Sony Pictures Television is suing CBS, alleging that CBS failed to honor its distribution contract Danger! AND Wheel of Fortune in union. Sony produces the two long-running game shows, which are perennially among the most-watched syndicated shows on television. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that CBS missed a contract deadline … Read more
Sony Pictures Television on Tuesday unveiled the launch of Hot Sauce, a Belfast-based production company run by investigative journalists turned drama creatives Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, known for projects such as Netflix films Rogue agent and the BBC crime drama Blue lights. “SPT's backing will boost Hot Sauce and see it launch as a … Read more
Jake Kasdan's previous sequel, starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Jack Black, hit theaters in 2019.
The upcoming film adaptation of the video game by Sony Pictures Until dawn is set to invade cinemas next year. The film from director David F. Sandberg will be released in theaters on April 25, 2025. Gary Dauberman wrote the latest version of the screenplay for Screen Gems after Blair Butler wrote the previous draft … Read more
There's a changing of the guard at Sony Pictures Entertainment, with chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra set to step down and Ravi Ahuja set to become president and CEO starting in 2025. Ahuja was named president and chief operating officer earlier this year, a move intended to position him as Vinciquerra's successor and give him … Read more
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Eleventh Hour Films (Magpie Murders), of which SPT holds a majority stake, have entered into a first-look deal with Hill 5.14 Media, Tobi Olujinmi’s black-led television label. Olujinmi, a producer and former development producer at Eleventh Hour, launched Hill 5.14 in late 2022 as a “scripted television and audio label, … Read more
Sony Group is looking for its Sony Pictures and Sony Music units and a new global incubator to help it enter the blockchain and Web3 sector. “Web3” is a term that describes the vision of a decentralized Internet, based on blockchain technology and collectively controlled by its users. Last week, Sony Block Solutions Labs, a … Read more
Sony Corp. and Zee Entertainment have settled all legal disputes related to their later annulled $10 billion merger in India. More than two years after announcing a bold $10 billion merger of its Indian TV and streaming businesses with local giant Zee Entertainment, Sony said in January it was officially abandoning the deal. The decision … Read more