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Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly Sunday column, two old friends get together and grind their axes on the movie business. Bart: You've been hanging at the epicenter of pitchdom all week at San Diego Comic-Con so you have watched the masters at work (also…

EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Blake, who has served as vice chairman of Sony Pictures and chairman of worldwide marketing and distribution for Sony Pictures since 2005, is leaving the studio that he has been a part of for the past 22 years. Part of the innermost circle of Sony's senior management team with CEO Michael Lynton and…

Christmas starts a day early at Sony, which announced today that its anticipated David Fincher film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo will bow nationwide Tuesday, December 20, a day earlier than scheduled. From the press release: CULVER CITY, Calif., December 13, 2011 – Moviegoers will get a jump on one of the most…

Hot Trailer: ‘Men In Black 3’ CULVER CITY, Calif., December 12, 2011 – Sony Pictures and the large network of companies within the Sony family will unite worldwide in support of one of the studio's most recognized and successful motion picture franchises as the company premieres a first look at Men in Black™ 3 on…

Screen Gems has tapped creative advertising veteran Loren Schwartz to be executive vice president of marketing for Screen Gems. The appointment was made by Sony Pictures Worldwide Marketing and Distribution chief Jeff Blake. Schwartz is a 14-year vet of the Sony creative advertising team and he most recently served as…

It’s rare when good things happen to good guys in Hollywood. So I’m pleased to see that Jeff Blake has signed a long-term contract with Sony Pictures to serve as chairman of worldwide marketing and distribution for the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group through 2012. In addition to his role overseeing the studio's…