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Jolie injured while filming movie on Long Island
Original at Newsday
• Fri, May 29
NY Sony Pictures Entertainment declined to release details but issued a statement saying that Jolie had "sustained a minor injury" while filming an action sequence and that production on the film had resumed. While performing a stunt, Jolie bumped her ...
Spielberg's 2011 Christmas Present to Fans: Tintin
Original at E! Online
• Fri, May 29
StarPhoenix Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment have announced that Steven Spielberg's big-budget gamble The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn will hit theaters Dec. 23, 2011. The two studios are coproducing the 3-D motion-capture ...
Rourke talks IRON MAN 2 suit
Original at Comics2Film
• Fri, May 29
CA Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment yesterday announced their release plans for the long awaited 3-D motion capture feature film 'The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn' directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Spielberg, ...
'Indian fans will enjoy 'Angels & Demons”
Original at Kerala Online
• Fri, May 29
India Sony Pictures Entertainment, the distributors of the movie, are expecting a good response from the Indian market too. 'An action thriller, the film is a perfect entertainer for the summer and we hope to see crowds coming back to the cinemas in large ...
Spielberg's Tintin Will Get Released Internationally First
Original at /FILM
• Thu, May 28
Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment have finally announced their release plans for Steven Spielberg's 3D performance capture adaptation of The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. The film will be released internationally in ...
Captain and Somali pirates set to go Hollywood
Original at Reuters
• Thu, May 28
The studio said it has also optioned the film rights to Phillips' forthcoming memoirs. The studio, which is a unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment, said it was too early to forecast a possible release date for the movie. (Reporting by Jill Serjeant; ...
Spielberg's 'Tintin' sets a date
Original at Variety
• Thu, May 28
CA Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment unveiled plans to release the motion capture pic Stateside on Dec. 23, 2011. But in an unusual move, film will launch internationally in late October and early November 2011, with Sony Pictures ...
Four People Who Don't Get "The Internet"
Original at Özel Web Tasarım
• Thu, May 28
Turkey Before becoming CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Michael Lynton served as CEO of AOL Europe and president of AOL International. So it's naturally confusing to hear him say something like this: “I am a guy who hasn't seen any good come out of the ...
Singapore GP 'ads' touch of Hollywood
Original at crash.net
• Wed, May 27
UK Cimarron counts big names such as Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios Hollywood and Twentieth Century Fox among its clients, with recent work including trailers for 'blockbusters' Gran Torino, Twilight and animated feature Monsters vs. ...
Illegal downloads soar as hard times bite
Original at Sydney Morning Herald
• Tue, May 26
Australia Period," Sony Pictures Entertainment chief executive officer Michael Lynton said this month. Lynton complained the internet had "created this notion that anyone can have whatever they want at any given time ... and if you don't give it to them for free ...
Sony CEO: The Internet needs rules of the road
Original at SmartBrief
• Tue, May 26
DC Michael Lynton, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment and self-described "guy who sees nothing good having come from the Internet," responds to his blogging critics with more reasons why the Internet needs some "rules of the road. ...
Sony Pictures Entertainment Joins Culver City for Compost Pilot ...
Original at GreenBiz
• Mon, May 25
CA SPE, a division of Sony Corp., operates the company's movie and TV studios, digital production house and marketing services. Film labels include Columbia Tristar and Screen Gems, with current releases such as Angels and Demons and Rachel Getting ...
Movie News: Will Smith to Star in Katrina Film
Original at Bossip
• Sat, May 23
New York Will Smith's production company has partnered with Sony Pictures Entertainment to bring to life the story of one of the many heroes of the Hurricane Katrina aftermath, the two companies announced Wednesday. Overbrook Entertainment and Sony have earned ...
This Week at Mobile Tech Manor #40- E-books and Idols
Original at jkOnTheRun
• Fri, May 22
Texas This statement was made by Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton at a public event for communications professionals. It's no wonder Sony posted its first loss in years, with clowns like this at the helm. So dear reader, like me you're a thief ...
Sony, Overbrook on Katrina hero story
Original at 2TheAdvocate
• Thu, May 21
LA AP (AP) NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sony Pictures Entertainment and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment have obtained the rights to make a movie about an ex-Marine who protected and helped rescue 244 people from a building flooded by Hurricane Katrina. ...
Sony, Will Smith's Overbrook on Katrina hero story - The Times-Picayune
Original at NOLA.com
• Thu, May 21
AP (AP) — NEW ORLEANS - Sony Pictures Entertainment and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment have obtained the rights to make a movie about an ex-Marine who protected and helped rescue 244 people from a building flooded by Hurricane Katrina. ...
Sony, Will Smith's Overbrook on Katrina hero story
Original at WXVT
• Thu, May 21
AP - May 21, 2009 1:04 PM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Sony Pictures Entertainment and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment have obtained the rights to make a movie about an ex-Marine who protected and helped rescue 244 people from a building flooded by ...
Sony's thinnest LCD TV Bravia is now Available in India
Original at Khabrein.info
• Wed, May 20
India Sony's principal business operations include Sony Corporation (Sony Electronics in the US), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Ericsson, and Sony Financial Holdings. As a semiconductor maker, ...
SPE Networks Asia reshuffles senior team
Original at Indiantelevision.com
• Wed, May 20
India MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Networks – Asia (Spena) has announced two promotions amongst its senior management team, and a series of appointment changes to the middle management, effective this month. Voo Chih Yeong has been promoted from ...
Sony rejigs Asia team
Original at C21Media
• Tue, May 19
Pay-TV channel group Sony Pictures Entertainment Networks Asia (SPENA) has reshuffled its management as it looks to grow its business through the recession. The re-jigged team will be led by Voo Chich Yeong, who has been promoted from executive ...
ABC's Mars to air in Hong Kong
Original at C21Media
• Fri, May 1
UK AXN Beyond, a channel operated by Sony Pictures Entertainment Networks Asia, has acquired the 17-part coproduction from Kudos Film & Television, 20th Century Fox Television and ABC Studios for an airing from May 5.
Crackle bolsters line-up
Original at C21Media
• Thu, Apr 30
Washington Times UK Crackle.com, the Sony Pictures Entertainment online video portal that recently struck a longform distribution deal with YouTube, is adding two original series to its slate and a string of movies. Action-comedy series Dusty Peacock, about a hapless ...
Sony: BD Live growing, despite setbacks
Original at CD Freaks.com
• Sun, Apr 26
Netherlands Even Sony's Michael Lynton, Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman and CEO, is skeptical that Blu-ray will be able to make up for lost revenue from DVDs. In an interview with Forbes, he said the following: "The question is whether people will really ...
Sony Planning To Go 3-D For ‘Spider-Man 4'?
Original at splashpage.mtv.com
• Thu, Apr 23
AceShowbiz Sony Pictures Entertainment heads Amy Pascal and Michael Lynton are pondering a question along those lines for “Spider-Man 4,” it seems. While Peter Parker will (hopefully) leave his dancing shoes at home for the next “Spider-Man” sequel, ...
Terminator Salvation Twitter Game Launched
Original at /FILM
• Mon, Apr 20
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MA Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America (SCA), a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution, television production and distribution, ...
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CLAL FACULTY LISTED IN NEWSWEEK
Original at Clal
• Tue, Apr 14
NY Compiled by Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO and Chairman Michael Lynton, News Corporation Executive Gary Ginsberg, and JTN Productions CEO, Jay Sanderson, the list brings together a variety of leaders from the full range of denominations. ...
The B Team Picked Up From Spec Pitch by Sony with Wahlberg and Ferrell
Original at Films and Books Magazine
• Sat, Apr 11
FL Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired “The B Team,” a spec pitch package for an Adam mckay-directed action comedy that will team Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as cops, with Chris Henchy and mckay writing the script. Pic will be a co-production ...
MEN IN BLACK 3, GHOSTBUSTERS 3 officially announced
Original at Obsessed With Film
• Thu, Apr 2
Metro UK Rory Bruer, the President of Sony Pictures Entertainment announced at the Sony ShoWest panel this week that third portions of the Men in Black and Ghostbusters franchises were officially in development, both set to be released in 2011. ...
AETN appoints Sony as ad rep
Original at C21Media
• Wed, Apr 1
UK NEWS BRIEF: AETN All Asia Networks (AAAN), a joint venture of A&E Television Networks and Astro All Asia Entertainment Networks, has appointed Sony Pictures Entertainment Networks Asia (SPENA) as its regional ad sales representative across South-east ...
TV Border Disappears for Sony
Original at Top Tech News
• Wed, Mar 25
CA By Edward Wyatt "This business has become one market around the globe," said Michael Lynton, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, "and if you don't have a coordinated strategy under one individual, you don't get the most out of your content ...
Sony to merge US and international TV divisions
Original at International Herald Tribune
• Sun, Mar 22
France ‘‘This business has become one market around the globe,’’ said Michael Lynton, chairman and chief executive of Sony Pictures Entertainment. ‘‘And if you don’t have a coordinated strategy under one individual, you don’t get the most out of your content ...
Stumbling Toward Bollywood
Original at New York Times
• Fri, Mar 20
United States The studios entered the market when “it was very expensive and frothy,” said Michael Lynton, the chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment. “It became uneconomic at the time to make and distribute movies. So we did smaller films as a place holder and ...
2waytraffic sells more Millionaire
Original at C21Media
• Wed, Mar 18
UK The Sony Pictures Entertainment-owned company has also developed a spin-off the international best-seller, which will launch at MipTV later this month. Four of the format deals will see the show on air for the first time in five countries. ...
Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg are The B-Team
Original at Just Jared
• Thu, Feb 26
NY According to Variety, the script is unfinished but with a McKay-Ferrell pairing, Sony Pictures Entertainment went ahead and acquired the rights to the film anyway. WHAT DO YOU THINK of Marky Mark getting into comedy? Sony Pictures Activates The B Team ComingSoon.net
Sony ups Friedman to senior VP
Original at Variety
• Wed, Feb 18
CA - By TATIANA SIEGEL Paul Friedman has been upped to senior VP of music business affairs for Sony Pictures Entertainment. Friedman will remain responsible for ...
Spielberg’s DreamWorks Said to Be Headed to Disney
Original at New York Times
• Fri, Feb 6
United States - The movie, set for release in 2011, is now being made as a co-venture involving DreamWorks, Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment. ...
Territory Report: Japan
Original at Variety
• Fri, Feb 6
CA - This development, says Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan veep Mieko Hirabayashi, is a positive one, even though more people may end up cocooning with their ...
Sony’s Crackle Adding Web Shows, More Professional Content Comes Directly To The Web
Original at Techcrunch
• Mon, Nov 24
By Robin Wauters Sony is set to announce a re-launch of video entertainment network site Crackle today, with a roll-out of a number of new web shows including sketches by L.A. comedy troupe “The Groundlings”, a video game show called “The Jace Hall Show” and a five-minute talk show dubbed “Anytime with Bob K...
Sony Pictures: Netflix issues 'not specific to Xbox' - Joystiq
Original at Joystiq
• Wed, Nov 19
By Ludwig Kietzmann That's good news, though without the option to test first, I ended up blindly purchasing Across the Universe... No regrets! These licensing issues made Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. a cool $25.95 + Tax! ...
Netflix on Xbox 360 No Longer Streaming Sony Columbia Pictures Films
Original at 1up.com
• Tue, Nov 18
By Chris Pereira As it turns out, it seems like this is simply a matter of licensing. Given that Sony BMG music is available through the Zune Marketplace and other Sony Pictures Entertainment movies are still available for streaming through Netflix to the 360, this might not be the proverbial middle finge...
Xbox 360 Netflix Offerings Gutted Of Columbia Pictures Flicks [New Xbox Experience]
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Nov 18
By Michael McWhertor The selection of movies that one can stream from Netflix to the Xbox 360 just got a bit smaller, as a batch of content distributed by Columbia Pictures — owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment (dun dun dunnnnn!) — is now listed as "currently unavailable for playback on the Xbox." That affects...
‘Think tank’ on RIAA v Jammie Thomas
Original at p2pnet.net
• Tue, Nov 18
By Jon In other words, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Universal City Studios and Warner Bros Entertainment Inc, were trying to say there was no need for proof.
Netflix on Xbox 360 No Longer Streaming Sony Columbia Pictures Films
Original at Gaming Today
• Tue, Nov 18
By Chris The common link between the suddenly unavailable flicks is that they are all from Columbia Pictures, which is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. The films haven’t disappeared from Netflix altogether; they are still available to be ...
Xbox-Scene News: NXE Netflix streaming loses Sony's Columbia ...
Original at Xbox-Scene
• Tue, Nov 18
By XanTium We've found a common thread! All of the affected titles from our Queue are distributed by Columbia Pictures. Columbia Pictures, of course, is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Microsoft rival Sony. Case closed? ...
Animated Resident Evil Movie First Screening At TGS [Capcom]
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Oct 1
By Brian Ashcraft CULVER CITY, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Seven years after the destruction of Raccoon City, Leon and Claire are back as the war against the zombies rages on in RESIDENT EVIL: DEGENERATION, a co-production of CAPCOM Co., Ltd. (CAPCOM®) and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Co., Ltd. (SPEJ) bas...
The Power 100: The Most Important Ladies In Hollywood, Celebrated Again
Original at Defamer
• Tue, Dec 4
By Mark 2. Amy Pascal, chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group; co-chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment Disney's Sweeney tops 2007 Power 100 list [THR]Previously: Sony's Amy Pascal Named Most Powerful Non-Male In Hollywood [Defamer]
PIRATES: 'Spider-Man 3' Piracy Scoreboard Update: Chinese 0, Sony 0
Original at Defamer
• Tue, Apr 24
Upon reading published reports that Chinese pirates have already succeeded in getting illicit copies of Spider-Man 3 into Beijing's black market, Sony's ever-vigilant PR team sprang into action to refute the story, letting China's Spidey fans know that the only way for them to enjoy t...
Hollywood Shocker: Executive Not Fired!
Original at Defamer
• Wed, Sep 6
By Mark September 6, 2006, Culver City, CA) — Amy Pascal has been promoted to Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and has extended her deal with the studio to 2011, it was announced today by Michael Lynton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Sony Not Breaking Open The 'Da Vinci' Champagne Quite Yet
Original at Defamer
• Wed, May 17
By Mark Even studio executives whose blockbusters seem(ed) like sure things have had their confidence shaken by the M:i:III disappointment™ and Poseidon bed-shitting®, terrified by the prospect that any given Monday could feature a dreaded trip to The Grill for their public humiliation lu...
Movie Execs Admit They're Making Crap, Part The Third: Sony's Introspection
Original at Defamer
• Mon, Nov 14
By Mark Today's LAT uses Zathura's weak opening and the difficulties in finally getting Fun With Dick and Jane into theaters to kick off another installment of Journalists Making Studio Executives Admit That Their Movies Are Shitty. This time, Sony's Amy Pascal is once again forced to answer fo...