Sony Pictures Entertainment
Marvel’s ‘Silk: Spider Society’ Dead at Amazon
The writing was basically on the wall for this one. Amazon’s Marvel drama Silk: Spider Society — from producers Sony Pictures Television — is no longer moving forward at the streamer. Sources say Sony TV, which owns rights to a fraction of the Marvel universe that features more than 900 characters, plans to shop the […]
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Sony Pictures Full-Year Profit Slips to $808M
Sony Pictures Entertainment’s full fiscal-year 2023 operating income fell to $808 million from $894 million in dollar terms, with sales creeping up slightly to $10.32 billion from $10.14 billion. SPE comprises motion pictures, television productions and media networks, and the fiscal-year 2023 performance of those three segments was impacted by the dual Hollywood strikes. Sony’s […]
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Sony Pictures Promotes Tahra Grant to Chief Communications Officer
Sony Pictures Entertainment has promoted Tahra Grant to chief communications officer. Serving as executive vp in the role, Grant will report to SPE CEO Tony Vinciquerra after previously leading corporate communications for the studio’s Motion Picture Group over the past eight years. She steps into the position vacated by Bob Lawson, who was promoted earlier […]
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The End of Peak TV “Could Be a Good Thing,” Says Sony International TV Boss Wayne Garvie
The end of “peak TV” — the never-ending expansion in the number of drama series being produced worldwide — could be a good thing, according to Wayne Garvie, President of International Production at Sony Pictures Television (SPT). Speaking at a keynote at TV festival Series Mania on Wednesday, Garvie noted that despite the sharp decline […]
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‘Venom 3’ Gets Title, Moves Up Release to October
The latest installment in Columbia Pictures’ Tom Hardy-led Venom franchise now has an official title and an earlier release date. Director Kelly Marcel’s Venom: The Last Dance hits theaters Oct. 25, Sony announced Tuesday. Starring Hardy, Juno Temple and Chiwetel Ejiofor, the film had been untitled and moves up two weeks from its previous release […]
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Ravi Ahuja Named President and COO of Sony Pictures
Sony Pictures Entertainment is making a big change in its leadership. The entertainment studio has named Ravi Ahuja president and COO, according to a memo to staff Wednesday from SPE CEO Tony Vinciquerra. Ahuja is taking on the new role “to work more closely with me and our entire leadership team as we chart our […]
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NFL Plans Syndicated Version of ‘Good Morning Football,’ Moves A.M. Show to Los Angeles
The NFL wants to bring more football talk to morning TV. The league is shaking up NFL Network’s morning football talk show, Good Morning Football, moving production from New York to Los Angeles, and plotting a two-hour extension of the series, which will be sold in syndication. Sony Pictures Television will distribute the syndicated edition […]
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Robert Lawson Promoted to Lead Sony Corp. Comms
Sony Pictures chief communications officer Robert Lawson is being promoted to lead comms for all of Sony Group Corp. In his new role as senior VP of corporate communications, Lawson will report to SGC CEO Kenichiro Yoshida, and will be based in Tokyo. In a note to Sony Pictures staff Wednesday evening, SPE CEO Tony […]
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Sony Pictures Third-Quarter Profit Hits $281M
Sony Pictures Entertainment saw its fiscal third-quarter profit hit $281 million, up from $179 million in the year-ago period and $204 million in the previous quarter. Revenue for the film and television unit reached $2.47 billion in the latest period, up from $2.35 billion in the year-ago quarter and down from $2.77 billion in the […]
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‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ Trailer Teases Original Cast’s Take Down of “Tall, Dark and Horny” Enemy
Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson and now Annie Potts are suiting up in the latest trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, helping the Spengler family stop something strange in New York. The latest trailer for the Gil Kenan-directed sequel to 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife features new and more extensive footage of the surviving original Ghostbusters and […]
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Ken Jennings on Mayim Bialik’s Exit and His Own ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ Host Approach
After Alex Trebek’s death in 2020, the first person to step behind the Jeopardy! lectern was Ken Jennings. The winningest contestant in Jeopardy! history, Jennings was named the syndicated program’s permanent co-host last year alongside Mayim Bialik, with the two of them splitting hosting duties on the daily syndicated show and on its primetime specials. […]
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Sony Unveils Columbia Pictures 100th Anniversary Logo
Sony Pictures Entertainment is marking Columbia Pictures’ 100th anniversary with a new centennial logo inspired by the historic “Lady With the Torch” iconography. Ahead of Columbia’s anniversary celebration on Jan. 10, 2024, the new logo has an enhanced glow to the torch to symbolize the vibrancy of the Hollywood studio’s history, Sony said in a statement. […]
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