earlier than first reported in July, “Resident Evil: Damnation” will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray on Tuesday, Sept. 25. This is fantastic news for fans of “Resident Evil: Regeneration” and the lucrative zombie-killing video game fra[...]
Sony, LucasFilm Release Alembic 1.1
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 th[...]
Win a $50 iTunes Gift Card from Sony!
— by SEAN GERSKI — iTunes is celebrating Sony Pictures Classics 20th Anniversary by selling some of the studio’s top titles for only $9.99 in HD. The sale – available at http://www.itunes.com/spc — runs through July 24. The following movies are available at the $9.99 sale price[...]
Sony to Distribute I’m So Excited
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all North American rights to Pedro Almodóvar’s new comedy, currently titled “I’m So Excited,” from El Deseo. The film, an ensemble comedy written and directed by Almodóvar, is set to begin production in July and will be[...]
Sony Driving Tonka to the Big Screen
Tonka, the Hasbro brand that for 65 years has stood for its line of toy trucks for children, will bring its toughness to the big screen in a fully-animated motion picture to be produced by Sony Pictures Animation, Hasbro and Happy Madison Productions. The announcement was made today by Bob Osher, pr[...]
Sony Pictures Classics Says Yes to No
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North American rights to Pablo Larraín’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight sensation “No” from financier Participant Media in association with Funny Balloons and Fabula. “No” stars Gael García Bernal (“Babel,” “The Motorcycle Diaries”),[...]
Crackle Pops in Brazil
Crackle Inc., Sony Pictures Television’s multi-platform video entertainment network, has launched in Brazil, becoming the only online network to offer ad-supported, always free-to-consumer full-length movies and television series in the region. Crackle’s unique mix of high-quality[...]
Sony Movie Channel Launches Online Extension
Sony Movie Channel, the first U.S. multi-platform television network from Sony Pictures Television, unveiled its authenticated online service Sony Movie Channel Everywhere, making a wide variety of full-length Hollywood movies available online at no additional charge to DIRECTV and DISH Network[...]