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The Brat Pack’s Demi Moore Says Sony Plans a Sequel to ‘St Elmo’s Fire’

©Courtesy of Columbia Pictures  In an interview at the Toronto Film Festival, Demi Moore said Sony is discussing making a sequel to St. Elmo’s Fire, which debuted in 1985 under the direction of Joel Schumacher. “The update is definitely, conversations are happening,” Moore was quoted as telling Brent Lang of Variety. “[The] studio has been…

Robert Marshall Will Reportedly Direct ‘Guys and Dolls’ Remake for Sony TriStar

© Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. Filmmaker Rob Marshall has reportedly signed on with Sony’s TriStar Pictures as director of another film adaptation of the stage musical Guys and Dolls. The project has been in the works for more than twenty years, when producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron came on board. 20th Century Fox…

La Bamba Remake Being Developed by Sony

©Courtesy of Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures and Mucho Mas Media are working together to develop a remake of the musical film, La Bamba. Like its 1987 Golden Globe-nominated predecessor, the upcoming remake will be based on the life of the rock and roll legend Ritchie Valens, Variety is reporting. Luis Valdez, the writer and director of…

Sony Classics Acquires Rights to Walter Salles’s ‘I’m Still Here’

Sony Pictures Classics has bought the North American rights to I’m Still Here, a film by the acclaimed Brazilian director Walter Salles, who made Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries. I’m Still Here is based on a true story about Eunice Pavia, a woman who becomes a political activist after her husband, Rubens, is captured…

Sony and Apollo Discuss Joint Bid to Acquire Paramount Global

Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra is in talks with Apollo Global Management about making a joint bid to acquire Paramount, Deadline is reporting. The news comes as Skydance/Redbird Capital is also in exclusive talks with Paramount Global’s majority shareholder, National Amusements, to take control of the studio. Sony and Apollo’s offer is reportedly an…

J. K. Simmons to Play Comedian Milton Berle in Sony’s ‘SNL 1975’

Actor J. K. Simmons has been tapped to play the role of Milton (“Mr. Television”) Berle in Sony Pictures’ upcoming film SNL 1975, to be directed by Jason Reitman from a script co-written with Gil Kenan. Milton Berle, also known as “Uncle Miltie”, was part of a pioneering generation of stand-up comedians during the 1950s,…

Sony Picks Up Domestic and Key International Distribution Rights to ‘Paddington in Peru’

Sony Pictures has picked up the U.S., Canada and key international distribution rights for the upcoming sequel, Paddington in Peru, Deadline is reporting. The anticipated live-action/animated comedy will serve as the second follow-up in the movie series, which began with 2014’s Paddington and continued with 2017’s Paddington 2. Sony has long been interested in acquiring…

Sony and PlayStation Production Turning ‘Gran Turismo’ Into Movie; Neill Blomkamp Sought To Direct

After Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions had a successful run at the box office for “Uncharted” which grossed more than $400 million in global box office earlier this year, now they teamed up again to get behind the wheel for a movie adaptation of the iconic driving game Gran Turismo. Currently, Sony Pictures and PlayStation…

Sony Pushes ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ and ‘Madame Web’ Release Dates to Summer 2023

Sony Pictures is rearranging its release calendar for several of its anticipated upcoming films, including Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Madame Web. The studio announced yesterday that it’s first pushing back the theatrical distribution of the computer animated Spider-Man sequel from October 7, 2022 to June 2, 2023, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Taking over…

Sony’s George Foreman Biopic Casts Jasmine Mathews, Sonja Sohn, John Magaro and Shein Mompremier

Sony Pictures and its faith-based label, Affirm Films have just cast several new actors in their untitled biopic about legendary boxer George Foreman, including Jasmine Mathews (The Tomorrow War, The Rookie), Sonja Sohn (Star Trek: Discovery, The Wire), John Magaro (Call Jane, The Many Saints of Newark) and Shein Mompremier (Black Lightning). They will star…