Former Sony Pictures TV senior marketing executive Alan Daniels is in talks to rejoin the studio as a consultant in the wake of the abrupt exit last week of marketing president Bob Oswaks. Daniels, a 20-plus Sony TV veteran, served as SVP of marketing at SPT under Oswaks until he departed in the first wave of layoffs at Sony Pictures Entertainment last year. Because of his intimate knowledge of Sony TV’
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One More Hit Record For Michael Jackson
The art world expects paintings to spike in value once the artists dies. It doesn’t often happen in the music world, but Michael Jackson has achieved one more record: getting the highest amount ever paid for a recording contract.
According to reports, Sony Corp. agreed to pay Jackson’
Stringer, Cameron And Sony's 3D TV Blitz
Sony Corp has officially announced its entry in the 3D television game, launching its first line of Bravia flatscreen TVs for sale in Japan beginning in June. Other announcements will follow as Sony joins electronics giants like Panasonic and Samsung in chasing a 3D marketplace that Sony expects will immediately become responsible for 10% of its sales in the next year.
The big question I have Is Sony indebted to James Cameron, beyond what his film Avatar has done to stoke 3D demand?
To hear Cameron tell it, Sony’s TV plan is exactly the same one he pitched Sony chief, Sir Howard [...]
Sony Has Finally Dropped J.Lo’s Ass!!
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To each of you six people still interested in Jennifer Lopez’s quickly tanking music career, you can sleep easy tonight!!
After rumors made the rounds on the net that her seventh studio album Love was canned after the diva and her label, Sony Epic Records parted ways, J Lo finally decided to clear everything up. Here’
EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Lopez And Sony Music Epic Records Part Ways; New Album "Love?" Won't Be Released; Is It Amicable?
Jennifer Lopez has spent most of her singing career at Sony Music Epic Records. The bland version of what happened, I’
Nominations For 82nd Academy Awards: 9 Each For 'Avatar' vs 'Hurt Locker'; 8 For 'Inglourious Basterds', 6 for 'Precious' & 'Up In The Air', 5 for 'Up'
UPDATE: Let me say from the outset that, for Best Picture, Star Trek was robbed. So was Invictus. And (500) Days of Summer. And The Messenger. And A Single Man. And Coraline.
The studio scorecard shows Sony Pictures Classics tied with The Weinstein Company for most nominations, 13. Overall, Sony had the most nominations with 18 (including 13 for Sony Classics), Fox was next with 14 (including 3 for Fox Searchlight), The Weinstein Co had 13, Paramount 12, Universal 11 (including 2 for Focus Features and Working Title Films, and 1 for just Focus Features), Summit Entertainment 9, Disney 8, Warner Bros 7, and Lionsgate 6.
Here is the [...]
SONY PICTURES LAYOFFS ANNOUNCED: 450 Staff, 6.5% Of Workforce, 100 Open Positions Closed; By 1st Week In March
UPDATES Layoffs After Sony Pictures’ Best Box Office Ever Worldwide
As an insider told me just now, “This follows communications with the employees of Sony Pictures going back several months about the challenges facing the entertainment business and the need to adapt in order to be successful in the future.” Again, these layoffs follow Sony Pictures’ all-time best box office performance ever. Among the specifics I’ve learned:
Approximately 450 people are expected to be affected by these layoffs;
This represents just over 6 ½% of the current workforce (of about 6800 people);
Also about 100 currently open positions are expected to be closed;
The notifications are occurring in stages, with [...]
Will Sony Spin Spidey Reboot With Webb?
Marc Webb, the (500) Days Of Summer director, has climbed to the top of the Sony Pictures’ list to rebirth the Spider-Man franchise. While the studio has a wish list of star directors like James Cameron, David Fincher, and Wes Anderson, the emergence of Webb as director comes as a huge surprise. But Mike Fleming’s sources tell him Webb met about the Spidey reboot with the pic’s producers and executives looking to get the picture into production later this year for a Summer 2012 release. Why will the pic take so long? Because it’s likely to be shot in 3-D, and Sony Pictures plans to [...]
EXCLUSIVE: 'SPIDER-MAN 4' SCRAPPED; SAM RAIMI & TOBEY MAGUIRE & CAST OUT; FRANCHISE REBOOT FOR 2012
UPDATES EXCLUSIVE: ‘Spider-Man 4′ Officially Has No Start Date As Of Today Because Of Script Problems; Sony “Unlikely” To Make Scheduled May 5, 2011, Release Date
BREAKING NEWS! 3RD UPDATE: Tobey Maguire just released this statement to me: ‘
Rihanna, Mariah Carey & Other A-List Musicians Celebrate Music Site Vevo
Backed by Vivendi’s Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, Vevo.com his hoping their website will become “the” destination for music videos. Vevo offers music from both Universal and Sony, as well as EMI Music, and contains programing f …read full story
'2012' Disaster Pic Dominates For $23.7M Friday & $61M Weekend; Also Big Abroad; 'Precious' Races To $2M In Just 175 Runs
FRIDAY PM/SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Sony Pictures is saying this morning its 2012 opened as a runaway No. 1 with $23.7 million Friday, including $1M in Thursday midnights, for what’s looking like a $61+M weekend. That’s big for a PG-13 popcorn pic that’s neither a previously established brand or franchise. Yet another in a long line of signature Roland Emmerich films featuring world destruction, this catastrophe film was anything but at the domestic and international box office. It became Sony Pictures’ 8th #1 North American film this year by exceeding expectations due to a marketing campaign that went into overdrive 6 weeks ago. (see below). Disney’s A [...]
'2012' Disaster Pic Dominates For $23.7M Friday & $61M Weekend; $58.4M Abroad; 'Precious' Races To $2M In Just 175 Runs
FRIDAY PM/SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Sony Pictures is saying this morning its 2012 opened as a runaway No. 1 with $23.7 million Friday from 3,404 theaters, including $1M in Thursday midnights, for what’s looking like a $61+M weekend. Plus, it’s made $58.4M through Friday internationally. That’s big for a PG-13 popcorn pic that’s neither a previously established brand or franchise. Yet another in a long line of signature Roland Emmerich films featuring world destruction, this catastrophe film was anything but at the domestic and international box office which could total a huge $170M by Sunday night. It became Sony Pictures’ 8th #1 North American film [...]
Peter Jackson's 'District 9' Crosses $200M; Sequel Only May Happen "At Some Point"
The alien apartheid film likely to snag one of the newly expanded 10 Best Picture Oscar nominations did it in worldwide box office this weekend — $115M domestic and $85M international so far (with China and Japan to come). And, remember, this indie prod’s negative cost was only $30M. By the way, not only does QED Intl have dibs on the franchise, but Sony has first opportunity to lock down the sequel for their territories. Which is why Sony is pushing for a District 9 sequel since the studio is lacking in fresh franchises. But those close to producer Peter Jackson and director Neill Blomkamp say only [...]
Graham King's GK Films Moves Output Deal From Warner Bros To Sony Pictures
(Culver City, October 20, 2009) — Academy Award®-winning producer Graham King (The Departed) has signed a three-year, multi-film output agreement with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group, it was announced today by Peter Schlessel, President of Worldwide Affairs for the studio. Under the deal, King’
HOW BIG IS BIG? AEG Privately Predicts Michael Jackson Pic '$250M In First 5 Days'; Bigger Than 'Spider-Man' & 'Harry Potter'?
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment have already trumpeted record-breaking sales around the world for the upcoming movie compiled from Michael Jackson’s high-def concert rehearsal footage. (Photo above show Paris lines outside The Grand Rex, which sold out shortly after tickets went on sale.) But execs with the concert promoter AEG also capitalizing on the singer’s death are now openly [...]
ABC Snatching Matthew Perry From NBC
EXCLUSIVE: Barring some unforeseen circumstance, I’m hearing that Friends actor Matthew Perry’
Hundreds Of Sell-Outs For 1st Day Of North American Advance Sales Of 'Michael Jackson's This Is It': Huge Global Demand, Too
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t think that Sony Pictures and Sony Music were smart to purchase that rehearsal footage of Michael Jackson preparing for his concerts before his untimely death — even if the pricetag started at $50M. Not only does the trailer clearly show this is an intriguing motion picture, but those who’ve [...]
Hundreds Of Sell-Outs For 1st Day Of North American Advance Sales Of 'Michael Jackson's This Is It': Huge Global Demand
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t think that Sony Pictures and Sony Music were smart to purchase that rehearsal footage of Michael Jackson preparing for his concerts before his untimely death — even if the pricetag started at $50M. Not only does the trailer clearly show this is an intriguing motion picture, but those who’ve [...]
UPDATE: MTV Video Music Awards Debut Trailer For 'Michael Jackson's This Is It'
MTV has the exclusive from Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment. It’ll be the first official look at the new film opening worldwide for a 2-week limited run beginning October 28th. (Tickets for the limited two-week engagement of the film go on sale beginning September 27th.) Sony will launch the Michael Jackson concert rehearsal [...]
SHOCKER! Disney Buying Marvel For $4B!
4TH UPDATE: I’m told that Sony’s deal on Spider-Man motion picture right is unaffected by today’s announcement and not subject to renewal. In fact, Sony is currently developing the next three films in the franchise.
3RD UPDATE: No official word from Paramount yet about how this affects the lucrative distribution agreement with Marvel, or Sony and its Spider-Man [...]