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...Nintendo declined to comment on the Super Mario Bros Movie distribution deal with Universal Pictures....
...For Napoleon, Apple will work with Sony, where the head of the Motion Picture Group is Tom Rothman, a longtime collaborator with director Ridley Scott....
...Sony a7R V, £3,999 @rhodri...
...Tom Rothman, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, says studios will have to find a balance between the big “tentpole” pictures and newer work....
...The figures, which immediately made the movie the top-grossing film of the year in the country, marked a stunning success for Sony Pictures....
...She used to be an artist, releasing a hyped album in 2000, but after it failed to sell the suits refused to release its follow-up....
...In the longer term, the picture is less clear. “You’d expect that growth to slow in a year or two as global travel opens up,” she said....
...As well as owning a series of her drawings, the client has just commissioned Roissetter to make a stained-glass window that will be incorporated into the panelling of a doorway....
...Then comes a more lucrative prize: Variety reports that Sony Pictures has bought worldwide rights and will release the film in March 2020....
...In recent years companies from conglomerates such as Hitachi and Sony to drinks group Suntory have incorporated sustainability targets into their long-term strategies....
...Apple’s renewed push into Hollywood began last year when services chief Eddy Cue hired feted executives Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg from Sony Pictures Television....
...Federal prosecutors also accused Mr Park of hacking corporate emails at Sony Pictures in 2014....
...But the picture isn’t always rosy when Mr Bezos comes to town....
...In 2014, Sony Pictures was hit by a high-profile cyber attack that federal investigators believed was carried out by North Korea....
...Mr Vinciquerra said that he was joining Sony Pictures Entertainment at “an exciting and dynamic time . . . everything about how we produce, distribute and consume content is changing”....
...Nor is it only stills cameras that are being incorporated into phones....
...Across Hollywood, global box office totals were held back by a string of expensive flops with Ben Hur, from Paramount, Ghostbusters, from Sony Pictures and The BFG, from Disney, among the most costly....
...However, The Hollywood Reporter recently revealed that Mr Redstone had visited Paramount Pictures to meet Brad Grey, who runs the ailing studio....
...“If we want to make a big international movie, we talk to Fox, Warner or Sony Pictures about it. They are specialists in that industry. We are not going to talk to Canal Plus.”...
...Amy Pascal, whose embarrassing emails were leaked online in the damaging hack of Sony Pictures, is stepping down from her role as co-chairman of the movie studio....
...Earlier this week, Sony Pictures said the film has generated $40m in digital sales, recouping most of the $44m it spent to make the movie....
...The US government believes North Korea, where the film has sparked outrage, was behind the Sony hacking that leaked vast amounts of employees’ personal data and emails of senior Sony Pictures executives....
...Last month’s attack on Sony Pictures is the icing on the cake for the hackers this year....
...Sony Pictures released The Interview online on Wednesday in the US, a day before the film was set to appear in about 300 cinemas....
...In a statement, Sony Pictures also pointed at cinema owners, saying: “This was their decision.”...
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