Exclusive: Sony Pictures has raised Maia Eyre to SVP of Creative Development at Columbia Pictures.
She will report to Sanford Panitch, President of Sony’s Motion Picture Group.
Eyre most recently brought in and oversaw box office hit romantic comedy, Anyone But You, starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell and which has earned over $214 million worldwide and has become a very profitable movie for the Culver City lot.
Eyre has worked with Andrea Giannetti on the Jumanji franchise, which has collectively earned over $2 billion worldwide and Greta Gerwig’s critically acclaimed and Oscar-winning Little Women, which earned $220 million globally.
Other films Eyre has worked on at the studio include the Peter Rabbit franchise, which has earned $512.7 million globally and the Escape Room franchise, which has earned $223.7 million globally.
Eyre is currently overseeing a sequel to the horror film franchise, I Know What You Did Last Summer, helmed by Jen Kaytin Robinson.
She will report to Sanford Panitch, President of Sony’s Motion Picture Group.
Eyre most recently brought in and oversaw box office hit romantic comedy, Anyone But You, starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell and which has earned over $214 million worldwide and has become a very profitable movie for the Culver City lot.
Eyre has worked with Andrea Giannetti on the Jumanji franchise, which has collectively earned over $2 billion worldwide and Greta Gerwig’s critically acclaimed and Oscar-winning Little Women, which earned $220 million globally.
Other films Eyre has worked on at the studio include the Peter Rabbit franchise, which has earned $512.7 million globally and the Escape Room franchise, which has earned $223.7 million globally.
Eyre is currently overseeing a sequel to the horror film franchise, I Know What You Did Last Summer, helmed by Jen Kaytin Robinson.
- 4/1/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
A film chronicling the relationship between Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne is in the works.
A biopic about Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne is still in the works.
The as-yet-untitled film was formally announced in October 2021, when it was confirmed that both Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s music will feature.
Sony Pictures and Polygram are behind the project, which will focus on a twenty year period between 1979 and 1999. Lee Hall, who won huge acclaim for his screenplay for Elton John biopic Rocketman in 2018, will write the script.
Sharon and Jack Osbourne revealed the update on their podcast The Osbournes (as picked up by Planet Rock), where Ozzy, in typically unabashed style, commented on the slow progress of the film, saying “By the time it’s eventually filmed, I’ll be dead! I wanna be alive to f—ing see it”.
Going on to discuss who could play Ozzy,...
A biopic about Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne is still in the works.
The as-yet-untitled film was formally announced in October 2021, when it was confirmed that both Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s music will feature.
Sony Pictures and Polygram are behind the project, which will focus on a twenty year period between 1979 and 1999. Lee Hall, who won huge acclaim for his screenplay for Elton John biopic Rocketman in 2018, will write the script.
Sharon and Jack Osbourne revealed the update on their podcast The Osbournes (as picked up by Planet Rock), where Ozzy, in typically unabashed style, commented on the slow progress of the film, saying “By the time it’s eventually filmed, I’ll be dead! I wanna be alive to f—ing see it”.
Going on to discuss who could play Ozzy,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
The lives and epic love story of rocker Ozzy Osbourne and manager and personality Sharon Osbourne will be the subject of an upcoming feature film.
The untitled project comes from Polygram Entertainment, and will follow a biopic format centering on their decades-long bond — one that exploded to the heights of pop culture with the flagship MTV reality series “The Osbournes.” Oscar nominee Lee Hall (“Billy Elliot”) is scripting the project.
“Our relationship at times was often wild, insane and dangerous but it was our undying love that kept us together,” said Sharon Osbourne. “We’re thrilled to partner with Sony Pictures and Polygram to bring our story to the screen.”
Sharon and her kids Jack Osborune and Aimée Osbourne are producing via their label Osbourne Media, with Michele Anthony and David Blackman on behalf of Polygram Entertainment. Andrea Giannetti is overseeing development for Sony.
Music will obviously play a large role in the film,...
The untitled project comes from Polygram Entertainment, and will follow a biopic format centering on their decades-long bond — one that exploded to the heights of pop culture with the flagship MTV reality series “The Osbournes.” Oscar nominee Lee Hall (“Billy Elliot”) is scripting the project.
“Our relationship at times was often wild, insane and dangerous but it was our undying love that kept us together,” said Sharon Osbourne. “We’re thrilled to partner with Sony Pictures and Polygram to bring our story to the screen.”
Sharon and her kids Jack Osborune and Aimée Osbourne are producing via their label Osbourne Media, with Michele Anthony and David Blackman on behalf of Polygram Entertainment. Andrea Giannetti is overseeing development for Sony.
Music will obviously play a large role in the film,...
- 10/21/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Updated with Sunday figures: In the wake of Terminator: Dark Fate’s failure at the B.O., and Paramount’s recent decision to make Beverly Cops 4 for Netflix, we have the further breakdown of cinema IP in Sony’s Charlie’s Angels reboot, which is tanking with a God-awful $8.6M domestic opening, $27.9M worldwide (from 26 markets), 3 Stars on Screen Engine-Comscore’s PostTrak, and a B+ Cinemascore.
The Elizabeth Banks-directed-written and produced pic is also opening in 27 offshore markets, China being one where it’s also bombing, with a $7.8M 3-day take in third place behind No. 1 local title Somewhere Winter ($13.1M). All of this is primed to further spur a Wtf reaction and anxiety among film development executives in town in regards to what the hell exactly works in this have-and-have-not era of the theatrical marketplace. Many will make the hasty generalization that old, dusty IP doesn’t work, or is...
The Elizabeth Banks-directed-written and produced pic is also opening in 27 offshore markets, China being one where it’s also bombing, with a $7.8M 3-day take in third place behind No. 1 local title Somewhere Winter ($13.1M). All of this is primed to further spur a Wtf reaction and anxiety among film development executives in town in regards to what the hell exactly works in this have-and-have-not era of the theatrical marketplace. Many will make the hasty generalization that old, dusty IP doesn’t work, or is...
- 11/16/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Sam Raimi is returning to the horror genre with an untitled project he’s set to direct at Columbia Pictures, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, whom Raimi collaborated with on a separate, still-in-development project about the Bermuda Triangle, are writing the film based on their original idea.
Raimi is reuniting with Columbia after making the original “Spider-Man” trilogy of films starring Tobey Maguire at the studio. He will also produce with Zainab Azizi of Raimi Productions, and Andrea Giannetti will oversee the project for the studio.
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“I am thrilled to be reunited with Columbia Pictures and re-teaming with Sanford and Ange. I have been a fan of Shannon & Swift and we have found the perfect adventure to share with the world,” Raimi said in a statement.
Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, whom Raimi collaborated with on a separate, still-in-development project about the Bermuda Triangle, are writing the film based on their original idea.
Raimi is reuniting with Columbia after making the original “Spider-Man” trilogy of films starring Tobey Maguire at the studio. He will also produce with Zainab Azizi of Raimi Productions, and Andrea Giannetti will oversee the project for the studio.
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“I am thrilled to be reunited with Columbia Pictures and re-teaming with Sanford and Ange. I have been a fan of Shannon & Swift and we have found the perfect adventure to share with the world,” Raimi said in a statement.
- 10/18/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Sony is taking us to church with an upcoming biopic about multi-platinum gospel singer Kirk Franklin. The film, currently untitled, is being produced by former Sony exec DeVon Franklin via his Franklin Entertainment banner, while Franklin will serve as an executive producer through his label Fo Yo Soul Entertainment.
Brian Ivie (The Drop Box) has been tapped to write the film which will follow 14-time Grammy-winning artist from his humble beginning through his meteoric rise to fame as he changes the face of gospel music and battles his demons in the process.
Franklin, often dubbed as the king of gospel music, released his first album in 1993 called Kirk Franklin & The Family, which went platinum with over 1 million copies sold, the first gospel album to do so, and charted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart for 42 weeks. He’s also behind such hits as “Looking for You”, “Revolution,...
Brian Ivie (The Drop Box) has been tapped to write the film which will follow 14-time Grammy-winning artist from his humble beginning through his meteoric rise to fame as he changes the face of gospel music and battles his demons in the process.
Franklin, often dubbed as the king of gospel music, released his first album in 1993 called Kirk Franklin & The Family, which went platinum with over 1 million copies sold, the first gospel album to do so, and charted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart for 42 weeks. He’s also behind such hits as “Looking for You”, “Revolution,...
- 7/17/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures has acquired the film rights to best-selling author Richard Kirshenbaum’s first novel “Rouge” about the glitzy-glam, competitive 20th century beauty industry, Variety has learned.
Wendy Finerman (“The Devil Wears Prada”) will produce the project, which will cast A-list actresses in the lead roles of the business titans, who are suspiciously similar to real-life foes Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein.
“Rouge” details the cutthroat world of the beauty business world between the two rivals. The novel is set in cities across the world such as NYC, Hollywood, Palm Beach, London, and Paris and St Martin’s Press Executive Editor Beier likened the story to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” in style and time-period.
The book will hit stores on “Rouge” on June 25, but it sold in an auction based on the galleys.
“’Rouge’ makes you want to stand up and cheer for these iconic cosmetic industry pioneers. These women were brilliant,...
Wendy Finerman (“The Devil Wears Prada”) will produce the project, which will cast A-list actresses in the lead roles of the business titans, who are suspiciously similar to real-life foes Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein.
“Rouge” details the cutthroat world of the beauty business world between the two rivals. The novel is set in cities across the world such as NYC, Hollywood, Palm Beach, London, and Paris and St Martin’s Press Executive Editor Beier likened the story to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” in style and time-period.
The book will hit stores on “Rouge” on June 25, but it sold in an auction based on the galleys.
“’Rouge’ makes you want to stand up and cheer for these iconic cosmetic industry pioneers. These women were brilliant,...
- 5/10/2019
- by Mackenzie Nichols
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Producer Neal H. Moritz and actor Vin Diesel have logged a lot of miles together with The Fast and The Furious franchise, but the reunited tandem have been in South Africa working on a very different action epic for Sony: Bloodshot, which adapts the sci-fi superhero introduced in 1992 in the pages of Valiant Comics. The script by Oscar-nominated Arrival scribe Eric Heisserer introduces Diesel as the cyborg called Bloodshot, an unstoppable machine-man assassin whose human memories were wiped clean by the lab experiment that created him.
Bloodshot has a first-time director in Dave Wilson, the longtime Blur Studios collaborator of Deadpool director Tim Miller. Andrea Giannetti is overseeing for Sony, which has Cross Creek as a partner on the project. Sony high hopes that Bloodshot will be the...
Bloodshot has a first-time director in Dave Wilson, the longtime Blur Studios collaborator of Deadpool director Tim Miller. Andrea Giannetti is overseeing for Sony, which has Cross Creek as a partner on the project. Sony high hopes that Bloodshot will be the...
- 10/30/2018
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The cast is of Little Women is coming together as production on this film is slated to being this month. Actress Abby Quinn has come aboard the latest adaptation from Greta Gerwig and Sony Pictures. Quinn will play Annie who, in the classic Louisa May Alcott novel, was Meg’s fashionable and wealthy friend.
She joins an impressive cast list that includes Meryl Streep, Timothee Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Laura Dern, Chris Cooper, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlon, James Norton, Louis Garrel, and Bob Odenkirk.
Former Sony Chair Amy Pascal, Denise Di Novi, and Robin Swicord are producing. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for Columbia Pictures.
Quinn recently starred in the Gillian Robespierre-directed comedy Landline and will soon be seen in Paramount’s Bumblebee standalone film and After The Wedding, which stars Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore
She’s repped by CAA and Rebecca Kitt and Associates.
She joins an impressive cast list that includes Meryl Streep, Timothee Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Laura Dern, Chris Cooper, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlon, James Norton, Louis Garrel, and Bob Odenkirk.
Former Sony Chair Amy Pascal, Denise Di Novi, and Robin Swicord are producing. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for Columbia Pictures.
Quinn recently starred in the Gillian Robespierre-directed comedy Landline and will soon be seen in Paramount’s Bumblebee standalone film and After The Wedding, which stars Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore
She’s repped by CAA and Rebecca Kitt and Associates.
- 10/3/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: More casting news on Sony’s Little Women remake: Chris Cooper, an Oscar winner for his performance in the 2002 film Adaptation., is the latest to join the list of A-lister set for the upcoming adaptation from Greta Gerwig.
Cooper’s recent credits include Live by Night, Cars 3, and Hulu’s 11.22.63 series. In addition, he was recently cast in Sony’s Untitled Mr. Rogers/ Tom Hanks project.
He joins fellow Oscar winner Meryl Streep, as well as Timothee Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Laura Dern, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlon, James Norton, Louis Garrel, and Bob Odenkirk in the film, based on Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel which has seen a slew of adaptations.
Amy Pascal, Denise Di Novi, and Robin Swicord are producing. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for Sony’s Columbia Pictures.
Cooper is repped by CAA and Untitled.
Cooper’s recent credits include Live by Night, Cars 3, and Hulu’s 11.22.63 series. In addition, he was recently cast in Sony’s Untitled Mr. Rogers/ Tom Hanks project.
He joins fellow Oscar winner Meryl Streep, as well as Timothee Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Laura Dern, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlon, James Norton, Louis Garrel, and Bob Odenkirk in the film, based on Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel which has seen a slew of adaptations.
Amy Pascal, Denise Di Novi, and Robin Swicord are producing. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for Sony’s Columbia Pictures.
Cooper is repped by CAA and Untitled.
- 9/28/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated "Better Call Saul" star Bob Odenkirk is set for Sony Pictures’ Little Women, the remake which is being written and directed by Greta Gerwig. The previously announced cast includes Meryl Streep, Timothee Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Laura Dern, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlon, James Norton, and Louis Garrel.
The pic will reunite Odenkirk and Streep, both of whom starred in the Oscar-nominated feature, The Post. Odenkirk’s recent credits include "Girlfriend’s Day" for Netflix, which he also wrote, The Disaster Artist, and Disney Pixar’s Incredibles 2.
The film is based on the classic story by Louisa May Alcott. Amy Pascal is producing the project, along with Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord, while Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production via Sony’s label Columbia Pictures.
The pic will reunite Odenkirk and Streep, both of whom starred in the Oscar-nominated feature, The Post. Odenkirk’s recent credits include "Girlfriend’s Day" for Netflix, which he also wrote, The Disaster Artist, and Disney Pixar’s Incredibles 2.
The film is based on the classic story by Louisa May Alcott. Amy Pascal is producing the project, along with Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord, while Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production via Sony’s label Columbia Pictures.
- 9/24/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: French actor Louis Garrel, wrote, directed and stars in the A Faithful Man, which will screen at the Toronto Film Festival, has joined Sony’s Little Women remake, which Greta Gerwig will direct from a screenplay she’s writing. Previously announced cast still in talks include Oscar winner Meryl Streep, Oscar nominees Timothee Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, and Laura Dern as well as Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlon, and James Norton. Emma Watson is also in talks to join the cast, replacing Emma Stone, who was previously attached to the project.
Based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, Little Women follows sisters Amy, Jo, Beth and Meg and their mother in Civil War-era Massachusetts as they navigate growing up, first loves and Christmas without their father.
Amy Pascal to attached to produce the project, along with Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production via Sony’s label Columbia Pictures.
Based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, Little Women follows sisters Amy, Jo, Beth and Meg and their mother in Civil War-era Massachusetts as they navigate growing up, first loves and Christmas without their father.
Amy Pascal to attached to produce the project, along with Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production via Sony’s label Columbia Pictures.
- 9/5/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott classic “Little Woman” has found a different Emma.
Emma Watson is joining the Sony project in a role that was initial intended for Emma Stone, after Stone was unable to board the project due to scheduling conflicts.
Watson, who starred in Disney’s 2017 live-action adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast,” one of the year’s highest-grossing films, joins a loaded cast that includes “Lady Bird” stars Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet, as well as Meryl Streep, Laura Dern, Florence Pugh and James Norton.
“Little Women” follows teenage sisters Amy, Jo, Beth and Meg and their mother Marmee during Civil War-era Massachusetts and details the sisters’ passage from childhood to womanhood as they navigate their new town, true love, and their first holiday without their pastor father.
Emma Watson is joining the Sony project in a role that was initial intended for Emma Stone, after Stone was unable to board the project due to scheduling conflicts.
Watson, who starred in Disney’s 2017 live-action adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast,” one of the year’s highest-grossing films, joins a loaded cast that includes “Lady Bird” stars Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet, as well as Meryl Streep, Laura Dern, Florence Pugh and James Norton.
“Little Women” follows teenage sisters Amy, Jo, Beth and Meg and their mother Marmee during Civil War-era Massachusetts and details the sisters’ passage from childhood to womanhood as they navigate their new town, true love, and their first holiday without their pastor father.
- 8/24/2018
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Emma Watson is set to join Greta Gerwig’s star-studded remake of “Little Women.”
Sources say Watson is playing the part originally intended for Emma Stone, who was unable to join the project because of promotional obligations for the Fox Searchlight film and award season contender “The Favourite.” With production expected to start next month, Sony moved quickly to approach Watson.
Roles are still being worked out and it is unknown which sister Watson would be playing.
Gerwig is writing and directing, with Meryl Streep, Laura Dern, Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet, and Florence Pugh in negotiations to star in Sony’s retelling of the American classic.
The project had been set up at Columbia Pictures for some time, with Amy Pascal set to produce with Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for Sony.
The novel by Louisa May Alcott, which follows the March sisters in Civil War-era America,...
Sources say Watson is playing the part originally intended for Emma Stone, who was unable to join the project because of promotional obligations for the Fox Searchlight film and award season contender “The Favourite.” With production expected to start next month, Sony moved quickly to approach Watson.
Roles are still being worked out and it is unknown which sister Watson would be playing.
Gerwig is writing and directing, with Meryl Streep, Laura Dern, Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet, and Florence Pugh in negotiations to star in Sony’s retelling of the American classic.
The project had been set up at Columbia Pictures for some time, with Amy Pascal set to produce with Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for Sony.
The novel by Louisa May Alcott, which follows the March sisters in Civil War-era America,...
- 8/24/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Laura Dern looks all set to join a stellar cast on the Greta Gerwig directed Little Women adaptation, The Tale star has entered into negotiations for the film.
The undisclosed role could see Dern join the likes of Meryl Streep, Florence Pugh who will play Amy, Saoirse Ronan who will play Jo, Emma Stone who will play Meg and Eliza Scanlen who will play Beth.
On the male side of the cast, both Timothee Chalamet and James Norton are also said to be in talks to join the adaptation.
Gerwig has adapted the screenplay, Amy Pascal will produce alongside Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for Columbia.
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Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), which was originally published in two...
The undisclosed role could see Dern join the likes of Meryl Streep, Florence Pugh who will play Amy, Saoirse Ronan who will play Jo, Emma Stone who will play Meg and Eliza Scanlen who will play Beth.
On the male side of the cast, both Timothee Chalamet and James Norton are also said to be in talks to join the adaptation.
Gerwig has adapted the screenplay, Amy Pascal will produce alongside Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for Columbia.
Also in the news – Tessa Thompson is Lady in Disney’s Live Action/CGI remake of Lady and the Tramp
Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), which was originally published in two...
- 8/16/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: English actor James Norton, last seen on the big screen in Sony’s Flatliners remake, is in talks to reunite with the Culver City-based studio for Little Women, the Greta Gerwig-helmed film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic. If cast, he could potentially join Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Timothee Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Eliza Scanlen, and Florence Pugh, all of whom are also in talks to board the picture.
Amy Pascal to attached to produce the project, along with Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production via Sony’s label Columbia Pictures.
Norton currently stars as Alex Godman in the BBC One and AMC series, McMafia. His other credits include lead roles in the British crime drama Happy Valley, A&E series War and Peace, and ITV’s Grantchester.
He is repped by Wme, The Artist Partnership, and Pj Shapiro and Pam Black...
Amy Pascal to attached to produce the project, along with Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production via Sony’s label Columbia Pictures.
Norton currently stars as Alex Godman in the BBC One and AMC series, McMafia. His other credits include lead roles in the British crime drama Happy Valley, A&E series War and Peace, and ITV’s Grantchester.
He is repped by Wme, The Artist Partnership, and Pj Shapiro and Pam Black...
- 8/2/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Australian actress Eliza Scanlen, who currently stars in HBO’s Amy Adams-starrer Sharp Objects, is being eyed to join the Greta Gerwig-directed adaptation of Little Women, potentially joining an A-list cast consisting of Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamete Chalamet. Scanlen is in talks to play Beth March, the second youngest of the March sisters. Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel centers on the March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, on their journey to womanhood, guided by their Marmee. Amy Pascal is producing the project with Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for the studio.
- 7/24/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
After earning strong reviews for her role as Amy Adams’ half-sister Camille in HBO’s “Sharp Objects,” Eliza Scanlen looks to have found her next big role.
The actress is in talks to join Greta Gerwig’s star-studded remake of “Little Women.”
Scanlen tested alongside Emma Stone prior to the Fourth of July holiday and beat out a number of individuals for the role (believed to be Beth March).
Gerwig is writing and directing, with A-listers Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet, and Florence Pugh in negotiations to star in Sony’s retelling of the American classic.
The project has been set up at Columbia Pictures for some time, with Amy Pascal set to produce with Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for Sony.
The novel by Louisa May Alcott, which follows the March sisters in post-Civil War America, has been adapted several times into feature films,...
The actress is in talks to join Greta Gerwig’s star-studded remake of “Little Women.”
Scanlen tested alongside Emma Stone prior to the Fourth of July holiday and beat out a number of individuals for the role (believed to be Beth March).
Gerwig is writing and directing, with A-listers Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet, and Florence Pugh in negotiations to star in Sony’s retelling of the American classic.
The project has been set up at Columbia Pictures for some time, with Amy Pascal set to produce with Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for Sony.
The novel by Louisa May Alcott, which follows the March sisters in post-Civil War America, has been adapted several times into feature films,...
- 7/24/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Sony is putting together some Oscar favorites for the latest adaption to Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic novel, Little Women. Greta Gerwig, who received critical acclaim for her directorial debut feature, Lady Bird, including an Oscar nom for Best Picture and Directing, is set to adapt and direct Little Women, which could potentially feature a big cast. Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Emma Stone along with Lady Bird star Saoirse Ronan and Timothee Chalamet, and Florence Pugh are in talks to join the feature, which is under Sony’s Columbia Pictures label.
Little Women centers on the March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, on their journey to womanhood, guided by their Marmee. The novel, which is loosely based Alcott and her three sisters, has gone through numerous adaptations.
Amy Pascal is producing the project with Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for the studio.
Little Women centers on the March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, on their journey to womanhood, guided by their Marmee. The novel, which is loosely based Alcott and her three sisters, has gone through numerous adaptations.
Amy Pascal is producing the project with Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for the studio.
- 6/29/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
“Little Women” is drawing big talent.
Following her critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominated directorial debut, “Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig is eyeing “Little Women” as her next directing gig.
A-listers Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Saoirse Ronan, and Timothee Chalamet are in talks to star in Columbia Pictures’ retelling of the American classic with Florence Pugh also in talks to star. The movie would mark a reunion for Gerwig, Ronan, and Chalamet. The young actors starred in 2017’s coming-of-age comedy “Lady Bird.”
The roles are unknown at this time as some castings are still being worked out. Sources tell Variety the studio is expected to test a handful of actresses opposite Stone for the role of Beth before the July 4 holiday.
The project has been set up at Columbia Pictures for some time, with Amy Pascal set to produce with Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for Columbia Pictures.
Following her critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominated directorial debut, “Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig is eyeing “Little Women” as her next directing gig.
A-listers Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Saoirse Ronan, and Timothee Chalamet are in talks to star in Columbia Pictures’ retelling of the American classic with Florence Pugh also in talks to star. The movie would mark a reunion for Gerwig, Ronan, and Chalamet. The young actors starred in 2017’s coming-of-age comedy “Lady Bird.”
The roles are unknown at this time as some castings are still being worked out. Sources tell Variety the studio is expected to test a handful of actresses opposite Stone for the role of Beth before the July 4 holiday.
The project has been set up at Columbia Pictures for some time, with Amy Pascal set to produce with Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for Columbia Pictures.
- 6/29/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
A feature based on the popular board game Settlers of Catan is in the works at Sony.
The studio is in negotiations to acquire the rights to the game and is working with producer Gail Katz (The Perfect Storm), who originally acquired the rights to Settlers of Catan back in 2015.
Lego Movie filmmaker Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich are also attached to produce. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the project for Columbia.
Blaise Hemingway will write the screenplay for the movie, which is being eyed as a potential franchise starter.
Settlers of Catan, designed by Klaus Teuber, is a tabletop strategy game that...
The studio is in negotiations to acquire the rights to the game and is working with producer Gail Katz (The Perfect Storm), who originally acquired the rights to Settlers of Catan back in 2015.
Lego Movie filmmaker Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich are also attached to produce. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the project for Columbia.
Blaise Hemingway will write the screenplay for the movie, which is being eyed as a potential franchise starter.
Settlers of Catan, designed by Klaus Teuber, is a tabletop strategy game that...
- 10/11/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Andrea Giannetti, who has been with Sony for about 25 years, has re-upped at Columbia Pictures in a long-term contract with the same title Evp Production. Giannetti, who has survived several regimes over her long stint, is currently overseeing overseeing the remake of Jumanji, the second installment of Equalizer and Tim Miller’s Sonic. Jumanji, which stars Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan, is one of the studio’s tentpoles. It will be released is in…...
- 1/27/2017
- Deadline
The Columbia Pictures co-president of production has become president of TriStar Pictures as Tom Rothman shuffled his Sony executive pack on Thursday.
Minghella will work closely with TriStar’s Nicole Brown and reports to president of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group Doug Belgrad. She shared the president of production role with Michael de Luca, who recently left the studio.
David Beaubaire (top) becomes evp of production at Columbia Pictures alongside Palak Patel (bottom), who until recently served as a producer with Joe Roth’s company.
Along with current Columbia executives Andrea Giannetti and Jonathan Kadin, they will report to Belgrad. Rothman has eliminated the Columbia president of production role.
Several films in development, including The Rosie Project, which Minghella has shepherded and has Jennifer Lawrence attached to star, will move over to TriStar.
Beaubaire will oversee completion on the TriStar films currently in the production pipeline, including Robert Zemeckis’ Nyff opener The Walk, Money Monster, in which...
Minghella will work closely with TriStar’s Nicole Brown and reports to president of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group Doug Belgrad. She shared the president of production role with Michael de Luca, who recently left the studio.
David Beaubaire (top) becomes evp of production at Columbia Pictures alongside Palak Patel (bottom), who until recently served as a producer with Joe Roth’s company.
Along with current Columbia executives Andrea Giannetti and Jonathan Kadin, they will report to Belgrad. Rothman has eliminated the Columbia president of production role.
Several films in development, including The Rosie Project, which Minghella has shepherded and has Jennifer Lawrence attached to star, will move over to TriStar.
Beaubaire will oversee completion on the TriStar films currently in the production pipeline, including Robert Zemeckis’ Nyff opener The Walk, Money Monster, in which...
- 8/6/2015
- ScreenDaily
Very cool news! More comic book movies from Hot publisher Valiant! I personally collect & read both Bloodshot & Ninjak which I highly recommend you do! The full press release below!
.Valiant Entertainment and Sony Pictures today announced a deal to bring two of Valiant’s award-winning comic book superhero franchises—Bloodshot and Harbinger—to the big screen over the course of five feature films that will culminate in the shared universe crossover film, Harbinger Wars.
Bloodshot, arriving in theaters in 2017, will kick off the five-picture plan leading to Harbinger Wars and will be directed by David Leitch & Chad Stahelski (John Wick) from a script by Jeff Wadlow (Kick Ass 2) and Eric Heisserer (Story of Your Life). Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe from Original Film (The Fast and the Furious franchise) and Dinesh Shamdasani from Valiant Entertainment will produce the film. Matthew Vaughn and Jason Kothari will serve as executive producers.
.Valiant Entertainment and Sony Pictures today announced a deal to bring two of Valiant’s award-winning comic book superhero franchises—Bloodshot and Harbinger—to the big screen over the course of five feature films that will culminate in the shared universe crossover film, Harbinger Wars.
Bloodshot, arriving in theaters in 2017, will kick off the five-picture plan leading to Harbinger Wars and will be directed by David Leitch & Chad Stahelski (John Wick) from a script by Jeff Wadlow (Kick Ass 2) and Eric Heisserer (Story of Your Life). Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe from Original Film (The Fast and the Furious franchise) and Dinesh Shamdasani from Valiant Entertainment will produce the film. Matthew Vaughn and Jason Kothari will serve as executive producers.
- 4/21/2015
- by El Mayimbe
- LRMonline.com
Director/producer Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer have cast an energetic company of some of the world’s most talented and interesting rising international stars to join Tom Hanks in Inferno, the new film in Columbia Pictures‘ Robert Langdon series, which has taken in more than $1.2 billion worldwide to date.
The Imagine Entertainment production, which has a screenplay by David Koepp based on the book by Dan Brown, is slated for release on October 14, 2016 and will begin principal photography at the end of April.
I’m excited to exclusively announce the cast of #InfernoMovie! Check them out here: http://t.co/sx6gTueRe2
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) February 17, 2015
The project’s executive producers are Dan Brown, Anna Culp, Bill Connor, and David Householter.
Inferno continues the Harvard symbologist’s adventures on screen: when Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks, a...
The Imagine Entertainment production, which has a screenplay by David Koepp based on the book by Dan Brown, is slated for release on October 14, 2016 and will begin principal photography at the end of April.
I’m excited to exclusively announce the cast of #InfernoMovie! Check them out here: http://t.co/sx6gTueRe2
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) February 17, 2015
The project’s executive producers are Dan Brown, Anna Culp, Bill Connor, and David Householter.
Inferno continues the Harvard symbologist’s adventures on screen: when Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks, a...
- 2/17/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
French actor Omar Sy (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”), Indian superstar Irrfan Khan (“Life of Pi”) and Danish actress Sidse Babett Knudsen (“Borgen”) will join two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks and current Oscar nominee Felicity Jones in Ron Howard‘s latest Dan Brown adaptation “Inferno,” TheWrap has learned. Howard and Brian Grazer will produce through their Imagine Entertainment banner, while author Brown will executive produce with Imagine’s Anna Culp, Bill Connor and David Householter. Michael De Luca and Andrea Giannetti will oversee the project for Columbia Pictures. Production starts at the end of April. David Koepp wrote the script based on Brown’s.
- 2/17/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Omar Sy and Irrfan Khan have joined Imagine Entertainment and Columbia Pictures’ third Robert Langdon thriller starring Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones.
Production on Inferno is set to begin at the end of April ahead of an October 14 2016 release.
Ron Howard directs from David Koepp’s adaptation of the Dan Brown follow-up to The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons.
Howard’s Imagine partner Brian Grazer produces and Brown is executive producer with Anna Culp, Bill Connor and David Householter.
Hanks reprises his lead role in the $1.2bn global franchise as the Harvard symbologist who this time awakens in an Italian hospital with amnesia and must team up with a doctor to thwart a madman’s dastardly plot to unleash a plague.
The previously announced Jones, a lead actress Oscar nominee this year for The Theory Of Everything, will play Dr Sienna Brooks, while Khan assumes the role of Harry Sims aka The Provost. Sy (pictured...
Production on Inferno is set to begin at the end of April ahead of an October 14 2016 release.
Ron Howard directs from David Koepp’s adaptation of the Dan Brown follow-up to The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons.
Howard’s Imagine partner Brian Grazer produces and Brown is executive producer with Anna Culp, Bill Connor and David Householter.
Hanks reprises his lead role in the $1.2bn global franchise as the Harvard symbologist who this time awakens in an Italian hospital with amnesia and must team up with a doctor to thwart a madman’s dastardly plot to unleash a plague.
The previously announced Jones, a lead actress Oscar nominee this year for The Theory Of Everything, will play Dr Sienna Brooks, while Khan assumes the role of Harry Sims aka The Provost. Sy (pictured...
- 2/17/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Machinist helmer Brad Anderson has signed on to direct Shadow Run, a mysterious actioner that is being broadly described as “Safe House on a plane.”
The project emerged first as a spec script by Joe Gazzam, which became the object of a financial tug of war between studios last February. Michael De Luca and Andrea Giannetti have been tasked with handling the film for Sony, and they’ll work alongside producers Neal H. Moritz and Hernany Perla.
Plot details are scarce at the moment, but Anderson’s involvement indicates that the script impressed the well-respected director. His past projects include Halle Berry thriller The Call, star-studded period mystery-thriller Stonehearst Asylum and episodes of acclaimed series like The Killing, Boardwalk Empire, Fringe, The Wire and Treme.
No casting has yet been announced, though Sony will likely be searching for a bankable, already established action star who can carry the pic.
The project emerged first as a spec script by Joe Gazzam, which became the object of a financial tug of war between studios last February. Michael De Luca and Andrea Giannetti have been tasked with handling the film for Sony, and they’ll work alongside producers Neal H. Moritz and Hernany Perla.
Plot details are scarce at the moment, but Anderson’s involvement indicates that the script impressed the well-respected director. His past projects include Halle Berry thriller The Call, star-studded period mystery-thriller Stonehearst Asylum and episodes of acclaimed series like The Killing, Boardwalk Empire, Fringe, The Wire and Treme.
No casting has yet been announced, though Sony will likely be searching for a bankable, already established action star who can carry the pic.
- 11/18/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Sony has just signed The Machinist‘s Brad Anderson to direct Shadow Run, the action thriller script by writer Joe Gazzam (Cliffhanger, Replay) that the studio picked up in February. The Bourne-esque spy tale is produced by Neil Moritz for Original Film and exec produced by Hernany Perla; Michael De Luca and Andrea Giannetti will oversee for Sony. Anderson, who broke out with the Christian Bale starrer The Machinist and has notched features Transsiberian, The Call, and the recent Stonehearst Aslum in recent years, has also been directing for TV on shows including The Wire, Fringe, Boardwalk Empire, and The Killing. Anderson recently helmed the pilot for Forever for ABC, WB TV, and Lin Pictures. He’s repped by Wme, Lbi Entertainment and Sloss Law.
- 11/18/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Principal photography has commenced on the highly anticipated motion picture The 5th Wave, Columbia Pictures’ adaptation of the bestselling young adult novel. The action-adventure film is directed by J Blakeson, with a screenplay by Susannah Grant, based on the book by Rick Yancey. The producers are Tobey Maguire, Graham King, Lynn Harris, and Matthew Plouffe. Denis O’Sullivan and Richard Middleton are the executive producers.
Slated for domestic release on January 29, 2016, The 5th Wave stars Chloe Grace Moretz as Cassie, Nick Robinson as Ben Parishaka “Zombie,” Ron Livingston as Dad/Oliver, Maggie Siff as Mom/Lisa, Alex Roe as Evan Walker, Maika Monroe as Ringer, Zackary Arthur as Sam, and Liev Schreiber as Vosch.
In The 5th Wave, set in the present day, four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, 16-year-old Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother.
Slated for domestic release on January 29, 2016, The 5th Wave stars Chloe Grace Moretz as Cassie, Nick Robinson as Ben Parishaka “Zombie,” Ron Livingston as Dad/Oliver, Maggie Siff as Mom/Lisa, Alex Roe as Evan Walker, Maika Monroe as Ringer, Zackary Arthur as Sam, and Liev Schreiber as Vosch.
In The 5th Wave, set in the present day, four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, 16-year-old Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother.
- 10/24/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ya adaptation stars Chloë Grace Moretz.
Principal photography has commenced on Columbia Pictures’ Ya adaptation The 5th Wave starring Chloë Grace Moretz, set to open in the Us on January 29, 2016.
J Blakeson directs from a screenplay by Susannah Grant, based on the book by Rick Yancey.
The story centres on teenager Cassie Sullivan (Moretz) who attempts to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population.
The 5th Wave also stars Nick Robinson, Ron Livingston, Maggie Siff, Alex Roe, Maika Monroe, Zackary Arthur and Liev Schreiber.
Tobey Maguire produces alongside Graham King, Lynn Harris and Matthew Plouffe, while Denis O’Sullivan and Richard Middleton are the executive producers.
Hannah Minghella and Andrea Giannetti oversee the project for the studio.
Principal photography has commenced on Columbia Pictures’ Ya adaptation The 5th Wave starring Chloë Grace Moretz, set to open in the Us on January 29, 2016.
J Blakeson directs from a screenplay by Susannah Grant, based on the book by Rick Yancey.
The story centres on teenager Cassie Sullivan (Moretz) who attempts to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population.
The 5th Wave also stars Nick Robinson, Ron Livingston, Maggie Siff, Alex Roe, Maika Monroe, Zackary Arthur and Liev Schreiber.
Tobey Maguire produces alongside Graham King, Lynn Harris and Matthew Plouffe, while Denis O’Sullivan and Richard Middleton are the executive producers.
Hannah Minghella and Andrea Giannetti oversee the project for the studio.
- 10/23/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
• Natalie Dormer is set to star in Lava Bear Films and Phantom Four's The Forest, Entertainment Weekly has confirmed. Jason Zada is directing from a script rewritten by Sarah Cornwell and Nick Antosca that was based on an original idea by David S. Goyer. Set in the Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji, the supernatural thriller tells the story of a young American woman who goes in pursuit of her missing twin sister. When she wanders off the path, she is met by the undead. Lava Bear is producing along with Goyer under his Phantom Four banner.
- 10/22/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
Exclusive: Sony Pictures has acquired Before The Fall, a novel written by Noah Hawley, who shared the Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries for hatching the FX television transfer of Fargo. That series also brought Emmy nominations for Billy Bob Thornton and Martin Freeman. Hawley will adapt his novel and he will produce the feature with John Cameron. The book tells the story of a mysterious private-plane crash, starting in Martha’s Vineyard, and focuses on the two survivors, an artist and a little boy, and the lives of the people who died in the crash — from the flight crew to the wealthy media mogul and his family and the coincidences that begin to emerge which suggest the flight’s crash may not have been an accident,
Sony’s Hannah Minghella and Andrea Giannetti are overseeing for the studio. Hawley, while readying another season of Fargo, is separately scripting an untitled...
Sony’s Hannah Minghella and Andrea Giannetti are overseeing for the studio. Hawley, while readying another season of Fargo, is separately scripting an untitled...
- 9/18/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Love is powerful, but is it mighty enough to take down towering creatures that would be at home in a Godzilla movie? With the help of an ancient sword, love might be strong enough for such a task faced by the young man Wander in the 2005 fantasy video game, Shadow of the Colossus. In the works for years, Sony’s adaptation of the popular game is taking shape with the signing of a director.
Sony Pictures Entertainment has signed Andrés Muschietti to direct their adaptation of the Playstation 2 video game, Shadow of the Colossus. In the game, a young man named Wander seeks to resurrect the love of his life, a young woman named Mono. In order to have a shot at bringing Mono back from the dead, Wander needs to slay 16 colossi: massive monsters that make Wander look the size of an ant in comparison. Armed with an ancient and powerful sword,...
Sony Pictures Entertainment has signed Andrés Muschietti to direct their adaptation of the Playstation 2 video game, Shadow of the Colossus. In the game, a young man named Wander seeks to resurrect the love of his life, a young woman named Mono. In order to have a shot at bringing Mono back from the dead, Wander needs to slay 16 colossi: massive monsters that make Wander look the size of an ant in comparison. Armed with an ancient and powerful sword,...
- 9/5/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that Andres Muschietti has signed on to direct the highly-anticipated adaptation of best-selling PlayStation software title, “Shadow of the Colossus.” Seth Lochhead to write the screenplay (under Muschietti’s supervision). Barbara Muschietti will come on board the project to produce alongside Kevin Misher, who produces through his Misher Films banner.
The Muschiettis’ most recent film was the breakout 2013 horror-fantasy Mama, which the Argentine director helmed and Barbara Muschietti produced, based on their 2008 short.
As they join Misher and Lochhead on the project, the filmmaking team will again depict the supernatural in Shadow, set in an epic-scale world filled with mythic giants and disembodied spirits. A fan of the game, Muschietti has a strong vision for the film and its characters, and seeks to translate the immersive game experience into a film that stays true to the human story of a young man attempting to save...
The Muschiettis’ most recent film was the breakout 2013 horror-fantasy Mama, which the Argentine director helmed and Barbara Muschietti produced, based on their 2008 short.
As they join Misher and Lochhead on the project, the filmmaking team will again depict the supernatural in Shadow, set in an epic-scale world filled with mythic giants and disembodied spirits. A fan of the game, Muschietti has a strong vision for the film and its characters, and seeks to translate the immersive game experience into a film that stays true to the human story of a young man attempting to save...
- 9/5/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Andrés Muschietti has signed on to direct the PlayStation game adaptation Shadow Of The Colossus for Sony.
Seth Lochhead will write the screenplay and Barbara Muschietti will produce alongside Kevin Misher of Misher Films.
Shadow Of The Colossus is set in a world filled with mythic giants where a young man pining for his lost love must overcome gigantic beasts.
Michael De Luca and Andrea Giannetti will oversee the project for the studio.n...
Seth Lochhead will write the screenplay and Barbara Muschietti will produce alongside Kevin Misher of Misher Films.
Shadow Of The Colossus is set in a world filled with mythic giants where a young man pining for his lost love must overcome gigantic beasts.
Michael De Luca and Andrea Giannetti will oversee the project for the studio.n...
- 9/4/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Andrés Muschietti, the Argentine filmmaker behind Universal’s 2013 supernatural hit Mama, is taking the reins on Shadow of the Colossus for Sony Pictures. He’ll direct the adaptation of the acclaimed Playstation video game bestseller and oversee a script by Hanna writer Seth Lochhead. Joining Misher Films’ Kevin Misher as producer will be Muschietti’s sister, Mama producer and co-writer Barbara Muschietti.
The protagonist of the original action-adventure game is a young man who thinks his lover has died. Desperate to bring her back, he heads into a forbidden land, and summons a demon who can wake the dead. The price for bringing back his girl: slay 16 colossi that dominate this mystical place.
The Muschiettis earned a $146 million worldwide return on the $15 million budgeted Mama, which also played with supernatural specters and earned praise for its rich visual sense. The epic fantasy world of Shadow of the Colossus became a...
The protagonist of the original action-adventure game is a young man who thinks his lover has died. Desperate to bring her back, he heads into a forbidden land, and summons a demon who can wake the dead. The price for bringing back his girl: slay 16 colossi that dominate this mystical place.
The Muschiettis earned a $146 million worldwide return on the $15 million budgeted Mama, which also played with supernatural specters and earned praise for its rich visual sense. The epic fantasy world of Shadow of the Colossus became a...
- 9/4/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Marza Animation Planet are teaming up on a feature version of the hit Sega game.
In a press release Sony said producers on the hybrid CG animation / live-action project were aiming to capture the game’s irreverent tone and will feature popular characters from the game such as Dr. Eggman.
Evan Susser and Van Robichaux co-writing Sonic The Hedgehog and Neal H Moritz produces through Original Film along with Marza’s Takeshi Ito and Mie Onishi. Toby Ascher will serve as an executive producer.
The Sonic franchise has generated more than $1bn in revenues and sold more than 140m games.
“There are limitless stories to tell with a character like Sonic the Hedgehog, and a built-in international fan base,” said Columbia Pictures president of production Hannah Minghella, who oversees for Sony with Andrea Giannetti.
Marza Animation Planet is owned by Japan’s Sega Sammy Holdings and plans to produce one feature per year...
In a press release Sony said producers on the hybrid CG animation / live-action project were aiming to capture the game’s irreverent tone and will feature popular characters from the game such as Dr. Eggman.
Evan Susser and Van Robichaux co-writing Sonic The Hedgehog and Neal H Moritz produces through Original Film along with Marza’s Takeshi Ito and Mie Onishi. Toby Ascher will serve as an executive producer.
The Sonic franchise has generated more than $1bn in revenues and sold more than 140m games.
“There are limitless stories to tell with a character like Sonic the Hedgehog, and a built-in international fan base,” said Columbia Pictures president of production Hannah Minghella, who oversees for Sony with Andrea Giannetti.
Marza Animation Planet is owned by Japan’s Sega Sammy Holdings and plans to produce one feature per year...
- 6/10/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures and Annapurna Pictures will partner on the raunchy animation Sausage Party based on a story by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Jonah Hill.
Producers Annapurna Pictures and Point Grey Pictures packaged the project and brought it to Sony, who agreed to finance with Annapurna.
The studio will distribute worldwide and has earmarked 2015 for the tale of a sausage’s quest to discover the truth about his existence.
Nitrogen Studios Canada in Vancouver will handle all CG animation, design, production and post-production.
Megan Ellison, Rogen, Goldberg and Conrad Vernon will produce and Vernon will direct with Greg Tiernan.
Serving as executive producers are Hill, James Weaver, Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir. Hunter and Shaffir will write the screenplay with Rogen and Goldberg (pictured), who most recently collaborated on the hit comedy This Is The End. The partners are currently working on The Interview for Sony as well as The Neighbors.
Columbia Pictures president...
Producers Annapurna Pictures and Point Grey Pictures packaged the project and brought it to Sony, who agreed to finance with Annapurna.
The studio will distribute worldwide and has earmarked 2015 for the tale of a sausage’s quest to discover the truth about his existence.
Nitrogen Studios Canada in Vancouver will handle all CG animation, design, production and post-production.
Megan Ellison, Rogen, Goldberg and Conrad Vernon will produce and Vernon will direct with Greg Tiernan.
Serving as executive producers are Hill, James Weaver, Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir. Hunter and Shaffir will write the screenplay with Rogen and Goldberg (pictured), who most recently collaborated on the hit comedy This Is The End. The partners are currently working on The Interview for Sony as well as The Neighbors.
Columbia Pictures president...
- 9/24/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures and Annapurna Pictures will partner on the raunchy animation Sausage Party based on a story by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Jonah Hill.
Producers Annapurna Pictures and Point Grey Pictures packaged the project and brought it to Sony, who agreed to finance with Annapurna.
The studio will distribute worldwide and has earmarked 2015 for the tale of a sausage’s quest to discover the truth about his existence.
Nitrogen Studios Canada in Vancouver will handle all CG animation, design, production and post-production.
Megan Ellison, Rogen, Goldberg and Conrad Vernon will produce and Vernon will direct with Greg Tiernan.
Serving as executive producers are Hill, James Weaver, Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir. Hunter and Shaffir will write the screenplay with Rogen and Goldberg (pictured), who most recently collaborated on the hit comedy This Is The End. The partners are currently working on The Interview for Sony as well as The Neighbors.
Columbia Pictures president...
Producers Annapurna Pictures and Point Grey Pictures packaged the project and brought it to Sony, who agreed to finance with Annapurna.
The studio will distribute worldwide and has earmarked 2015 for the tale of a sausage’s quest to discover the truth about his existence.
Nitrogen Studios Canada in Vancouver will handle all CG animation, design, production and post-production.
Megan Ellison, Rogen, Goldberg and Conrad Vernon will produce and Vernon will direct with Greg Tiernan.
Serving as executive producers are Hill, James Weaver, Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir. Hunter and Shaffir will write the screenplay with Rogen and Goldberg (pictured), who most recently collaborated on the hit comedy This Is The End. The partners are currently working on The Interview for Sony as well as The Neighbors.
Columbia Pictures president...
- 9/24/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
For a few months now we’ve been hearing about a film called Sausage Party. Written by Seth Rogen and his creative partner Evan Goldberg, the R-rated animated movie is being set up at Sony and today, thanks to a press release, we have more details on it.
Sausage Party, as odd as it sounds, follows a sausage on a “quest to discover the truth about his existence.” The story will be filled with “all the irreverent, insightful and risqué R-rated humor that we have come to expect” from Rogen and Goldberg. The film, which is aiming for a 2015 release, will be directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan.
As strange as this movie sounds, I love both Rogen and Goldberg and find their brand of humor to be extremely funny. Their latest effort, This Is The End, was one of my favorite comedies of the year and had me...
Sausage Party, as odd as it sounds, follows a sausage on a “quest to discover the truth about his existence.” The story will be filled with “all the irreverent, insightful and risqué R-rated humor that we have come to expect” from Rogen and Goldberg. The film, which is aiming for a 2015 release, will be directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan.
As strange as this movie sounds, I love both Rogen and Goldberg and find their brand of humor to be extremely funny. Their latest effort, This Is The End, was one of my favorite comedies of the year and had me...
- 9/24/2013
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Annapurna Pictures will partner on what is expected to be an R-rated animated film titled Sausage Party, written by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg & Kyle Hunter & Ariel Shaffir, from a story by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg & Jonah Hill, to be directed by Conrad Vernon (Shrek 2, Monsters vs. Aliens, Madagascar 3) & Greg Tiernan, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio, and by Megan Ellison. Annapurna Pictures and Point Grey Pictures are producing.
After Point Grey and Annapurna packaged the film and presented it to the studio, Sony agreed to co-finance it with Annapurna. The film will be produced by Megan Ellison, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Conrad Vernon. The executive producers are Jonah Hill, James Weaver, Kyle Hunter, and Ariel Shaffir. Nitrogen Studios Canada Inc., in Vancouver, will handle all CG animation, design, production and post-production.
After Point Grey and Annapurna packaged the film and presented it to the studio, Sony agreed to co-finance it with Annapurna. The film will be produced by Megan Ellison, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Conrad Vernon. The executive producers are Jonah Hill, James Weaver, Kyle Hunter, and Ariel Shaffir. Nitrogen Studios Canada Inc., in Vancouver, will handle all CG animation, design, production and post-production.
- 9/24/2013
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
J. Blakeson is set to direct an adaptation of Rick Yancey’s young adult sci-fi novel The 5th Wave for Sony. The British director, whose debut The Disappearance of Alice Creed managed to overcome initial controversy to become a sleeper hit, is in negotions to take on the film for Sony Pictures, Gk Films and Tobey Maguire’s Material Pictures. Gk Films bought the rights in March 2012 before the novel was even released, based on the proposal alone. It concerns a teenager, Carrie, who has to contend with the aftermath of an alien invasion while searching for her brother, and a potential romantic entanglement. The book is the first of a projected trilogy which, based on its success, is bound to follow shortly after (along with the inevitable cinematic adaptations).
Adapted by Erin Brockovich screenwriter Susannah Grant, production will be overseen by Gk Films principals Graham King and Tim Headington,...
Adapted by Erin Brockovich screenwriter Susannah Grant, production will be overseen by Gk Films principals Graham King and Tim Headington,...
- 9/4/2013
- by Rob Batchelor
- We Got This Covered
Exclusive: Sony Pictures and Overbrook Entertainment have set Bobby Cannavale to star in Annie. He joins Quvenzhane Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz and Rose Byrne in the Will Gluck-directed film. Cannavale is coming off Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine and turned in an epic villain performance in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. He’s Emmy nominated for that and a stint in Showtime’s Nurse Jackie. He will play a bulldog political advisor to Foxx’s character as he makes a mayoral run in New York. The film is set for release Christmas Day, 2014. Gluck is producing with James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Will Smith through Overbrook Entertainment, and by Shawn “Jay Z” Carter, Jay Brown, and Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith through Marcy Media. Gluck is currently revising the film’s screenplay, which was written by Emma Thompson and rewritten by Aline Brosh McKenna. It’s based on the...
- 8/19/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Sony Pictures is finalizing a deal to acquire the rights to the popular 90′s cartoon Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The film will be produced by Mark Gordon (The Day After Tomorrow, 2012), Don Murphy (Transformers, Real Steel), and Susan Montford (the upcoming Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters). Studio executive Andrea Gianetti (Angels & Demons, The Green Hornet) will oversee the [...]
Read A live-action adaptation of Captain Planet is in the works on Filmonic.
Read A live-action adaptation of Captain Planet is in the works on Filmonic.
- 6/28/2013
- by Andrew Shuster
- Filmonic.com
Sony Pictures is in final negotiations to pick up the rights to 1990s series "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" for a feature adaptation to be produced by Mark Gordon, Don Murphy and Susan Montford, says The Hollywood Reporter . Captain Planet will be a live-action motion picture based on the environment-saving animated hero. In an effort to inform younger viewers about serious environmental issues, Turner Broadcasting partnered with Dic Enterprises in 1990 to create the world's first animated environmental series, "Captain Planet and the Planeteers." The series was about a group of young people who combine their special powers (The Planeteers) to summon Captain Planet, an environmental superhero, to battle the world's worst eco-villains. Andrea Giannetti...
- 6/27/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Overbrook Entertainment, Marcy Media, director Will Gluck and Sony Pictures Entertainment have cast Academy Award® nominee Quvenzhane Wallis, the star of Beasts of the Southern Wild, in the title role of Annie, it was announced Oscar Sunday by Doug Belgrad , president of Columbia Pictures, and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio.
Commenting on the announcement, Minghella said, “With the recent Academy Award® nomination and critical acclaim, Quvenzhane Wallis is a true star and we believe her portrayal as Annie will make her a true worldwide star. She is an extraordinary young talent with an amazing range, not only as an actress but as a singer and dancer, and we can’t wait for audiences to further discover her.”
Annie will be released during the winter holiday season in 2014. The film is being directed by Gluck and produced by James Lassiter , Jada Pinkett Smith , and Will Smith through Overbrook Entertainment,...
Commenting on the announcement, Minghella said, “With the recent Academy Award® nomination and critical acclaim, Quvenzhane Wallis is a true star and we believe her portrayal as Annie will make her a true worldwide star. She is an extraordinary young talent with an amazing range, not only as an actress but as a singer and dancer, and we can’t wait for audiences to further discover her.”
Annie will be released during the winter holiday season in 2014. The film is being directed by Gluck and produced by James Lassiter , Jada Pinkett Smith , and Will Smith through Overbrook Entertainment,...
- 2/25/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Overbrook Entertainment, Marcy Media, director Will Gluck and Sony Pictures Entertainment have cast Academy Award® nominee Quvenzhané Wallis, the star of Beasts of the Southern Wild, in the title role of Annie, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio.
Commenting on the announcement, Minghella said:
“With the recent Academy Award® nomination and critical acclaim, Quvenzhané Wallis is a true star and we believe her portrayal as Annie will make her a true worldwide star. She is an extraordinary young talent with an amazing range, not only as an actress but as a singer and dancer, and we can’t wait for audiences to further discover her.”
Annie will be released during the winter holiday season in 2014. The film is being directed by Gluck and produced by James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Will Smith through Overbrook Entertainment,...
Commenting on the announcement, Minghella said:
“With the recent Academy Award® nomination and critical acclaim, Quvenzhané Wallis is a true star and we believe her portrayal as Annie will make her a true worldwide star. She is an extraordinary young talent with an amazing range, not only as an actress but as a singer and dancer, and we can’t wait for audiences to further discover her.”
Annie will be released during the winter holiday season in 2014. The film is being directed by Gluck and produced by James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Will Smith through Overbrook Entertainment,...
- 2/24/2013
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Overbrook Entertainment, Marcy Media, director Will Gluck and Sony Pictures Entertainment have cast Academy Award® nominee Quvenzhané Wallis, the star of Beasts of the Southern Wild, in the title role of Annie, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio. Commenting on the announcement, Minghella said, ‘With the recent Academy Award® nomination and critical acclaim, Quvenzhané Wallis is a true star and we believe her portrayal as Annie will make her a true worldwide star. She is an extraordinary young talent with an amazing range, not only as an actress but as a singer and dancer, and we can’t wait for audiences to further discover her.’ Annie will be released during the winter holiday season in 2014. The film is being directed by Gluck and produced by James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Will Smith through Overbrook Entertainment,...
- 2/24/2013
- by vmblog@hollywoodnews.com (Vitale Morum)
- Hollywoodnews.com
Breaking: Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn has been selected to direct The Equalizer for Sony Pictures and Escape Artists. The film, loosely based on the 1980s TV series, has been a hot ticket for directors since Denzel Washington agreed to play the title role. A number of directors had been considered along the way. Negotiations toward a deal will begin immediately with Refn. Production is set to begin in late spring 2013. The script was written by Richard Wenk, and Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, and Steve Tisch are producing through Escape Artists, along with Alex Siskin, Mace Neufeld, Tony Eldridge, Michael Sloan, and Washington. David Bloomfield will executive produce, and Andrea Giannetti and Hannah Minghella are overseeing for Columbia. The TV series, originally created by Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim, starred Edward Woodward as a mysterious former covert operations officer who helps people in trouble. The film has that basic premise...
- 12/7/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING JR.
- Deadline
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