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New Poster for The Imaginarium

Melissa Molina — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:08:07 +0000

Sony Pictures Classics have just recently released the official domestic poster for Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. The imaginative and mysterious film stars the late Heath Ledger along with Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp and comes out in theaters on Christmas Day. The poster is below and if your curious to know more about this feature, check out the official website for all sorts of things.:

Sony gets themselves Mother and Child

Melissa Molina — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:41:03 +0000

Variety reports that Sony Pictures Classics is scooping up the U.S. rights to the Rodrigo Garcia film “Mother and Child”. The feature just barely premiered a couple of months ago at the Toronto International Film Festival. The drama centers around three women: A 50-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption 35 years ago, and an African American woman looking to adopt a child of her own.

The feature was produced by “The Jane Austen Book Club” Julie Lynn and Lisa Maria Falcone under Everest Entertainment. It starred several talents including Naomi Watts, Annette Benning, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson. There is no official release date set for the United States just yet but is expected to come out sometime in 2010.

Clooney Leaves Warner Brothers, Joins Sony Pictures

Michael Cook — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:38:37 +0000

For the past twenty years, nine of which under contract, George Clooney and production partner Grant Heslov moved Smokehouse Pictures to Sony. The contract, as it sits right now, is for a mere two years. Clooney and Heslov co-wrote Good Night, and Good Luck back in 2005, and the two have worked on numerous projects prior and since.

The problem lies in Smokehouse’s goals. The studio doesn’t plan on making Oscar-quality movies and not since Syriana has Clooney gotten the recognition that he’s received in the past. Granted, movies like Leatherheads and The Good German were decent, neither were considered for performance awards. The Good German got a Academy Award Nomination for Best Original Score, but lost to the contemporary Brokeback Mountain. Sony Co-Chairman Amy Pascal addressed this by saying, “We see real value in opening our doors to producers with their critical and commercial track record and their artistic point of view.”

In an interview with Nikki Finke, a Sony executive said, “You need to look no further than Sony’s track record with A-list talent like Adam Sandler and Will Smith to answer your question of why,” in regards to the why. Sony also plans on making available tools and executives “to develop the kind of material we all believe makes sense for Sony and its multilabel distribution strategy. Sony has Columbia, Screen Gems and Classics allowing for different kinds of films for different audiences.”

Hopefully, Clooney and Smokehouse prosper with under Sony’s helm. But, to be fair, Adam Sandler and Will Smith shouldn’t be anywhere near the same class as Clooney.

Source: FirstShowing.net

Sundance acquisitions

Daniel Herrera — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:59:51 +0000

With the many films premiering at this years Sundance Film Festival we thought we would give you all the latest films which have been sold at this years fest.

Black Dynamite: This blacksploitation film was purchased by Sony Pictures Worldwide for 2 million dollars.

Brooklyn’s Finest: Antoine Fuqua’s latest film which stars Richard Gere and Ethan Hawke was also purchased by Sony Pictures Worldwide.

Moon: Sam Rockwell’s latest sci-fi film has been purchased by Sony Pictures Worldwide and will be distributed under Sony Pictures Classic which is set to release the film this June.

Spread: Ashton Kutchers latest comedy was purchased by Anchor Bay Entertainment for an estimated 3.5 million dollars. No release date has been set.

Dead Snow: IFC Films purchases this film on 1-18-09 and plans to release the Nazi zombie film later this year.

In The Loop: The Iraq comedy sold to IFC films today which features James Gandolfini in a behind the scenes look at what happened in Washington and London that lead to the war.

An Education: After a heated bidding war between Sony Pictures Classics and Fox Searchlight, Sony has purchased rights to the film for 3 million dollars.

Adam: This love story featuring Rose Byrne and Hugh Dancy has been purchased by Fox Searchlight on 1-21-08

Humpday: Magnolia Pictures won the heated battle for the comedy Humpday which tells the story of 2 straight friends who dare each other to have sex with each other in a porn film. The audience hit was in a bidding war against 6 different studios with Magnolia Pictures ending up the victor.

The Informers: Senator Entertainment purchased the rights to the Bret Easton Ellis adaptation with a planned U.S. release date of April 10th.

500 Days of Summer: Fox Searchlight purchased this audience favorite for a release this July from music video director Marc Webb.

Adventureland: Superbad director Greg Motolla returns with this crowd pleaser which has been picked up by Miramax.